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Johnstons' New Map of the Crimea. With a Plan of the Town & Port of Eupatoria. And A Sketch Map Shewing the Relative Position of the Crimea with the Seat of War in the East. 1855.
Fldg. paper chromo. lithograph map, 10 miles:1-inch, 68x53 cm approx., joints split, so in six pieces, fairly basic map but the inset of Eupatoria (& its Batteries & Works of Defence), where the Allies landed in early September 1854, is unusual & interesting. Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johston. Contemp.
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£45
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ANGLESEY (Marquess of)
A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919. Vol. II, 1851-1871.
1st Ed., 519pp., 45 plates, 15 maps, + sketches & plans. dw. Cooper.
1975
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Now standard history, this vol. including the Crimean War & Indian Mutiny. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£35
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ANGLESEY (Marquess of)
A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919. Vol. III: 1872-1898.
1st Ed., 478pp., 61 illus., 18 maps. VG in dw. Cooper.
1982
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The now standard history of British Cavalry, this vol. includes Zulu & Transvaal Wars, 2nd Afghan Wars, Egypt & the Sudan, &c. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
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ARTHUR (J.S.F.)
Admiral Sir James Startin, KCB, AM: 50 Years Naval Service.
1st Ed., 124pp., portrait frontis., 8 plates. Printed by The Marshall Press Ltd., For Private Circulation Only.
1928
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Startin entered the Navy in 1869 & restired in 1919: served in Zulu War & Egypt 1882, Benin 1897, China 1900. Commanded RN Base at Granton in WW1. Scarce memoir compiled by his nephew & printed for family circulation, including extracts from his correspondence, official despatches &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, little faded/marked, VG. Includes family letter & inscription. See illustration on our website.
£45
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BECK (The Baroness von)
Personal Aventures during the Late War of Independence in Hungary.
1st Ed., xiv+477pp., portrait frontis. Richard Bentley.
1851
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Personal recollections of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848/War of Independence 1848-49; the author was a supporter of von Kossuth's reformist movement. Near contemp. half red calf, gilt to sp. with raised bands & contrasting black leather lettering label, little marking to red cloth boards o/w very nice copy & very rare. See illustration on our website.
£175
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BLEBY (Lt. Cdr. Arthur)
The Victorian Naval Brigades.
1st Ed., viii+184pp., illus. & maps. Caithness: Whittles Pubg.
2006
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Useful & readable accounts of the Naval Brigades in the Crimean War; Indian Mutiny; Abyssinia; Ashanti; Zulu War; Tel-el-Kebir; Siege of Khartoum, Boer War & Boxer Rebellion. Orig. pictorial boards (as issued), VG. See illustration on our website.
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BOSTOCK (Dep. Surgeon-Gen. J.A., CB)
Letters from India & the Crimea.
Selected from the Correspondence of the Late Deputy Surgeon-General Bostock, C.B., Hon. Surgeon to the Queen, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, formerly of the Scots Fusilier Guards. 1st Ed., xix+270pp., portrait frontis. Bell & Sons.
1896
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Bostock joined the Buffs in India as surgeon in 1842, serving in the Gwalior campaign, afterwards became a popular Surgeon-Major of the Scots Fusilier Guards in the Crimea when he was rewarded with the CB & Legion d'Honneur: "The Crimean portion is especially striking. It would be difficult to point to a more scathing indictment than the letters written before Sebastopol..." - Introductory note. Orig. olive green cloth, little rubbed & worn, generally VG & very scarce. See illustration on our website.
£165
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BRICE (Christopher)
The Thinking Man's Soldier: The Life & Career of General Sir Henry Brackenbury 1837-1914.
1st Ed., xxvii+336pp., 18 illus., 2 maps. VG in dw. Helion.
2012
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Commissioned RA 1856, served in Indian Mutiny, became Professor of Military History at RMA Woolwich. A Wolseley protege, he saw service with him in Ashanti, Natal, Zululand & the Sudan, later occupying senior staff positions including Head of the Intelligence Branch at the War Office. An influential reformer of the Army, author of numerous articles & several major campaign histories. Signed by author. See illustration on our website.
£20
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BRICE (Christopher)
Brave as a Lion: The Life & Times of Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough.
1st Ed., 577pp., num. illus. (many coloured), 15 maps. Solihull: Helion.
2017
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Impressive biography, from Peninsular to China, India &c., of one of the greatest & most experienced fighting soldiers of his era. Orig. pictorial paper covd. boards, VG. See illustration on our website.
£15
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CALLWELL (Maj.-Gen. Sir C.E., KCB)
The Memoirs of Major-General Sir Hugh McCalmont KCB, CVO.
1st Ed., 295pp., 16 plates, 3 maps/plans. Hutchinson.
1924
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Cavalry officer (9th Lancers 1865) in many campaigns inc. Red River, Ashanti War, Zulu & Transvaal Wars, Marri Expedition, Tel-el-Kebir, the Nile &c. Very nice later half blue calf, black cloth covd. boards, raised bands to sp. with claret lettering labels. See illustration on our website.
£45
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