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History of the 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers (Formerly the 21st Royal North British Fusiliers) Now Known As the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 1678-1895
by Groves, Lieut.-Col. Percy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh and London: W. & A. K. Johnston, 1895. First edition, limited to 530 copies. Hard cover in original publisher's decorated cloth. Published Edinburgh and London: W. & A. K. Johnston, 1895. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 10 1/4", 72pp., illustrated with 9 color plates by English military artist Harry Pane. Blind embossed red cloth with bevelled boards, gilt titles and cover emblem, patterned endpapers. Fade to the spine, band of fade across top cover and bottom bevel, mild wear at spine ends and tips, previous owner bookplate on pastedown. Very good, clean, tight, pages and plates bright. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010297
- Title
- History of the 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers (Formerly the 21st Royal North British Fusiliers) Now Known As the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 1678-1895
- Author
- Groves, Lieut.-Col. Percy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- W. & A. K. Johnston
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh and London
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- England & Europe; Military;
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