Sinclair john c de m (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. KlappentextbTitle:/b History of the Campaign of the British, Dutch, Hanoverian, and Brunswick armies, under the command of the Duke of Wellington and of the Prussians under that of Prince Blucher . in . 1815: with a plan of the batt.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Numbered Facsimile Reprint. Hand-numbered 123 of 250. x, xiii, 159 pages. Reprint of the 1816 first edition. Fold-out map inside back board. "Author was a Prussian officer who, as a colonel, served as Blucher's Subchief of Staff during the Waterloo Campaign. He was Prussian liaison officer joined to Wellington's staff over the critical days, and was instrumental in bringing in General Thielmann's corps to reinforce the Allied left wing at the last crisis of the battle of Waterloo." - copyright page. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A nice copy.…

Three-Quarter Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket Issued. First English Language Edition. A near contemporary account of the Waterloo Campaign. Includes a large folding map. Von Muffling was Blucher's liaison with Wellington and as a noted military theorist played a part in the planning of the victory over Bonaparte during the Waterloo campaign, he was also a signatory to the Convention of St Cloud that brought an end to the Wars. Sir John Sinclair was a Scottish politician who visited Waterloo in 1815 and corresponded with Wellington. He interviewed survivors of the battle and persuaded Muffling to publish his account in English. xii, 160pp. First English language edition from the original German edition. Rebound in three-quarter calf with marbled paper to remainder. Morocco title plate to spine with gilt lettering. Spine has five raised bands and a little gilt decoration. Private bookplate to free endpaper of Lt.-Col. Desmond Vigors, RA. Title page heavily foxed, light foxing to various pages, all pages are toned at extreme edges. Map is complete, but crisp and toned. Small (approx. 1cm) closed tearto fold of folding map. Pages rippled.…

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. A very smart facsimile edition of this history of the campaign under the command of the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo. Facsimile edition. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number one hundred and ninety-eight. With a large folding map to the rear of the text. Collated complete. A detailed history of the Battle of Waterloo, marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. With reference to the Duke of Wellington's attack, the arrival of the 2nd Prussian Corps, the French Army routed, the 2nd and 4th Corps united and driven out of Planchenoit, and the French Corps on the retreat. Written by C. De. M., or Friedrich Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Muffling, a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and military theorist. With an account of the origin of publication and some particulars regarding Bonaparte's conduct during the Battle by Colonel Sir John Sinclair, a British politician, military officer and writer who was one of the first people to use the word "statistics" in the English language. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. None (illustrator). book.…