Contemporary ink name to title, some minor browning and creasing; wrappers a little rubbed and slightly discoloured.
[Chesney (George Tomkyns)] The Battle of Dorking.
£325
Reminiscences of a volunteer
Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood, 1871.
First separate edition. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers.
First separate edition of this landmark in the subgenre of ‘invasion literature’.
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