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Wellesley, Arthur. The Dispatches of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington. Gurwood's "New" editions of 1837. 3 volumes, coving Wellesley's period in India, 1799 through 1805. Edited by Lieut. Colonel Gurwood. Vol 1: xxxii, 639p. Vol. 2: 711p. Vol 3: 687p.Three volumes total, 2,307 pages plus various introductory materials. Weight 8 lbs. so not suitable for consolidated international shipping. Domestic shipping in the US, via media mail will be without charge.These are photographic reprints, 6 by 9 inches, with generous margins - there is a photo of a random two-page spread attached to the listing. They are intended for working copies.Gurwood began publishing the Dispatches in 1834. Once publication started new materials became available. The original Volume 3 from 1835 was labeled as "Being Supplementary to Vols I & II". And then in 1837 there was another volume, not numbered in the series, and subtitled"Supplementary to the First, Second and Third Volumes Relating to India". Eventually the first… Read More

Two volumes of Wellington's Dispatches, covering the period of the Battle of Waterloo.
The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington. Volume 12. May 1814 to December 1815. iv, 716, 1p. Wrappers. A photographic reproduction of Gurwood's "New" edition of 1838.
The Supplementary Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington, K.G. Volume 10. March to July 1815. Edited by the Second Duke of Wellington, and originally published 1863. 752p. Wrappers. A photographic reproduction.
These two reprints have the imprint Waterville, ME: pagesofpages.com, 2022. Very good condition. See photos; there is a tiny slice of mis-coloration on the upper right front of the Supplementary volume.

New York: W. W. Norton [2004]. 871pp. Clean solid copy.

Williams, Dorothy Hunt. Historic Virginia Gardens. Preservations by the Garden Club of Virginia. Charlottesville: Published for the Garden Club of Virginia by the University Press of Virginia. xvi, 350p.Hardcover in protected dust jacket, both in very good condition. A handsome book

Pocket-sized folding cased map, on linen, 9 sections unfolded, printing in the same year of the battle - it was advertised in the Morning Post of April 8th, 1849. Very good condition. The case is about 3 3/4 inches wide and 5 inches high. The map unfolds to about 10 1/2 inches wide and almost 14 inches high.