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Social Life in the British Army
by Cairnes, Capt WE (' A British Officer?) , Illustrated by Woodville, R. Caton
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper, 1899. First edition. Hard cover in original pictorial cloth. Published NY: Harper, 1899. 8vo., 95pp., illustrated with plates R. Caton Woodville. Red cloth with gilt spine titles, white cover titles, white, black, silver and red figure in gold background. Rub to the gilt on the fourth line of spine title, uniform darkening ghost on pastedowns, else near fine, clean, bright, square. An attractive copy. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010400
- Title
- Social Life in the British Army
- Author
- Cairnes, Capt WE (' A British Officer?) , Illustrated by Woodville, R. Caton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- England & Europe; Military;
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Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
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