BATTY, CAPTAIN ROBERT

Campaign of the Left Wing of the Allied Army in the Western Pyrenees and South of France in the Years 1813-14 Under Field-Marshal the Marquess of Wellington

London: Ken Trotman / Lionel Leventhal Ltd, 1983. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0853685967. Illustrated by Batty, Captain Robert. Hand-numbered copy #123 of 250. Facsimile reprint of the 1823 first edition. "Illustrated by a detailed plan of the operations, and numerous plates of moutain and river scenery." - title page. Fold-out map at title page. "The history of European warfare affords few examples of battles which have been more important in their results, or more brilliant in their achievement, than that of Vitoria. The campaign too which preceded it was distinguished by a series of the most able manoeuvres, compelling the enemy to retreat from the frontiers of Portugal to a defensive position behind the Ebro, without being able to oppose the allies in any general action. Thus, in the short space of one month, the influence which the French had held over the Peninsula, during several years, was brought to a fatal crisis." - pages 1-2. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Campaign of the Left Wing of the Allied Army in the Western Pyrenees and South of France in the Years 1813-14 Under Field-Marshal the Marquess of Wellington Vitoria. Fine .

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Captain Robert Batty

Campaign of the Left Wing of the Allied Army in the Western Pyrenees and South of France, in the Years 1813-14; Under Field-Marshal the Marquess of Wellington

London, Jen Trotman; John Murray, 1983 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, limited facsimile edition of this first-hand account of the latter stages of the Peninsular War, illustrated with numerous plates and fold-out map by the author. Bound in the publisher's original quarter red cloth with grey cloth boards.This copy is a limited edition, being number two hundred and thirty four of two hundred and fifty copies. This edition is a facsimile edition of the original 1823 edition. First edition, thus.This copy includes 13 unnumbered leaves of plate, with one fold-out colour attached to half-title verso. Collated, complete.This edition presents a first-hand account of the latter stages of the Peninsular War, the clash of allied British, Portuguese, and Spanish forces against the French in the Western Pyrenees and south-west France during 1813–1814.Captain Robert Batty (1789–1848) was educated at Caius College Cambridge, and was commissioned as an Ensign in the 1st regiment of Foot Guards in 1813, before being placed as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1828, participating in key engagements such as the sieges of San Sebastián, the battles of the Nive, Orthes, Bayonne, and Toulouse, and was wounded at Waterloo. He was also a skilled artist, illustrating the plates and fold-out map in this edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Some binding glue apparent to edge of font grey cloth board, onto red quarter cloth. Very slight discolouration to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Captain Robert Batty. Near Fine .

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Catalogue: History & Culture

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Feldkamp, Phyllis nd Fred,

The Good Life...or what's left of it: being a recounting of the pleasures of the senses that contribute to enjoyment of France.

NY, Harper's Magazine Press, (1972). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Owner inscription, DJ chipped.

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Catalogue: Travel

FLOWER, J.E.

Literature and the Left in France: Society, Politics and the Novel since the Late Nineteenth Century.

Macmillan with Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University, 1983. Hardcover. Ex-library, o/wise good (no markings to text) in dj. 256pp. ISBN 0333198816.

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Keywords: literature literary history 19th nineteenth century france french left politics political science social

Flower, J.E.

Literature and the left in France. Society, politics and the novel since the late nineteenth century

Methuen and Co. Ltd., London, 1985 The cover shows a slight discoloration. 216 p., Soft Cover, Very Good.

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Book number: 3184

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Khilnani, Sunil

Arguing Revolution: The Intellectual Left in Postwar France

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1993. orig.cloth. 24x15cm, viii,264 pp. Minor rubbing. Some page-edge soil. VG. dustwrapper.
¶ Contents: Intellectuals & the Left; The Languages of Political Criticism after the Liberation; Jean-Paul Sartre: Politics by Procuration; Louis Althusser: The Mystique of Theory; Revolution Exorcised, 1968-1981; The Revolution is Over: Francois Furet & the Historians' Challenge; Epilogue.

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French Line; Compagnie Generale Transatlantique

Sail the Left Bank on the Ss France (the Class Others Call Tourist)

Paris, France: CGT, [ca. 1971]. 4to. Stapled Wraps. [20 pp.] Very Good. Color Photos. .

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Book number: 68-6339

Catalogue: Ephemera

[MAP - PYRENEES]. SANSON, Nicolas.

Les Monts Pyrenées, ou sont remarqués les Passages de France en Espagne.Paris, Hubert Jaillot, 1719. Engraved map on 2 assembled sheets (54.5 x 88 cm). With title in decorated cartouche (signed F.C.) in upper right corner and scalebars in decorated cartouche in the lower left corner. Coloured in outline.

Large map of the Pyrenees, a mountain range on the border between France and Spain, after Nicolas Sanson (1600-1675). Apparently printed from the original plates, differing from the map issued in Mortier's "Jaillot-Atlas".Very good copy, slightly browned.l Pastoureau, Jail. II C map 166.

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SPEED, John [and Pieter van der KEERE?].

A new mape of ye XVII provinces of Low Germanie.[London], George Humble, 1626. 41 x 53 cm. Engraved map with hand coloured borders, probably by Pieter van den Keere (1571-after 1646). Incorporating a fine compass-rose with 32 rhumb lines and names of the wind-directions, a coat of arms of France, a title-cartouche, a legend ("A catalogue of the cities et [!] villages in everie Province") and an indication of scale (ca. 1:1.120.000). The map is topped by 8 hand coloured miniature profiles of major cities and bordered by hand coloured figures in local costume at the left (5 male figures) and right (5 female figures). Framed.

Very fine and attractive map in its first edition, as published in John Speed's A Prospect of the most famous Parts of the World (London, 1627). The very successful map was republished in 1654 (in two different states) and 1674. Its decorative border incorporates profiles of Amsterdam, Antwerp, Ghent, Middelburg, Groningen, Zutphen, Utrecht, and Atrecht, and figures depicting "a Gentle woman", "a Brabanders wiffe[!]", "a Hollanders wiffe [!]", "a Fishers wiffe[!]", "a Contreywoman[!]", and their male counterparts.Slightly creased, with restored tears along the head and foot of the central fold. Otherwise a very good copy.l Van der Heijden 88, first state (of 4).

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