An antique edition of The Life of Wellington by W H Maxwell. The cover is in shades of green with a contrasting black cover illustration. The gilt on the backstrip title block is mostly gone and there is light shelf-wear on the upper and lower backstrip. The right endpage is toned and nearly detached (pictured). There is some foxing along the foredge of the pages. Some foxing filters in to the edge of the page. The pages are stiff and mostly white. There are two color plate illustrations including the frontispiece. 240 pages. Size: 7.5".
A historical biography of Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, the British military commander and statesmen best known for defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
