Author: HENTY, G. A.
Title: Under Wellington's Command a Tale of the Peninsular War
Description: London, Blackie & Son. Limited, 1899. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 383, ads. Thick 8vo. Original bevelled royal blue cloth boards all edges olive-green. A sequel to 'With Moore at Corunna', with a longer preface than usual for Henty's works. A first edition, first printing, meeting all the points of Newbolt 83.1. Tips of bds. bumped, with some scuffing & light soiling to boards. Spine a bit faded. Old repair to top of spine (where it appears it had been pulled). Endpapers not split. Title page shows some spotting. Binding tight, if sl. shaken. Text block clean. A good, to good plus, copy. All plates, and maps, present and placed as stipulated in the List of Illustrations. 32 page publisher's catalogue at end. Ill.: Wal Paget b&w illustrations.

Keywords: Historical Fiction;BritLit;History;Juvenile series;Boys' stories;;;;GAH Wal Paget b&w illustrations


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