Buy this book on-line CORNWELL**, BERNARD: : SHARPE'S ESCAPE - Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign,1810.**LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers,2004. ISBN 0007120133.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,matt, wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by James Prinsep Beadle,illustrated dw/dj,with separate brown-gilt edged,plain brown and plain gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate slightly mottled blue/grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,3-350pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 13 chapters and historical note at rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,page of publisher's advert for author's other series of novels,title page,a dedication,b/w illustrated campaign maps,parts separator pages, last 2 sentences to last unpaginated page, followed by 6pp blanks at rear.
'Sharpe's Escape' begins on the great,gaunt ridge of Bussaco where a joint British and Portuguese army meets the overwhelming strength of Marshall Massena's crack troops.It finishes at Torres Vedras where French hopes of occupying Portugal and finishing the war quickly die.A classic Sharpe novel,with Richard Sharpe in his finest form reunited with Patrick Harper, and facing enemies on every side.The 20th novel in the ongoing historical saga.
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by James Prinsep Beadle,illustrated dw/dj,with separate brown-gilt edged,plain brown and plain gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread? Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate mottled blue/grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-350pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 13 chapters and historical note at rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,page of publisher's advert for author's other series of novels,title page,a dedication, b/w illustrated campaign maps,parts separator pages,last 2 sentences to last unpaginated page,followed by 6pp blanks at rear.
Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age.It really is an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness.
'Sharpe's Escape' begins on the great,gaunt ridge of Bussaco where a joint British and Portuguese army meets the overwhelming strength of Marshall Massena's crack troops.It finishes at Torres Vedras where French hopes of occupying Portugal and finishing the war quickly die.A classic Sharpe novel,with Richard Sharpe in his finest form reunited with Patrick Harper,and facing enemies on every side.The 20th novel in the ongoing historical saga.
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