Battle Sketches 1914-15
by Hilditch, A. Neville
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good overall
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1915. Hardcover. Very good overall. Sketches of Cameroon, Liege, Tsing-Tao, Troyon, Gheluvelt, Falkland Islands, and Neuve Chapelle. Previous owner's armorial book plate on the front paste down - Arcadi Gluckman. Gluckman was a Colonel in the U.S. Army, awarded a Silver Star during World War I, and was an author of gun books.
Small 8vo, 206pp, 8 b&w maps. Recased. Custom binding with Asian bookbinder block stamp on the title page. Red cloth covered boards with red leather corners and spine. Raised bands, gilt title, and previous owner's name in gilt on the spine. Gold and purple decorative end papers. A few small scuff marks to the leather. Internally clean.
Small 8vo, 206pp, 8 b&w maps. Recased. Custom binding with Asian bookbinder block stamp on the title page. Red cloth covered boards with red leather corners and spine. Raised bands, gilt title, and previous owner's name in gilt on the spine. Gold and purple decorative end papers. A few small scuff marks to the leather. Internally clean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27765
- Title
- Battle Sketches 1914-15
- Author
- Hilditch, A. Neville
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good overall
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1915
- Bookseller catalogs
- MILITARY;
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Garrison, New York
About Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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