LONDON TO LADYSMITH VIA PRETORIA by Churchill Winston S - 1900

Glasgow: printed for the Regiment by Robert Maclehose at the University Press, 1934. xx and 547 pages. 22 plates (including 8 tipped-in colour plates and 3 hand stencilled plates of colours), 4 folding general maps and 47 plans and diagrams in the text. 4to. Presentation half red morocco and blue cloth with the French eagle in gold on the spine; one corner is bumped. Number 106 of 125 numbered copies for subscribers. (For other British army regimental histories please search my stock using the keyword regimental.)

London: Longman Brown et al., 1855. vii and 311 pages. Publisher's blind stamped black cloth; covers a little rubbed, occasional light foxing, a giood tight copy. Mrs Duberly accompanied her husband, who was paymaster of the 8th Hussars, to the Crimea. (For other books about the Crimean War please search my stock using the keyword crimean.)

Paris: Magimel, 1814. iv and 67 pages. 2 very large extending plans (each about 24 inches by 36 inches). 4to. An excellent copy in contemporary quarter red calf and marbled boards; the corners are a little bumped, the titlepage is slightly foxed. Tulard NBC 1269. (For more books about the Napoleonic Wars please search my stock using the keyword napoleonic.)

Robert Jennings. London. 1826. First edition, Large Paper. Engraved title. Dedication to the Countess of Pembroke, 60 tissue guarded engraved plates with accompanying text, as indexed, vignette. Half calf, marbled boards. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering and motifs. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. Light variable foxing. Spotting to engraved title page. A handsome copy with historic provenance.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Batty (1789-1848) army officer and artist Batty compiled books illustrated with plates etched by himself. He served in the Peninsular War, in the Duke of Wellington's 1815 Campaign, at Waterloo, where he was injured in the thigh. "Following Wellington's victory, Batty entered Paris with the 3rd battalion on 7 July, having en route been at the storming of the fortress of Péronne on 26 June. Three days later, he became a lieutenant and captain in the first guards. He served in the army of occupation in France." He was elected FRS in 1822.… Read More

Jonathan Cape. London. 1935. FIRST TRADE EDITION. 4to. Illustrated throughout with portraits, maps, plans and line drawings. Finely bound in recent full tan morocco, raised bands, gilt. Twin red labels, gilt. Single gilt decorative roll border on boards. Top edge gilt. A few light finger marks but overall a very good, bright copy.

Glasgow: printed for the Regiment by Robert Maclehose at the University Press, 1934. xx and 547 pages. 22 plates (including 8 tipped-in colour plates and 3 hand stencilled plates of colours), 4 folding general maps and 47 plans and diagrams in the text. 4to. Presentation half red morocco and blue cloth with the French eagle in gold on the spine; one corner is bumped. Number 106 of 125 numbered copies for subscribers. (For other British army regimental histories please search my stock using the keyword regimental.)

London: Longman Brown et al., 1855. vii and 311 pages. Publisher's blind stamped black cloth; covers a little rubbed, occasional light foxing, a giood tight copy. Mrs Duberly accompanied her husband, who was paymaster of the 8th Hussars, to the Crimea. (For other books about the Crimean War please search my stock using the keyword crimean.)

Paris: Magimel, 1814. iv and 67 pages. 2 very large extending plans (each about 24 inches by 36 inches). 4to. An excellent copy in contemporary quarter red calf and marbled boards; the corners are a little bumped, the titlepage is slightly foxed. Tulard NBC 1269. (For more books about the Napoleonic Wars please search my stock using the keyword napoleonic.)

Robert Jennings. London. 1826. First edition, Large Paper. Engraved title. Dedication to the Countess of Pembroke, 60 tissue guarded engraved plates with accompanying text, as indexed, vignette. Half calf, marbled boards. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering and motifs. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. Light variable foxing. Spotting to engraved title page. A handsome copy with historic provenance.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Batty (1789-1848) army officer and artist Batty compiled books illustrated with plates etched by himself. He served in the Peninsular War, in the Duke of Wellington's 1815 Campaign, at Waterloo, where he was injured in the thigh. "Following Wellington's victory, Batty entered Paris with the 3rd battalion on 7 July, having en route been at the storming of the fortress of Péronne on 26 June. Three days later, he became a lieutenant and captain in the first guards. He served in the army of occupation in France." He was elected FRS in 1822.… Read More

Jonathan Cape. London. 1935. FIRST TRADE EDITION. 4to. Illustrated throughout with portraits, maps, plans and line drawings. Finely bound in recent full tan morocco, raised bands, gilt. Twin red labels, gilt. Single gilt decorative roll border on boards. Top edge gilt. A few light finger marks but overall a very good, bright copy.