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HOZIER (Capt. Henry M., 3rd Dragoon Guards, AMS to Lord Napier of Magdala)
The British Expedition to Abyssinia. Compiled from Authentic Documents.
1st Ed., xi+271pp. Macmillan.
1869
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Detailed account of the expedition of 1867-68 which culminated in the capture of Magdala. The author was Asst. Military Secretary to Gen. Sir Robert Napier (afterwards Lord Napier of Magdala), commander of the force, & jointly authored the substantial 2 Volume official history of the campaign which appeared in 1870. In the Preface to the current work he states: "The endeavour of the author of this sketch has been to present to readers a succinct and impartial account of an enterprise which has rarely been equalled in the annals of war." Orig. red cloth, gilt, some partial splitting to sp. o/w VG, sound throughout & rare.
£325
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