Napoleonic Wars

i) Sarrazin, Jean. History of the war in Spain and Portugal. London: Henry Colburn, 1815, 8vo (208 x 125mm.), calf backed marbled boards [Edward Conder, bookplate]; 

ii) Delbare, François Thomas. Relation circonstanciée de la dernière campagne de Buonaparte. Paris: J.G. Dentu, 1816, 8vo (203 x 128mm.), fourth edition, 3 folding maps, 2 folding panoramas at end, calf backed marbled boards, worn with spine almost detached; 



iii) Kelly, Christopher. A full and circumstantial account of the memorable battle of Waterloo. London: Thomas Kelly, 1817, 4to (258 x 202mm.), engraved frontispeicce and additional pictorial title page, engraved plates, full marbled calf, joint weak, boards worn, some minor repairs to plates; 



iv) Maxwell, William Hamilton. Life of Field-marshal his grace the Duke of Wellington. London: A.H. Baily, 1839-1841, 3 volumes, 8vo (213 x 228mm.), frontispiece and additional engraved title with vignette, engraved dedication, plates and maps, illustrations, calf backed boards [Bromhill, presentation inscription], hinges fragile; 



v) Gurwood, John. Selections from the dispatches and general orders of field marshal the Duke of Wellington. London: John Murray, 1842, 8vo (232 x 145mm.), red morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, marbled edges; 



vi) [Lennox, Lord William Pitt]. Three years with the Duke, or Wellington in private life. London: Saunders and Otley, 1853, 8vo (191 x 120mm.), second edition, 4pp. publisher's adverts at end, original red cloth, boards a little soiled; 



vii) D’Auvergne, Prince Edouard de la tour. Waterloo. Etude de la campagne de 1815. Paris: Henri Plon, 1870, 8vo (235 x 146mm.), 5 folding maps and plans, original printed wrappers, wrappers repaired with tape at spine;



together with 46 others, mostly 8vo, bindings worn, a few boards detached, spotting and browning, some with tippex inscription on spines (64)

most with William O'Brien, bequest booklabel dated 1899; library stamps

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