THE STORY OF THE CAMPAIGN OF SEBASTOPOL.
Written in the Camp. With illustrations drawn in camp by the author. Pp. 340(last blank)+16(advertisements), 9 lithographic plates (4 coloured, others tinted, 2 folding, all but one with tissue guard), black & white folding map; med. 8vo; red cloth boards decorated in blind, slightly soiled, edges lightly worn, neatly rebacked with later red cloth spine and gilt lettered black leather skiver label; top edges yellow (faded), others uncut; different binder's ticket on both pastedowns, hinges starting, small catalogue slip (for another book) laid on half-title page, early inked ownership inscription at head of title page, the folding map creased, some tiny edge chips or splits, scattered foxing and browning, occasional slight soiling; William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1855. First edition in book form. *Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Bruce Hamley (1824 - 1893) was a British soldier, military writer (best known for The Operations of War, published in 1866), and Conservative politician. During the Crimean campaign he was aide-de-camp to Sir Richard Dacres, commanding the artillery. His account of the progress of the campaign of Sebastopol was originally published in Blackwood's Magazine. Item #132306
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