Author: Major Johns R.M.; Nichols, P.H. Lieut
Title: The Naval and Military Heroes of Great Britain or Calendar of Victory Being a Record of British Valour and Conquest by Sea and Land on Every Day of the Year. From the Reign of William the Conqueror to the Battle of Inkermann
Description: London, George Bell and Sons, 1880. Hard Cover. Original cloth hard cover. 660 pages including index. With pages of ads in the front and rear. All illustrated plates present as called for. A work containing descriptions of various battles throughout English history from, as the title states, William the Conqueror to the Battle of Inkermann. Each description is broken down into days and dates of battles, offering details on the important events of the battles, as well as detailing who were considered the heroes of the battles. In FAIR condition. Cloth on the spine is VERY WORN, being considerably browned and lacking about an inch of cloth at the head and foot. This exposes the binding beneath and is unsightly. Cloth split along rear hinge, with the backstrip reattached with archival glue. General minor fading and scuffing to the covers, with a spot of heavy fading at the lower front corner. Extremities moderately scuffed with some fraying and bumping present especially at the corners. Binding cracked the front interior hinge and at page 224/25. Cover is attached to the text block but is weakened. Frontispiece and one page of ads preceding it are DETACHED and laid in. Numerical pencil notation on the title page. Text block solid with some darkening to the pages and minor scattered soiling. Page xiii torn at the fore edge, affecting some of the text. Fair/No Jacket.

Keywords: British Military History


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