Mann Thomas

1900 · réf. 964H10 — London: Adam & Charles Black 1900. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A very scarce first English edition of Houssaye"s detailed chronicle of Waterloo handsomely bound red cloth and complete with three fold-out colour campaign maps. In the publisher's original red cloth binding with gilt blind-stamp decoration.This volume is the first English appearance of Houssaye"s classic Waterloo study translated from the 31st French edition. First edition thus.This edition features three fold-out colour maps illustrating the general theatre from Charleroi to Brussels the troop dispositions for Ligny and Quatre-Bras and the Waterloo battlefield at midday on 18 June. Collated complete.This is a full-length meticulously sourced study of the Waterloo phase of Napoleon"s Hundred Days beginning with the 15 June frontier crossings and ending with the French retreat on 19 June. His aim was to present an hour-by-hour narrative while defending several controversial French decisions notably those of Ney and Grouchy. Historians such as Peter Hofschröer and John Hussey still cite him for French staff figures and timings. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. Slight discolouration to perimeters of boards and spine. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to cloth at head and tail of spine. The odd slight handling mark to boards and scattered spots of damp staining particularly to rear board. previous owner's bookplate to front paste down "Ex Libris Campbell". Slight offsetting with the odd spot to endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned. The odd spot heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edge. One or two small closed tears to maps. Very Good Adam & Charles Black hardcover