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Adkin, Mark. THE CHARGE: WHY THE LIGHT BRIGADE WAS LOST.
Leo Cooper, London, 1996, first edition.
285 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0850524695 B&w photographs, reproductions, maps/battle plans. "This book shatters many long-held conceptions of how and why (the disastrous charge of the Light Brigade) happened, and w ho was to to blame. For the first time in many years a former professional soldier has combined military expertise, detailed research of participants' accounts with a careful study of the actual ground. The result is a gripping and definitiv e b o o k for the general reader and the military buff alike." Light cigarette odor, minor browning to edges of text block. Dust jacket has minor browning and minor edge wrinkling. Very Good/Very Good+
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Barthorp, Michael. THE ZULU WAR: ISANDHLWANA TO ULUNDI.
Cassell, London, 2002, reprint.
181 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H), soft cover. ISBN 0304362700. Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs, reproductions, drawings, maps, battle plans. "The illustrated history of the 1879 Zulu War from the Isandhlwana disaster to the famous defen ce of Rorke's Drift, the battle of Gingindhlovu ('Gin, Gin, I love you' to the British soldiers of the time) and the ultimate defeat of the Zulu army at Ulundi. Michael Barthorp's vivid account of this famous campaign is supported by a sup e r b c o l l e ction of early war photographs and includes orders of battle for both the British and Zulu armies." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor rubbing. NF
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Barthorp, Michael. WAR ON THE NILE: BRITAIN, EGYPT AND THE SUDAN, 1882-1898.
Blandford, Poole, 1984.
190 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H), soft cover. ISBN 0713718587 B&w photographs, reproductions, maps/battle plans. "Britain's continual military involvement in Egypt and the Sudan to protect British 'interest' and the Suez Canal is a compelling story o f gruelling desert campaigns led by such famous Victorian generals as Wolseley, Gordon and Kitchener against the charismatic Mahdi and the Khalifa." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - small soft crease at t o p o f rear cover, minor edge wear, very light rubbing, two small soft corner creases. Very Good
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Bonham-Carter, Victor, ed. Assisted by Monica Lawson. (George Lawson.) SURGEON IN THE CRIMEA: THE EXPERIENCES OF GEORGE LAWSON RECORDED IN LETTERS TO HIS FAMILY, 1854-1855.
Military Book Society, (London, 1968).
209 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos, reproductions, maps. "A rather different view (of the Crimean War) may be taken after reading these remarkably cheerful and totally unaffected letters of Geroge Lawson, a young staff assistant-su rgeon who joined up at the outbreak of war in March 1854...This book tells the tale, not in terms of tactics and battles, but of the experiences and observations of a young medico, fresh to his profession and 'full of surgical ardour'..." s m a l l b u m p to corners of boards, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket is complete with edge wrinkling, a few very small chips, moderate rubbing, light soiling, light stain to front panel, browning to flap-folds, now protected i n my la r s le ev e. VG-/Fair
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Broehl, Wayne G., Jr. CRISIS OF THE RAJ: THE REVOLT OF 1857 THROUGH BRITISH LIEUTENANTS' EYES.
Dartmouth College / University Press of New England, Hanover, NH, 1986.
