HUME (John R., Maj.-Genl., late 55th Regt.)
Reminiscences of the Crimean Campaign with the 55th Regiment.
1st Ed., 190pp., portrait frontis., 27 other illus., plans & portraits. Printed for the Author by Unwin Bros.
1894
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Detailed account throughout the campaign until the fall of Sebastopol, based on the author's diary & letters. Orig. green cloth, gilt to front & sp., minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.
£90
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MCKIERNAN (Thomas, Col. Sgt., late 50th Regt.)
Experiences of a British Veteran Soldier.
1st Ed., xv+162pp., portrait frontis., map (of the Crimea). Port Talbot: T. Major Jones & Sons.
1892
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Author enlisted in the 3rd Ft. in 1853 & transferred to the 50th (later Royal West Kent) Regt. for the Crimea a year later: served throughout the campaign inc. battles of the Alma & Inkermann, capture of the Malakoff Fort & the Redan. Afterwards served in Ceylon & NZ Maori War 1864-65 (action at Wanganui &c.). Mostly concerned with his Crimean experiences. Orig. red cloth, gilt to front, cloth stained & worn, lacking front & rear endpapers but sound copy & rare. See illustration on our website.
£125
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RUSSELL (William Howard)
The British Expedition to the Crimea.
New & Revised Ed., xii+556pp., 6 fldg. maps bound in, plus two in end-pocket. Routledge.
1877
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The final, definitive edition of this standard account by the celebrated Times correspondent inc. all main battles & events throughout the campaign., a prefaratory Note explains that: "In addition to the despatches relating to the landing in the Crimea, the battles of Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, & the Tchernayam the assaults on the place, &c., there will be found in the present edition the text of the most important clauses of the Treaty of Paris in 1856, the correspondence between Prince Gortschakoff & Lord Granville on the duniciation of the Treaty in 1870, &c." Orig. red cloth, titled in black (to boards) & gilt (to spine); sp. sunned, somewhat worn overall, generally VG with neat (undated) pencil pownership inscrip. of A.C. De Wiart, i.e., the redoubtable, much decorated & many times wounded Lieut.-Gen. Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, VC, KBE, CMG, DSO. Interesting provenance. See illustrations on our website.
£145
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