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Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Gray cloth with silver lettering on the spine and a silver illustration on the front board. 339 informative and historical pages of text and 9 wonderful pages of historic black and white illustratios! "Excerpt: ...CHAPTER XXXII. A RETROSPECT. Thus by main force, strength matched against strength, " in plain and even shock of battle, " France and England had pushed Russia from her stronghold. Such has been the course of the campaign, so peculiar and exceptional, that it is not easy to say what military lessons have been derived from its incidents, or what advance in soldiership has been gained by our army, beyond the experience of encamping in the field in presence of an enemy. But from our present stand-point of an appreciable result we may at least survey comprehensively and clearly the events of the campaign, and trace with something like certainty the circumstances which produced them. The questions of the merits of the policy pursued up to the time of the departure from Varna, and the amount of neglect attributable to the Government in allowing the expedition to depart with such slender preparation, are such as persons conversant with public business at home are most competent to decide. Admitting that the state of public feeling in the summer of 1854 rendered some enterprise necessary, and that the capture of Sebastopol, as solving one of the principal problems of the war, was an object of first-rate importance, we may, by pursuing the course of affairs from the commencement of the expedition to its crisis, compare the means with which the attempt was made with the chances of success. No objections have been made to the conduct of affairs up to the battle of the Alma. Some critics have objected to the tactics of the Allies on that occasion. Certainly nothing could well be simpler or less scientific than the plan of attack; but the moral effect produced on the Russians by the gallantry of the advance, preventing, as it probably did, the defence of either the Katcha or.........."
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Fair to good. 339, illus. (some in color), fold-out map, board corners slightly bumped, cloth worn & sm pcs missing at top & bottom spine edges. Some foxing to text, minor damp staining on plate at p. 282, some weakness to front board, slight soiling to boards. This early work, by one of the finest mid-nineteenth-century British military authors, is increasingly difficult to find in any condition. Some believe that this work was particularly foundational to the author's later masterpiece, The Operations of War.
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E Bruce Hamley. Very Good Indeed. A finely bound, first edition copy of this important first hand account of this particular campaign during the Crimean War. With the original colour plates in a bright condition. In a bright and sumptuous half morocco binding. Illustrated with nine lithographic plates total. With the coloured frontispiece, three coloured plates, and five tinted plates. The illustrations to this work were drawn by Hamley himself. Collated, complete. Written by Lieutenant General Sir Edward Bruce Hamley. Hamley was a Lieutenant Colonel at the time of writing. He served throughout the Crimean War as the aide-de-camp or ADC to Sir Richard Dacres. In this role he commanded the artillery and partook in all operations which lead to him becoming successively major and lieutenant-colonel. Throughout the Crimean War, Hamley contributed articles to 'Blackwood's Magazine' which gave a leading account of the progress of the campaign. Several of these articles have been republished in this work, leading this to be the first edition of these works in book form. This work pre-dates Hamley's magnum opus 'The Operations of War' which became a text-book of military instruction. Many regard this earlier work as crucial for his development and establishment as a military author. With the bookplate of Reginald Hildyard (1876-1965) to the front pastedown. Hildyard was a British Army officer who saw active service in the Second Boer War and the First World War. Hamley notes to the preface that his professional role 'afforded peculiar facilities for observation'. He re-iterates that the words written to this work were written in camp in the intervals of military duty 'at first in a tent, and after Christmas in a hut'. An important piece of military history, from the perspective of someone who was a key operator in the Crimean War. In a half morocco binding with paper covered boards. Externally, in an excellent condition with just some minor shelfwear. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown, General Sir Reginald Hildyard. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with occasional scattered spots, mostly to the edges. Plates have a few light tide marks to the outer margins, not affecting the image with the odd spots to plates. The plates remain in a very bright condition. Very Good Indeed.