347 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover (orange/red cloth with gold lettering on spine) - no dust jacket. ISBN 087451374X "Here the story (of the Indian Mutiny) is seen through the eyes of a small group of young British lieutenants gong through t hat stirring set of battles. It is a study of the psychosociological tensions that affected these young people - a group of intelligent and able men who were only partially in control of their destinies, yet had the ambitions, the achievem e n t m o t i v ation, possibly the group skills and personal innovation, to strive and struggle through the dramatic events they experienced. We will come to learn a good deal about these four men (and the mother of one of them) - to see their fr us tr at i on s, t he ir loneliness, their anomie, their failures. At the same time their enthusiasms, their successes, their hopes and dreams, come through constantly, giving a poignancy to their story that transcends the 'facts' themselves. Th e s tuf f o f thi s s tud y i s a n extensive series of letters from the lieutnants back to their families during the height of the hostilities....this book also draws on an intriguing new method of study whose name is content anlaysis. A particula r br anch of th is c onte nt a nlay sis field is explored here - the use of the computer to analyze the content of particular texts. All the letters....have been entered into a computer and treated to a sophisticated content anaysis program that c onsid ers t hem alo ng ni nety- seven sepa rate psychosociological paramters. The resulting glimpses further help to explain some of the critical differences hinted at in the texts themselves....This fresh view of historical method is elaborated in dat a in t he A ppen dixes. " Min or rub bing, minor soiling, small bump to top corner of boards, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Very Good
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Cassidy, Martin. Foreword by Brigadier W.J. Hiles. THE INNISKILLING DIARIES 1899-1903. 1st BATTALION, 27th ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Leo Cooper, Barnsley, 2001, first edition.
252 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0850528240 B&w plates, maps. "One hundred years ago, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, along with many other British regiments, were fighting a desperate campaign many thousands of mi les from their native land. The Second Boer War tested the resolve and resources of what was then the mightiest Empire in the world. A succession of reverses raised the real spectre of defeat at the hands of the Boers; an unthinkable humil i a t i o n . The depth of public interest and concern felt at the time is reflected in continual fascination in this conflict. Thus Martin Cassidy's careful editing of the graphic diaries of three members of the Regiment's 1st Battalion (two off ic er s an d on e p rivate soldier) is to be greatly welcomed. Through the differing angles of these fine accounts we witness not just the drama of battle but the harsh conditions that the British troops had to endure. To read first-hand records o f t he ex tra or din ar y deeds such as those performed at Inniskilling Hill and the Relief of Ladysmith is a privilege that will mean much to those closely associated with the Regiment and to all with an interest in military history." Tiny bump at top of sp ine. V ery min or wrinkle at top of spine. Near Fine/Near Fine
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Castle, H.G. Artwork by Edward Mortelmans. SPION KOP. THE SECOND BOER WAR.
Almark, London, 1976.
48 pp, 9" H, soft cover. ISBN 0855242515 B&w photographs, maps, reproductions, 16 pages of color uniform studies. "In January 1900, an army of 30,000 well armed, well disciplined British troops, under the command of Sir Redvers Buller, VC, moved through Natal to the relief of besieged Ladysmith. Their way was blocked by about 10,000 Boers occupying the heights above the Tugela River which included the 1,470 ft Spion Kop. A seemingly successful night attack by the British turned into trage dy in the morning when it was discovered that they had occupied a plateau below the summit of Spion Kop and were at the mercy of Boer marksmen and artillery from three sides....the British were slaughtered in their hundreds. Incompetence, a n d e v en cowardice, on the part of the British generals, and a breakdown in communications, made Spion Kop one of the most humiliating defeats suffered by a Victorian army. The ordinary soldiers and regimental officers showed stoical bravery a s th ey su ff ered in their exposed positions. When night fell, they evacuated the position, having suffered nearly 1,500 casualties. The Boers lost only one tenth of that number. Although the South African War was eventually won, the failure of t he Bri t ish co m manders at Spion Kop led to far-reaching reforms in the British army and years of accusations and self-justification in the newspapers...." Interior - slight cigarette odor, very light browning to pages otherwise clean and tig ht wit h no p revi ous ownership marks. Exterior - darkening/browning to edges and spine, very light rubbing, light browning on covers. Very Good-
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Castle, Ian. Consultant editior, David G. Chandler. Series editor, Lee Johnson. MAJUBA 1881: THE HILL OF DESTINY. OSPREY MILITARY CAMPAIGN SERIES 45.
(Osprey, London, 1996).
