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History of the war in the peninsular and in the south of france, from the year 1807 to the year 1814
by NAPIER, Major-General Sir W. F. P
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Published for the proprietor by Barthes & Lowell, 1876. In six volumes. With 55 engraved plates. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, 'Ex munificentia alumnorum oratorii' in gilt to upper boards. Some rubbing to spines, cracking to joints, a little chipping to head and feet of spines.. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Prize plate to FEP of Vol. I, with inked inscription: 'George Pereira / Second Prize for English / John H. Card. Newman / July 1879'. A handsomely bound copy of the revised edition of British Army officer Sir William Francis Patrick Napier's (1785-1860) authoritative, and monumental, history of the Peninsular War, first published between 1828 and 1840, presented as a school prize and inscribed by Cardinal John Henry Newman. George Edward Pereira (1865-1923), British Army officer and explorer of China and Tibet, educated at the Oratory School, Edgbaston (1876-83) under Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890), theologian and leader of the Oxford movement. . New edition, revised by the author. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ27994
- Title
- History of the war in the peninsular and in the south of france, from the year 1807 to the year 1814
- Author
- NAPIER, Major-General Sir W. F. P
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- New edition, revised by the author
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published for the proprietor by Barthes & Lowell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Military History
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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