A list of all the officers of the army and royal marines on full and half-pay: with an index: and a succession of colonels
by [BRITISH ARMY]
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
[London]: [Printed by C. Roworth], [1806]. [4], 337, *337-*338, 338-846pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and a trifle marked. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, internally clean and crisp. A well preserved, finely bound copy of this 1786 army list. Containing the names of all Officers of the British army in the lull between the American Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic conflict. Amongst the officers of the 33rd (1st Yorkshire W. Riding) Regiment of Foot is listed the young Lieutenant colonel Hon. Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). . Fifty-fourth edition. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ20613
- Title
- A list of all the officers of the army and royal marines on full and half-pay: with an index: and a succession of colonels
- Author
- [BRITISH ARMY]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Fifty-fourth edition
- Publisher
- [Printed by C. Roworth]
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- [1806]
- Keywords
- Military History
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...