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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Zustand: Muy bien.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Zustand: New.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Lightly worn copy.

Zustand: good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine and cover may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation. If you're not satisfied with purchase please just return it.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 6th Edition. rebound; two nice folding maps; 1 panoramic fold-out, which may be missing the first panel.

Disbound. Zustand: Fair. Third Edition, Corrected. 84pp. No cover but still well bound together. Minor age staining on first couple of pages otherwise interior in nice clean condition. Owner's name on half-title page.

Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book dissects the historic struggle between the UK government and its citizens over budget cuts and spending. The author claims that around 1817, a significant shift occurred, transforming the once collaborative relationship between the House of Commons and its constituents into one characterized by government evasion of public concerns over spending. The book argues that rather than fulfilling their duty to diminish government spending, as had always been the standard practice, Parliament instead created Finance Committees, whose main function was to remove the pressure to reduce government spending from public discourse and legitimize government spending to the public. The author provides a historical account of the Finance Committee's actions in 1817 and the years that followed, substantiating the claim that the committees were, in fact, instruments of the government's evasion rather than sincere attempts to curb spending or alleviate the tax burden on British citizens. Ultimately, this book reveals the disturbing reality of a government body designed to represent the people, acting instead to protect the interests of the government itself. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Half title page + full title page + 79 pages + publishers ads page. Size 23.7 x 14.7 approx. inscribed top corner of half title page is JEG, Langley, 1822. Condition Later plain paper binding, Contents mostly Very good, clean & tight, some minor corner bending.…

Quarter-leather. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 2 works in 1 volume, both first editions, v (i) 7-83 [1]: (ii) 83 [1]pp, attractive modern calf back with black morocco lettering label, marbled boards, new endpapers, no half titles, second work lacks pp57-64, small waterstain to fore-edge of the second work, 8vo (217x132mm).…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Hardback. No dustjacket. Eighth edition as stated on the title page. Bound with black spine and brown tweed front and back covers. Tight sound copy but pretty much a tight sound reading copy only due to black cloth tape reinforcement to inner hinges which are keeping the covers attached and heavy wear tyo the outer spine and covers. Foldout colr map frontispiece is still present and in ni ce shape, Second fold out plate looks like it might be missing some of its left side, Third fold out map is complete with a few tears and creases, Text block is tight and sound with some light foxing. A nice tight sound reading copy only. This book is The Battle of Waterloo, Containing the Series of Accounts Published by Authority, British and Foreign, with Circumstantial Details, Previous, During and After the Battle, from a Variety of Authentic and Original Sources, with Relative Official Documents. Eighth Edition 1816. No Signature.…

Hard Back. Zustand: ACCEPTABLE. No D/W. 10th Edition. THE TITLE GOES ON.WITH CIRCUMSTANTIAL DETAILS RELATIVE TO THE BATTLE FROM A VARIETY OF AUTHENTIC AND ORIGINAL SOURCES, CAMPAIGN OF THE NETHERLANDS 1815, TO WHICH IS ADDED THE NAMES ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED OF THE OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED FROM 15TH TO 26TH JUNE 1915 AND THE TOTAL LOSS OF EACH REGIMENT. ILLUSTRATED BY A PANORAMIC SKETCH OF THE FIELD OF BATTLE. WITH A GENERAL PLAN OF THE CAMPAIGN. BOUND WITH VOLUME 2 WHICH IS ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO CONTAINING A REGISTER OF THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS WHO SERVED IN THE CAMPAIGN OF THE NETHERLANDS. THE BOOK IS COMPILED AS FOLLOWS. CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1; CONTENTS OF VOLUME 2; DESCRIPTION OF THE MAPS PLANS AND ETCHINGS; REFERENCES TO AND MEMOIR OF THE FIELD OF WATERLOO; 320 PAGES OF VOL1 IN THREE PARTS.164 PAGES OF VOL 2; THE STAFF OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AT WATERLOO AND LIST OF OFFICERS BRITISH HANOVERIAN AND GERMAN IN THE CAMPAIGN OF THE NETHERLANDS;34 ETCHINGS;6 FOLD OUT MAPS AND A FOLD OUT PANORAMA. PRELIM PAGES ARE GRUBBY AND BROWNED. TITLE PAGE TO VOL ONE IS BROWNED AND CLIPPED ACROSS TOP EDGE. ( NO TEXT AFFECTED). UP TO SECOND PAGE OF CONTENTS THE PAGES ARE HELD ON ONLY BY THE TOP THIRD OF THE SEWN BINDING. THEREAFTER THE PAGES, ALTHOUGH BROWNED, ARE QUITE TIDY FOR THEIR AGE. VERY LITTLE FOXING. IN VOLUME ONE THERE IS SOME PENCIL ANNOTATION IN THE MARGINS, AND OCCASIONAL UNDERLINING IN INK. TITLE PAGE OF VOLUME 2 IS BROWNED. THERE IS A LITTLE MORE PENCIL UNDERLINING/ANNOTATION OF THE TEXT IN VOL 2 THAN VOL 1. SOME UNDERLINING IN INK, MAINLY IN THE LISTS OF OFFICERS. IN VOLUME 2 THERE ARE SOME EXTRA PAGES. PP 63/64 AND 95/96 APPEAR TWICE IN THE NUMBER SEQUENCE BUT THE TEXT IS DIFFERENT. THE 34 ENGRAVINGS ARE VERY BROWNED, AND A BIT GRUBBY ONTHE EDGES. MAPS WORN AND GRUBBY ON EDGES. TEAR ( NO LOSS) IN THE MAP OF THE CAMPAIGN OF THE NETHERLANDS . TEAR IN THE LARGE PLAN OF WATERLOO ( NO LOSS). PANORAMA A BIT BROWNED. THE FRONT HINGE IS CRACKED. REAR HINGE BROKEN. THE BOOK HAS BEEN REPAIRED IN A RATHER STRANGE MANNER, BY USING A PIECE OF LEATHER WRAPPED ROUND THE SPINE, THUS HOLDING THE BOARDS ON, BUT IT IS AN AMATEURISH PIECE OF WORK. THE BOOK WAS ONCE HALF LEATHER BOUND. THE CORNERS ARE STILL LEATHER BUT VERY WORN. THE REST OF THE COVERS WERE MARBLED PAPER, BUT NOW SO WORN AND RUBBED THAT THE MARBLING EFFECT HAS ALMOST DISAPPEARED. SCANS AVAILABLE. HARD TO DESCRIBE IN DETAIL, SO ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE JUST ASK.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. The Battle Of Waterloo, Containing The Series of Accounts Published By Authority, British And Foreign, And Circumstantial Details, Previous, During, And After the Battle, From A variety Of Authentic And Original Sources, With relative official Documents, Forming An Historical Record of The Operations In The Campaign Of The Netherlands, 1815. Fifth Edition. To which is added, An Alphabetical List of the Officers killed and wounded, from the 15th to 26th June 1815 and the total loss of each Regiment, with an enumeration of the Waterloo Honours and Privileges conferred upon the men and officers and lists of Regiments and entitled thereto, illustrated by A Panoramic Sketch of the Field of Battle and a plan of the Position and Movements, with those of the Prussians traced. By a Near Observer. Fold out plates are present but have tears and are in poor condition, see images. A genuine piece of contemporary history being the 5th edition published shortly after the Battle. Engraved plates throughout (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Seventh edition 1815. Engraved and hand-coloured folding frontispiece map. Two folding engraved panoramas and one other engraved hand coloured map. Some tears and repairs to edges and maps, no loss. New endpapers. Contemporary full leather rebacked with cloth spine. Tape down gutter edge of title page repair. Only a fair copy. Still a good contemporary account of Waterloo. Engraved Plates throughout. (illustrator).…

