The Life of Major J. G. Semple Lisle
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: Second Edition
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair to good overall, an honest, well-worn antiquarian copy with significant wear to the spine and extremities but the textblock still sound and present. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Internally clean with light age-toning. Markings: Period ink ownership inscription with a date to the title page. Binding: Original quarter-cloth and paper-boarded binding, spine cloth heavily worn and chipped with loss at the head and tail exposing the boards beneath, spine label remnants partially visible, boards rubbed and soiled with bumped corners, hinges tender but textblock still held within the binding. 382 pp. Sticker: Small sticker on front pastedown.
A vivid first-person military memoir, "The Life of Major J. G. Semple Lisle" presents the author's own account of his extraordinary and scandal-ridden career, detailing his dramatic reversals of fortune, his interactions with prominent figures of the day, and the colourful escapades that made him one of Georgian England's most notorious adventurers and confidence men.
Author: James George Semple Lisle
Format: Hardback
Published: 1800, Printed for W. Stewart, London
Genre: Biography
Edition: Second Edition
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair to good overall, an honest, well-worn antiquarian copy with significant wear to the spine and extremities but the textblock still sound and present. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Internally clean with light age-toning. Markings: Period ink ownership inscription with a date to the title page. Binding: Original quarter-cloth and paper-boarded binding, spine cloth heavily worn and chipped with loss at the head and tail exposing the boards beneath, spine label remnants partially visible, boards rubbed and soiled with bumped corners, hinges tender but textblock still held within the binding. 382 pp. Sticker: Small sticker on front pastedown.
A vivid first-person military memoir, "The Life of Major J. G. Semple Lisle" presents the author's own account of his extraordinary and scandal-ridden career, detailing his dramatic reversals of fortune, his interactions with prominent figures of the day, and the colourful escapades that made him one of Georgian England's most notorious adventurers and confidence men.