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Deeds of the Royal Engineers. Compiled in the Royal Engineer Record Office In Compliance with Army Council Instruction No. 850, dated April 19th, 1916. Orig. printed paper covd. boards, [iv]+81pp. Chatham: Royal Engineers Institute. 1918  #63746
[HLMainPic] Notable events in Corps history inc. chapters on Royal Engineers & The Battle of Waterloo; The Royal Sappers & Miners in the Crimean War; The Blowing In of the Cashmere Gate at Delhi; 23rd Coy. in the Indian Mutiny & China; 23rd Coy at Ladysmith, &c. Orig. grey printed paper covd. boards with blue cloth backstrip, little chipped/rubbed at top of rear panel o/w VG & rare (just 500 copies printed).   £50
[BAYLEY (John Arthur) Reminiscences of School & Army Life, 1839-1859. 1st Ed., vii+206pp. No imprint/place. 1875  #62131
[HLMainPic] Engaging memoirs of Eton College (including an account of fagging: "Many a young peer, who in the nursery or school-room at home had never been controlled or contradicted, learnt a useful lesson when he found that he was bound, under pain of a thrashing, to run up Eton as fast as his legs could carry him & fetch a pound of sausages for Smith major's breakfast; Smith possibly being well known to be the son of a rich tradesman..."), further education in Germany then service in the 52nd Light Infantry from 1851. Served a year or two in Ireland until the regiment was ordered to India in 1853. He describes garrison social life & a march in the Punjab - 513 miles up the Grand Trunk Road to Umballa, &c., the annexation of Oude in 1856 & events of the Mutiny. He witnessed the atrocity of native soldiers blown from the mouths of cannon, various operations up country & the attack on Delhi in which he was wounded. A printed note to the title-page states that "The following Reminiscences were originally intended solely of the amusement of the writer's Nephews & Nieces. They are now printed for the use of such of his friends as may care to read them." Orig. red cloth, gilt title to front, little spotted & worn but VG, inscribed by author on tp: "C.D. Lucas from J.A. Bayley" (the recipient possibly Adml. Charles Davis Lucas VC) with one or two small ink corrections to the text & an interesting marginal statement next the account of the assault on the Kashmir Gate by the 52nd on 13th Sept. 1857, in which Bayley was wounded in command of a storming party. By the close of the action the 52nd had been "compelled to retire" but the marginal note states: "In 1876 General Campbell [commanding the 52nd in 1857], speaking to me on this subject, said - I retired in obedience to an order brought by a Staff Officer. J.A.B." Just five copies on Library Hub (formerly COPAC), confirming the identity of the author. Ladendorf 228. Raugh 6456. Bayley also contributed an article to the Ox. & Bucks. L.I. Chronicle 1905 on "The Beginning of the Indian Mutiny" & another short booklet "The Assault of Delhi: A Vindication of H.M. 52nd Light Infantry.... From the Aspersions of Sir John Kaye, in the Third Volume of his History of the Sepoy War." See illustrations on our website.   £450
ANSON (Bt.-Major O.H. St. G.) With H.M. 9th Lancers during the Indian Mutiny. The Letters of Brevet-Major O.H.S.G. Anson. Edited by His Son, Harcourt S. Anson. 1st Ed., viii+280pp., portrait frontis. W.H. Allen & Co. 1896  #66171
[HLMainPic] Excellent, atmospheric & detailed letters to his wife from June 1857-March 1858 inc. Siege of Delhi & Relief of Lucknow. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, rubbed & worn, especially the sp., but sound & complete, & rare. Bookplate of Maj. H.E. Kynaston, late 19th Hussars, later ownership inscrip. of B. Paget-Hodgson to rear of frontis. VG thus. See illustration on our website.   £165
BUTLER (Lt.-Col. Lewis) The Annals of the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Vol. III: xxviii+334pp., 8 portraits, 6 maps. Murray. 1926  #28213
[HLMainPic] This useful volume covers the period 1830-1873 inc. Sikh & Kaffir Wars, Indian Mutiny (at Meerut, Delhi &c.), China 1860 & Red River Expedition. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG with rather clumsily pasted in bookplate of Sir Percival Scrope Marling, VC, CB, sometime of the regiment. See illustration on our website.   £50
