William Warre Edmond (58 results)

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Letters from the Peninsula 1808-1812: the Correspondence of an Anglo-Portuguese Staff Officer During His Service in the Peninsular War. Book.

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Condition: New. 2009 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1909). SB 312pp + map.Published Price £14.50 William Warre was the spirited scion of one of the great commercial dynasties which helped make Portugal Britain's oldest ally. Brought up in Oporto, his nature was too fiery to take kindly to the dull business of exporting port, and he gratefully left the family firm to take up a military career after sticking the pigtails of his father's Portuguese partner to his desk with sealing wax while the man was sleeping off a liquid lunch. Warre returned to his native city as a young staff officer in 1808, and thereafter witnessed most of the major actions of the conflict at close quarters. He took part in Sir John Moore's winter retreat to Corunna; the storming of the fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo, personally accepted the sword of the surrendering French commander of Badajoz after the famous siege; and fought at Vimieiro and Salamanca among many other actions. After the latter battle he was given the important task of reorganising the Portuguese Army and was Britain's liasion man at the Portuguese court in Lisbon. This volume is composed of letters to Warre's parents. He describes not only the military actions in which he was engaged, but also recounts the gossip among his fellow Staff officers and his own frank observations on the foibles of his Portuguese allies. Book.…

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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Letters from the Peninsula 1808-1812: the Correspondence of an Anglo-Portuguese Staff Officer During His Service in the Peninsular War. Book.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Map at rear, 2 strips of tap to it. Sunning to spine. Penciled signature on front pastedown. Text clean. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Map at rear, 2 strips of tap to it. Sunning to spine. Penciled signature on front pastedown. Text clean. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Warre served as a senior ADC to Marshal Beresford, the British general who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Portuguese Army during the campaign, for over three years in the Peninsula. His letters cover the period from May 1808 to September 1812. Includes b/w frontis. and 1*folding map. xviii, 312pp. Burgundy cloth boards with light bumps to corners. Small dent to upper leading edge. Spine cloth sunned. Nicks to head of spine. Owners name to free endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and title page. Lighter foxing to various pages.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback; very good in lightly creased dustjacket.; William Warre served as a senior ADC to Marshal Beresford for over three years in the Peninsula; the letters cover the period from May 1808 to September 1812. Illustrations & maps; +xxiiipp. First published 1909. With additional comments added to this edition, by William A. Warre.; 232 pages. …

Hardback. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Mint. First Edition. This copy is in mint, unmarked condition bound in red cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper is in mint condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Originally published in 1909 these letters sent home by Major, later Lieutenant General William Warre were edited by his nephew Dr Edmond Warre. William had been a Senior ADC to Marshal Beresford for over three years during the Peninsular War. The original letters are reproduced here with added comments by William A. Warre, the great-great nephew of General Warre, to identify more closely the events described and the personalities involved. This copy has been signed and dated by William Warre on the half title with no other dedication. Laid in is a publication flier detailing the launch of the book at the Garrick Club. Ref F 5. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Good Copy of this book in dark red cloth boards with title lettering in black to the front cover and lettered in gilt to the spine.This is an ex Westfield Library Copy with their bookplate to the front pastedown and one smaller presentation award plate to the front endpaper.Illustrated with a b&w frontispiece of Sir William Warre and towards the back of the book is a large fol out map of Spain and Portugal to illustrate the peninsula war.The map has a couple of tape repairs to it's edges,but it remains lovely and clean.Binding remains firm with slight dulling to the colour tone along spine.Light rubbing to spine tips.The book was acquired from a very Impressive private collection of Military History with a large proportion of the collection on The First World War,Napoleon,Regimental Histories,Battle of Waterloo and the Crimea,8vo 312pp First Edition [1909].…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Eyewitness to many of the engagements of the Peninsular WarWilliam Warre perhaps took the Peninsular War more closely to his heart than most British soldiers for he belonged to an Anglo-Portuguese family and had been born in Oporto. However, early in his life Warre decided he was not temperamentally suited to the dull commercial life his family proposed for him and he became a soldier. The outbreak of war in Iberia brought Warre back to Portugal in 1808 as a British Army staff officer. He took part in Sir John Moore's brief, abortive campaign and the subsequent gruelling retreat to Corunna through the Spanish winter. Warre fought at the bloody siege and assault at Badajoz and it was war he accepted the sword of the defeated French commander. Through Warre's letters written to his family, which are often irreverent and humorous, the reader is able to see, from an eyewitness perspective, many of the notable battles of this fascinating conflict. Following the Battle of Salamanca, Warre was instructed to assist in the reorganisation of the Portuguese Army and act as liaison officer for the British at the Portuguese court. This is an unusual perspective on the Peninsular War from the pen of an English-speaking soldier who could also see the war from a Portuguese perspective. Recommended.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.…

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnEyewitness to many of the engagements of the Peninsular WarnWilliam Warre perhaps took the Peninsular War more closely to his heart than most British soldiers for he belonged to an Anglo-Portuguese family and had been born in Opor.