NOTES AND REMINISCENCES OF A STAFF OFFICER RELATING TO THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN AND TO ST. HELENA
by Jackson, Lieut.-Col. Basil
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray. Bound in clean light brown cloth with clear gilt titles to front board and spine, this dated 1903 First Thus Edition is VG. Originally printed in 1877 for private circulation, this is the first edition for general circulation, under the Editorship of R.C. Seaton, M.A. X11/218pp+folding map of the field of Waterloo. With portrait frontis of the author, with tissue guard, Introduction, Preface, 12 Chapters and ten additional illustrations. Light foxing to part of final chapter, map at end slightly creased at bottom edge; otherwise all VG. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus Edition. 1903.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0021859
- Title
- NOTES AND REMINISCENCES OF A STAFF OFFICER RELATING TO THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN AND TO ST. HELENA
- Author
- Jackson, Lieut.-Col. Basil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Napoleon, Waterloo and St. Helena
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
Terms of Sale
Camillas Bookshop
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- VG
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