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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Includes the entire text of Adventures of a Soldier by Edward Costello who was a private rifleman in the Peninsular War. He fought at Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz in 1812, Barba del Puerco (1810) and Pombal (1811) , Vitoria and the Pyrenees (1813) , Tarbes and Toulouse (1814) , and even in the Waterloo campaign (1815). Additional notes, maps, and illustrations added by Eileen Hathaway. No previous owner marks. Text, maps, and illustrations clean and bright. Both ends of spine gently bumped. Corners gently bumped. Dust jacket clean and bright and retains its original price. Dust jacket has minor wear. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 378 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Crimson Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 240 x 160 mm approx. 378 pp 28 b/w illustrations and 12 line maps all as called for. First Edition stated [1997] Dated by reference to copyright. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book - very light marginal soiling to a couple of pages, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- mild longitudinal crease to rear flap, non price clipped - cover £19.95 . No other defects to book or jacket).…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked and seemingly unread condition bound in green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. N.B. For customers ordering from the United States please be aware that following the imposition of 'Trumpian' tariffs books will be Delivered Duty Unpaid. Benjamin Harris, a private in the 95th Regiment of the Army of Reserve, enlisted in 1803 in Dorset. He was a foot soldier during the Napoleonic Wars and his recollections are among the few surviving descriptions of military service from that era. Re WW 5.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. Bound in immaculate red buckram cloth with bright, gilt titles to spine, this 1997 hardcover First Edition is FINE in FINE Dustjacket (unclipped). 378pp with Introduction, 12 Maps, 28 Chapters, 28 illustrations (including two portraits of Costello), plus Notes, Bibliography, Sources and Index. Condition as new throughout.…

Softcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 189. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new. John Rattenbury, born in Devon in 1778, was a seaman and fisherman who turned to smuggling to earn a living. After thirty years in the trade he was so notorious that he was prevailed upon to relate his adventures for a book, Memoirs of A Smuggler published in 1837. Although Rattenbury gave a good account of his own involvement in smuggling, he said little about the organisations of which he had been a member for fear or identifying former associates. Researchers in archives in London and the West County has enabled Eileen Hathaway to fill many of the gaps, therefore this book offers you not only Rattenbury's memoirs, but also much of the information left out.…