Story of the Peninsular War

Marquis of Londonderry [Charles Vane]

Verlag: 7.5" by 5.5", London, 1858

Beschreibung

An illustrated first hand account of the Peninsular War from Charles William Vane, the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. A historical study of the Peninsular War from Charles Vane, the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, who served in the French Revolutionary Wars, in the suppression of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and in the Napoleonic wars.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, and three further plates.Vane excelled as a cavalry commander in the Peninsular War, serving under under the Duke of Wellington, and here providing his account of these experiences, along with a narrative of the war as a whole.The twelfth thousand of this edition, the editor's preface remarks that 'scarcely any work on the subject of the war in the Peninsula has enjoyed more extensive popularity than that which forms the basis of this edition.With library blind stamps to half title and title page, and a further ink library stamp of 'St. Chad's Library' to the half title. No further library markings.Undated; dated 1858 via Jisc. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Light discolouration to back strip, with bumping to spine head and tail. Mark to centre of rear board. Internally, binding lightly strained towards centre of text block. Library stamp and blind stamp to half title, with further blind stamp to title page. Light handling marks and the odd spot throughout. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 808F12

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Story of the Peninsular War

Verlag: 7.5" by 5.5", London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1858

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Very Good

Art des Buches: book