[Rarebooks] FS: Memoir of an English soldier in the American Army during the Mexican War. NY: 1860

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MEXICO) [Ballentine, George]. THE MEXICAN WAR, by an English Soldier. Comprising Incidents and Adventures in the United States and Mexico with the American Army. New York: W. A. Townsend & Company. 1860. 12mo. xii,(9)-288pp. Plus (20)pp. publisher's ads. Added engraved title with a large tinted monochrome vignette. Engraved monochrome frontispiece. Orig. patterned brown cloth, gilt stamped spine, minor chip at head of spine.    $200.00 (trade discount allowed)
Ballentine was an English soldier in the United States Army. He was stationed at Ft. Pickens, Florida and campaigned with General Scott from Vera Cruz to Mexico City. Howes B77.

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