Ordeal At Lucknow : The Defence of the Residency
by Michael JOYCE
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good
- Seller
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK 1st Edition, 1938. Includes printed map (facing Page vii) and 2x double-page plans of Lucknow. Near Very Good condition with no inscriptions. Occasional fox spots and dusting to closed page edges. Robert Gibbings designed Book Society bookplate to front endpaper. In Good original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (Published price 8s 6d). The wrapper has wear to the fold and edge tears, with minor loss to spine head/tail. Loosely inserted is a 1938 Times clipping reviewing the book.
History of the Siege of Lucknow during the 1857/8 Indian Rebellion. Scarce in original dustwrapper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Itchen Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1053
- Title
- Ordeal At Lucknow : The Defence of the Residency
- Author
- Michael JOYCE
- Format/Binding
- Original red cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine. In original unclipped dustwrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition / 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Pages
- 396
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Siege of Lucknow ; India ; Indian Rebellion ;
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