MEMORIES AND STUDIES OF WAR AND PEACE
by Archibald Forbes
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good or better
- Seller
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Milton, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1895] 1896. Early reprint from British sheets. Hardcover. Very Good or better. Publishers oxblood cloth binding with very light wear/soiling, bright spine gilt stamping, front inner hinge shows superficial separation but the volume is tightly bound and covers firmly attached. No markings, clean pages. Frontispiece photo of the author with tissue guard. 368 pages. Archibald Forbes (17 April 1838 30 March 1900) was a Scottish war correspondent. Experienced full-time used & antiquarian bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
CONTENTS;
Ten years of war correspondence
Moltke before Metz
The dark days of Sedan
Ambush against ambush
Paris in prostration
The crushing of the Commune
Our parish murderer
Pretty Maritza of Tirnova
The death of the Prince Imperial
War correspondence as a fine art
The future of the wounded in war
A hill story
My servants on campaign
Distinguished conduct in the field
On the old war-path
Soldiers' wives
An honest-born boy
Soldiers I have known
CONTENTS;
Ten years of war correspondence
Moltke before Metz
The dark days of Sedan
Ambush against ambush
Paris in prostration
The crushing of the Commune
Our parish murderer
Pretty Maritza of Tirnova
The death of the Prince Imperial
War correspondence as a fine art
The future of the wounded in war
A hill story
My servants on campaign
Distinguished conduct in the field
On the old war-path
Soldiers' wives
An honest-born boy
Soldiers I have known
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Country Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22398
- Title
- MEMORIES AND STUDIES OF WAR AND PEACE
- Author
- Archibald Forbes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good or better
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early reprint from British sheets
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- [1895] 1896
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General used, collectible and antiquarian books. Also paper, ephemera and posters. I am now in my 14th year of full-time book selling.
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