Publicado por Folio Society
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Good condition. Slipcase Good. Slightly dampstained. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate opposite flyleaf. (peninsular war, 1807-181).
Publicado por The Folio Society, 1973
Librería: Marengo Books, Fernandina Beach, FL, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Special Edition. Blue decorative boards with gilt lettering, abridged copy of the massive original. Edited and introduced by Brian Connell. Please see my other offerings in Military History. I am moving to smaller quarters and must make room.
Publicado por The Folio Society, 1973
Librería: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, Estados Unidos de America
Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Slightly larger book, ornate spider web very bright gilt design on front and spine, blue cloth. Top of title page neatly cut diagonally at top--no text involved--owner's name removed? Very Good copy, no slipcase. 19.00.
Publicado por The Folio Society, 1973
Librería: Jon A Sewell, Rugby, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. UK hardback, 1973 The Folio Society. The book is in fine condition, the slipcase is in fine condition. Illustrated. Blue boards with gilt embossed detail.
Publicado por The Folio Society, London, 1973
Librería: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Hardcover in original slipcase, very good condition. Blue cloth boards with gilt embossed detail. Minor wear to the boards but overall very clean. Internally excellent throughout. Slipcase is worn at edges. DP. Used.
Publicado por The Folio Society, 1973
Librería: Henfold Books, Glasgow, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Excellent condition. Blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine and attractive abstract patterning on the front cover. Comes with grey slipcase, which slightly tanned at the edges. The book appears to be unread. Slight rough edge to front endpaper on first page. Spine, pages, maps and B&W illustrations all in excellent condition.
Publicado por Folio Society, 1975
Librería: Tilly's Bookshop, Haydock, MER, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. slipcase present, clean condition, folio boards in clean condition, 331pp, pages bright and clean and near fine condition.
Publicado por London, The Folio Society, 1973, 1973
Librería: Horsham Rare Books, Horsham, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Very good decorative blue cloth boards intricate star-burst design in gilt to front board, title to spine in sliver gilt against a purple background, bands of silver patterning to the rest of the spine, rear board plain, very minor background wear in the form of a couple of thin scuffs, top edge purple, map endpapers purple background printed in white, no incriptions, no marks, black and white portrait of William Napier is the frontispiece, 331 pages including the index, illustrations in black and white. Size 9.75x 6.25 inches approx. This is an attactively bound book in a neutral plain slipcase, a little wear to the slipcase, it is sound and firm. The Folio Society produces some books in really attractive bindings and this is no exception.
Publicado por Folio Society
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Good condition. Slipcase Good. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his custom bookplate on front endpage verso. (Peninsular War, History).
Publicado por London Folio Society, 1973
Librería: Grove Rare Books PBFA, Skipton, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Gilt-decorated blue cloth. In good, lightly marked slipcase. A very good copy. pp. 331. Maps to enpapers, author portrait frontispiece, maps battle plans and other illustrations.
Publicado por The Folio Society, London, 1973
Librería: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. 1st Folio edition; First Printing. A very nice copy of book that looks unread and still has Folio advertising postcard inside; the slipcase has a small split at edge, minor wear and the number 842 handwritten on spine; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 331 pages.
Publicado por Published by The Folio Society, Westminster, London First Folio Edition . 1973., 1973
Librería: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
First Folio Society edition hard back binding in publisher's original gilt decorated blue cloth covers, gilt and purple title and author block lettering to the spine. 8vo. 10'' x 6¼''. Contains 331 printed pages of text with many monochrome illustrations and maps throughout. In Very Good condition, no slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. FOLIO SOCIETY.
Publicado por The Folio Society, London, 1973
Librería: Clarendon Books P.B.F.A., Leicester, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. A tidy copy, in a similar slipcase. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Publicado por The Folio Society, London, 1973
Librería: Histoire et Société, Bordeaux, Francia
Couverture rigide. Condición: Très bon. In-8, reliure pleine toile bleue de l'éditeur ornée de décors dorés, dos avec pièce de titre, auteur et titre dorés, 331 pp. Frontispice, nombreuses illustrations, index, cartes. Réédition de cet ouvrage de référence sur la Guerre d'Espagne, qui parut à Londres de 1828 à 1840. Exemplaire à l'état quasi neuf.(ThB50) Size: 16 x 25.
Publicado por The Folio Society, 1973
Librería: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Type: Book 1st printing. A Fine slipcase included; a bumped lower corner, otherwise As New.
