The Life and Times of a Victorian Officer
by Donne, Donisthorpe Alsop Harfield, Alan Parselle, Geoff
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- as new
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0948699019
- ISBN 13
- 9780948699016
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About This Item
HARDBACK * Edition: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1986* Publisher: The Wincanton Press* Binding and cover condition: dark Blue cloth, Gilt title to spine and front face. No bumps or rubs, AS NEW* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED some very minor shop shelf wear, FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, tight and bright. No Inscriptions or annotations. Seems un-read. AS NEW* Illustrations: Colour & B/W photos and line drawings.* Pages: 217 pp. text. xiv pp. Notes, Appendices & Index.* Donisthorpe Donne was born into a wealthy West Country family and sent into the world via Sherborne School & Sandhurst at a time when Britain?s colonial ambitions were expanding across the globe. He excelled in two non-military fields that make him one of the finest chroniclers of his age : he was an able diarist and artist. A really good copy in AS NEW condition with only the slightest of shelf wear to the jacket.
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- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5190
- Title
- The Life and Times of a Victorian Officer
- Author
- Donne, Donisthorpe Alsop Harfield, Alan Parselle, Geoff
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0948699019
- ISBN 13
- 9780948699016
- Publisher
- The Wincanton Press
- Place of Publication
- Wincanton UK 228
- Date Published
- 1991-05-09
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