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How We Escaped From Pretoria. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged with Numerous Illustrations, Plans and Map.
by HALDANE, Captain Aylmer:
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood & Sons, 1901 2nd Extended “New Edition”. Hardback, 8vo. 7.5 x 5 inches. Light brown cloth with black lettering and pictorial designs to front and spine. In good condition. Some minor rubbing to cloth on corners and edges of spine. Minor bumps to leading corners. Some minor darkening to endpapers, clipped newspaper cartoon pasted to front “Lord Derby & Lloyd George.” Mild to moderate foxing to pages throughout. Else binding tight and sound. Plates all clean and bright. Previous owners stamp to page “vii”. Folding map clean, no tears. Else a clean and tight copy. xii + 231pp. Illustrated with B&W photo plates, plans, and a folding B&W map at rear.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- How We Escaped From Pretoria. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged with Numerous Illustrations, Plans and Map.
- Author
- HALDANE, Captain Aylmer:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood & Sons, 1901 2nd Extended “New Edition”
- Keywords
- Military Subjects HALDANE, Captain Aylmer: How We Escaped From Pretoria, New Edition, Revised and Enlarged with Numerous Illustrations, Plans and Map, William Blackwood & Sons, 1901, 2nd, Extended, New Edition, Boer War, Transvaal, pretoria, Ladysmi
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Bumps
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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