James Lusk : Letters & Memories. By Captain James Lusk 6th Batt., The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). OXFORD : 1916. [ Legion D'Honneur ]
by LUSK, James 1878-1915 Captain 6th Batt., The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
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About This Item
Oxford: Blackwell 1916, 1916. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Small Octavo. Plates [ Legion D'Honneur ]. FIRST EDITION. OXFORD : 1916. [ The author's Letters & Memories published the year after his death on the Western Front.]. Hardback. Engraved portrait frontispiece and one colour plate of the Legion D'Honneur he was awarded. Original dark-red smooth cloth; gilt lettered spine; grey paper-covered boards. Untrimmed edges as issued. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. Spine gilt dulling. VERY GOOD. (vii), 151 pages. Sm.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. VERY SCARCE.
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- Title
- James Lusk : Letters & Memories. By Captain James Lusk 6th Batt., The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). OXFORD : 1916. [ Legion D'Honneur ]
- Author
- LUSK, James 1878-1915 Captain 6th Batt., The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- Illustrator
- Plates [ Legion D'Honneur ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Blackwell 1916
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1916
- Size
- Small Octavo
- Keywords
- Great Britain. Army. Cameronians World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front. World War, 1914-1918 ; Personal narratives, Scottish. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front.
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