Sir general robert wilson (26 resultados)

(Subject: European Conflicts & The Napoleonic Wars) A contemporary eyewitness account of the campaign and battles fought by Napoleon and his Grande Armee after the destruction of the Prussian Army. Wilson looks at the character and composition of the Russian Army, and recounts the campaigns in Poland. A Facsimile reprint of the very scarce original. (Published: 2000) (Publisher: Worley Publishers) (ISBN: 1869804406) (Pagination: 276pp, 8 maps) (Condition: New) UL-XXXXXX.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Facsimile reprint of the 1810 work 'Brief Remarks on the Character and Composition of the Russian Army, and a Sketch of the Campaigns in Poland in the Years 1806 and 1807'. Includes 8*maps. 276pp.

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Gilt titles on pebbled deep green cloth. 411pp + 32pp ads. Large fold-out map is present. Booksellers small vintage label (possibly original) on fep.

Gibraltar, 18 June 1848. General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson (1777-1849) served in Sir David Baird's expeditionary force in South Africa against the Dutch. Wilson had a varied military career, commanding Abercromby's cavalry in Egypt (1801), and commanding a Spanish brigade at the Battle of Talavera in the Peninsular War. He was Governor of Gibraltar 1842-49. He was the author of the popular History of the British Expedition to Egypt (1801 and later editions), travel diaries, memoirs and pamphlets.…

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book presents a meticulous record of Jamaica's political and commercial past, from its initial discovery to the struggles between Spain and England for supremacy in the Caribbean. The author, a renowned historian and expert in colonial affairs, has fused together a comprehensive narrative of the island's development. This book contributes a valuable piece to the complex and fascinating story of Jamaica and its connection to the wider history of the Americas. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Hardback. 2nd Ed. Quarter leather with marbled boards. Boards are heavily rubbed with some surface missing. Wear to spine-ends & edges. Gilt titles to spine of which top inch of spine cover is missing. Binding is firm. 8.2" x 5.6". xxviii pp. 412 pp. Illus: 4 pp. line-drawn maps. Outline map of part of Russia is missing. Wt: 0.9 Kg. Not pretty but a solid, Good Reading Copy.…

Hardcover (Half Leather). Condición: Good. First Edition. Volume 1 only. Leather a little scuffed. Interior bright and clean. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Size: Octavo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 77385.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 9 x 5.75", recently plainly rebound in half leather with gilt-lettered spine labels; marbled boards, 412pp + 32pp publisher's catalogue, covers lightly rubbed, textblock a bit used with scattered finger soiling, folding map with minor spotting and some tape repairs, still a nice, tight copy. …

hardcover. Condición: very good(-). Edited by Herbert Randolph. 2 volumes. 8vo, original red cloth, spine ends a bit chipped; some pages sprung but still firmly sewn; preliminary pages foxed. London: John Murray, 1862. First Edition.

FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Half titles, 32pp cata. (Dec. 1860) vol. II. Untrimmed & partially unopened in orig. green morocco-grained cloth by Edmonds & Remnants, triple-ruled borders in blind, spines lettered in gilt; spines faded & a little rubbed, the odd mark. Later booklabels of Peter & Margery Morris. A good sound copy. General Sir Robert Wilson, 1777-1849, enjoyed a distinguished military career, and later served as a Whig M.P. and as Governor of Gibraltar.…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. A smart two volume set of this private diary from British general and politician Sir Robert Wilson. Complete in two volumes. The private diaries of General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, a British general and politician who served in Flanders, Egypt, the Iberian Peninsula, Prussia, and was seconded to the Imperial Russian Army in 1812. He sat as the Whig Member of Parliament, and later served as the Governor of Gibraltar. Containing information from missions and employments with the European armies in the campaigns of 1812, 1813, and 1814, from the invasion of Russia to the capture of Paris. From the personal notes of not only an experienced general but also a British politician during the events of Napoleon's disastrous retreat from Moscow. Edited by his nephew and son-in-law Reverend Herbert Randolph, a British clergyman. With publisher's catalogue to the rear of volume two. In the original green cloth binding. Externally. smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good. None (ilustrador). book. …

Leather. Condición: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A beautifully bound first edition of this historical account of the Napoleon's invasion of Russian by General Sir Robert Wilson, bound in lovely crushed half morocco. The first edition.Bound in lovely modern crushed morocco with gilt details and marbled paper to the boards, endpapers renewed, half title retained.Illustrated with a folding map to the rear, which has been hand coloured by a previous owner.Sir Robert Thomas Wilson's historical narrative of the 1812 French invasion of Russia led by Napoleon, and their retreat. Wilson was a British army officer who was seconded to the Imperial Russian Army during the time of the invasion, provided an interesting first hand account of the event. The work was edited by his nephew Herbert Randolph. Bound in half modern crushed morocco with marbled paper to the boards, endpapers renewed, half title retained. Externally lovely. Internally firmly bound with generally bright pages with the odd 'Malta Garrison Library' stamp to the front, and the odd spot, heavier to the front and rear. Closed tear to folding map, which has been hand coloured. Very Good Indeed. None stated (ilustrador). book.…

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Hardback. Condición: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Hardback. Condición: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.