Tents and Tent Life from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time ( SIGNED Presntation Copy )
by Rhodes, Godfrey
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London, Smith Elder & Co, 1858. 1st Edition. Elegantly bound in red half leather with marbled boards. Near fine. Contents fine. Frontis and several other engravings and complete. Folding plan. 263 pages. Some age staining to the rear of the frontis and plates. Presentation copy to Col Rhodes ( Father of the author ? ) . A rather unusual title on the type of tents used to 1858 by the Arabs, Berbers, field tents , Laplanders, etc. With sketches and plans of the various types of tent.Very scarce.
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- Title
- Tents and Tent Life from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time ( SIGNED Presntation Copy )
- Author
- Rhodes, Godfrey
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Smith Elder & Co, 1858
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