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    By Lieut.-Colonel J. Leach
    London   Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green
    8.5" by 5.5" xxix [2], 2-411pp
    The uncommon first edition of Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Leach's first hand account of the Light Division's campaigns during the Peninsular Wars, in a lovely half calf binding.
    By Lieut.-Colonel J. Leach

    1831 Rough Sketches of the Life of an Old Soldier: During a Service in the West Indies at the Siege of Copenhagen in 1807

    London   Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green
    8.5" by 5.5" xxix [2], 2-411pp
    The uncommon first edition of Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Leach's first hand account of the Light Division's campaigns during the Peninsular Wars, in a lovely half calf binding.
    £1,125.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 835F21
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    Description

    First Edition, Leather Binding, Uncommon

    The work recounts the Peninsular War, during which the author, Jonathan Leach, fought in the south of France in campaigns from 1808 to 1814. During this time, he was with the Light Division.

    The Light Division was formed in 1803 during the Napoleonic Wars, with this memoir offering a first hand account of the newly formed light infantry division, at an interesting and turbulent time for the division.

    The author offers here an unbroken narrative; almost every scene recounted in this work was one to which he was an eyewitness, and recorded in his journal. For other scenes, the author utilised the log-books of his brother-officers.

    With a library blind stamp to the head of the title page, and no further library markings.

    The first edition of this memoir of a Lieutenant-Colonel's experiences in the Peninsular War, in a wonderful half calf binding.

    Condition

    Rebound in half calf, with gilt detailing to back strip and bright marbled paper covered boards. Externally, fine. Endpapers renewed. Internally, firmly bound. Blind stamp to title page. With only the odd light handling mark or spot, with pages otherwise clean and bright.

    Near Fine

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