Publicado por Folio Society, London, 1973
Librería: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: New. First Thus. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to a burgundy panel on the spine and bright gilt decoration and borders to the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. A dust wrapper is not called for, this copy is encased in a robust grey paper covered slip case. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier KCB (7 December 1785 ? 12 February 1860) was a British soldier in the British Army and a military historian. The years he had spent in France he had occupied in improving his general education, for, incredible as it seems, the author of the History of the War in the Peninsula could not spell or write respectable English till that time. But his career was to be great in literature, not in art. This skill appeared in an able review of Jomini's works (Edinburgh Review) in 1821, and in 1823 Henry Bickersteth suggested that he write a history of the Peninsular War. For some time Napier did not take kindly to the suggestion, but at last decided to become an author in order to defend the memory of Sir John Moore, and to prevent the glory of his old chief being overshadowed by that of Wellington. The Duke of Wellington himself gave him much assistance, and handed over the whole of Joseph Bonaparte's correspondence that was captured at the battle of Vittoria; this was all in cipher, but Mrs Napier, with great patience, discovered the key. Marshal Soult took an active interest in the work arranging for a French translation of Mathieu Dumas. Ref YYY 3.
Publicado por The Folio Society, London,, 1973
Librería: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
First printing. Octavo; hardcover, full cloth, with gilt spine titles on a plum label, spine and upper board decorations, and endpaper maps; 332pp., top edges dyed plum and a plum and white headband, with an engraved frontispiece and 13 plates likewise. Minor wear. Slipcase mildly rubbed. Near fine. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Classic account of the Napoleonic War in Spain & Portugal. Abridged version of the monumental six volume work.
Publicado por London, The Folio Society Ltd. 1973, 1973
Librería: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Holanda
Original publisher's blue cloth binding, gilt lettering spine, gilt ornamental covers, large 8vo: frontispiece, map on endpapers, 332pp., 13 other illustrations, 28 maps, index.
Publicado por The Folio Society, London, 1973
Librería: Neil Holliday, Dymock, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Dark blue cloth with gilt titles and elaborate decoration. Map if the area as end papers. Illustrations with maps and plans. Housed in a grey slip cae with some sunning and dusting, else sound. A lovely copy of the book.
Publicado por The Folio Society, 1973
Librería: Vance Harvey, Leicester, LEICS, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Book Club Edition. 'History Of The War In The Peninsular'~ by Major General Sir William Napier Edited and Introduced by Brian Connell. Pub by The Folio Society 1973. In grey slip case; book 6 ½" x 10", blue buckram covers with silver design on spine & front cover and red label on spine; top edge stained crimson; 334pps + 13pps b&w illustr., previous owners name on inside cover; few small marks on slip case, book in excellent condition.
Publicado por Folio Society London 1973, 1973
Librería: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Original o primera edición
1st ed. thus orig. dec. cloth As New octavo 331pp., frontis., illusts., maps, index, Fine copy in original slip-case as issued.
Publicado por The Folio Society, London,, 1973
Librería: Antiquariat Christoph Wilde, Düsseldorf, Alemania
331, (1) S. Orig.-Leinenband in Orig.-Schuber. - Sehr guter Zustand innen und außen. - Achtung: Bei Auslandsversand bitte Portokosten erfragen (höheres Gewicht)!.
Publicado por Geneva. 11 July, 1855
Librería: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Reino Unido
Manuscrito
The letter must have been written in 1855, as Fox Maule (later Earl of Dalhousie) was appointed Secretary of State for War on 8 February of that year, and Napier died on 16 September. 4pp, 16mo. Bifolium with black border. Loss to part of second leaf caused by removal from mount, resulting in loss of a few words of text, otherwise in good condition. Begins: 'In consequence of a letter from my Son William of your regt. [i.e. the King's Own Scottish Borderers] stating your wish to be appointed a Paymaster to the Out Pensioners, I wrote to my friend Mr Fox Maule the Secy. at War, & herewith give you the answer which I am sorry to say holds out but little prospect of success'. He proceeds to transcribe Fox Maule's letter, dated 'War Office | 8th. July', adding: 'You had better not depend much upon this, but use all other interest you may have in that quarter, as the more Irons [y]ou have in the fire the [bette]r!' He concludes 'Lady Napier [jo]ins me in best compliments to Mrs. Hamilton'. In a postscript he asks for Hamilton to give the Napiers' best regards to a 'friend', whose name has been torn away, 'at Chatham'. Napier's son Major-General William Craig Emilius Napier (1818-1903) would end his career as Governor of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.
Librería: PORCHEROT Gilles -SP.Rance, BREST, FR, Francia
Original o primera edición
PARIS, Charles Hingray - 1839 - E.O. - In-8 - Débroché - Volumes III & III, partie II, seul - LXIX-387 pages & LXXXVIII-440 pages - Bien complet des 8 plans et cartes couleurs in-fine, T. III, & 11 8 plans et cartes couleurs, T. III, II partie - Bon exemplaire - PHOTOGRAPHIES sur demande Livres 6 volumes.
Publicado por John Murray, London, 1828
Librería: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Irlanda
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Volumes 1 and 2 of Napier's History of the Peninsular War, with the plates and maps bound in. A very good set in closely matching calf, most likely the same binder but at different times, labels on volume 1 backing, edges a bit rubbed but overall a very good solid set. Old self marks on the front end papers, no other markings or inscriptions. The volumes were issued separately, and it is likely that no further volumes were added to this set.