Wilson general sir robert (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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 (illustrator). book. …

Leather. Zustand: 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 (illustrator). book.…