Harris Benjamin Cornwell Bernard (3 results)

Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Paperback. Condition: VG++/F/ND. y 2nd. Edition, 1st Imp. SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 2nd. Reprint.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2001 (1995)* Publisher: * Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing a soldier with a gun. No bumps or rubs, shelf wear or reading creases to spine, none to hinge. Seems little used if at all. FINE * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or marks to text. Some slight paper colouration throughout. VG++* Illustrations: Two 8pp. blocks of b/w photos. * Pages: 173 pp. text. xxxv pp. notes, appendices, index & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- The memoirs of Rifleman Benjamin Harris & of his part in the Napoleonic Wars. Harris was an illiterate Dorset shepherd, recruited into the British army in 1803. He fought with the 95th Rifle regiment in Denmark, Spain and the Netherlands between 1806 and 1814. Later, working as a shoemaker in Soho, his recollections of the war were written down by Henry Curling and published in 1848. This edition has been re-edited by Eileen Hathaway to put Harris' disjointed recollections into chronological order. Hathaway has also provided linking passages giving historical context to the story, with quotations from the diaries and memoirs of Harris' fellow soldiers. Also included are 13 illustrations and 6 maps.* This is a NEAR FINE text copy of the 2nd. reprint with minimal age reducing it to VG++.* Hathaway, Eileen 1996-10-01.…

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.