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Three-Quarter Leather. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: None Issued. 2nd Edition. Biography of General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, GCB, GCH (1772 - 1842) who amongst other part of his life fought throughout the Peninsular campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars under the Duke of Wellington, fought at Waterloo all with distinction and well thought of by commanders and men and took command of British forces from Wellington when the latter left service, Includes b/w frontispiece of Hill. xvi, 395pp. Half-bound in brown morocco with marbled paper to remainder. Five raised bands to spine with gilt lettering and spine. Page edges marbled. Rubbing to extremities of boards. Endpapers renewed. Contemporary notes to title page. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book rebound in a Contemporary red cloth binding with gilt title lettering to spine.One small binder's ticket of Glaisher Highgate Hill London present to the bottom edge of the front pastedown.New fresh endpapers and Half title page is present.Frontispiece portrait of Lord Hill with slight water stain mark,engraved title page.Binding is lovely and tight with NO loose leaves.Contents clean with some offsetting to the verso of frontispiece.A wonderful biography on the life of Lord Hill the late commander of the forces.He Served in the Napoleonic War under the offices of Duke of Wellington. This copy was acquired from a very Impressive private collection of Military History with a large proportion of the collection on The First World War,Regimental Histories and Waterloo and Crimea.8vo 395pp + 16 page list of publisher's works at the rear Second Edition [1845].…