Zustand: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. No DW. 4th Edition. Frontispiece map (in nice condition) and title page are loose as are the next few leaves. Nice panoramic views but some noticeable offsetting. Most of text block is clean and tight. Minor spotting. Both original grey paper covered boards are present but detached. Originla large printed title label on front cover in good condition. LACKS SPINE. So just a good working copy or suitable to restore.…

Zustand: New. Print on Demand pp. 88.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 4th Edition. pp XCIX, 116. Rebacked original half natural calf binding with marbled boards and end papers. 1st owner bookplate to FPD and name to title page. Fine condition foldout frontispiece battle plan ad 2 foldout panoramic sketches in fine condition.…

Hardcover. Stated Fourth Edition. 5 x 8in. xcix. 116pp. 16pp. 4 engraved folding maps, three folding and two panoramic. Bound in three quarters polished calf over cloth boards. Spine with 6 decorated compartments. The engraved armorial bookplate of D.T. Murphy at the front paste-down. VERY GOOD. Shows the extremities shelf rubbed with hints of minor surface losses, some losses from the hinges but holding strong, the second blank has been neatly reattached, a chip from the corner of the front endpaper, two very brief former owner annotations of the period, otherwise the binding is strong, the text and plates are exceptionally clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured. …

Vellum. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Full title: The Battle of Waterloo, Containing the Series of Accounts Published by Authority, British and Foreign, with Circumstantial Details, Previous, During and After the Battle, from a Variety of Authentic and Original Sources, with Relative Official Documents, Forming an Historical Record of the Operations in the Campaign of the Netherlands. To which is added an alphabetical list of the officers killed and wounded, from 15th to 26th June, 1815, and the total loss of each regiment, with an enumeration of the Waterloo honours and privileges, conferred upon the men and officers, and lists of regiments, etc. entitled thereto. Illustrated by a panoramic sketch of the field of battle, and a plan of the position and movements, with those of the Prussians, traced. By a Near Observer. Stated fifth edition. Half-vellum binding with patterned red cloth covers. Gilt decorations along the spine, with title and date set against red backgrounds. Cxliv, 140 pp. With an extra leaf cxxv*, cxxvi*, preceding the other leaf also bearing these page numbers. Text is continuous and complete in that section. Collated and complete. With two fold out maps and a large fold out panoramic illustration of Waterloo, all colored. As the title states, a detailed account of the Battle of Waterloo, drawn from various sources, and paying special attention to the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon. With a large bookplate from William Hillier, 4th Earl of Onslow, a British politician and former Governor of New Zealand. Also present is an ownership signature from George Augustus Sala, perhaps the Italian-English writer and journalist. In GOOD condition. Covers slightly bowed, with minor soiling and darkening to the vellum. Cloth worn along the lower front edge, with some loss, perhaps due to insect exposure. Cloth faded. Text block solid with scattered minor foxing and soiling throughout, as well as a few minor pencil notations. Some notations regarding provenance on a rear endpaper. Frontis map with some foxing and darkening, cropped a little close at the lower margin. The Fold out panorama also bears some foxing, and has extensive paper and cloth tape repairs to the reverse, as well as creasing present. The last map has a 2 inch diagonal tear near the edge attached to the binding, with minor foxing and ghosting, as well as pencil notations to its blank side. …

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1804 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 124 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 124 Language: English.…

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1822 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 94 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 94 Language: English.…