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Afghan War   28 Books
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Operations in Waziristan 1919-1920. Compiled by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India. 1st Ed., x+187pp., 31 plates (many fldg.), 8 fldg. panoramas, 3 fldg. maps in text, 3 fldg. maps in end-pocket. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing. 1921  #64034
[HLMainPic] The scarce CONFIDENTIAL official account (including operations 1860-1920, with considerable detail on the little-known 1917 campaign) with valuable orders of battle &c. Individually numbered "Serial No. 301" but total no. produced is unknown to us. Orig. three-qtr. calf, green cloth, claret sp labels, gilt, the leather a little rubbed, stained & worn as always but overall VG, good copy & complete, with contemp. ink ownership inscrip. of "J.C.R. Gannon Major AMS Personal to C in C." (Note: Gannon appointed AMS [Personal] to Lord Rawlinson of Trent, 21/11/1920. He served in the Waziristan Campaign & was Mentioned in Despatches). See illustration on our website.   £350
Operations in Waziristan 1919-1920. (Second Edition). Compiled by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India. 2nd Ed., viii+194pp., 31 plates (many fldg.), 8 fldg. panoramas, 4 fldg. maps in text, 3 fldg. maps in end-pocket. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing. 1923  #66211
[HLMainPic] The second & very much scarcer edition of this official account, which "cancels the previous (1921) edition, copies of which should be destroyed." As background the work includes operations 1860-1920, with considerable detail on the little-known 1917 campaign, with valuable orders of battle &c. The edition here offered is presumably amended &/or corrected, as its supersedes the original edition. It should not be confused with the cheaper edition issued without most of the maps & plans. Modern blue cloth, gilt title to sp., complete with all maps & plans (one additional to the 1st Edition) including 3 in endpocket. See illustration on our website.   £250
Records of No. 3 Mountain Battery R.A. 1st Ed., [iii]+78pp. Allahabad: Pioneer Press. 1909  #66168
[HLMainPic] Very rare history (not in Perkins) recording the history of the regiment from raising in 1759 & its subsequent services in the Peninsular War (Corunna &c.), 2nd Afghan War with the Kabul Field Force (Kandahar &c.), Zhob Valley Field Force 1884, Burma 1886-87, Sikkim 1888, Miranzai FF 1891, Relief of Chitral 1895, Mohmand 1897 &c. Much interesting detail on these campaigns, also on the organisation of the unit & notes on British officers' services. Orig. red full morocco, gilt title to front, very nice example. See illustration on our website.   £325
[MACGREGOR (Maj.-Gen. Sir C., KCB, CSI, CIE)] The Second Afghan War 1878-1880: Abridged Official Account produced in the Intelligence Branch Army Head-Quarters, India. Revised by Lt. F.G. Cardew, Intelligence Dept. 1st Ed., x+734pp., frontis. + 35 photos. & sketch maps (inc. a number of panoramas), 22 fldg. maps & plans. Murray. 1908  #67968
[HLMainPic] Substantial & very rare official history. The original history (which is exceedingly rare: a copy has never to our knowledge been seen on the market) was considered too sensitive for publication & issued for official use only, hence the eventual appearance of the abridged - but nevertheless extremely detailed - version here offered. Orders of Battle & other notes on troop movements &c. Excellent photos., maps & sketches. Orig. red cloth, gilt to sp. & titled in black to front, sp. little rubbed, little fraying to tear joint, generally VG & complete with all maps, diagrams & plates. See illustrations on our website.   £475
ANDERSON (Col. H.S.) & FRANCKLAND (Capt. A.) The 101st Grenadiers: Historical Record of the Regiment, 1778-1923. 2nd Ed., [xv]+138pp., 4to, portrait frontis., 2 col.plates of uniforms, 15 photos., 9 maps. Aldershot: G&P. 1928  #66793
