1815, Waterloo

Kansas City, Mo.: F. Hudson Publishing Co, [1905]. First English Language Edition. Royal blue octavo with gilt stamping; 268 pages; 23 cm. Very good; pages are clean and binding is solid; slight damp ripple to lower edge of first 20 pages of book block; boards show some scuffing and bumping to edges and corners. Hardcover.

Unlike the British ed., this US edition contains no maps. Henry Houssaye of the Academie Francaise describes the events leading to the battle of Waterloo (Belgium) and hourly developments of the battle.