The romance of modern sieges : describing the personal adventures, resource and daring of besiegers and besieged in all parts of the world / by Edward Gilliat, ... ; with sixteen illustrations.
Gilliat, Edward
Category
Books
Date
1908
Materials
Place of origin
Philadelphia
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3258617
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi, 17-351, [1] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Pencil price and codes on front pastedown: "1.50 / net / 4X= / 1/8". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (shield on a beaded oval): 'Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown: 'Brentano's / Booksellers & stationers, / New York.' Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's dark blue cloth; single white fillet to form an outer border on upper board; gilt stamped centrepiece on upper board (within a single white fillet border): soldiers with a hot air balloon; red and white decoration and lettering on upper board; gilt stamped soldiers, gilt lettering and red and white stamped cannon on spine.
Makers and roles
Gilliat, Edward, author