Wolfe Major General James (6 results)

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.

1st edition. "This edition of Wolfe's Instructions is LIMITED to 700 copies, of which, this is number 2-10 for Review." Near fine gilt-blocked leatherette copy in a somewhat edge-torn (with loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains tight, clean and strong. Facsimile of the 1768 edition. Physical description; 106. Subjects; Wolfe, James 1727-1759. 1701-1800. Military art and science Great Britain. Quebec Campaign, 1759. Art et science militaires Grande-Bretagne. Military art and science. Military art and science ; Early works to 1800. Québec Campaign, Québec, 1759. Québec (Québec) Histoire 1759 (Siège) Great Britain. 3 Kg.

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

1st edition. "This edition of Wolfe's Instructions is LIMITED to 700 copies, of which, this is number 2-10 for Review." Near fine gilt-blocked leatherette copy in a somewhat edge-torn (with loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains tight, clean and strong. Facsimile of the 1768 edition. Physical description; 106. Subjects; Wolfe, James 1727-1759. 1701-1800. Military art and science Great Britain. Quebec Campaign, 1759. Art et science militaires Grande-Bretagne. Military art and science. Military art and science ; Early works to 1800. Québec Campaign, Québec, 1759. Québec (Québec) Histoire 1759 (Siège) Great Britain. 1 Kg.

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 Founded on original documents and illustrated by his correspondence, including numerous unpublished letters contributed from the family papers of noblemen and gentlemen, descendants of his companions.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.