![PENINSULAR WAR -- JONES, John T. Account of the War in Spain and Portugal and in the South of France. London: T. Egerton, 1818. 8° (210 x 130mm). 4 folding engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline. (Occasional very faint browning and offsetting.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt spine (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY (ink ?secretarial inscription to:) - Lord FitzRoy Somerset (1st Lord Raglan) -- modern armorial bookplate [With:] -- Journals of sieges carried on by the army, under the Duke of Wellington in Spain, between the years 1811 and 1814 second edition. London: T. Egerton, 1827. 2 volumes, 8° (213 x 124mm). 17 folding engraved plates, one folding typographic table. (Occasional faint offsetting.) Contemporary diced russia, gilt borders to covers, gilt spines, marbled edges (extremities very lightly rubbed). Provenance: modern armorial bookplate.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CKS/2014_CKS_01546_0015_000(peninsular_war_--_jones_john_t_account_of_the_war_in_spain_and_portuga062604).jpg?w=1)
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PENINSULAR WAR -- JONES, John T. Account of the War in Spain and Portugal and in the South of France. London: T. Egerton, 1818. 8° (210 x 130mm). 4 folding engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline. (Occasional very faint browning and offsetting.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt spine (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY (ink ?secretarial inscription to:) - Lord FitzRoy Somerset (1st Lord Raglan) -- modern armorial bookplate [With:] -- Journals of sieges carried on by the army, under the Duke of Wellington in Spain, between the years 1811 and 1814 second edition. London: T. Egerton, 1827. 2 volumes, 8° (213 x 124mm). 17 folding engraved plates, one folding typographic table. (Occasional faint offsetting.) Contemporary diced russia, gilt borders to covers, gilt spines, marbled edges (extremities very lightly rubbed). Provenance: modern armorial bookplate.
[Sold with:] ELIOT, Edward Granville, third Earl of St Germans (1798-1877). Papers relating to Lord Eliot's mission to Spain in the Spring of 1835. London: 1871. 8° (222 x 134mm). (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary purple cloth, spine darkened, mark to upper cover). Provenance: AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY (ink ?secretarial inscription to booklabel of:) - Lord Raglan (Richard Henry FitzRoy, 2nd Baron, 1817-1884) - modern armorial bookplate [And:] MACCARTHY, John Edward Connor. Recollections of the storming of the Castle of Badajos. London: Published for the author at Egerton's Military Library, [?1836]. 8° (218 x 135mm). (Occasional faint spotting.) Original cloth (extremities rubbed). Provenance: modern armorial bookplate. [Sold together with:] STEWART, Charles William Vane, Narrative of the Peninsular War (London, 1828); [SHERER, Joseph Moyle], Recollections of the Peninsula Third edition (London, 1824); MOORE, James Carrick. A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain third edition (London, 1809); and 12 other volumes similar.
[Sold with:] ELIOT, Edward Granville, third Earl of St Germans (1798-1877). Papers relating to Lord Eliot's mission to Spain in the Spring of 1835. London: 1871. 8° (222 x 134mm). (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary purple cloth, spine darkened, mark to upper cover). Provenance: AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY (ink ?secretarial inscription to booklabel of:) - Lord Raglan (Richard Henry FitzRoy, 2nd Baron, 1817-1884) - modern armorial bookplate [And:] MACCARTHY, John Edward Connor. Recollections of the storming of the Castle of Badajos. London: Published for the author at Egerton's Military Library, [?1836]. 8° (218 x 135mm). (Occasional faint spotting.) Original cloth (extremities rubbed). Provenance: modern armorial bookplate. [Sold together with:] STEWART, Charles William Vane, Narrative of the Peninsular War (London, 1828); [SHERER, Joseph Moyle], Recollections of the Peninsula Third edition (London, 1824); MOORE, James Carrick. A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain third edition (London, 1809); and 12 other volumes similar.
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