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Eminent Cornishmen and Families who Distinguished Themselves in Military, Naval, Diplomatic, Literary, Scientific, Legal and Ecclesiastical Life, Etc.
by Williams, T. Percival
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: C. A. Murdock & Co., 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 91pp; Rebound in 1921 as per inscr. inside cover, stiff cardboard marbled covers, cloth spine, slight wear to spine ends, corners of boards rubbed, inside covers & title page age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+ condition. Scarce volume of brief biographies of eminent Cornishmen in all fields including: Bassets of Tehidy, Killigrews, St. Aubyns, Arundels, Admiral Boscawen, Godolphins, Grenvilles, John Opie, Wm. Bickford, Wm. Carvosso, Samuel Drew, and many others. Based on a lecture delivered in Sierra City, California.
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- Title
- Eminent Cornishmen and Families who Distinguished Themselves in Military, Naval, Diplomatic, Literary, Scientific, Legal and Ecclesiastical Life, Etc.
- Author
- Williams, T. Percival
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- C. A. Murdock & Co.
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- biography cornwall england britain british genealogy history
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- Biography;
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