Costello: the True Story of a Peninsular War Rifleman (including Adventures of a Soldier)
by Costello, Edward; Eileen Hathaway
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0952278235
- ISBN 13
- 9780952278238
- Seller
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About This Item
Swanage, Dorset: Shinglepicker. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0952278235 . Includes the entire text of Adventures of a Soldier by Edward Costello who was a private rifleman in the Peninsular War. He fought at Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz in 1812, Barba del Puerco (1810) and Pombal (1811) , Vitoria and the Pyrenees (1813) , Tarbes and Toulouse (1814) , and even in the Waterloo campaign (1815). Additional notes, maps, and illustrations added by Eileen Hathaway. No previous owner marks. Text, maps, and illustrations clean and bright. Both ends of spine gently bumped. Corners gently bumped. Dust jacket clean and bright and retains its original price. Dust jacket has minor wear. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 378 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81154
- Title
- Costello: the True Story of a Peninsular War Rifleman (including Adventures of a Soldier)
- Author
- Costello, Edward; Eileen Hathaway
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0952278235
- ISBN 13
- 9780952278238
- Publisher
- Shinglepicker
- Place of Publication
- Swanage, Dorset
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 0952278235
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