DOBSON, William T., and Sir W. F. P. NAPIER. Narrative of the Peninsular Campaign 1807-1814. Its Battles and Sieges. London, Bickers & Son, 1889.
8vo. Contemporary night blue full polished calf by Relfe Brothers of London, ornamented and lettered in gilt and with red mortocco lettering-piece, inner dentelles gilt, marbled edges and endpapers; pp. [x], 408, ten p[lates 'in permanent photography'; folding map in black, green and red at rear; binding witht on scratch to fron cover; initially and towards the end very minor spotting; school prize inscription of Baham House, St. Leonhards, dated 1889 inside front cover.
First edition of this abridgement of Napier's classic narrative with many eye witness accounts of campaigns in Spain, Portugal, and the south of France during the Napoleonic Wars.
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