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COOPER (John Spencer. Late Sgt. in the 7th R. Fusiliers)
Rough Notes of Seven Campaigns in Portugal, Spain, France & America during the Years 1809-10-11-12-13-14-15.
2nd Ed., vii+160pp. Carlisle: George Coward.
1914
#65032
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Rare locally printed memoir of Peninsular War (inc. Talavera, Almeida, Bussaco, Albuhera, Pyrenees &c.) & New Orleans 1815, containing appealing & atmospheric reminiscences of army life & campaigns. Orig. red cloth, gilt, with college bookplate to ffep, VG thus. The original edition of 1869 was printed by the same Carlisle printer (& is very rare): this edition includes "a few small amendments in regard to the numbering of chapters & spelling of names," brief notes on the author &, more significantly, a portrait frontis. of him in later life wearing his Peninsula Medal. See illustration on our website.
£95
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