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BANNATYNE (Lt.-Col. Neil)
History of the Thirtieth Regiment now the First Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, 1689-1881.
1st Ed., ix+474pp., 14 col plates (of uniforms), one b/w plate (with portraits of 3 COs), 15 maps. Liverpool: Littlebury Bros.
1923
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Exellent, detailed & scarce history including campaigns in Flanders, Peninsula & Waterloo, Mahratta Wars & Crimea. Roll of officers who served; casualties of all ranks often noted in text. Orig. blue cloth, gilt,stained & worn, internally VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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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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RANKEN (W. Bayne)
Six Months at Sebastopol: Being Selections from the Journal & Correspondence of the late Major George Ranken, Royal Engineers.
Edited by His Brother. 1st Ed., [vii]+156pp. Charles Westerton.
1857
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Ranken was commissioned from Woolwich in 1847. He led the forlorn hope attack on the Redan on 8th Sept. 1855 & was killed on 28th Feb. 1856 whilst engaged in blowing up the White Barracks in Sebastopol - the last British officer to die in the Crimea. Interesting letters & diaries edited by his brother. Orig. red blindstamped cloth, gilt to sp., a little chipped & rubbed at extremities but generally VG & rare, inscribed "Somerville Hogg from the Editor April 1858." See illustration on our website.
£125
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REID (Douglas Arthur, MD)
Memories of the Crimean War, January 1855 to June 1856.
1st Ed., [xvi]+206pp., 4to, portrait frontis., 19 plates 7 maps (some fldg.). St. Catherine Press.
1911
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Asst. Surgeon with 90th Perthshire Light Infantry in the trenches, camps & hospitals before Sebastopol, inc. the attacks on the Redan. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG, handsome & scarce with good illustrations & maps. This copy with small photo. of the author attached to tp, also loosely inserted photo. in later life (signed by the author) plus two leaves (4pp.) of Press Notices for the work. See illustrations on our website.
£145
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ROSS-OF-BLADENSBURG (Lt.-Col., CB)
The Coldstream Guards in the Crimea.
1st Ed., xii+312pp., 6 fldg. maps. A.D. Innes & Co.
1897
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The 1st Bn. at the Battle of Inkermann, Siege of Sebastopol &c., with various statistical returns of drafts, casualties &c., based on the regimental history volume covering 1815-1885. Orig. red cloth, gilt, minor wear, about VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£75
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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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