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A Chance for Glory Hardback - 1958

by Wright, Constance

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London: Barrie, 1958. The book has some minor surface wear along the top and bottom edges. The jacket has a few small tears along the top edge. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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  • Title A Chance for Glory
  • Author Wright, Constance
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Publisher Barrie, London
  • Publication date 1958
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 064171

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A Chance for Glory: The Plot to Rescue Lafayette, 1794

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Barrie & Jenkins. Very Good. pgs:255. with dustjacket, 1958 bright clean copy, no markings,Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1958. Hardcover.
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A chance for glory

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Holt, 1957-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in.
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A Chance for Glory

A Chance for Glory

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Barrie, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. First Edition. 255 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards with lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Lettering is darkened. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. Moderate sunning to spine.
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A Chance For Glory

A Chance For Glory

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London: Barrie, 1958. First UK edition. Black title on salmon pink boards which are clean, unmarked and without wear or damage. Internally clean and unmarked. A VG+ copy. Coloured pictorial dustjacket is complete and has some chipping to top. A complete account of the plot to rescue Lafayette in 1794 from Olmutz where he was held by enemies of the French Revolution after being captured in Belgium and who was constantly moved across Europe. A German doctor and an American medical student managed to whisk him away from his guards. A fascinating account not previously explored in detail. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A CHANCE FOR GLORY

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Barrie London 1958. First edition 255pp illust., ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) excellent (text clean and bright) in good d/w (rubbed, edgewear)
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A Chance for Glory

A Chance for Glory

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Barrie & Jenkins, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. First Edition. 255 pages. Pink pictorial dust jacket over pink cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges.
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A Chance for Glory

A Chance for Glory

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Henry Holt And Company, New York, 1957. First Edition. Hardback. A good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some minor loss) and dust-toned dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 255 pages; ""An amazing episode in the life of Lafayette. Illustrated with photographs. Library marks remain.
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A Chance for Glory: The Plot to Rescue Lafayette, 1794
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A Chance for Glory: The Plot to Rescue Lafayette, 1794

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Barrie Books Ltd, London, 1958. First Edition. Pink Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. black titles spine; illustrated by 8 pages of b/w. plates; "the town of Olmutz, a four-day carriage journey from Vienna, was in 1794 the scene of what was possibly one of the most brash rescue attempts in history. Lafayette had been captured by the enemies of the French revolution in Belgium two years earlier and had been shuttled across Europe from one fortress to another. Lafayette, the 'hero of two worlds', the champion of liberal reform, had fallen out with the revolutionary Jacobins and also with his fellow aristocrats and the monarchist reactionaries everywhere. His distinguished friends in France, England and America tried in vain to secure his release - but at that time the deadly struggle between the old and the new regime would admit of no compromise. It remained for two brazen young men, a German doctor and an American medical student, to attempt the almost impossible. They hired a carriage,… Read more
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A Chance for Glory: An Amazing Episode in the Life of Lafayette

by Wright, Constance

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NY: Henry Holt. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. B0007J0GZS . Signed and inscribed by the suthor: "To George & Anne in gratitude and admiration Constance Wright Feb - 1957". Salmon boards, waterstained. Dj lacks bottom 40% at spine, unclipped. Review slip laid in, dated March 11, 1957. b/w photo of Lafayette laid in. ; 8 1/2" tall; 255 pages; Signed by Author .
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