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ANGLESEY (Marquess of)
A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919. Vol. III: 1872-1898.
1st Ed., 478pp., 61 illus., 18 maps. VG in dw. Cooper.
1982
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The now standard history of British Cavalry, this vol. includes Zulu & Transvaal Wars, 2nd Afghan Wars, Egypt & the Sudan, &c. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£35
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BEATTY (Charles)
His Country was the World: A Study of Gordon of Khartoum.
1st Ed., [vii]+296pp., 3 maps. VG in dw. Chatto & Windus.
1954
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Gordon, his work & campaigns in China, Africa &c. VG in dw. Aee illustration on our website.
£20
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BROWN (Brig.-Gen. W. Baker)
History of the Corps of Royal Engineers. Vol. IV.
1st Ed., xvii+434pp., frontis., 7 maps. VG in dw. Chatham: RE.
1952
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This vol. contains smaller campaigns in Africa 1885-1914 inc. Gambia, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Uganda & Somaliland. VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£25
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BURLEIGH (Bennet)
Sirdar & Khalifa: Or the Reconquest of the Sudan 1898.
3rd Ed., xiv+305pp., portrait frontis., 26 photos., 3 maps (one fldg.). Chapman & Hall.
1898
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Based on author's despatches to the Daily Telegraph & his day-to-day diary. Standard history to the eve of Omdurman, with Kitchener's official despatches appended, + roll of all ranks killed & wounded at Battle of Atbara, 8/4/1898. Orig. white cloth, gilt dec. to front, sp. tanned & cloth marked, but VG. See illustration on our website.
£65
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CALLWELL (Col. C.E.)
Small Wars, A Tactical Textbook for Imperial Soldiers.
Facsimile reprint of 3rd (revised & enlarged) Ed., 559pp., 15 plans. VG in dw. Greenhill.
1990
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Reprint of best edition of classic textbook of colonial & irregular warfare, including examples, with sketch maps, drawn from various campaigns, such as Umbeyla, Egypt & the Sudan, Afghanistan 1878-80, Zulu War 1879, &c. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£20
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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.
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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
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CHURCHILL (Winston S.)
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan.
Reprint, xiv+381pp., 22 maps & plans. E&S.
1949
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Standard history inc. Suakin Field Force 1896, Dongola, Atbara & Omdurman &c. Lists of staff officers. Orig. cloth, VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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GLEICHEN (Maj.-Gen. Lord Edward)
A Guardsman's Memories: A Book of Recollections.
1st Ed., viii+396pp., portrait frontis., 6 plates. Blackwood.
1932
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Grenadier Guardsman's excellent memoirs pre-1914, inc. Sudan with the Camel Corps 1884-85 & 1896, Abyssinia, Boer War & much on staff & intelligence duties at home & abroad. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, ex-circ. lib., somewhat rubbed & worn but sound. See illustration on our website.
£35
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HOLLINGS (Mary Alnright) Ed.
The Life of Sir Colin C. Scott-Moncrieff, KCSI, KCMG, RE &c.)
1st Ed., xii+374pp., portrait frontis., 21 illus. John Murray.
1917
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Biography based on reminiscences & letters edited by Scott-moncrieff's niece. He was ed. at Addiscombe, entered Bengal Engineers 1856 & retired as a Colonel in 1883. Served in the Mutiny in the campaign in Oudh &c., with Irrigation Dept in NW Province, Chief Engineer in Burma, then PWD in Egypt & Sudan 1883-92 (CSI for famine relief work in Madras 1878-79). Cloth stained/worn but sound & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£25
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LAMOTHE (Ronald M.)
Slaves of Fortune: Sudanese Soldiers & The River War 1896-1898.
1st Ed., xvii+227pp., 1pprox. 25 illus., 3 maps. VG in dw. Woodbridge: James Currey.
2011
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The role of African soldiers in the reconquest of the Sudan. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£30
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