The Royal Commission on the Losses and Services of the American Loyalists 1783 to 1785. Being the Notes of Mr. Daniel Parker Coke, M.P. one of the Commissioners During that Period
by ROXBURGHE CLUB. EGERTON (Hugh Edward) Editor
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The Roxburghe Club, Oxford. 1915. 4to, lv,[1],422pp., 100 copies printed, engraved frontis., title in red and black, orig. half morocco, slight tear to head of spine, extremities lightly rubbed, lettered in gilt, uncut, t.e.g. The scarce first issue. The original edition of 100, of which 55 were lost when the S.S. 'Arabic' was torpedoed, 19th August 1915; the loss was made good by reprinting 55 copies in 1916.
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- The Royal Commission on the Losses and Services of the American Loyalists 1783 to 1785. Being the Notes of Mr. Daniel Parker Coke, M.P. one of the Commissioners During that Period
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- ROXBURGHE CLUB. EGERTON (Hugh Edward) Editor
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- Used
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- The Roxburghe Club, Oxford. 1915
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