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Waterloo   26 Books
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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
Historical Records of the XXX. Regiment. 1st Ed., ix+283pp. Clowes. 1887  #64337
[HLMainPic] East Lancashire Regt. Campaigns include Egypt 1800, Peninsular War, Waterloo 1815, India 1819-28 inc. siege of Asseerghur &c., Crimean War, &c., "as far as possible made up of the narratives of officers & others who actually served in the operations they describe..." Officers' services details. Orig. yellow cloth, gilt, soiled o/w VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £145
[FITZMAURICE (Gerald)] Biographical Sketch of Major General John Fitzmaurice K.H. Written for private circulation. 1908. The Centenary of the Formation of the 95th Rifle Corps now The Rifle Brigade. 1st Ed., 102pp., portrait frontis., fldg. map. Anghiari (Italy), Tiber Printing Press. 1908  #66220
[HLMainPic] John George Fitzmaurice served with the 3rd Bn. 95th Rifles in the Peninsular, was present at numerous engagements & had his leg broken at Badajoz. Was also at Waterloo with the 1st Bn. where he was again wounded. Includes some 45pp. relating to his services in the Peninsular, including transcriptions of various letters, & a short account of his participation at Waterloo. Not particularly revealing but a very rare memoir. Just one copy on Library Hub (formerly COPAC), at Oxford University, is recorded by Victor Sutcliffe (Sandler Collection) but not Brett-James (Life in Wellington's Army bibliography). Orig. black & green cloth, sp. panel, corners & eps sympathetically renewed, VG thus, presumably printed in a very small edition & this copy with compiler's inscription: "To Nina Clifford great great granddaughter of John of Duagh is presented by the author, Gerald Fitzmaurice great grandson of John of Duagh this memoir of John Fitzmaurice grandson of John of Duagh. March 1914." With bound-in later ink notes re family history & recording the death of Nina Clifford & subsequent presentation of this copy to Col. L. Fitzmaurice, & another, later, note on family history. See illustrations on our website.   £265
[LENNOX (Willam Pitt)] Comp. Memoir of Charles Gordon Lennox, Fifth Duke of Richmond, K.G., P.C. 1st Ed., xi+348pp., portrait frontis. Chapman & Hall. 1862  #65064
[HLMainPic] Lennox (1781-1860) when known as Earl of March served on Wellington's staff in the Peninsular War, during which time he joined the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regt. as a volunteer & accompanied the regiment's advance storming party on the fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo. He formally joined the 52nd Foot in 1813 & commanded a company at the Battle of Orthes, 1814, where he was severely wounded; the musket-ball in his chest was never removed. During the Battle of Waterloo he was ADC to the Prince of Orange & following the latter's wounding, served as ADC to Wellington. Detailed memoirs of his life based on various correspondence & family sources. His military career is detailed in around 40pp., the rest of the book (apart from his early life & education) being devoted to his work as a landowner, &c. Orig. red cloth, blindstamped & gilt, rebacked, somewhat rubbed/worn, sound & VG thus. See illustration on our website.   £125
ADDISON (Henry R., FSA, late 2nd Dragoon Guards) A Rough Sketch of the Field of Waterloo. 1st Ed., 179pp., fldg. state of Wellington's Staff at Waterloo, fldg. chromo. map (with dispositions of the forces). Brussels: The Belgian Company of Booksellers, Hauman & Co. 1839  #65065
[HLMainPic] A description of the battle & the various features of the battlefield designed for the use of visitors. Includes tables of regiments present & their casualties, list of officers killed or wounded, list of Wellington's Staff (on the fldg. table, noting their appointment). Text, table & map somewhat heavily foxed, generally VG, bound in later half calf, raised bands to sp. with claret leather lettering label, marbled paper covd. boards, VG thus. A quite valuable near contemp. description with excellent map. Rare. See illustration on our website.   £220
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  #61643
[HLMainPic] 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
BOYLE (Col. G.E.) Comp. The Rifle Brigade Century: An Alphabetical List of The Officers of the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) (Regular Battalions) from 1800 to 1905. 1st Ed., xvi+205pp. Clowes & Sons. 1905  #65050
[HLMainPic] Contains full career details & medal entitlements of officers, inc. quartermasters, paymasters, surgeons attached &c. Orig. rifle green cloth, silver gilt, VG with tipped-in letter from the compiler to "Dear Buller" referring to his services &c. Boyle commanded the 4th Bn. at one period. See illustration on our website.   £75
BRODIGAN (Lt.-Col. F.) Ed. Historical Records of the Twenty-Eighth North Gloucestershire Regiment From 1692 to 1882. 1st Ed., v+232pp. Blackfriars Ptg. & Pubg. Co. 1884  #62788
[HLMainPic] Includes Marlborough's Wars, expedition to Copenhagen, campaigns in the Peninsula, Walcheren, Waterloo, Crimea &c. Several rolls of officers. Orig. red cloth, gilt, ex-NAM & AMOT, somewhat chipped & worn, trace of old label at foor of sp., generally VG. See illustration on our website   £75
BURROWS (J.W.) Essex Units in the War 1914-1919: 1st Bn. The Essex Regt. 2nd (& best) Ed., xxxi+293pp., col. frontis., 49 photos., 25 maps (4 fldg.). VG in dw. Southend: Burrows. 1931  #65575
[HLMainPic] Contains account of the regiment in Waterloo Campaign, Crimea & Boer War then WW1 Gallipoli & Western Front with 29th Div. This edition revised & considerably enlarged from that of 1923. Many excellent maps, photos. &c. Orig. red cloth, gilt, near fine in dw. See illustration on our website.   £95
CARY (A.D.L., OBE) & McCANCE (Capt. S.) Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Vols. I & II. 1689-1815 & 1816-1914. 1st Ed., 2 Vols., 4to; xxi+324pp. & xviii+425pp., maps. Wrexham: The RWF. 1995  #56579
These vols. contain Napoleonic Wars, inc. Peninsula & Waterloo, Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, Ashanti, Burma 1885, Black Mountain Expedition, Boer War &c. Orig. blue cloth, worn, sound.   £40

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