96 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photos, maps, battle plans, reproductions, uniform studies. "In 1881 the tension between Britain and the Boer farmers of southern Africa that had existed for 75 y ears boiled over into open conflict. The British entered the war full of confidence, yet in a few short weeks they had suffered three separate reverses before enduring their final humiliating defeat on the isolated summit of Majuba. Georg e C o l l e y ' s force were swept off their 'unassailable' position and into headlong retreat. It was a defeat that sent shock waves reverberating around the Empire." "The Osprey Campaign Series presents concise, authoritative accounts of the gr ea t c on fl ic ts o f history. Each volume begins with an assessment of each commander's campaign stragegy, then recounts the progress of the fighting, blow-by-blow. More than 90 illustrations, including maps, charts and colour plates accompany th e tex t, and a ser ies o f three-dimensional battle maps mark the critical stages of the campaign. Each volume concludes with a brief guide to the battlefield today, and detailed notes for wargamers." Exterior - very minor soiling on bottom of t ex tblo ck, oth erw ise clea n a nd bright, creases at top corner and at fore-edge of front cover, flat uncreased spine. VG
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Childs, Lewis. THE SIEGE. BATTLEGROUND SOUTH AFRICA SERIES - LADYSMITH.
Leo Cooper, (Barnsley, 1999), Ist edition.
144 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), soft cover. B&w photos, reproductions, battle plans, maps. Contents: Background; Talana Hill 20 October 1899; Elandslaagte 21 October 1899; Ladysmith Under Siege; Platrand 5/6 Jan 1900; After Platrand, and afterwards still . Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor rubbing. NF
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Comaroff, John L., editor. (Sol T. Plaatje.) THE BOER WAR DIARY OF SOL T. PLAATJE. AN AFRICAN AT MAFEKING.
Cardinal, London, 1976.
160 pp, small 8vo (7 3/4" H), soft cover. ISBN 0351155481 "For decades Sol Plaatje's diary lay buried under a heap of old papers and documents in a Barolong village near Mafeking. It was only when anthropologist John Comaroff told the villagers t hat he was interested in written records that Plaatje's grandson produced an old scrapbook containing this Boer War diary. Dr Comaroff realised that this was a historical document of rare value. The siege of Mafeking was presented in an en t i r e l y n ew way: through the eyes of one of the many Africans who lived through grim months in the Boer-besieged town." Interior - one page with small corner crease, light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership m ar ks . E xt er i or - light edge wear, very light soiling on bottom of textblock, small soft wrinkle and ghost sticker mark on front cover. Very Good-
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Conacher, J.B. BRITAIN AND THE CRIMEA, 1855-56: PROBLEMS OF WAR AND PEACE.
Macmillan Press, (Basingstoke, Hampshire, 1987), Ist edition.
289 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. 2 maps, 4 b&w illus. "After initial military success the Allied armies of Britain and France faced disaster in the grim Crimean winter of 1855-56, trapped on the inhospitable Upland between Sebastopol and th e sea. Their failure led to the fall of Lord Aberdeen's coalition government and the formation of a new ministry under Lord Palmerston. This is the first book-length account of that government's directions of the war and participation in t h e l o n g a nd involved diplomatic negotiations eventually leading to a peace settlement." Light edgewear to boards. Dust jacket has very light edge wear/wrinkling, light rubbing VG+/VG
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Farwell, Byron. MR. KIPLING'S ARMY.
W.W. Norton, New York, 1981, book club edition.
256 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations. "This is an upstairs-downstairs view of the Victorian-Edwardian army, one of the world's most peculiar fighting forces. The battles it fought are household words, but the idios yncracies and eccentricities of its soldiers and the often appalling conditions under which they lived have gone largely unrecorded. This book explores the lives of officers and men, their foibles, follies, and gallantry, their diversions, fo o d a n d drink, and women, their discipline and their rewards. Brave, glorious, and outrageous, they took their fun where they found it. Full of 'beef, beer, and lust', the common soldier inhabitated a separate world from his upper-class office rs . Ba rr ac ks and officers' mess were united only by their common loyalty to their regiments, and their regiments were as quirky as their men. Each regiment prided itself on its uniqueness; each was different in character and uniform from any ot her . So me eve n had their own marching pace. The author....spent fifteen years gathering material for this work, and he writes with appreciation and affection for this peculiar army and its soldiers." Book lightly cocked, a few very small areas of gl ue r esi due on boards, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds with a few tiny tears at top of spine, minor soiling and rubbing. Very Good/Very Good
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Featherstone, Don. General editor, David G. Chandler. KHARTOUM 1885: GENERAL GORDON'S LAST STAND. OSPREY MILITARY CAMPAIGN SERIES 23.
