major general johnson wilkinson (5 risultati)

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (rubbed at edges of boards - otherwise VG). Pp. xii + 441 (endpapers and prelims rather spotted; previous owner's 1896 inscriptions on front endpapers).

441pp. In the original maroon cloth. Military exploits in India and Ceylon (with lots of opinions). Essays on 31 Victorian soldiers they knew personally. Chapters on the Mutiny, the Second Afghan War and the Celyon Revolt of 1848. Poor. Nasty damp stain o.

Personal anecdotes, sporting adventures and sketches of distinguished officers Burgundy cloth, gilt decoration and title to upper board, gilt titles to spine, pp.(i-vii) viii-xii, (1-3) 4-441. Second edition, v.g. condition, bookplate of the library of the Military Institute of Vancouver on front pastedown, and library stamp on rear pastedown, corners rubbed, namestamp on f.f.e.p.

2nd Ed. xii + 441pp. From the Library of Professor Malcolm Yapp, several leaves carelessly opened, light age toning, gilt lettered maroon cloth, spine faded and bumped, some spotting. Including the Sikh campaign and the Ceylon Rebellion, experiences from the American Civil War, etc. US$52.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. None (illustratore). First edition. A first edition copy of the combined military memoirs of Major Generals, Osborn and Johnson Wilkinson. The first edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with gilt lettering. The memoirs of Major-General Osborn Wilkinson and Major-General Johnson Wilkinson, of the British Army. A fascinating account of British military history, with reference to the Sikh campaign of 1848-9 and the Ceylon Rebellion of '48. With additional accounts of their adventures in India and their experiences with the American Civil War. With a publisher's advertisement to the front of the book. In the publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing to the extremities and bumping to the spine. Some fading to the spine. Previous owner's ink signature to the front free endpaper. Spotting and light offsetting to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with some light spotting towards the front of the book. Very Good. book.