A Week At Waterloo in 1815, Lady De Lancey's Narrative, Being An Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe de Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle

de Lancey, LadyMagdalene & Ward, Maj B R (Ed)

Published by John Murray, London, UK, 1906

About this Item

First complete edition of this work written soon after the death of her husband but not published until 1888 after its discovery in family papers, this edition was the first to include an explanatory preface. Includes 8*/b/w illustration and 1*map. viii, 136pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to upper board and spine. Rubbing to edges and corners of boards and to joints. Corners a little bumped/turned. Spine cloth sunned. A couple of small spots to lower board. Owners name (contemporary) to free endpaper and verse of half-title page. Foxing to rear endpapers. Short closed cut to p1.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Week At Waterloo in 1815, Lady De Lancey's Narrative, Being An Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe de Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle
• Publisher: John Murray, London, UK
• Publication Date: 1906
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued
• Weight: 500 grams
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