Cardigan, Lord; Thomas, Donald

CARDIGAN.

Pp. xii+370(last blank), 12 plates, title and headpiece decorations, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; qr. brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt & silver-green, pale green papered boards; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split; The Viking Press, New York, 1975. First U.S. edition. *Biography of James Thomas Brudenell, Seventh Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868), who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean war, leading its famous charge at the Battle of Balaclava. Published in the UK in 1974 by Routledge and Kegan Paul, as Charge! Hurrah! Hurrah! A Life of Cardigan of Balaclava. Item #170415

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