Crimean war (58 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Good. 23 pp, issued as 33d Congress, 1st Session, HED 103; light extraction roughness at spine and light general age toning, now in self wrappers; Great Britain states that no letters of marque will be issued and accepts the theory that a neutral flag protects a ship?s cargo except in the case of contraband. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

On the lower part of a letter, cut to form a rectangle, 11.5 x 18 cm. In good condition, with traces of stub from mounting along one edge, and a thin strip of paper, with Burgoyne's name in manuscript neatly laid down beneath the signature. Reads 'I have the honor to be | Your Excellency's | Most Obedient | Humble Servant | [signed] J. F. Burgoyne | Lt Genl.' Reverse reads ' Order of Nistan Medjidge, which His Majesty the Sultan has been graciously pleased to confer upon me, & I take the liberty of requesting your Excellency to be ', Addressed at foot of page to 'His Exy | The Lord Stratford de Redcliffe GCB | &c &c &c'.…

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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

1 Blatt, verso weiß. Zustand: Gut. Bild ca. 12 x 16,5 cm mit Zierrahmen, Blatt ca. 17 x 26 cm. Gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 250.

Zustand: Please see description. In original wrappers, in good condition. - 22 x 14 cm.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

On one side of 7.5 x 12 cm piece of paper cut from front panel of envelope. Postmarked 'Shooters Hill | Penny Post'. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Laid out in the customary fashion, all in his hand, and reading: 'Dover December twenty six | 1845 | Lt. Colonel Richd Jones | R Horse Artillery | Woolwich | Kent | Fitzroy Somerset'.…

Hard back binding in publisher's original illustrated blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Gordon made his military reputation in China, where he was placed in command of the "Ever Victorious Army", a force of Chinese soldiers led by European officers which was instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion, regularly defeating much larger forces. For these accomplishments, he was given the nickname "Chinese Gordon" and honours from both the Emperor of China and the British. Contains (xvi), 160 pp + 2 pp publisher's catalogue with over 30 monochrome illustrations and some photographs throughout. Tanning to the page edges, Wesleyan Methodist book plate inside, old dry surface stain tot he rear board. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).…

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1 Blatt, verso weiß. Zustand: Gut. Darstellung ca. 12 x 18 cm, Blatt ca. 16 x 25 cm. Zeigt die Schlacht an der Alma am 20. September 1854. - Etwas stockfleckig, gering gebräunt, sonst gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 150.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8¾'' x 6''. Contains 447 pp with 7 monochrome illustrations and 3 maps throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing to the edges and corners, not price clipped, 25s. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, scarlet lining papers. 8vo. 9¼'' x 6''. Contains (xliv), 267 pp with map, monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 50s. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Sudan].…

Zustand: Good. 23 pp, issued as 33d Congress, 1st Session, HED 103; light extraction roughness at spine and light general age toning, now in self wrappers; Great Britain states that no letters of marque will be issued and accepts the theory that a neutral flag protects a ships cargo except in the case of contraband. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. [CRIMEAN WAR BROADSIDE]. BOMBARDMENT!! A contemporary news broadside announcing the renewed bombardment of Sebastopol. Nottingham: Printed and Published by Thomas Stevenson, Wheeler-Gate, [17 April 1855 or shortly thereafter]. Broadside printed on one side of a single thin sheet, 380 x 250 mm, the headline "BOMBARDMENT!!" printed in exceptionally large heavy type above three columns of text. Creased and crumpled, with edge wear, several short marginal tears and light repairs to the reverse along the upper edge. Some toning and surface marking, but substantially complete, fully legible and remarkably well preserved for an ephemeral broadside printed on extremely fragile paper. Good. A dramatic provincial news broadside issued during the Siege of Sebastopol, announcing the renewed Allied bombardment of the Russian fortress during the Crimean War. The enormous headline occupies almost the full width of the sheet and was designed to attract attention when displayed in the street. The principal report, headed "Progress of the Siege", is dated from before Sebastopol on 31 March and describes the Allied trenches, batteries and preparations for reopening fire against the Russian positions. It records the construction of Russian redoubts, the strengthening of works around the Mamelon and Round Tower, the use of heavy guns and shells, and the expectation that the British and French batteries would shortly commence a coordinated bombardment. A further section, "The Bombardment of Sebastopol", announces that firing had begun on the evening of 9 April and had continued for twelve hours. This refers to the second major Allied bombardment of Sebastopol, launched in April 1855 after the severe Crimean winter and intended to weaken the Russian defences before a renewed assault. The broadside can be dated closely from its final column, which reports the arrival at Windsor of Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie on Monday 16 April 1855. Their state visit was an important public demonstration of the Anglo-French alliance while the two nations fought together in the Crimea. The sheet must therefore have been printed on 17 April 1855 or within the following few days, combining the latest military intelligence with news of the French imperial visit. Printed by Thomas Stevenson of Wheeler-Gate, Nottingham. Such cheaply produced sheets were intended for immediate circulation and display rather than preservation, and their thin paper and temporary purpose ensured a very low survival rate.…

Single sheet (220x296mm) 11 lines. Printed throughout in red, employing Gothic and Antique wood type for the heading with thick and thin rules. Sometime folded and now preserved in an archival mount.

