The Vicissitudes of a Soldier's Life, or a Series of Occurrences from 1806 to 1815; together with an Introductory and concluding Chapter: the Whole containing, with some other Matters, a Concise Accou

£850 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A very scarce account fo the Peninsula War with just two copies listed at auction. This copy came through the rooms in 2022 and belonged to Lieut-Col. Charles Waring Darwin (1855-1928) of the 68th Durham Light Infantry. He was a distant relation of the naturalist Charles Darwin (second cousin one removed). The other, in 1914, belonged to Robert Louis Stevenson. OCLC locates copies at UNC Chapel Hill, Clarement College, McGill, and Aberystwyth. Libraryhub adds Oxford.

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