[HLMainPic] The 1885 edition by Anderson re-written & much expanded to include additional material on earlier campaigns (Malabar, Sikh Wars, 2nd Afghan War &c.) to which are added Burma 1885-87, WW1 in East Africa, Egypt & Palestine, Somaliland & post-war Waziristan. Officers' services &c. (plus rolls of MOs & of officers attached to the regiment during the Great War, with remarks on their services). "...improved version of Anderson's 1885 history... based mainly on official records, but Franckland manages to weave in some personal accounts & these help to enliven the text..." - Perkins 451. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £350
APPLEYARD (Maj.-Gen. F.E., CB) Incidents & Occurrences during my Thirty-Four Years' Service. 1st Ed., 38pp., portrait frontis. Printed for Private Circulation Only. nd (c.1905).  #66142
[HLMainPic] Second instalment of Appleyard's rare privately printed memoirs of service: he explains that: "Regret has been expressed by some old brother officers that [the first part of] my reminiscences... were curtailed, has induced me to add a few episodes..." 80th Ft. in 1850, transfer to the Royal Fusiliers (with whom he served in the Crimea) in 1853 then 85th K.L.I. from 1861. Campaigns included Burma 1852-53, Crimea inc. all main battles. Commanded the 3rd Brigade in the 1st Division of the Peshawur Vallery Field Force under Sir Sam Browne in the 2nd Afghan War, 1878-79. This part includes recollections of the Crimea (in which he was several times wounded) & includes a roll of the officers of the Royal Fusiliers who were wounded during the campaign, with nature & place of wound. Orig. plum cloth, VG with appealing author inscrip. in ink to ffep: "From Col. F.E. Appleyard CB to Major General Ed. Musgrave Beadon 85th The King's Shropshire Lt. Infty." Orig. purple cloth, gilt to front & sp., somewhat unevenly faded & marked, sound & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £225
BULLOCK (Brig. Humphrey, CIE, OBE) History of the Army Service Corps. Volume I: 1760-1857. 2nd Ed., xi+259pp. VG in chipped dw. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers. 1976  #68380
[HLMainPic] Scholarly work first published in 1952 by Gale & Polden which on its 1976 reprinting (here offered) became Volume I of the major five volume history of the Indian Army Service Corps from inception to 1962. This volume (vide Perkins, p. 519) "describes the Commissariat Dept. of the HEIC & its role in the Nepalese War (1814), First Burma War (1824-1826), First Afghan War (1838-1842), the two Sikh wars, the Second Burma War (1852-1853), the Persian War (1856-1857), & the siege of Lucknow (1857)." Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.   £145
CALLWELL (Maj.-Gen. Sir C.) & HEADLAM (Maj.-Gen. Sir J.) The History of the Royal Artillery from the Indian Mutiny to the Great War. 1st Ed., 3 Vols., in all some 1600pp., 6 portraits, 23 fldg. maps in separate mapcase, several fldg. tables &c. Woolwich: RA. 1931-1940.  #64377
[HLMainPic] Standard & detailed history. Vol. I, Armaments; Vol. II, Policy & Influence; Vol. III, Campaigns (1860-1914 inc. all corners of Empire, much on NWF, 2nd Afghan War, Egypt & Sudan, China 1860 & 1900, East & West Africa, Boer War &c.). Orig. blue cloth, gilt, little speckled o/w VG throughout & distinctly uncommon, especially with 3rd volume & mapcase present. See illustration on our website.   £225
DIVER (Maud) The Judgment of the Sword: The Tale of the Kabul Tragedy, & of the Part Played Therein by Major Eldred Pottinger, The Hero of Herat. 1st Ed., xii+640pp., 4 plates, 2 maps (on fold-out leaf). Constable. 1913  #64679
[HLMainPic] Major Eldred Pottinger, the Siege of Herat & 1st Afghan War. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £35
GARDYNE (Lt.-Col. C. Greenhill) The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders: Volume II, 1816-1898 (including an Account of the 75th Regt. from 1787-1881). 2nd Imp., xxiv+346pp., col. plates, photos., maps & plans. Medici. 1929  #66805
[HLMainPic] Campaigns include Crimea & Indian Mutiny, Second Afghan War, Transvaal War, Gordon Relief Expedition, Tirah 1897 &c. Orig. cloth, titled in black, VG. See illustration on our website.   £25

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