According to Russell's entry in the Oxford DNB, while reporting on the Civil War, he was described by one American newspaper as 'the most famous newspaper correspondent the world has ever seen'. The inscription on his memorial in St Paul's Cathedral calls him ''the first and greatest of War Correspondents'. He coined the phrase 'thin red line', was instrumental in the sending of Florence Nightingale to the Crimea, and is said to have written the report that inspired Tennyson to write 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'. Like Broadley (whose omission from the DNB is as scandalous as his career), Russell was an active freemason. 2pp, 12mo. In trimmed windowpane mount. In good condition, lightly aged, with slight glue staining on reverse. Folded once. Signed 'W H Russell'. The subject is freemasonry (Russell is not known to have shared Broadley's other interests). Begins: 'dear brother Broadley / I am pickling here in the hope that I may be fit for exportation anon & I shall not be in London till my course is over on 17th'. In consequence he will be unable to attend 'the junction of Bros. Lawson Peters & Toole & the promotion of Brs Prince [Helwig?] & Lord Delamere'. Broadley, a distinguished autograph-collector, also merited a long entry in Wikipedia for his other activities.…

Disbound. 8pp. Renier signature on title. 'Imploring His Blessing and Assistance on our Arms, for the Restoration of Peace to Her Majesty and Her Dominions.' Britain and France had entered into the Crimean War in March 1854; hostilities continued until February 1856.

Hardcover. Zustand: GOOD. Second Edition, printed 10th October, one week after the first. Hand-colored lithographic map. 27.5' x 20' dissected and laid down onto linen, bound in plain blue cloth with marbled endpapers. Some foxing to the linen, covers faded along the edges, map remains very clean and bright.…

4° (ca. 29,8 x 22 cm). 2, VI, 299, 1 S. mit 6 lithograf. Tafeln. Original-Leinenband mit starkem Feuchtigkeitsschaden. Gestempelt u. nummeriert, beide Innengelenke fast gelöst, Titelblatt u. Seite I/II lose. Innen meist sauber, Blätter teils an der Bindung fleckig. Schnitt gebräunt, abgegriffen u. angestaubt. Vorsätze fleckig, Einband stark fleckig u. bestossen mit Beschädigungen. Versandkosten wegen des hohen Gewichts innerhalb Deutschlands EUR 5,00 (versicherter Versand). …

Folding hand-coloured engraved pocket map. 800 by 600mm. Mounted in original marbled boards with typographical label. Paris, Marie & Bernard, n.d. but Fine large and detailed pocket map of the Baltic region, printed by Calliet, covering northern Europe (German and Polish coasts) as well as all of Scandinavia and a relative portion of Russia. With an inset plan of "Kronschtaadt," the Russian port built by Peter the Great. Printed around the left and right margins is a history of the region and of St. Petersburg.    One holding only listed in OCLC, at the BNF.…

Bifolium, 224 x 140 mm. A rare description of each of the 54 elements of the display to celebrate the peace at the end of the Crimean war. This would have been an extraordinary display with many sophisticated individual displays including: "A superb fancy piece, representing five true-lover's-knots, concluding with five Chinese flyers, forming passion flowers, changing to a display of fifty saxons, representing five true-lover's-knots, concluding with a splendid fixed piece." "Grand pyrotechnic spectacle, representing the last great attack on Sebastopol, with blowing up iof the magazine and works, and general conflagration, finishing with fountains of crystal fires and Roman candles, casting their dazzling balls in every direction.". …

12mo, pp.vi, 258; woodcut ornament to title; a few leaves creased, some minor offsetting, but a very good copy; bound in white embossed cartonnage decorated in red and gilt; spine slightly darkened, very lightly bumped at extremities; small wax owner's mark to front pastedown.First and only edition, rare, of this unusual cartonnage giftbook history of the Crimean War. The text consists to a large extent of letters and accounts from the war, and the detailed accounts of battles and battlefield conditions intended to demonstrate the piety of soldiers and officers and particularly examples of the faith of wounded or dying militaires chrétiens. No copies traced outside France. Language: French. …

