Wellington
by Guedalla, Philip
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Ninth Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition, without Jacket. The Life of the Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wesley, born in 1769, born into a family which belonged to the ruling caste of Englishmen in Ireland, with a long period of serivce to the king. His defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, for which he is most well-known, is only one peak in his illustrious life. Frontis: Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, 1815, from a painting of Sir T. Lawrence at Apsley House. Formerly from Jesuit Scholasticate Library. Binding of gray cloth, black titles on spine, clean and unmarked, extremities lightly rubbed, tight & solid sewn binding. Rough cut on fore-edge and lower edge. Pages clean and unmarked, evenly toned. 490 pages, indexed. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 1931, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York and London
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023973
- Title
- Wellington
- Author
- Guedalla, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- WELLESLEY, ARTHUR, DUKE OF WELLINGTON NAPOLEON WATERLOO THE PENINSULA WAR ALEXANDER I, RUSSIA BONAPARTE, JOSEPH RAGGE, LIEUTENANT WILLIAM CASTLEREAGH, LORD ROBERT STEWART CROKER, JOHN WILSON GEORGE IV HUSSARS LOUIS XIII
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