Published by Printed By J. Hutchison for the Heirs of D. Willison, Edinburgh [ca. 1831]
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. The first volume of the celebrated 'The Journal of a Soldier' containing 4 parts. a survivor copy rebound/restored in red cloth with leather spine label, 12mo, 307pp. (title pages missing, toning and occasional foxing to pages, bookplate to inside cover). Contains four Memoirs of Scottish infantrymen detailing their wartime memories (Preface dated 1828). Includes four parts: 1. Journal of a Soldier of the LXXI Regiment from 1806 to 1815; 2. Adam Neale: The Spanish Campaign of 1808; 3. Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Hope: Despatch After the Battle of Corunna; & 4. John Malcolm: Reminiscences of a Campaign in the Pyrenees and South of France in 1814. A scarce volume of Scottish military history.