Wolfe James Major General (5 results)

Condition: Very Good. 4 pages, 2 colour portraits, 2 plates. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: Society for Army Historical Research; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hard with Dust Jacket. Condition: Good in like dust jacket. First printing thus. Limited edition num. Good in like dust jacket. Mylar jacket taped on, the tape having slightly stained pastedowns. Ownership inscription neatly penned to free front endpaper. Smells slightly musty.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. Without Text leaf.

First Edition. Founded on original documents and illustrated by his correspondence, including numerous unpublished letters contributed from the family papers of noblemen and gentlemen, descendants of his companions. Pp. xxxii+626, mounted sepia frontispiece portrait, index; post 8vo; nineteenth century calf, spine decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, with gilt lettered black leather title label, boards with decorative gilt & blind borders and gilt edges, marbled edges and matching endpapers, dentelles decorated in gilt; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, binder's ticket (G. Mercer, Geelong) on upper pastedown, bookseller's small sticker at foot of upper free endpaper, hinges tender, two inked ownership inscriptions (one dated 1873)) on half-title page, of a few leaves faintly creased, outer leaves lightly foxed; Chapman and Hall, London, 1864. First edition. *Biography of the British Army officer remembered for his victory over the French in 1759, at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec.…