Peninsula by Clinton (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated 3rd edition. Boards marked and worn, front hinge cracked, foxing, owner's inscription, bookseller's marks.

3rd ed 1880's printing. 470p.mapos. FUll leather gilt binding some wear to spine but otherwise a very bright and handsome copy. Worth the price of the binding alone.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. The War in The Peninsula and Wellington's Campaigns in France and Belgium: With Original Maps And Plans, Clinton, H. R. Published by Frederick Warne and Co, London and New York, Circa 1890. Third Edition. Variant title to title page: "Wellingtons Famous Battles in the Peninsula France and Belgium." 12mo up to 7½" tall., 471pp., Preface to First and Third Edition; 15 maps and plans; tissue guarded steel engraved frontispiece showing with French and British Commanders; 4 full page illustrations; 32pp. rear publisher advertisements with full page illustrations. Gray boards with decorative front and spine in red, white, black and gilt; floral patterned endpapers. Light rubbing to corners, rear hinge line and tail and head of spine; 2 light scratches to rear board; contents are clean and binding tight. First published in 1878, this is a rare, early copy in very collectible condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. With original maps and plans, steel frontispiece and four full page illustrations. Publication date not stated. A beautiful book. The cover shows some light shelf wear, but is tidy and functional. The corners are bowed inwards are lightly worn. There is some wear around the ends and edges of the spine. A beautiful spine with raised bands and gold detailing. Lovely marbled end pages and page edges. The marbling on the page edges has faded. A previous owner has written their name and details in black ink on one of the first pages. This is dated 1914. There is a small gap in the binding where the covers are joined to the text block. The rest of the binding is sound. There are no loose pages. The pages are clean and in good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. PO label to inside cover. Foxing to endpapers. A very clean bright tight copy in great condition. "Chandos Library".

Cloth. Condition: Good. A third edition copy of this illustrated work on the campaigns of the Duke of Wellington in France and Belgium, published in the late nineteenth-century. A fascinating military and European history work on the Duke of Wellington's campaigns in France and Belgium, including the Peninsula War, Portugal, the Salamanca Campaign, the invasion of France, and the Waterloo Campaign.Including fifteen illustrations and maps and a portraiture frontispiece, collated and complete. The frontispiece contains sixteen miniature portraits of various important military individuals, and a key is included.The third edition of this work.Written by H.R. Clinton. In the publisher's original red cloth binding with gilt detailing to the front board and spine. Externally, smart, with some light rubbing to the joints and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Some minor shelf wear. Previous bookseller's small sticker to the front pastedown. Internally, front hinge is starting and the rear joint is tender. Front free-endpapers and frontispiece are starting to detach at the head, but are still attached to the tail. Spotting to the first and last few pages as well as to the fore-edge, affecting the odd page, which are otherwise generally bright and clean. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. A well-illustrated historical work on the military campaigns of the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular Wars, including a frontispiece and various illustrations. Scarce Third Edition, 'Chandos Library' edition.In the original publisher's cloth binding.Illustrations include a frontispiece depicting relevant military figures, as well as fifteen illustrations.This is an interesting historical work which focuses upon the Duke of Wellington and his campaigns in France and Belgium during the Peninsular War.Contents include a preface as well as chapters such as 'The Origin of the Peninsular War', 'The Deliverance of Portugal', Massena's Invasion of Portugal', and 'The Deliverance of Spain'.Written by H. R. Clinton, who was an instructor or candidates for the Army examinations, and an author of 'A Compendium of English History'.With one page of publisher's adverts to rear of text.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally sart. Wear to the extremities adn to the spine, with fading to the bands of joints and marks particularly to the front board.Several marks to the front paste down and endpaper, with a bit of cockling. Hinges are starting. Internally, firmly bound, with binding loosening in places. Several pages are loosening from binding and may detach with further handling. Pages are very clean throughout. Good. Various (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A very scarce, first edition account of the British military campaigns during the Napoleonic Wars by H. R. Clinton. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding with blind stamp embellishments and gilt spine.A thorough account of the British military campaigns during the Napoleonic Wars, providing detailed narratives on the Peninsular War (18081814) and the subsequent operations in France and Belgium. This copy explores the strategies and battles led by the Duke of Wellington, accompanied by original maps and plans, with four illustrated plates and a frontispiece. Unusually, the frontispiece appears facing page 129 rather than at the beginning of the volume. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. Rubbing and bumping to extremities, occasionally resulting in very minor loss to cloth, with one or two chips and closed tears to head and tail of spine. Hinges strained. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to fore edge and first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed. Various (illustrator). book.…