ISBN: 9781873376225 - for king and country: letters and diaries of john mills, coldstream guards, 1811-14 (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Fine copy in hardcover with near fine jacket. Jacket has an import sticker on back cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, blue cloth lettered gilt to spine, no jacket. A tightly bound copy, some marginal pencil marking in a light and easily erasable hand, 297pp.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; Some library marks remain for the Ministry of Defense, Whitehall Library with its stamps. Physical description; 297 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table, maps, ports ; 25 cm.Notes; Bibliography: p. 291-293. - Includes index. Summary; John Mills's firsthand descriptions of daily life in Wellington's army at Fuentes de Onoro, Ciudad Rodrigo, and Salamanca, as well as a fine account of the siege of Burgos, make for an enlightening and invaluable addition to primary source material from the Napoleonic period. Subjects; Mills, John (1789-1871) Diaries. Mills, John (1789-1871) Correspondence. Mills, John (1789-1871). Great Britain. Army. Coldstream Guards. Great Britain. Army. Officers Correspondence. Soldiers Great Britain Diaries. Soldiers Great Britain Correspondence. Peninsular War, (1807-1814) Campaigns Spain Personal narratives, British. Peninsular War, (1807-1814) Campaigns Portugal Personal narratives, British. Peninsular War, (1807-1814) Personal narratives, English. Peninsular War, (1807-1814) Personal narratives, British. Spain History Napoleonic Conquest, (1808-1813). Napoleonic Wars Army operations. Spain. Portugal. Essays, journals, letters & other prose works ; Biography & autobiography: historical, political & military ; British & Irish history ; World history: (c 1750 to c 1900) ; Warfare & defence. United Kingdom, Great Britain ; (c 1800 to c 1900). History / Military / General. Genres; Autobiography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

hardback, large 8vo, 297pp, illustarted, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. not price-clipped. ISBN: 1873376227.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First-hand account of life in the Coldstream Guards during the Napoleonic Wars. Includes 18*b/w illustrations and 10*maps. x, 297pp. There is some foxing to the fore-page edges.

Zustand: Very Good. Very light shelfwear, the book is clean and fine to read throughout.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. Written in ink fashioned from gunpowder and wine John Mills' letters and diaries span two hard years of the Peninsular campaign, from the battle of Fuentes de Onoro and Salamanca to the harrowing retreat from Burgos. Later Mills became a great dandy of London society, rode his own racehorses to victory at Goodwood and enjoyed numerous victories at Cowes aboard his yacht 'Julia'. 297pp with b/w plates.…

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. FIRST EDITION second printing with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 2nd class tracked post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. The Letters and Diaries of John Mills, Coldstream Guards, 1811-14. B/w illustrations. Top edge of text block lightly foxed. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.…