Edited Gareth Glover (14 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Color illus. , jacket now in a clear protector ; 238 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. One map, jacket now in a clear protector. Major Edwin Griffith and Captain Frederick Philips, 15th (King's) Hussars 1801-1816 ; 287 pages.

Condition: New. Hardback 264 with 17 colour IllustrationsPublished Price £25 John Gordon Smith wrote one of the most vivid, honest and readable personal accounts of the Battle of Waterloo and the ensuing campaign, where he served as a surgeon in the12th Light Dragoons, but his classic narrative was only published in a limited edition in the 1830s and since then it has been virtually unknown. His warts-and-all depiction of the British army in Belgium and France and the fighting at Waterloo rivals many of the more famous and often reprinted military memoirs of the period. That is why Gareth Glover, one of the foremost experts on the battle and the archive sources relating to it, has sought to republish the narrative now, with a full introduction and explanatory notes.Smithâs account reads like a novel, in a chatty, easy-going style, but it often records deeply shocking scenes and behaviour so scandalous that he had to avoid naming names. As well as recalling, in graphic detail, his experience as a medic during the battle, he records the aftermath, the allied occupation of France. His writing, which describes the truly dreadful consequences of the fighting as only a surgeon would see them, also gives the reader a rare insight into his role and a memorable impression of the life in the army as a whole.John Gordon Smith qualified as a doctor in Edinburgh in 1810 and began his army medical career as a hospital mate on 25 April 1811. He became an assistant surgeon to the 11th Light Dragoons in March 1813 and transferred to the 12th Light Dragoons in October of the same year serving in the Peninsular War. In 1815, with the 12th Light Dragoons, he served in Belgium during the Waterloo campaign and the occupation of France that followed. In 1818 he was placed on half pay and he never returned to military service. He published the two volume The English Army at Waterloo and in France in 1830 and died in London in September 1833.Sadly, for the medical historian and in the way of several other similar accounts by Georgian military medical men, the book omits useful medical and surgical detail, which would perhaps have given the book title more relevance.

Original black cloth. Condition: Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Original black cloth with original decorated dustjacket. With membership slip slotted between pages. Slight shelfwear. ; The Napoleonic Library; 16x24x2.7 cm; 304 pages.

Black Cloth Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First-hand accounts by German troops, who formed the majority of Wellington's forces present at the Battle of Waterloo. 255pp with index, illustrated with 8 colour plates, 2 black and white drawings and a map to the text. Gilt lettering to spine. Minimal bumping to head of spine, two shades of paper and minor marking to top edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has small internal tape repair to lower edges, otherwise very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. The horrors of war coupled with the complexities of the 'purchase' and 'staff appointment' systems. From letters of Captain Charles Kinloch 52nd Foot 1806-16. New Print Edition. The hardcover is in excellent condition. The binding is sound. There are no loose pages. The pages are clean and crisp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. The copy is numbered 13/50. New print edition. This book is in excellent condition. The cover is near fine. The binding is sound. The pages are clean and crisp.

Hardback. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Mint. First Edition. This copy is in mint, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper is in mint 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. The journals of the Honourable James Stanhope are among the most remarkable eyewitness accounts of the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, and yet they have never been published before. The long fight against the French in Portugal and Spain, the campaign in Holland, then the Battle of Waterloo James Stanhope lived through all these extraordinary events and recorded them in vivid detail. Stanhope served as an aide de camp to the major commanders of the day Wellington, General Graham, Lord Paget, the Duke of York among them. And he described his experiences and observations in a lucid and candid prose that makes his journals of great historical value and of compelling interest to us today. His writing gives a graphic inside view of the military and political situation of the time as it was perceived at the top levels of the British army, and he depicts the daily experience of campaigning during the Napoleonic Wars in an unforgettable way. Ref MMM 6.

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Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorJohn Gordon Smith qualified as a doctor in Edinburgh in 1810 and began his army medical career as a hospital mate on 25 April 1811. He became an assistant surgeon to the 11th Light Dragoons in March 1813 and transferre.

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (xvii)- blank, 382 pp with colour plate section. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £25.00. Unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. WELLINGTON, Duke of (1769-1852).

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (xvii)- blank, 382 pp with colour plate section. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £25.00. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. WELLINGTON, Duke of (1769-1852).