Seven volumes of Works on the Battle of Waterloo and It's Commanders; Wellington and His Army Wellington: A Reassessment Wellington Wellington and His Friends Wellington at Waterloo

Godfrey Davies; Sir Charles Petrie; S. G. P. Ward; Seventh Duke of Wellington; Jac Weller; David Johnson; Andrew Uffindell

Published by Longman; Macmillan; Batsford; Spellmount; Blackwell; Pen & Sword Military James Barrie 1954-2007, London, 1954

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Seven volumes of work on the battle of Waterloo and it's commanders; Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington, with six being first editions and all in their original unclipped dust wrappers. Seven volumes.First impression to all but 'Napoleon's Cavalry' which is a reprint.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers.Illustrated to 'Waterloo Commanders' with maps, vignettes and eight pages of monochrome plates, collated complete, 40 pages of monochrome plates to 'Wellington at Waterloo', a frontispiece to 'Wellington and His Army' and 15 pages of monochrome plates to 'Napoleon's Cavalry. Collated complete.This series features seven works on the battle of Waterloo and their commanders, with most of the works being biographical works on the Duke of Wellington. The battle of Waterloo marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars and was won by Wellington. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally excellent with the odd mark to the boards to 'Napoleon's Cavalry', offsetting to the endpapers to 'Wellington', 'A Reassessment', 'Wellington at Waterloo' and 'Wellington and his Army', light tidemark to the corner of the endpapers to 'Napoleon's Cavalry' and to the extremities of 'Wellington' and the odd minor spot to 'Waterloo Commanders'. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown to 'Wellington and his Army'. The wraps are lovely to 'Waterloo Commanders' Napoleons' Cavalry' and very smart to the rest with fading to the spine and minor marks to 'Wellington and His Army', 'Wellington at Waterloo' and 'Reassessment', marks to the rear to 'Wellington' with a small closed tear to the head of the spine and slight marks and edgewear to 'Wellington and His Friends'. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages to all but 'Wellington and his Friends' and 'Wellington and His Army' which are lightly age toned. Minor tidemarks to the corners to the head of the pages to 'Napoleon's Cavalry' and to the extremities of the front pages to 'Wellington'. Tidemark to the verso and joints of 'Wellington' and to the head of the verso to 'Napoleon's Cavalry'. Very Good Indeed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Seven volumes of Works on the Battle of Waterloo and It's Commanders; Wellington and His Army Wellington: A Reassessment Wellington Wellington and His Friends Wellington at Waterloo
• Publisher: Longman; Macmillan; Batsford; Spellmount; Blackwell; Pen & Sword Military James Barrie 1954-2007, London
• Publication Date: 1954
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: None stated
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good Indeed
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed
• Weight: 3 kilograms
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography & Autobiography