Edité par William Heinemann Ltd, 1979
ISBN 10 : 0434295612 ISBN 13 : 9780434295616
Vendeur : BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Ed. DJ will be clean and have at most light wear. Book will have been read but remains in goodcondition. Clean and tight binding. Cover may show slight wear. Contents will be clean and free from markings.
Edité par Cornerstone, United Kingdom, London, 1979
ISBN 10 : 0434295612 ISBN 13 : 9780434295616
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : USED_VERYGOOD. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Heinemann, 1979
ISBN 10 : 0434295612 ISBN 13 : 9780434295616
Vendeur : Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
Etat : Very Good. 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/G+. [vi]+181pp, 12pp b/w plates, b/w illustrations & maps, index, spine & part of the rear panel of the slightly edge worn dustjacket faded, otherwise a near fine copy. The book contains 26 letters sent by George Hennell [ 1785 - 1831 ] during the Peninsular War. Glover gives contextual information regarding the war, which adds to Hennell's vivid descriptions of what it was like to be a young officer during the campaign. 600 grams.
Edité par William Heinemann Ltd, 1979
ISBN 10 : 0434295612 ISBN 13 : 9780434295616
Vendeur : Greener Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.
Edité par William Heinemann, London, 1979
ISBN 10 : 0434295612 ISBN 13 : 9780434295616
Vendeur : Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
1st ed. Edited by Michael Glover. Pages clean; binding tight; dust jacket a little worn at edges with faded spine Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
Edité par Heinemann, London, 1979
ISBN 10 : 0434295612 ISBN 13 : 9780434295616
Vendeur : Capricorn Books, Oakville, ON, Canada
Edition originale
Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. 181 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w reproductions, maps, battle plans. "George Hennell, born about 1785 the son of a Coventry ribbon manufacturer and tradesman, joined Wellington's army in the Peninsula as a Volunteer, was commissioned in the field in the Forty-third Light Infantry, and served through the campaigns of 1812-13. Of his letters home twenty-six (all but two of them unpublished) survive, and these have been edited by the historian Michael Glover with a general introduction, summaries of the events in the campaign covered by the letters, notes and appendices. The discovery of the letters represents a considerable find. Hennell is particularly good at conveying the detail of everyday life in the field and camp and from his vivid pen the reader can gain a first-hand impression of what it was like to be a young officer on active service more than a century and a half ago. He is exceptional as a reporter because he not only recounts events as they happen but tries to analyse his own reactions to the dangers and horrors through which he is passing. He sometimes illustrated his letters with diagrams and fluent sketches, several of which are reproduced in this book. Hennell's story begins dramatically in the thick of the action when as a raw recruit armed only with a letter of introduction to General Picton he joins the British camp just two days before the bloody storming of the citadel of Badajoz. It ends with the victorious army descending the Pyrenees to invade the soil of France shortly before the fall of Napoleon." Previous owner's small stamp and small bookstore label on front pastedown, light edgewear and wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, very light wear at corners. Dust jacket has very light edgewear/wrinkling.
Edité par Heinemann; London., 1979
Vendeur : Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, Royaume-Uni
Hard with Dust Jacket. Etat : UNSPECIFIED. Illustrated with plates and maps. (illustrateur). First printing. Fine in near fine dust jacket. 181pp.
Edité par London : Heinemann, 1979
ISBN 10 : 0434295612 ISBN 13 : 9780434295616
Vendeur : MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlande
Edition originale
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge- and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, not price-clipped. Library copy with minor marks remaining. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 181 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Hennell, George approximately 1780-1831. Great Britain. Army ; Biography. Great Britain. Army. 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot History. Great Britain. Army. 94th Regiment of Foot History. Peninsular War, 1807-1814 ; Personal narratives, British. Soldiers Great Britain ; Correspondence. Napoleonic Wars Peninsular campaign Army operations by Great Britain Army 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot & Great Britain Army 94th Regiment of Foot, 1812-1813 Biographies. Napoleonic Wars Peninsular campaign Officers' personal observations. Napoleonic British Army Iberian Peninsula Personal Narrative Correspondence. 1 Kg.
Edité par Heinemann, London, 1979
ISBN 10 : 0434295612 ISBN 13 : 9780434295616
Vendeur : Roger Lucas Booksellers, Horncastle, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. 1st edition, 8vo, 181pp, photo reproductions, line drawings and maps, VG Copy in DJ the laminate of which is slightly wrinkled (production fault) and which is a little edge-worn and sunned at spine with commensurate colour change Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Edité par Cornerstone, 1979
ISBN 10 : 0434295612 ISBN 13 : 9780434295616
Vendeur : High Street Books, New Mills, Royaume-Uni
Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Worn dust jacket has short tears to the edges, some marking to page edges. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday.
Edité par William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1979
ISBN 10 : 0434295612 ISBN 13 : 9780434295616
Vendeur : Tweedside Books, PBFA, MELROSE, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : PBFA
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback first edition in as new condition in near fine unclipped dust jacket. Slight fading to spine. No signs of previous ownership. (Book ref. 7212).
Edité par William Heinemann Ltd, 1979
ISBN 10 : 0434295612 ISBN 13 : 9780434295616
Vendeur : Swallow Hill Books, HAVERFORDWEST, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. Ex-library book with usual stamps and marks. The cover has some limited signs of wear. Apart from the library marks the pages are very good, clean and white with no notes or underlinings. The jacket is good with some signs of wear including small tears on back top corner edge.
Edité par Heinemann, London, 1979
Vendeur : Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australie
Edition originale Signé
Etat : UNSPECIFIED. Edited by Michael Glover. Foreword by General Sir Antony Reid. Pp. [viii]+382(last blank), 12 plates, text illustrations and maps (some full page), appendices, index; med. 8vo; bound by Zaehnsdorf of London in full black morocco, the spine lettered in gilt compartments between gilt decorated raised bands, binder's device in gilt on a small red morocco onlay near foot of spine, upper board decorated in gilt, the boards with gilt rule border and edges, a.e.g.; red moire silk endpapers, dentelles decorated in gilt; within a fleece lined black cloth slipcase, which is slightly silverfished; the original dust wrapper bound in at end; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper free endpaper; Heinemann, London, 1979. First edition, being one of 25 copies thus bound, signed by the Editor and by Sir Antony Reid on the half-title page. *Born about 1785, Hennell joined Wellington's army in the Peninsula as a volunteer and served through the campaigns of 1812-13. His letters home (most previously unpublished), provide a detailed account of everyday life in the field and camp.
Edité par Heinemann, London; (1979)
Vendeur : Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, Etats-Unis
Etat : UNSPECIFIED. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to only 25 copies. The present copy is number 18. This copy is signed by both Michael Glover, the editor and by Sir Antony Read who has written the foreword. [8], 181pp. Illustrated with 6 double-sided photographic plates and several maps and plans in the text. Glover notes the privileges of the gentlemen who volunteered and were even allowed to dine with officers until their own commission were granted. Gates notes this as one of the important firsthand accounts. A beautiful copy specially bound by Zaehnsdorf in a fine black morocco, centrally stamped with a gilt silhouette over red morocco in a circular gilt frame, inner gilt dentelles, red silk endpapers, raised bands with compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, Zaehnsdorf's monogram at foot, all edges gilt, housed in a lined black cloth covered slipcase. The original dust jacket for the trade edition has been has been bound in at end. A fine copy.