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The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an Account of his Campaigns on the Peninsula and in Pall Mall: with Sketches by Rowlandson; and notes. 'He jests at Scars who never felt a wound.' Shakespeare.
by By an Officer. [ROBERTS, Lieut.Col.David.]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: Printed for Patrick Martin., 1815 First edition; [4],188 printed pages. 15 fine hand coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson (slightly toned margins). Engraved previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Marbled endpapers. Minor toning to and offsetting from the plates, occasional spots. 14 x 22 cm. Contemporary full tree calf, gilt spine with red morocco label & gilt lettering, with alternating compartments within double gilt filets of radiating fluted petals within pointille lozenges, and 24 stars inside vertically scrolling guilloche borders (worn at the spine ends, lower joint slightly cracked but boards are well attached). Upper board has a slightly dark circle in the centre (corners slightly bumped and worn). Good copy, complete. Humorous narrative of the experiences of an officer in the Peninsular War, illustrated by the pre-eminent cartoonist Thomas Rowlandson. Provenance:- Michel Wittock, 1936-2020, a former industrialist who became an avid bibliophile (his armorial bookplate was drawn by W.Goffin and engraved by J.Boulanger). In 2010, the collector donated c.2,400 fine bindings and highly collectable books to the King Baudouin Foundation. Tooley 417. Halkett & Laing IV p.77. Abbey: Life in England 378. Alberich 390.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5062
- Title
- The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an Account of his Campaigns on the Peninsula and in Pall Mall: with Sketches by Rowlandson; and notes. 'He jests at Scars who never felt a wound.' Shakespeare.
- Author
- By an Officer. [ROBERTS, Lieut.Col.David.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- LONDON: Printed for Patrick Martin.
- Date Published
- 1815
- Keywords
- WAR, SPAIN, NAPOLEONICWARS, MILITARY, HUMOUR, HISTORY,
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Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
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About Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
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I also am joint owner of Burley Fisher Books , an independent bookshop offering new and secondhand books.
My book expertise came with four years as Chairman of London P.B.F.A. , many more years of exhibiting at monthly London Rare Book Fairs & owning my own bookshops continuously since 1984.
Every book here was valued by the person who first bought it and will be just as prized by the person who buys it now from my shopping website.
I am an accredited professional & a full member of the ABA, ILAB and the IOBA, "Setting the standard. The books you want...from booksellers you can trust".
You can meet me on my stand at Firsts 2024, London's Rare Book Fair, at the Saatchi Gallery, London SW3 4RY, 16-19 May 2024.
I also am joint owner of Burley Fisher Books , an independent bookshop offering new and secondhand books.
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