History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the year 1807 to the year 1814. ... 6 vols. (complete)
by Napier, Major-General Sir W. F. P
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Thomas and William Boone, 1853. Complete 1853 set. vol 1; xxiv, 522pp, 10 plates: vol 11; xiii, 500pp, 12 plates: vol 111; xi, 427pp; 9 plates: vol 1V; xiv, 478pp, 11 plates: vol V; x, 444pp, 11 plates: vol V1; vii, 463pp, 2 plates. William Napier’s eyewitness account of the Napoleonic conflict in Spain and the South of France, complete with the original battlefield maps and diagrams. Original blind stamped brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Corners bumped. Previous owner card inside front covers. All volumes tight and clean. Gift inscription dated 1856 inside cover of Vol 1. Vol 1 and 4 have clear tape across spines.. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009314
- Title
- History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the year 1807 to the year 1814. ... 6 vols. (complete)
- Author
- Napier, Major-General Sir W. F. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket - Issued
- Publisher
- Thomas and William Boone
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- Napoleon Wellington Napoleonic Wars
- Bookseller catalogs
- Napoleon/Napoleonic Wars;
- Size
- 12mo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia
About DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Specializing in quality military history books on the Napoleonic Wars, Civil War, WWI and WWII, German military and Vietnam. We also sell new Schiffer and Fedorowicz military books.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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