London: Oxford University Press. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library (school library), with library stamps and markings. Abrasion to rear endpaper where library pocket has been removed. Dustjacket trimmed at margins, and with some loss at tail of spine and lower corner of front panel. Large section including text missing from the front flap of the dustjacket, with brown paper reinforcement pasted down on rear of flap. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; First printing. v, [3], 216 pages. Black cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. Historical novel. "For his new book he turns to the Duke of Malborough's campaign against the French in Europe, another stirring and dramatic period of history." - from dustjacket blurb. With illustrations by William Stobbs. .

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Seller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Seller's Inventory #: 15714
Title: Captain of Dragoons
Author: Welch, Ronald
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good in Poor dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1956

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We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.

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