(Osprey, London, 1996), reprint.
96 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photos, maps, battle plans, reproductions, uniform studies. "The fall of Khartoum and the death of General Gordon at the hand of the Mahdi's army constituted one of the most colourful and controversial episodes of Britain's military history - a seemingly unfeeling Imperial government had 'let down' one of the nation's heroes. Here, Donald Featherstone, well known for his many books on military subjects and wargaming in particular, focuses especially on the battles fought by the relief columns." "The Osprey Campaign Series presents concise, authoritative accounts of the great conflicts of history. Each volume begins with an assessment of each command er's campaign stragegy, then recounts the progress of the fighting, blow-by-blow. More than 90 illustrations, including maps, charts and colour plates accompany the text, and a series of three-dimensional battle maps mark the critical stag e s o f t h e campaign. Each volume concludes with a brief guide to the battlefield today, and detailed notes for wargamers." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor soiling on bottom of textblock, otherwi se c l ea n a nd b ri ght, flat uncreased spine. VG+
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Featherstone, Donald. COLONIAL SMALL WARS, 1837-1901.
David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1973.
223 pp, large 8vo (9 11/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0715357115 "45 Victorian campaigns described and illustrated with 79 maps." "From 1837 to 1901 in Canada, Afghanistan, India, Africa, and elsewhere, military expeditions were underta ken to protect British interests, extend a frontier or repel an unprovoked attack. It became in the Victorian era an accepted way of life. In this lively and useful study Donald Featherstone, after defining 'small wars' and describing the V i c t o r i a n soldier and his weapons, covers all the minor actions in detail. Most of the accounts are complemented by specially drawn maps and plans which have never before been collected together in a single volume." Previous owner's small st am p on e ac h of the front endpapers, soft crease down free rear endpaper, small bump at top rear corner, tiny bump at top/bottom corner of front board, very light rubbing. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling, very small chip and creas e s a t t op of re ar fl ap- fold, very light rubbing. Very Good/Very Good
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Featherstone, Donald. VICTORIAN COLONIAL WARFARE: INDIA, FROM THE CONQUEST OF SIND TO THE INDIAN MUTINY.
Cassell, 1st. edition, (1992).
158 pp, 4to (11" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 030434172X B&w maps, reproductions of 100 contemporary engravings. "From the conquest of Sind in 1843, when Sir Charles Napier defeated the Baluchi army and annexed the kingdom, to the Indian M utiny of 1857-58 that out raged world opinion, Donald Featherstone has constructed a revealing account of the British Empire's most complex and fascinating period." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has very minor edge w e a r , l i g ht wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds. Very Good+/Very Good+
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Featherstone, Donald. VICTORIAN COLONIAL WARFARE: INDIA, FROM THE CONQUEST OF SIND TO THE INDIAN MUTINY.
Blandford, (London, 1993).
158 pp, 4to (11" H), soft cover. ISBN 071372255X B&w maps, reproductions of 100 contemporary engravings. "From the conquest of Sind in 1843, when Sir Charles Napier defeated the Baluchi army and annexed the kingdom, to the Indian Mutiny of 1857-5 8 that outraged world opinion, Donald Featherstone has constructed a revealing account of the British Empire's most complex and fascinating period." Interior - very light cigarette odor, small soft bump to top corner of approx. first sixty- f i v e p a g es, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - small bump to top corner of front cover, very light rubbing, very small bump to top of rear hinge, light soiling to bottom of textblock. Very Good-
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Fleming, Peter. THE SIEGE AT PEKING.
