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Paperback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condizione: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Condizione: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Beautiful set of Combermere`s scarce 2 volume biography based largely on letters to his family. Bound in later (20th century) wine half-calf and marbelled boards with new endpapers. 8vo. xviii, 837 pages. Portrait frontispiece in each volume. Plan. Some very light staining of the portrait in first volume, otherwise a remarkably clean smart set. As Stapleton Cotton the subject was in command of Wellington`s cavalry in the Peninsular War and it takes up much of the first volume. He also served in India and went back again as C-in-C, India, in 1825 and was asked by the Directors of the EIC to take the impregnable fortress of Bhurtpore that had defeated Lord Lake years earlier. The story goes that Wellington gave Combermere his orders by letter. "But", said Wellington`s secretary," I though you always said Lord Combermere was an idiot ?" "Yes", replied the Duke, "He is an idiot, and a damned idiot too, but he can take Bhurtpore !"Which he did ! ALL BOOKS ARE SENT AIRMAIL WITHIN 1-3 DAYS FROM OUR WAREHOUSE IN HUNGARY. ITEMS OVER 20.00 UKP ARE SENT WITH TRACKING CODE. ALL ORDERS OVER 1,000 UKP ARE SENT POST-FREE. TERMS OF SALE: All books sent airmail outside Hungary in 1 - 3 days approx. If for any reason you are dissatisfied with the product you may return within 14 days for a full refund including airmail, but you must first inform us of these actions. Return of the book(s) is at your own cost and those costs will not be reimbursed. We will make reimbursement to you of book costs etc within 14 days of receiving back the item provided you have given us full bank details. **Note - this reimbursement relates to books only and not magazines.…