History of the Royal Sappers and Miners,. from the Formation of the Corps in March 1772, to the Date when its Designation was changed to that of Royal Engineers in October 1856. Second [and Best] Edition, with considerable Additions. FIRM WORKING COPY WANTING ALL PLATES
by CONNOLLY T W J
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Longman Brown Green Longmans & Roberts,, 1857. 2 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, WANTING ALL PLATES; original red cloth, boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind, gilt backs, uncut AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED, expertly recased with new hand-made endpapers, a very good, bright, sound working copy. With the bookplate of 1st Lanarkshire Volunteers, Royal Engineers, Officers Library on front paste-downs. Wanting the seventeen plates coloured plates of uniform, but textually complete. THE FIRST PUBLICLY PUBLISHED HISTORY OF THE CORPS. SCARCE. White p.36.
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- Title
- History of the Royal Sappers and Miners,. from the Formation of the Corps in March 1772, to the Date when its Designation was changed to that of Royal Engineers in October 1856. Second [and Best] Edition, with considerable Additions. FIRM WORKING COPY WANTING ALL PLATES
- Author
- CONNOLLY T W J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman Brown Green Longmans & Roberts,
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- military, unit histories, unit history, royal engineers, royal sappers and miners, sappers,
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