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1959, first edition.
273 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Photographs, maps, plans, reproductions. "Although they had been reported massacred, the Legations (British, French, American, Japanese, etc.) were still holding out (as of 5 July 1900 when Lord S aisbury reported to Queen Victoria). Their small polyglot garrison, supplemented by armed volunteers, had to contend not merely with the fanatical Boxers but with the Imperial Chinese Army. In the history of warfare there has been no strange r s i e g e. Cooped up behind their improvised barricades (many of the sandbags were made of silk), tortured by heat and flies, sustained by strictly rationed pony-meat and unlimited champagne, heartened by delusions of impending relief, somehow t he Le ga ti on s withstood the daily and nightly onslaughts...Mr Fleming's detailed study is based partly on important new evidence." Book slightly cocked, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, free front end paper has been removed, very light b row n ing to fo re- edge of text block, light to moderate edge wear - mostly on bottom of boards. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, small chips at top of spine, several samll edge tears with old tape repair, light browning on spine and f lap- fo lds. Ve ry G ood- /Good+
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Gardner, Brian. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY: A HISTORY.
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1971, first edition.
319 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 024664043X B&w plates, maps. "There has never been a company like the East India Company: it ruled over nearly one-fifth of the world's population, possessed its own army and navy, its own c ivil service, and even its own church. It became the greatest military power in Asia and had a revenue larger than that of Great Britain itself. This is the story of the London merchants who, in their persistent and dogged quest for trade wi t h t h e East, struggled with misunderstanding and suspicion, rivalry with the French and the collapse of the authority of the Indian emperors. The Company brought the brilliant military conquests of men like Robert Dlive and Warren Hastings, an d th e a cq ui sitions of Sir Stamford Raffles and men who spent their entire careers in its service. There were the conquests of the Wellesleys, the intrigues and battles for power with the British government, the prejudice and envy inspired by t he re tu rn hom e o f wealthy retired employees, and the compromise which ended in the appointment of government selected Governors-General. The story of the East India Company is one of adventure, triumph and disaster, pride and loyalty, that spa ns more th an two hund red years of British history: it is also the story of the foundation of the British Empire in India." One small corner bump. Dust jacket has minor edge wear/wrinkling at top/bottom of hinges and flap-folds. Very Good/Very Goo d+
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Gibbs, Peter. CRIMEAN BLUNDER: THE STORY OF WAR WITH RUSSIA A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1960, first American edition.
297 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "The Crimean War was a little war, a seemingly unimportant war which England entered - as Trevelyan wrote - for no better reason than that she was bored with pe ace. When, in 1854, the London crowds saw their soldiers marching off to fight, they cheered with delight. The war against Russia, into which Britain and France had drifted in alliance with Turkey - and which had grown out of a petty quarrel b e t w e en some monks in Jerusalem - was to be a lighthearted and glorious adventure. True, the Crimean was a war to capture only one town. Nonetheless the suffering was appalling and 300,000 lives were lost. It was in the Crimean War that the te le gr ap h was first used to apprise statemen at home of events at the front. It was then that Florence Nightingale, horrified by the unnecessary waste of life and by the inhumanity of the treatment of the troops, organized the nursing service t hat wa s t o m ak e history. It was, in fact, Crimea that finally ended the myth that war had glamor. In (this book, the author) tells the full story of this strange conflict, how the errors and blunders and optimism on the part of Palmerston a nd Que en V icto ria, Lo uis Napoleon and Tsar Nicholas developed into a nightmare. Here is the story of the fantastic, gallant and infamous Charge of the Light Brigade, but here also is the unforgettable drama of the ordinary soldier - British, Fre nch, Russi an an d Tur kish - who fought steadfastly on, though sacrificed again and again by the stupidity of his commanders." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor browning to edges of text block. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, has very small chip/ tears with moderate wear at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds - light edge wear elsewhere, light fading to spine color, some light browning, minor soiling. Very Good/Good-
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