Preston Fight: or The Insurrection of 1715 1875
by Ainsworth William Harrison
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1876. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and black titles on front. Bevelled edges, patterned endpapers, rear free endpaper absent. Undated circa 1880, published introduction / dedication dated May 1875. Xvi + 304pp. A historical tale based on the seige of Preston when around 4000 Jacobites were surrounded by the English government forces. After putting up considerable resistance, they eventually surrendered and many were transported.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Bird's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1006
- Title
- Preston Fight
- Author
- Ainsworth William Harrison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- jacobite, english history, scottish history, historial fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Bird's Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...