The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World : Marathon, Syracuse, Arbela, Metaurus, Arminius, Chalons, Tours, Hastings, Orleans, Armada, Blenheim, Pultowa, Saratoga, Valmy, Waterloo [SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR]

Creasy, Edward Shepherd (text); Joseph Domjan (illustrator); Hanson W. Baldwin (introduction). The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World : Marathon, Syracuse, Arbela, Metaurus, Arminius, Chalons, Tours, Hastings, Orleans, Armada, Blenheim, Pultowa, Saratoga, Valmy, Waterloo [SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR]. Lunenburg, VT: Limited Editions Club, 1969. First edition thus. Small folio. x, 211, (1)pp. Double column text. Decorative blue buckram with black calf spine label lettered in gilt. Housed in publisher’s black slip case with slightly chipped blue paper spine label. Illustrated with 15 unnumbered leaves of multicolored woodcut plates. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), printed at the Stinehour Press, and signed on the limitation leaf by Joseph Domjan. There is a library donation rubber stamp on a preliminary blank and several text leaves. But for these stamps (and priced accordingly) this would be a near fine copy.

“Publisher’s note: This edition comprises the complete text of the fifth edition (1854)… omitting only some obscure references to earlier historical writings… Greek [and Latin] sources have been transliterated into roman characters and are printed in English translation.” Very good +. Hardcover. (50611) $75