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Rare and modern books

Alexander Gardner, Major Hugh Pearse (Ed)

SOLDIER AND TRAVELLER Memoirs Of Alexander Gardner Colonel Of Artillery In The Service Of Maharaja Ranjit Singh

William Blackwwod And Sons, 1898

475.00 €

Dodman Books

(Morston, United Kingdom)
Closed until Dec. 31, 2024.

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Details

Year of publication
1898
Place of printing
Edinburgh
Author
Alexander Gardner, Major Hugh Pearse (Ed)
Publishers
William Blackwwod And Sons
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Edition
2nd Edition
Cover description
No Jacket
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

Extraordinary and colourful military life of Gardner, American-born traveller, soldier, and mercenary active in Afghanistan, the Punjab and elsewhere in various military positions. Hard to find. All in general good internal order. Light toning to stock and occasional foxing, but otherwise clean and bright. Both maps and the two plates (inc. frontispiece) present. Bookplate to front pastedown. Red cloth rather marked to front, less so to rear, with a little wear to edges. Black titling to front and bright gilt to spine. 8vo. 360pp + 32pp publisher's catalogue.