Wrench was the son of a clergyman, and well connected, being presented to the Prince of Wales and staying at Chatsworth in his old age. His obituary in the British Medical Journal (27 April 1812), describes how he went out to the Crimea in 1854. 'He had been gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 34th Regiment in November, and joined it on its arrival in the Crimea. He served during the terrible winter of that year, and was present at the capture of the quarries, the successful assault on the Redan of June 18th, and the final capture of Sebastopol on September 8th, 1855. He was mentioned in despatches, and received the Crimean medal and clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.' Wrench's own account of his experiences in the Crimea (Item One below) entirely unpublished is a personal one, vividly-written and full of detail. It does not appear to be present in the collection of his family papers at Nottingham University Library. ONE: Manuscript consisting of 'Events in 1855' (4pp) and '1856 (12pp), making a total of 16pp., 8vo, on twelve leaves, attached with a stud. In good condition, on aged and dogeared paper. The first page of the 1855 manuscript is headed '12 [sic] Pages in this Year', but comprises four numbered pages. The beginning of account sets the scene and gives an indication of the level of detail: 'The 1st Janry found me doing duty with the 28th Foot or Slashers in the 3rd. Divt of the army before Sebastopol having landed at Balaclava from the Ship "Queen of the South" on the 20th. Nov. 1854. On the 6th July I was ordered to do duty with the 50th. Foot but as I did not wish to move (the weather being very bad and my tent being as comfortable, or rather as little uncomfortable as it could be made) except to join my own Regt. the 34th. to which I had been gazetted on the 1st. of December 1854. I applied to be sent to it and was ordered to join which I did on 9th of Janry.' The account is made up from diary entries, and is none the less vivid and interesting for that: 'On the following morning a wounded Russian named Alexo was brought into our Hospital and we amputated his leg he did really well and was eventually exchanged at Odessa. Poor Jordan's death threw a great damp on the Regiment as he was the first Officer we had had killed. On the 9th. of April being Easter Monday the 2nd. Bombardment took place. It was a fearfully wet windy day so that no one was able to go out to see what damage was done. On the 10th. I was on trenches and the noise was terrific, but nothing to what I have since heard. I had a very narrow escape from a round shot which hopped over the parapet close to where I was.' In June, 'after 68 hours bombardment an assault was made on the Quarries by ourselves [.] I did not go down till about 8 with Robinson Scott & Peel and 100 men. We were marching about the Trenches half the night and were finally sent to the middle ravine just below Mamelon. The scene there was most horrible the ground being strewn with dead & wounded. English French & Russians. One poor Russian boy was dragged up by two Zouaves but fainted just opposite to where we were lying. I got a light and found he was shot through the belly and that nothing could be done for him. I gave him some water and he lie [sic] by me some time but died before morning. I got an amulet off his neck & his cap pouch which I sent home'. The 1856 account begins in dramatic style: 'The first entry in this Diary relates to the explosion which took place within the British Lines during the Siege of Sebastopol. | Feb 3rd. I was not many hundred yards from this explosion when it took place & will here relate now (Janry 1900) my recollection of it. It took place in Novr. or Decr. 1855. I had just come in from a ride & had given my horse to my Batman when I noticed a vast cloud of smoke shoot up from the Right Siege train an open air arsenal about 500 yds from my house - a tremendous noise of explosion followed & knowing that there would be a rain of missiles from above to fall immediately I jumped under my doorway - hoping the strong lintel would protect me [.] a shower of fragments fell around me rattling on my iron roof - and wounding many men in the Regiment - 70 men were killed by the explosion some over half a mile off. The artillery horses were passing in front of my door to water & stampeded hurting several men in their rush. Both my horse and my dog bolted. I got the horse back in a few hours - but my dog taken [sic] a few weeks before out of Sebastopol returned to her old home and was found there weeks afterwards (I brought her to England) My house that I had just finished building myself did not sustain much damage. [.]' The account continues, packed with incident. At one point he writes: 'I had written the above in 1859 and continue it forty one years after November 4 1900. The events & fights of May 1856 being written so legibly in my brain that I can read much of what we did & said. Alas all the actors except myself are passed away. My notice has been called to the excursion by reading an Illustrated article in a magazine named "Travel" in which Dr. Hy. Lansell has been describing a tour taken last year over the same ground - so little altered from what I saw in 1856 that his description would do for mine'. The diary concludes in fine style. On 2 May 1856 he goes to Yalta, where he finds 'the daughters of the English Clerk of the Works of Prince W's Palace were keeping the Hotel, a very rough primitive structure low stone built rooms with a long rough wooden verandah overlooking the lovely Bay - We enjoyed an excellent dinner of Turbot & Oyster Sauce, & a bottle of excellent local wine like Hock - as we returned we went over the Emperor's Villa Orianda [.] One day when I remember seeing for the first time a Persian (horizontal) Water Wheel in a very pretty village embosomed in Walnut Trees where also I bought an embroidered linen neck scarf which I still possess - On another occasion I accompanied Best & C.…

