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Sticking it to Boney.- [Harris (T.)], "Author of "The C....LL Volunteer Corps."". Biographical memoirs of that hero of military fame Mr Christopher Scroggins : with an account of the family of the Scrogginses, title with piece of upper blank corner neatly torn away (loosely inserted), creased and soiled, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary wrappers, lacking backstrip, upper wrapper detaching, creased, lightly soiled, 8vo, Printed for the author, and sold by Swindells, 1805. *** Rare memoirs of a fictional British hero who engages with Napoleon. Library Hub and WorldCat record only one copy (University of Essex).
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Sticking it to Boney.- Harris (T.) Biographical memoirs of that hero of military fame Mr Christopher
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