Whitton Frederick Ernest (95 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Lacks jacket. Spine faded, ink gift note crossed out on front endpaper, front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1929 Hard Cover. 420 pp. Includes three fold-out campaign maps, frontispiece portrait of Wolfe, and three plates. A study of the life of James Wolfe, by Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Ernest Whitton, who was a veteran of the Leinster Regiment in the British army. Includes: I. France and England in North America Up to the Time of Wolfe's Birth. II. The Early Military Career of James Wolfe. III. The Situation in North America After the Treaty of Utrecht. The Fall of Louisburg in 1745 and the French Efforts to Recapture It. IV. Wolfe's Early Manhood. The Beginning of the Final Struggle for North America in 1755. V. The Seven Years' War. French Successes in North America. The Turn of the Tide. Siedge and Capture of Louisburg in 1758. VI. The Capture of Quebec and the Death of Wolfe. VII. The Surrender of Canada to the British Crown. Illustrations. Maps. "Major General James Wolfe (2 January 1727 - 13 September 1759) was a British Army Officer, known for his training reforms but remembered chiefly for his victory over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec in 1759. The son of a distinguished general, Edward Wolfe, he had received his first commission at a young age and saw extensive service in Europe where he fought during the War of the Austrian Succession. His service in Flanders and in Scotland, where he took part in the suppression of the Jacobite Rebellion, brought him to the attention of his superiors. The advancement of his career was halted by the Peace Treaty of 1748 and he spent much of the next eight years on garrison duty in the Scottish Highlands. Already a brigade major at the age of eighteen, he was a lieutenant-colonel by the age of twenty-three. The outbreak of the Seven Years' War in 1756 offered Wolfe fresh opportunities for advancement. His part in the aborted raid on Rochefort in 1757 led William Pitt to appoint him second-in-command of an expedition to capture the Fortress of Louisbourg. Following the success of the Siege of Louisbourg he was made commander of a force which sailed up the Saint Lawrence River to capture Quebec City. After a long siege Wolfe defeated a French force under Marquis de Montcalm allowing British forces to capture the city. Wolfe was killed at the height of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham due to injuries from three musket balls. Wolfe's part in the taking of Quebec in 1759 earned him posthumous fame, and he became an icon of Britain's victory in the Seven Years War and subsequent territorial expansion. He was depicted in the painting The Death of General Wolfe, which became famous around the world. Wolfe was posthumously dubbed "The Hero of Quebec", "The Conqueror of Quebec", and also "The Conqueror of Canada", since the capture of Quebec led directly to the capture of Montreal, ending French control of the country.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, 1929. Very good copy. Binding is tight and sturdy. Very minor shelf wear and age toning to edge of pages. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Moltke. Book.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. History of the 40th Division. Book.

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First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Previous owner's signature. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vii, 259 p : maps ; 23 cm. Contents: Vicksburg, 4th July, 1863.--Königgrätz, 3rd July, 1866.--Mars-la-Tour, 16th August, 1870.--Tsushima, 27th May, 1905.--The Marne, 6th-10th September, 1914. Subjects: Battles History 20th century. Battles History 19th century. Military history 20th century. Marne, 1st Battle of the, France, 1914. 1 Kg. …

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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. History of the 40th Division. Book.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Previous owner's signature. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vii, 259 p : maps ; 23 cm. Contents: Vicksburg, 4th July, 1863.--Königgrätz, 3rd July, 1866.--Mars-la-Tour, 16th August, 1870.--Tsushima, 27th May, 1905.--The Marne, 6th-10th September, 1914. Subjects: Battles History 20th century. Battles History 19th century. Military history 20th century. Marne, 1st Battle of the, France, 1914. 1 Kg. …

Facsimile Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally new. Physical description; 310 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Facsimile reprint. Originally published in : Aldershot : Gale & Polden, [1926]. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. 40th Division. World War, 1914-1918. Regimental histories. 1 Kg.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Primarily a discussion of military matters relating to the revolution. The first chapter discusses the colonies and a standing army, suceeding chapters discuss hostilities from 1775 to 1781. Whitton was a Lt. Colonel in the British army. Original green publisher's cloth binding with gilt spine lettering, the spine head and foot lightly worn & spine is somewhat lighter than covers, gilt soube lettering a trifle bit dull, else a nice clean book. ; Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 375 pages.…

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Facsimile Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally new. Physical description; 310 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Facsimile reprint. Originally published in : Aldershot : Gale & Polden, [1926]. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. 40th Division. World War, 1914-1918. Regimental histories. 1 Kg.…