Very rare. There is no copy in the Blackmer, Atabey or Abbey collections. Henry Charles Cunliffe-Owen (1821-1867) had a distinguished military career from 1839 until 1850 when he accepted a civilian appointment under the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibition of 1851. He rejoined the army on the outbreak of the Crimean war and saw Sevastapol but was wounded and invalided home before the heavy fighting of the siege. After the War he rose in rank to Lieutenant-Colonel and amongst his achievements was the fortification of Devonport. The illustrations depict: The Chapel in the Caves at Inkermann (title vignette); 2 views of the dockyard at Balaklava; Sebastopol from the picket battery; Harbour of Sebastopol from the Crow's Nest, Inkermann; Greek battery, Sebastopol; Monastery of St. George and the Valley of Baidar; Sebastopol from the 2nd Parallell Right Attack (folding plate). First edition; landscape folio (37.1 x 56.8 cm); hand-coloured lithographed title with vignette, 8 hand-coloured lithograph plates, on 6 leaves, one folding, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting and fraying to title and final folding plate with margins and fold repaired, the rest of the plates have only very light marginal spotting and remain bright; original morocco backed cloth boards, title lettered in gilt to upper boards, a very good copy. Bobins 207; not in Blackmer, Abbey or Atabey.…

Very good copy of the first edition of these interesting, illustrated letters, written from the camp in Turkey. Hamley (1824-1893) was Lieutenant-Colonel in November 1855, and received the Crimean medal with four clasps, the Sardinian and the Turkish Medjidiyya, before being appointed as a Professor of military history at Sandhurst College. 8vo. xvi, 339, 16 [advertisement] pp. with one folding map, 9 lithographs of which 4 are chromolithographs including 1 folding; occasional light spotting; booklabel to upper pastedown and large library label to upper fly-leaf (Norfolk and Norwich Library). Red publisher's cloth blind stamped, spine lettered in gilt; spine faded, joints splitting. Abbey Travel 236.…

First edition of this large work: a very good copy, complete with the 3 volumes of text and all maps, plans and views of Sevastopol - despite the slipcase label showing a somewhat inattentive collation by the H.M. Stationery Office stating "Note.-This Volume is incomplete, no perfect copies are available for issue." Sir Elphinstone (1829-90) was born in Livonia (now Latvia) and was awarded the Victoria Cross in June 1855 for fearless conduct during the Crimean War. At the final assault on Sebastopol on 8 September he was wounded by a splinter on the left side of the head and lost an eye. He later became major-general. Three parts in 4 volumes 4to (29.5 x 23.5 cm) including a slipcase. Folding lithograph frontispiece by J. Ferguson after Cowell, Biddulph and a photograph by Robertson, lithographic title by Ferguson after Elphinstone, title, vi, 299, [1] pp., 6 lithographed tables by H. James and 6 numbered plates on 5 folding sheets of stronger paper; repeated lithographic title, title, table of contents, 638 pp., [1] l.; vii including title, 273 pp., [1] l.; atlas of 16 plates on 12 folding sheets of stronger paper, one on thiner -- in all 22 plates plates lithographed by H. James under the direction of Cameron, numbered I-XX with XVIa and including a rarer 'Sheet III' on thiner paper, some with outline hand-colour; light spotting to text, maps with occasional soiling, some folds with short tears. Contemporary red cloth, covers with blind-stamped panel decoration, flat spines lettered in gilt; spines rubbed and faded with shelfmark labels to foot, slipcase strengthened. Provenance: York Public Library (booklabel to upper pastedowns and slipcase, embossed stamped to a few leaves).…

2pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly worn. Folded once. Addressed to 'Dear Mr. Cochrane' and signed 'Edwd. Stanton'. He thanks him for 'sending me the Nile map, which is certainly more complete than any I had, though it does not give us much more information as to the rivers South of [Faolooda?], than is to be found in The Times atlas'. He hopes that when his son 'returns from his explorations of the Bahr-el-zara', he 'will be able to extend our knowledge of that part of the Nile Valley'. Stanton's son Colonel Edward Alexander Stanton (1867-1947) served in Egypt at Omdurman, was Governor of Khartoum from 1900 to 1908, and military governor of Haifa (the Phoenicia Division of Palestine) from 1918 to 1920.…

1p, 8vo. On aged and worn paper. Attractive letterhead of the hotel and its surroundings. Addressed to 'My dear Willis'. Written in a shaky hand. Clearly writing in reference to his 1899 autobiography 'A Sailor's Life under Four Sovereigns', he states that he is glad that Willis is 'pleased with the book', and explains that he was 'suddenly driven' to Cannes 'by neuralgic pains'. He concludes: 'If I live to get back I should like to insert the Authors name in your Copy! Your sincere old friend | Harry Keppel'.…