With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the Peninsula, Brereton, F.S. Published by Blackie and Son., London., 1914. 12mo up to 7½” tall., 384 pp. with eight duotone plates by W. Rainey. Green cloth boards with illustration in black, orange, yellow and gilt to front and spine; all edges green. Contents are in very good condition with award inscriptions to endpapers and to versos of frontispiece; light foxing. Binding is tight and cover illustrations remain bright; boards have light soiling, rubbing to corners and spine edges, light spine lean.
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Sadleir Brereton, (1872-1957) was a British Army medical officer and an author of children’s books on heroic deeds conducted in the name of the British Empire.