FORREST (George W.) Ed. Selections from the Letters, Despatches & Other State Papers Preserved in The Military Department of the Government of India 1857-58. Volume I: [Delhi]. 1st Ed., [iii]+v+493+clviii+cipp., 3 of 5 maps. Calcutta: Military Dept. Press. 1893  #66302
[HLMainPic] Exceedingly rare source material on the outbreak of the Mutiny, followed by in-depth detail on the events at Meerut & Delhi (throughout the siege & relief), all described utilising primary sources: the minutes of Courts of Inquiry, General Orders, correspondence & dispatches, plus detailed appendices & a very valuable annotated index. (The whole work, covering all the events of the Mutiny, was completed in four volumes: all are rare.) Later blue cloth 'Boots' binding, gilt tile to sp., sound thus but lacking the two fldg. end-pocket maps. While a poor example, it cannot be emphasised enough how scarce this volume is in the original edition. See illustration on our website.   £75
KAYE (Sir J., KCSI) & MALLESON (Col., G.B., CSI) History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58. Cabinet Ed., 6 Vols.(inc. Pincott's Index in Vol. VI), over 2,700pp. in all, maps & plans. W.H. Allen & Co. 1883  #66824
[HLMainPic] Standard history somewhat reworked & reorganised for this edition including the invaluable Analytical Index volume compiled by Frederic Pincott. Excellent contemp. half morocco, gilt, plum cloth boards, marbled end-papers & edges. See illustrations on our website.   £225
MACKENZIE (Col. A.R.D., CB) Mutiny Memoirs Being Personal Reminiscences of the Great Sepoy Revolt of 1857. 2nd Ed., [ix]+211+iv+iipp., frontis., 5 plates. Allahabad: Pioneer Press. 1892  #66711
[HLMainPic] Mackenzie was a subaltern with the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry at Meerut on the outbreak of the Mutiny & was later in the Siege of Delhi & Relief of Lucknow (with other irregular cavalry regiments). Atmospheric account that first appeared in the columns of the Pioneer newspaper. The first edition was published in 1891 & both editions are rare. Contemp. black half morocco, little rubbed & worn, generally VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £220
MEDLEY (Julius G., Capt., Bengal Engineers) A Year's Campaigning in India, From March, 1857, to Mach, 1858. 1st Ed., xii+213pp., tinted litho. frontis. (A Native Officer of Punjab Pioneers), 4 fldg. maps & plans. Thacker & Co. 1858  #64515
[HLMainPic] "The narrative embraces the Bozdar Expedition in the Derajat Hills, in March 1857; the Siege & Capture of Delhi, in Sept. 1857; Col. Seaton's Campaign in the Doab, in Dec. of the same year; & the Siege & Capture of Lucknow, in March, 1858. The first of these... will give the reader some idea of the peculiarities of the frontier warfare..." - author's Preface. Ladendorf 330 ("An account of one man's share in the campaigns to retake Delhi & Lucknow with emphasis on the operations of the engineers.") Raugh 6584 ("This volume includes the author's account of his experiences, as a captain in the Bengal Engineers, at the siege of Delhi, September 1857; Colonel Seaton's campaign in the Doab, December 1857; & the siege & capture of Lucknow, March 1858." Orig. red cloth, gilt, neatly rebacked with sp. panel laid down, little worming, generally a good sound copy & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £225
TAYLOR (P.J.O.) Ed. A Companion to the Indian Mutiny of 1857. 1st Ed., xi+411pp., 47 col. photos., num. b/w illus., 2 maps. VG in dw. Delhi: Oxford Univ. Press. 1996  #66858
[HLMainPic] Compilation of over 1500 entries containing much of great value for ready reference on individuals (British & Indian), locations &c. Invaluable reference & now very scarce. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.   £50
WILBERFORCE (Reginald G., late 52nd L.I.) An Unrecorded Chapter in the Indian Mutiny: Being the Personal Reminiscences of... 1st Ed., xviii+234pp., 8 plates. Murray. 1894  #66774
[HLMainPic] Personal account of a 52nd LI subaltern at Delhi & elsewhere. Ladendorf 418. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt, good ex-circ. lib. copy. See illustration on our website.   £35

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