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London: George Routledge, 1855. 167 pages. Frontispiece battle scene. (bound with) The War: or, voices from the ranks. 188 pages. Frontispiece battle scene, titlepage vignette, double page plan of Balaklava. A very good copy in contemporary half calf; margins trimmed but without loss. The second book is the more interesting; it contains a number of soldiers' letters not to be found elsewhere. (For other books about the Crimean War please search my stock using the keyword crimean.)

James Field,, 1855. 8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece, and engraved and printed titles; original red coarse-grain roan, boards and backstrip elaborately framed and blocked in gilt, gilt edges, primrose endpapers, backstrip scored, gatherings loose at N (but binding wholly sound), a remarkably bright, clean copy. Collects some 60 biographies and accounts of war service from Raglan down to decorated cornets and ensigns. Ryan credited Cardigan with little heroism (his controversial 'Was Lord Cardigan a Hero at Balaklava?' was published later the same year). VERY SCARCE. Astonishingly, not recorded by Turan.

London: James Field and Co, 1855. Brown leather scuffed and rubbed to spine and corners. Marbled boards rubbed with chipped edges. Front hinge cracked, bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing and browning throughout but generally pages are clean, textblock firm... Half-Leather. Good Plus/No Jacket. 12mo.

London: Geo. Routledge & Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signatures. Gutter split. Title page almost detached. Margins of leaves cropped close to text. Rubbing to edges of boards. ; Bound with two others, "The Pirate, by Sir Walter Scott and The Indian Mutiny, To The Re-Capture Of Lucknow." [4],192, [2], 266, vi, 337 pages. Half-leather binding. Gilt lettering on spine. Five-raised bands on spine. Marbled boards. Page dimensions: 152mm x 93mm. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

FORE-EDGE PAINTING THE LIVES OF OUR HEROES OF THE CRIMEA Ryan, George Published by James Field and Co, London, 1855 The Charge of the Light Brigade Bound in full red hard grain Morocco extra gilt 408pp frontice piece very good condition Book plate on front paste down of William Waldergrave, another prominent family in the history of England. George Ryan, a writer otherwise highly critical of Lord Cardigan, estimated that he spent about £10,000 (equivalent to £1,000,000 in 2021) a year towards remounts and distinctive uniform for his troops.[36] In purchasing brilliant new uniforms for his men, Cardigan caused resentment among his professional officers; they had to match the men's attire with even more costly uniforms (a Hussar officer's jacket, for example, cost £40 equivalent to £3,900 in 2021) and officers had to buy their own. He wished his officers to be as aristocratic, flamboyant and stylish as he was himself and as a consequence, he had no time for those men "Indian officers" who had learnt… Read More