Lot 1315 , Maxwell, W.H., Life of Field Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington..... 3 vols. pictorial engraved and printed titles, engraved dedication leaf, 43 engraved plates and plans, folded map, double page pictorial plan of

° Maxwell, W.H., Life of Field Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington..... 3 vols. pictorial engraved and printed titles, engraved dedication leaf, 43 engraved plates and plans, folded map, double page pictorial plan of Waterloo and num. text illus.; (?) publisher's gilt ruled and decorated black morocco with panelled spines, g.e. 1839-41; Siborned, Captain W. History of the War in France and Belgium, in 1815.... 11 engraved portraits, hear contemp. polished calf, gilt decorated and panelled spines with red and green labels, g.e. and marbled e/ps. (by Clarke & Bedford) 1844; together with 9 other related books

£120-160

Condition:
Maxwell - some spine wear at joints, but gen. good, inner hinges weak; vol. 2 stains on prelims and lesser at tend, vols. 1 and 3 (printed titles clean); Siborne -good bndgs., vol. 2 minor blemish both covers, gilt armorial on all 4, gilt dec. turn-ins, v.l pt. of label missing, titles with frontis offset, o/w. only intermittent sl. spotting; others incl. Blenner hasset's Talleyrand (2 vols, 1894) num. ports and plts. (some hand col.), 20th century g.t. ruled and decorated burgundy morocco, glt. dec. and panelled spines, generous gilt turn-ins, marbled e/ps. (by Bayntun), v.sl. joints wear v.1, heads/tails spine, but handsome bndg.

Sold for £400