Wellington And Waterloo. With an Introduction by Field-Marshall Viscount Wolseley, Commander-In-Chief of the Army. The “Navy and Army Illustrated” Library. Stories of our National Heroes.
by GRIFFITHS, MAJOR ARTHUR:
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Newnes, Limited. 1898 1st.. 11.25 x 9.5 inches. In red cloth covers with gilt to spine and blind embossed pattern to boards. Red speckled edges. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened. Browning to endpapers. Occasional small marks inside. Else a clean and tight copy. 280 pp. With colour portrait frontis and b/w photographs and illustrations throughout. Biography of Wellington and an account of the Battle of Waterloo.
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- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
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- Title
- Wellington And Waterloo. With an Introduction by Field-Marshall Viscount Wolseley, Commander-In-Chief of the Army. The “Navy and Army Illustrated” Library. Stories of our National Heroes.
- Author
- GRIFFITHS, MAJOR ARTHUR:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Newnes, Limited. 1898 1st.
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHIES/LETTERS/DIARIES 18th.century 19th. Biography first edition foreign travel History Military
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