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Sitwell William

The Border from a Soldier's Point of View. With Drawings by Robert Bertram. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Andrew Reid, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1927

39.10 €

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(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1927
Author
Sitwell William
Publishers
Andrew Reid, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Keyword
mstock, topography, northumberland, scottish border, border country, castles, william sitwell, topography, general, border, from, soldier's, point, view
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 13 plates and a large folding coloured map in pocket at end (map worn at some folds), armorial endpapers lightly spotted; green cloth gilt, gilt back, backstrip lightly worn else a very good, bright, clean copy. A valuable chronological record of the histories of Northumberland and Cumberland so far as they affect the Border. The work contains an alphabetical list of most of the castles, peles and towers with a short notice of each, together with an account of the principal Border battles and a summary of the Border Laws.