The Hon John Fortescue — Wellington

London, Williams and Norgate, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Fortescue's biography of Wellington, signed by the author's wife. The first edition of this work. Biography of the Duke of Wellington by British military historian John Fortescue.This copy inscribed and signed by the author's wife, Winifred Fortescue, to front free endpaper 'With love from the author's wife. (His own copy),' dated 1935.Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, was celebrated for his prolific and successful military career in the Napoleonic Wars; when he died, the nation mourned. He was given a state funeral, becoming one of the few British subjects to have been honoured in this way.With frontispiece and three folding maps to rear. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, boards only lightly marked. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to first and last few leaves, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .