large, thick brown embossed cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic cover. vg cond. binding square & tight. covers have couple of faint spots, spine shows minor wear. edges clean. old bookplate inside front cover, otherwise contents free of all markings. price clipped dustwrapper in vg cond. 2" tear on front, spine top missing little pieces, couple of corners rubbed away. first US edition so stated. first printing ( nap). high quality book club edition. illustrated endpapers. deckled foredge (looks "hand cut"). xxiii+548p.+ "about the author". 10 maps. 56 glossy b&w illustrations. select bibliography. references. index. calendar of events . ~ biography. world history. napoleonic wars. british empire. english history. peninsular campaign.~" For most of us Wellington equals Waterloo. But Waterloo was one peak only in the career of this phenomenal man, and it is the achievement of this major biography that it reveals the subtlety and full variety of Wellington's genius as w