Military Antiquities Respecting A History Of The English Army from the Conquest to the Present Time (2 Vols) (1786-8)
by Grose, Francis
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued
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About This Item
London, England: S. Hooper, 1786. 1786-1788, London] First Edition vi, 434pp; vi, 352pp + appendices & plates. With frontisp., title-vign., and 61 full-page plates of early armour. A fine and desirable work. Uniform volumes. Full tan calf. Gilt titles on spines. Appendix X has its own title page, A General and Compleat List-Military of every Commission-Officer of Horse and Foot, now Commanding His Majesties Land-Forces of England. Each volume has engraved frontispiece, title pages with vignette engravings, plus a further 78 copper-engraved plates across the two volumes. Vol 1 cover loose. Light foxing. Text overall clean. Previous owner stamp inside front cover.. Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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- 011614
- Title
- Military Antiquities Respecting A History Of The English Army from the Conquest to the Present Time (2 Vols) (1786-8)
- Author
- Grose, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket - Issued
- Publisher
- S. Hooper
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1786
- Keywords
- British Army
- Bookseller catalogs
- Warfare; Britain;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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