ECHOES OF OLD WARS PERSONAL AND UNOFFICIAL LETTERS, AND ACCOUNTS OF BYGONE BATTLES, BOTH BY LAND AND ON SEA: BY THOSE THAT WERE THERE 1513 TO 1854 A MARTIAL ANTHOLOGY illustrated from Old Engravings

COLONEL C.FIELD, R.M.L.I. (COMPILER AND ANNOTATOR)

Verlag: HERBERT JENKINS Ltd, LONDON, 1934

Beschreibung

Pale blue buckram cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, 220 x 150 mm approx. Top edge of book block stained blue.256 pp. Frontis + 15 other illustrations on glossy art paper as called for. With a forward by Field and explanatory notes etc. this is a collection of vivid letters and accounts from both officers and men of the Army Navy and Marines, relating to their personal experiences in the face of the enemy, mostly from British combatants. Prominent engagements as well as lesser known battles or skirmishes feature incl. : Fight at Southam, Warwickshire 1642, Battle of Lowestoft 1665, Battle of Guastalia 1734, Battle of Dettingen 1743, Battle of Falkirk 1745, Culloden 1746, Fontenoy 1754, Minden 1759, Quebec 1759, Skirmish at Lexington 1775, Bunker's Hill 1775, numerous Napoleonic and Crimean Battles etc. VG/G (Boo- Light shelf wear fading to cloth, Moderate foxing to edges of book block. No previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects. Dust Jacket- mild shelf soiling and wear with chips to extremities - max 2 x 20mm around head and hint of foxing spots showing through. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 122492

Bibliografische Details

Titel: ECHOES OF OLD WARS PERSONAL AND UNOFFICIAL ...

Verlag: HERBERT JENKINS Ltd, LONDON

Erscheinungsdatum: 1934

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition