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Zulu War   28 Books
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Wyld's Military Sketch Map (aka Military Staff Map) of Zulu Land, Transvaal, & The Adjoining Territories. Fldg. coloured map, 53x73 cm approx., printed on paper, cut into 20 compartments & laid down on linen, retained in orig. publisher's cloth with paper label to front, short catalogue of other atlases & maps available from the publisher to inside cover & top fold. James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen. 1879  #62141
[HLMainPic] Superbly detailed map with hand-coloured detail, approx. 10 miles to 1 inch, principally Zulu Land & the Transvaal, together with portions of the OFS, Natal & Portuguese possessions in East Africa. All important townships & geographical features clearly shown, as also state boundaries &c., in addition to which are shown "Position of the British Advancing Columns, Jan. 11th 1879" i.e. the Right Column under Col. Pearson; the Right Centre Column (Col. Durnford); the Left Centre Column (Col. Glyn) & Headquarters of Left Column (Col. Wood) near Utrecht, the location of Roeke's Drift & the Battle of Isandlwana, 22nd Jan. 1879, &c. The publisher was the premier cartographer in London at the time. Attractive map in excellent clean condition, VG throughout. See illustrations on our website.   £475
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  #64386
[HLMainPic] 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
ASHE (Major) & WYATT-EDGELL (Capt. E.V.) The Story of the Zulu Campaign. Facsimile reprint of 1880 1st Ed., intro. by John Laband, xxix+418pp., fldg. map. VG in dw. Constantia: N&S Press. 1989  #68368
[HLMainPic] Classic account of 1879 war with new intro. & index. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.   £20
ATKINSON (C.T.) The South Wales Borderers 24th Foot 1689-1937. 1st Ed., deluxe version, [xxii]+601pp., 52 plates & sketch maps (some col.), illus. in text & 4 fldg. maps + ep maps. Cambridge Univ. Press for the Regt. 1937  #67197
[HLMainPic] Excellent history & very well illustrated (inc. uniform plates, battle paintings, sketches &c.). Includes Peninsula War, 2nd Sikh War, Indian Mutiny, Zulu & Boer War, WW1 &c. Much detail on Isandhlwana & Rorke's Drift, with maps & plates. Officers' service roll. Handsome deluxe binding, full green morocco, gilt title to sp. & regimental devices to sp. & front, VG throughout, nice copy. See illustration on our website.   £165
BECKETT (Ian F.W.) A British Profession of Arms: The Politics of Command in the Late Victorian Army. 1st Ed., xviii+349pp., 8 illus., 3 maps. VG in dw. Univ. of Oklahoma Press. 2018  #70008
[HLMainPic] A fine & most absorbing study of an important period in the development of the Army (Cardwell Reforms, Zulu & Afghan Wars, Boer War, &c.) in which Ian Beckett expertly examines the nature of the military profession compared to civil professions, &c. VG in dw.   £15
BLOOD (Gen. Sir Bindon, GCB, GCVO) Four Score Years & Ten: Reminiscences. 1st Ed., xii+356pp., 8 plates, 4 maps. Bell. 1933  #68498
[HLMainPic] Commissioned in Royal Engineers 1860. Extensive active service in India from 1871 inc. Jowaki; Zulu War 1879; Afghan 1880; Egypt 1882; Chitral; commanded Malakand Relief Force, Buner Field Force &c., commanded a Division in South Africa 1901-02. Acclaimed memoirs of active service, life in India, shikar, &c. Orig. black cloth, gilt, recased with orig. sp. laid down, VG thus, & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £45
BUCHAN (John) The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (1678-1918). 1st Ed., xvi+502pp., 12 plates, 36 maps (some fldg.). Nelson. 1925  #65590
[HLMainPic] Includes Marlborough's Wars, Napoleonic, Crimea, Zulu, Trasvaal, 2nd Boer & First World Wars. Orig. red cloth, gilt, somewhat worn, sound. Signed in pencil by Sam Warnock, father of Robert Warnock who won the MC & was killed on the Somme with the 7th (S) Bn. (& who is the subject of a memorial volume: "Robert Warnock: Scout & Soldier" [1917]). Loosely inserted contemp. notices of his MC & death. See illustration on our website.   £75
CLEMENTS (W.H.) The Glamour & Tragedy of the Zulu War. 1st Ed., xxiii+348pp., 18 photos. Bodley Head. 1936  #64306
[HLMainPic] Clements arrived in SA towards the conclusion of the campaign & joined the Natal Mounted Police; he became fascinated by the war that he had just missed, visited the battlefields often & "met & conversed for hours on end with men who had fought throughout the Zulu War." He had innumerable discussions over the years with protagonists on both sides: "Consequently I feel I can claim to have been afforded unique opportunities of relating the story... in greater detail & with more regard for strict accuracy than has characterised previous versions..." Raugh (Anglo-Zulu War 1879, A Selected Bibliography) 35: "One of the earliest books on the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War as a whole, this is a somewhat romanticized version of the conflict... [the author] claimed to have discussed the Anglo-Zulu War with John Dunn & Dabulamanzi." Just 8 copies on Library Hub (formerly COPAC). Orig. plum cloth, sp. sunned, dampspotting to sides, sound thus & rare in any state. See illustration on our website.   £145
Command paper. [C.-4980] Zululand. Further Correspondence Respecting The Affairs of Zululand & Adjacent Territories. (In Continuation of [C.-4913] February 1887). Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, February 1887. 1st Ed., xii+193pp., lge. fldg. col. map of Zululand. Printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode for HMSO. 1887  #64322
[HLMainPic] Fine series of correspondence between SA & War Office, Admiralty &c. in London with customary detailed Table of Contents. Much correspondence re the current settlement of Zululand, &c. Excellent source material & rare, orig. blue printed wraps., chipped & worn, sound. See illustrations on our website.   £175
DEVITT (Napier, FRSA) Galloping Jack: Being the Reminiscences of Brigadier-General John Robinson Royston CMG, DSO, VD, Order of Stanislaus, of Natal, South Africa. 1st Ed., 128pp., portrait frontis. (sketch). H.F. & G. Witherby. 1937  #70277
[HLMainPic] Royston was a colonial who served in the ranks of the Natal Mounted Rifles in the Zulu War, commissioned in the Imperial Light Horse in Boer War (siege of Ladysmith &c), then commanded a contingent of the Western Australian Mounted Infantry. Raised & commanded Natal Light Horse in Zulu Rebellion, 1906, served in German South-West Africa 1914-15 & commanded 12th Light Horse Regiment and 2nd Light Horse Brigade in Palestine, 1916-Oct. 1917. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, minor wear, VG, rare.   £65

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