Letters from Portugal and Spain: Comprising an Account of the Operations of the Armies under Their Excellencies Sir Arthur Wellesley and Sir John Moore from the Landing of the Troops in Mondego Bay to the Battle at Corunna
by Adam Neale
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Richard Phillips, 1809. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 8.75 x 10.75 inches (22.5 x 27.5 cm). Half calf leather binding with marbled boards, neatly rebacked. Wear and heavy rubbing to boards. Dent to outer edge of rear board. Two previous owner bookplates to front endpaper, one duplicate bookplate (upside down) to rear pastedown endpaper. Foxing and a few marks to endpapers. Frontis map and title page have a few stains and spots of foxing. Small stain to outer page edge (also slightly affects some of the page margins). Offsetting to facing page from all plates (including frontis). Foxing to plates and the adjoining pages. Scattered foxing and occasional marks elsewhere. Good solid binding. Complete with the map frontis and all 12 engraved plates. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (22.5 x 27.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 4to. xvi, 348, 116 (Appendices)
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1217E085
- Title
- Letters from Portugal and Spain: Comprising an Account of the Operations of the Armies under Their Excellencies Sir Arthur Wellesley and Sir John Moore from the Landing of the Troops in Mondego Bay to the Battle at Corunna
- Author
- Adam Neale
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Phillips
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1809
- Size
- 8.75 x 10.75 inches (22.5 x 27.5
- Keywords
- Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, Peninsula War, Peninsular War, Military
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Military;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
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About the Seller
Tarrington Books
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Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Bookplate
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- Title Page
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