Isbn: 9780709145813 - the Last Days of General Gordon (4 results)

8vo; original orange boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 192; plates; map. Dustwrapper ever so slightly rubbed and edgeworn. Very good condition. "Gordon, like some other great generals, was not cast in a traditionally belligerent mould: with his back to the wall that strangeness of outlook which sometimes led to the charge of madness, yielded place to the reminder that he sprang from three generations of soldiers. His personality puzzled many of his contemporaries: and it is certainly not in keeping with the pattern of our time, when a stiff upper lip is held to be synonymous with an empty head. Apart from the fact that his fate was decided by the paucity of military means at his disposal, an odd assortment of details contributed to the end of this typically Victorian hero. There was the fall in the level of a river, a time-wasting search for scarlet tunics and the unromantic fact that a colourful naval officer developed boils.".…

Condition: Poor. No dustjacket. Fading/tape marks to cover. Foxing to textblock edges/parts of content. Front endpaper missing & clipping from dustjacket taped in. Previous owner markings/signatures at front/back. Large section cut from title page. Text good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published by Robert Hale and Company of London in 1974. Hardcover. 1st edition. Book condition: Good. Orange cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Boards do show signs of wear. Inside pages are in good order. Initials of the former owner have been written on the 1st inside page. Dust Jacket condition: Good. Price unclipped. Jacket does show some signs of wear to the top of the Jacket. See photograph. Dims: 220mm x 140mm x 25mm. 192 pages. Biography of this Great British Military Leader.…

Condition: very_good. This book is in Very good condition. There may be a few flaws like shelf wear and some light wear.