A History of the British Army. Volume I: First Part, To the Close of the Seven Years' War 1066-1712

by Sir John William Fortescue

£95 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1899. Military History FIRST EDITION. Octavo 23 x 15cm , pp. 2 xxxiv; 629 3 . With numerous folding maps and plans. Contemporary dark grey half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed, with marbled endpapers. Purple ink stamp of 'Museum: The Kings Royal Rifle Corps' to first blank, with a blue ink shelf mark, and some toning to edges, otherwise

• Binding: Leather

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