lieut col e bruce hamley (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. n.e.of 1855 ed edition. 376 pages. 8.35x5.51x1.02 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Zustand: Good. Condition Notes: Rebound with the original backstrip pasted to the spine. Contents clean and bright despite the limited age-toning. First folding map is misfolded and torn at the folds if complete. A couple of the tissue-guards, if as issued, now missing; Hardback. Quarter-Leather on Marbled boards with gilt on 5 raised bands titles to the spine; Measures 8½" x 5¼" (1 kg); pp (xv) 339; Includes: Fold-out plates (1); Fold-out colour plates (1); Colour plates; Black & white plates (under tissue guards); Fold-out maps (1); Colour frontispiece (tissue-guarded); || 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 #191270 ||.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Lieut.-Col. E. Bruce Hamley (illustrator). First edition. Vibrantly illustrated with chromolithographs, this is an excellent example of the first edition of Edward Bruce Hamley's account of the Siege of Sebastopol. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with nine plates, including a chromolithographic frontispiece, three further chromolithographs, and five tinted lithographs. With a folding sketch map to the rear.The illustrations to this work were drawn by Hamley himself. Collated, complete.Hamley, an officer in the Royal Artillery and later a noted military writer, authored this work based on his first-hand experiences during the Crimean War. He provides a detailed narrative of the Siege of Sebastopol, focusing on the operations of the British forces.Including observations on the conduct of the war, conditions in the camp, and military strategy. In a half straight grain morocco binding, with marbled paper covered boards. A touch of rubbing to board perimeters and joints, with further rubbing to marbled paper, otherwise externally excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally bright, with only the odd spot, most concentrated to leaves surrounding plates. Very Good Indeed. book.