Memorials and Letters Illustrative of the Life and Times of John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee Volume 1 only
by Napier, Mark
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Thomas G. Stevenson. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1859. Hardcover. Volume 1 only (of 3). Edinburgh: Thomas G. Stevenson, 1859. lxii,388pp. Full blue cloth, spine letters gilt, both boards stamped in blind. Good condition, head of spine torn, moderate wear to edges, faint waterstain to portion of front and rear endpapers, slight crack in front hinge. With 8 of 10 illustrations - lacking both portraits of Viscount Dundee. Scottish soldier, nobleman, John Graham led the highland clans to victory at Killiecrankie but died in battle July 27, 1689. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 388 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13877
- Title
- Memorials and Letters Illustrative of the Life and Times of John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee Volume 1 only
- Author
- Napier, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Publisher
- Thomas G. Stevenson
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- European History, Scotland, Great Britain
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