A Gentleman Volunteer: Letters of George Hennell from the Peninsular War 1812-1813. de Glover, Michael - 1979

London: Heinemann, 1979 Copy in red cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Jacket spine lightly creased. Previous owners inscription on FFE.Clean text with b/w plates and illustrations.

London: Heinemann, 1979. First Edition. . Cloth. Vg/Vg. 181pp. Plates. Sketch map Size: 8vo

William Heinemann Ltd.. Good in Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. Hardback; light foxing to edge of pages and endpapers, otherwise good in yellowed dustjacket. ; George Hennell served in the Forty-third Light Infantry and served through the campaigns of 1812-13. Illustrations & maps. ; 181 pages .

Heinemann, 1979. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1979, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket a touch rubbed (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text, maps and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

London: Heinemann, 1979. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 9.5" by 6". Not Stated. A limited edition and signed copy of this work tracing the letters of a Napoleonic war officer, in a beautiful Zaehnsdorf binding. First Edition. The half title has been signed by Michael Glover and Sir Anthony Read who wrote the foreword, a senior British Army officer who became Quartermaster-General to the Forces. An inscription has been calligraphed on an inserted leaf at the front reading 'Of this edition 25 copies have been reserved by arrangement with the Publishers for fine binding by Zaehnsdorf. This is copy number 11 which has been specially bound for Sidney Morris'. Featuring 6 double-sided plates. With several maps and plans in the text. The original dustwrapper has been bound in at the rear. In a decorative full morocco binding with gilt edges. Externally, lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and clean with just some tidemarks to the endpapers. The dustwrapper has been… Leer más

London: Heinemann, 1979. First edition. Large octavo (9 3/16 x 6 inches; 234 x 152 mm.). Collating [8], 181, [1, blank]. One of twenty-five copies signed (on the half-title) by Michael Glover and Sir Antony Read and specially bound by Zaehnsdorf (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in) in full black morocco. Covers ruled in gilt, front cover with an oval onlaid red morocco medallion (3 1/2 x 2 15/16 inches; 88 x 75 mm.) stamped in gilt with the silhouette portrait of George Hennell (reproducing the portrait on the front flap of the dust jacket). Spine panelled and lettered in gilt with five raised bands and with a circular red morocco onlay with the Zaehnsdorf monogram stamped in gilt at the foot, board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins decoratively stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, red watered silk doublures and liners. Original pictorial dust jacket bound in at end. Six double-sided photographic plates and several maps and plans in the text. Housed in the original fleece-lined black cloth slipcase. A… Leer más