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A HAWK AT WAR: THE PENINSULAR WAR REMINISCENCES OF GENERAL SIR THOMAS BROTHERTON, CB
Written by Bryan Perrett.
Stock no. 1825289
Published by Picton Publishing. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Captain Thomas Brotherton of the 14th Light Dragoons, better known as The Hawks because of the Prussian Eagle badge conferred on them by the Duchess of York in 1798. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0948251220. Lower corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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TO THE GATES OF RICHMOND: THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN
Written by Stephen W. Sears.
Stock no. 1820521
Published by Ticknor & Fields. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

The Peninsula campaign of 1862 was the largest campaign of the Civil War and also one of the bloodiest. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w maps, photos & illustrations. ISBN: 0395701015. Small grubby mark from label to rear cover. A few light creases present. Text block a little grubby. Cigarette odour present.

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THE PENINSULAR WAR: ASPECTS OF THE STRUGGLE FOR THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
Written by Ian Fletcher.
Stock no. 1818468
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

General Editor: Ian Fletcher. A team of distinguished historians examine some of the varied sides to this long, hard and often bloody conflict. Rec boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1873376820. Neat pencil inscription to front endpaper. Page 7/8 of text has a 3.5" closed tear affecting the text but quite readable and no loss from the bottom up and has a corner crease.

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WELLINGTON'S WAR: PENINSULAR DISPATCHES
Written by Julian Rathbone.
Stock no. 1818458
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sub-titled: 'Atty, the Long-Nosed Bugger that Licks the French'. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps and illustrations. ISBN: 0718123964. Spine and corners bumped. Text block a little browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is dampstained to verso (not visible to front), scuffed to rear panel.

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VOICES FROM THE PENINSULA
Written by Ian Fletcher.
Stock no. 1818252
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Eyewitness Accounts by Soldiers of Wellington's Army 1808-1814. Edited by Ian Fletcher drawing on rare letters, diaries and memoirs. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 1853674591. A few minor grubby marks to endpapers and text block. Plates clean but slightly crinkled. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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CORUNNA
Written by Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 2126011
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. The history of the Battle of Corunna, part of the Peninsular War in 1809. Spotting to spine and cover edges. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some to page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased with some foxing and browning. A few tiny nicks at corners.

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THE SOLDIER WHO WALKED AWAY
Written by Arthur H. Haley.
Stock no. 2120962
Published by Bullfinch Publications. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

ISBN: 0951142712. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased and unevenly browned.

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THE YOUNG BUGLERS
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 1403685
Published by Griffith Farran Browne & Co Limited.. circa 1905. Almost very good condition.

A Tale of the Peninsular War. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. 8 b/w plates. 10 battle plans. 346 pages. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Spine is browned. Bottom front corner is heavily bumped. Top of front cover is bumped. A few marks to covers. Front and back joints beginning to crack. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and a name printed in ink. 'Special Prize' written in ink to rear pastedown. Rear endpaper creased. Foxing especially to endpapers and fingering to page margins.

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