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Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Zustand: Very Good. Condition Notes: Gently rubbed at the edges of the spine and wrappers. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. The contents complete, clean and tight; Paperback; Measures Trade Paperback (9¼" x 6") (1.1 kg); pp (xx) 344; Includes: Black & white plates; Maps; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #196441 ||. Lieut.-Colonel C. Teesdale & William Simpson (illustrator). …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is a historic account of the defence of Kars during the Crimean War. It provides a detailed description of the siege of the city by Russian forces, and the heroism and sacrifice of the British and Turkish troops who defended it. The authors draw on their own eyewitness accounts to provide a vivid and engaging narrative of this pivotal moment in history.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is a historic account of the defence of Kars during the Crimean War. It provides a detailed description of the siege of the city by Russian forces, and the heroism and sacrifice of the British and Turkish troops who defended it. The authors draw on their own eyewitness accounts to provide a vivid and engaging narrative of this pivotal moment in history.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The author begins his preface to the book with the observation that the general reader may very possibly ask the question, 'What can we now be told on this subject with which we have not already been acquainted ' My answer is ' an awful lot!' Kars is a Turkish town near the border with Russian Transcaucasia. Colonel Lake (1810-1881) was a cadet at Addiscombe, the East India Company's College for gunner and engineer officers, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieut in 1826 and two years later he was posted to the Madras Engineers. In 1855 he transferred to the British Army and was seconded to the Turks for the defence of the fortress of Kars which the Russians besieged and occupied in 1855. Lake was captured and held prisoner by the Russians for a year. He ended up as an ADC to Queen Victoria (1856-1864) and Chief Commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Police 1858-1877. This, then, is the story of the defence of Kars in the Crimean War, but Kars must have been getting used to this sort of Russian activity. In 1807 it successfully resisted the Russians, but lost out to them in 1828 and again in 1855. In the war of 1877-78 it was again stormed by the Russians and they kept till 1921 when it was returned to Turkey by what had now become the USSR.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Original copy of this important account written by one of her Majesty's Aides-de-camps. 344pp.,illustrations, Hint of foxing, else very good in handsome half leather, brown cloth, gilt recent binding. Note lacks plan and view and plate of Russian Infantry soldiers. 0.0.…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. The second edition in decorative red cloth of this 1856 work by Atwell Lake about the Crimean War siege and subsequent Russian captivity, with two monochrome portrait frontispieces of both Lake (author) and General Sir W.F. Williams Bart. The second edition of this 1856 work by Atwell Lake about the Crimean War siege and subsequent Russian captivity,including letters from General Sir W.F. Williams Bart., Major Teesdale, and Captain H.L. Thompson.This second edition was published only a month following the first edition. The preface for this edition addresses criticisms by the Editor of the Athenaeum and there is an additional letter included from General Mouravieff.With two monochrome portrait frontispieces of Lake and General Sir W.F. Williams Bart.Colonel Lake of the Royal engineers was sent to Russia as a prisoner-of-war after the capitulation of Kars. His narrative is a historical account of the 1855 siege of Kars and the experiences of British officers involved.Contains prior owner Francis E. B. Witts' bookplate to front paste down. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with fading to boards and spine. Shelf wear to edges. Marks to boards including noticeable damp stain. Spine rebacked. Tape repair to hinges. Internally, firmly bound. Damp staining also to front free endpaper. Pages have age toning and spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Contains prior owner Francis E. B. Witts' bookplate to front paste down. Good. None (illustrator). book.…