The Life Of Wellington

London: Bickers & Son, 1890. "Revised, Condensed and Completed" edition from 1890. No dustwrapper, green bevelled-edged boards have minor wear to outer corners and rather more so to the spine ends, with a quarter-inch tear to the middle of top end of spine. Slight fading to spine, but gilt decoration thereon is still bright, as is the gilt… Read more about this item

A very good hardcover. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. No DJ as published by Henry Froude/Hodder & Stoughton. Not dated circa 1912. One of the books from Herbert Strang's Library. Introduction by Herbert Strang. There are 240 pages.

London: Bickers & Son, Licester Square, 1890. New Edition, Revised, Condensed and Completed. with 12 illustratiuons in permanent photography, numerous wood engravings in wood, and a plan of the Battle of Waterloo. 8vo. Full polished tree calf, gilt spinePrize Binding fore Queen's School, a.e.g. Almost fine. New Edition, Revised, Condensed and Completed. with 12 illustratiuons in permanent photography,… Read more about this item

London: Bickers & Son , 1890. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None stated . The new edition of Maxwell's illustrated biography of the Duke of Wellington, in a Bickers full calf prize binding. The new edition. Illustrated with a monochrome portrait frontispiece, headpieces, illuminated letters and twelve monochrome plates, including a folding plan. Collated complete. Bound in a… Read more about this item

Hodder & Stoughton, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 239 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Two colour illustrated plates through book. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners… Read more about this item

, viii, 387 pages, with 12 black and white plates and numerous woodcuts, plan of Battle of Waterloos, fine binding by Ramage

London: Bickers & Son, 1890 . Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not stated . A lovely leather bound new edition of Maxwell's biography of the Duke of Wellington, from the library of Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. Early edition of The Life of Wellington by W. H. Maxwell in full crushed morocco binding. A new edition, revised, condensed… Read more about this item

Dedication inscription in ink on verso of ffep can be removed on request. 3 and 4mm split resp on head and tail have been repaired on verso; spine is slightly faded from green to brown; 4 cnrs very slightly worn. Marbled endpapers, all edges gold, elaborate gold decorations inside edges and outside both covers. Gold titles on spine;… Read more about this item

Henry Frowde, London, undated, c.1910, 'Herbert Strang's Library' series,. 1910. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, 240pp, 2 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, page edges browned, no inscriptions, green cloth pictorial, slightly rubbed, Very Good condition .

London, England: Henry & Frowde / Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good+. 1900. Hardcover. Tan / red hardcovers with illustrated covers ( soldiers on horses) , decorative end papers. The pages are tightly bound with a clean & unmarked pages, an inscription to the former owner on the front free end paper. A colour frontispiece with color plates… Read more about this item

, viii, 387 pages, with 12 black and white plates including portrait frontispiece, folding plan of the battle of Waterloo, plus numerous wood engravings in the text, FINE BINDING

London: Bickers & Son, 1883 Fair Copy in red cloth on bevelled boards with elaborate decoration and titles on cover and spine. Spine is sunned with some carry over to covers. Front cover & spine cover have detached from gatherings. Prelims detached and laid in. Some folios have become detached and laid in but all present. Some internal cracks. Free… Read more about this item

London: Henry Frowde Hodder & Stoughton. Binding: contemporary full decorative cloth with depiction of men on horseback marching on both upper and lower covers. Flat spine with similar image as cover with title in gilt. Paste down and free end papers are from Herbert Strang’s Library with a depiction of children with books and a ship., Size:… Read more about this item

London: Bickers & Son. Bound in full leather with raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine and black title-label. V111/387pp with 12 stuck- in photographs, numerous engravings on wood and fold-out plan of the Battle of Waterloo. Marbled endpapers, and edges, gilt heraldic device to front panel. Minor wear/rubbing to board edges and spine, inscript. to front second endpaper,… Read more about this item