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DOBSON, William T.
A Narrative of the Peninsular Campaign 1807 - 1814 Its Battles and Sieges.
Abridged from "The History of The War in the Peninsular" by Lieut.-General Sir W. F. P. Napier, K. C. B. With ten illustrations in permanent photography.
First published in 1889. A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (208 ×134 mm). Contemporary blue calf, burgundy morocco label, elaborate decoration to spine in compartments separated by raised bands, roll to boards with school crest to front board, marbled endpapers and edges. Illustrated with a folding colour map and ten mono plates in "permanent photography". School bookplate to front pastedown, the occasional minor blemish, partial fading to back board, an excellent copy.
