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The Story of a Peninsular Veteran: Sergeant in the Forty-Third Light Infantry, during the Peninsular War.
New Ed., 256pp., 13 (of 14) engravings, various text embellishments. Wesleyan Conference Office.Woolmer. nd [1878].
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Youth in Ireland, enlisted in the Queen's County Militia then into the 43rd in 1806. In 1807 the regiment was ordered for service, took part in bombardment of Copenhagen & later in Peninsular inc. Corunna, Battle of Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajos. Editions appeared in 1835 & 1839 under the title "Memoirs of a Sergeant late in the Forty-Third" - this one dates from 1878 (Library Hub refers). Modern blue rexine binding, gilt to sp., lacking frontis. portrait of Wellington, VG thus.
£45
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[LENNOX (Willam Pitt)] Comp.
Memoir of Charles Gordon Lennox, Fifth Duke of Richmond, K.G., P.C.
1st Ed., xi+348pp., portrait frontis. Chapman & Hall.
1862
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Lennox (1781-1860) when known as Earl of March served on Wellington's staff in the Peninsular War, during which time he joined the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regt. as a volunteer & accompanied the regiment's advance storming party on the fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo. He formally joined the 52nd Foot in 1813 & commanded a company at the Battle of Orthes, 1814, where he was severely wounded; the musket-ball in his chest was never removed. During the Battle of Waterloo he was ADC to the Prince of Orange & following the latter's wounding, served as ADC to Wellington. Detailed memoirs of his life based on various correspondence & family sources. His military career is detailed in around 40pp., the rest of the book (apart from his early life & education) being devoted to his work as a landowner, &c. Orig. red cloth, blindstamped & gilt, rebacked, somewhat rubbed/worn, sound & VG thus. See illustration on our website.
£125
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AN OFFICER [PORTER (Robert Ker)]
Letters from Portugal & Spain, written during the March of the British Troops under Sir John Moore.
With a Map of the Route & Appropriate Engravings [from drawings by the author]. 1st Ed., xvi+320pp., 7 plates, fldg. map. Longman et al.
1809.
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Rare original edition of the classic account of Corunna campaign. Contemp. qtr. leather, gilt, marbled paper covd. boards, somewhat rubbed & chipped at edges, with a little damage to the marbled sides; frontis. & one other plate have some hand-colouring of no merit.
£125
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ANDERSON (J.H.)
The Spanish Campaign of Sir John Moore.
1st Ed., 65pp., 2 fldg. maps. Hugh Rees.
1905
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Standard primer on Corunna campaign 1808-09. Orig. grey cloth, staining to rear o/w VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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ANDERSON (J.H.)
The Napoleonic Campaign of 1805.
1st Ed., 65pp., 2 fldg. maps. Hugh Rees.
1912
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Standard primer on campaigns of Ulm & Austerlitz. Orig. grey cloth, VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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BATTY (Capt. Robert)
Campaign of the Left Wing of the Allied Army, in the Western Pyrenees & South of France, in the Years 1813-1814, under FM The Duke of Wellington.
Facsimile reprint of 1823 1st Ed., xx+185pp., plates, fldg. hand-coloured map. Ken Trotman.
1983
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No. 40 of limited edition of 250 copies, high quality facsimile edition of classic work on later stages of the war in the Peninsula. VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£50
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BOUTFLOWER (Charles)
The Journal of an Army Surgeon during the Peninsular War.
1st Ed., 182pp., 4to. Manchester: Privately printed for the author's family by the Refuge Printing Dept., Strangeways.
1912
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Daily journal of Surgeon to the 40th Ft. in the Peninsula 1809-13. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. It is believed that 100 copies only were printed. See illustration on our website.
£85
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CARMICHAEL-SMYTH (Col. Sir James, Bart.)
Chronological Epitome of the Wars in the Low Countries, From the Peace of the Pyrenees in 1659, to that of Paris in 1815; With Reflections, Military & Political.
1st Ed., xvi+414pp. Printed for T. Egerton, Bookseller to the Ordnance, Military Library, Whitehall.
1825
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Contain accounts of in excess of 100 battles, sieges & other operations in the Low Countries. Very nice recent (perhaps 1980s) half calf, dec. sp. with red leather lettering label, marbled paper covd. boards. Inscribed by the author on tp: "From Major General Sir J.C. Smyth to Colonel Francis Sherlock." Note: Carmichael-Smyth commanded the Engineers at the Battle of Waterloo, for which he was awarded a CB. Dalton (Waterloo Roll Call) records that: "it was Col. Smyth's plan of the ground which enabled Wellington to place his troops so rapidly & advantageously that day." See illustrations on our website.
£145
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CLERK (Rev. Archibald)
Memoir of Colonel John Cameron, Fassiefern, K.T.S., Lieutenant-Colonel in the Gordon Highlanders, or 92d Regiment of Foot.
1st Ed., [iii]+108pp., 4to, tinted litho. portrait frontis., 2 other tinted litho. plates (monument & family home). Printed for Sir Duncan Campbell, Bart., of Fassiefern, by Thomas Murray & Son, Glasgow, For Private Circulation.
1858.
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Memoir of John Cameron, who was commissioned in the Cameronians in 1793; transferred to the 93rd then to the 92nd as a Captain in 1794; served in Holland, Egypt, Walcheren Expedition then in the Peninsula from 1810-13, in various actions with Hill's 3rd Division; then in the Waterloo campaign, where he was killed in action leading his regiment at Quatre Bras. Detailed account of his services & campaigns, with some extracts from his letters. Near contemp. half morocco gilt sp. with raised bands & lettering labels, USC bookplate (presented by Sir Duncan Cameron, Bart., 1858). Front joint partially split o/w VG. See illustration on our website.
£145
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COLE (Maud Lowry) & GWYNN (Stephen)
Memoirs of Sir Lowry Cole.
1st Ed., viii+263pp., 4 portraits. Macmillan.
1934
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Gen. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, commanding 4th Div. in the Peninsula; much material drawn from previously unpublished family papers. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce.
£60
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