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London: Arms and Armour, 1980. 208 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w plates, maps. "This is the 300-year history of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, one of the oldest Scottish regiments and one of only five surviving infantry regiments of the line in the British Army to have retained their identity since the days they were raised. The bulk of the book, however, is devoted to the Regiment's history over the past hundred years, through both the small wars and the world wars, and the aftermath of Empire. A special place is given to the Korean War and its hard-fought 'Guy Fawkes' battle. The demands on the British soldier in a changing world are also presented - 'The combat suit and the chunky jersey convey the new image, the modern equivalent of the thin red line', says the author, himself an ex-Borderer. His account shows how The King's Own Scottish Borderers serve our country to-day, and draw on a great tradition, so that well do they say: 'Once a Borderer, always…
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ALL THE BLUE BONNETS: THE HISTORY OF THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS.
by Woollcombe, Robert. Foreword by Brigadier F.H. Coutts.
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THE ALMA 1854. KNIGHT'S BATTLES FOR WARGAMERS.
by Harris, Henry. Introduced by Brigadier Peter Young.
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London: Charles Knight, 1971. 65 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H), glazed pictorial boards. Maps/battle plans. Contents: Summary of the battle; Timetable; Order of Battle of the Armies; The Rival Armies in 1854 - The British, The French, The Turks, The Russians; Topography of the Crimea; Events leading up to the landing; Plans for battle; The French part in the battle; The British Battle - I; The British Battle - II; The British Battle - III Victory. Interior - tiny speck in gutter of and light cracking at half-title page. Exterior - light rubbing, light edge wear to corners and top/bottom of spine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket - (as issued).
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THE ANGLO-BOER WAR: THE ROAD TO INFAMY, 1899-1900. COLENSO, SPIOENKOP, VAALKRANTZ, PIETERS, BULLER AND WARREN.
by Coetzer, Owen.
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London: Arms and Armour, 1996. 294 pp, 8vo (9" H). B&w photographs, maps. "On the 'Road to Infamy' could be found the very best of British colonial military and administrative talents - 'Bobs' Roberts - a hero of the Indian campaigns, Sir George White, the 'Blimp ' - like Redvers Henry Buller - a popular and highly regarded officer, Sir Charles Warren - one time Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, and others. It was not a road they enjoyed taking. The Natal campaign of the Second Boer War, and the names of Spioenkop, Colenso, Vaalkrantz and Ladysmith, would blight the reputations of these men and lead to their appearance at a Royal Commission of Enquiry in London in 1902/3 where they were asked why an apparently one-sided conflict could have cost so much in terms of men, money and material. This fresh investigative study of this enthralling passage of history sheds new light on the controversial strategies, directives, opinions and reports which…
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THE ANGLO-ZULU WAR. THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS.
by Laband, John and Knight, Ian.
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Bramley, (Stroud, 1997). 170 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1858337321 B&w photos, reproductions, maps. "...explores the war as it appeared to the professional and amateur war correspondents who covered it in extraordinary depth in both the Bri tish and colonial press, describing not only the pitched battles but much of the human drama of everyday campaigning from a variety of perspectives. These reports are linked together in a narrative which places them in the military, polit i c a l a n d s ocial context of the war." Fine/Fine.
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ARMY LIFE IN THE '90s.
by Warner, Philip.
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London: Country Life, 1975. 144 pp, 4to (12" H). Profusely illustrated with sepiatone photographs. "(A) remarkable collection of photographs and articles from 'Navy and Army Illustrated provid(ing) an insight into Victoria's army before it disappeared under the weight of twentieth-century technological warfare." Contents: Introduction; Recruiting; Personalities; Training and Barracks Life; Types of our Army; The Colonies; Wars in the Sudan; The South African War. Light cigarette odour, very light edgewear to boards, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor shallow bump to top of rear board, edges of textblock lightly browned. Dust jacket has browning to flaps - darker at edges of flaps and inside top edge, very light edgewear/wrinkling at top/bottom of spine - minor edge wrinkling elsewhere, light rubbing.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-.
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ASHANTI 1895-96: A ROLL OF BRITISH AND WEST INDIAN RECIPIENTS OF THE ASHANTI STAR INCLUDING MANY DETAILS OF OTHER MEDALS EARNED, PREVIOUS AND SUBSEQUENT SERVICE, WITH DIARIES, PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED MATERIAL.
by McInnes, Ian and Fraser, Mark.
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Chippenham: Picton, 1987. 145 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). B&w photographs, reproductions, map. "The campaign of 1895 into the interior of West Africa to capture the King of Ashanti, Premph, and senior chiefs, was led by Colonel Sir Francis Scott. For this successful undertaking some 2,500 Ashanti Stars were awarded. Mainly unnamed and often detached from named medals in a group, this campaign star has always attracted a fairly high price but little has been written on the forces participating, of the march up country or the previous and subsequent medal entitlement of the participants. Written and compiled by two members of the Orders and Medals Research Society, (this book) is designed to be of interest to all interested in medal collecting and the research into the life of the man who earned the medal. This was the last campaign in which the British Army wore red tunics; it produced a long casualty list of dead and fever victims and was to prove a training ground for the 129 officer, 34 of…
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THE ASHANTI WAR: A NARRATIVE. 2 VOLUME SET.
by Brackenbury, Henry, Captain Royal Artillery.
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Edinburgh / London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1874. Two volume set - [xii], 428 pp + [vii], 367 pp, 9" H, faded red cloth boards with gilt lettering/decoration on spines, gilt lettering and gilt/black decoration on front boards, blindstamped decoration on rear boards. All maps/illustrations are present, although the list states that two maps are in a pocket at the end of Vol. II, while in fact the "Map of the Theatre of War" is tipped in at the rear of Vol. I and the "Map of the Gold Coast" is tipped in at the rear of Vol. II (no evidence of a pocket every having existed). From the author's Preface: "(I) claim for my book all the accuracy of an official account. Sir Garnet Wolseley did me the honour of placing at my disposal all the official documents of the campaign, without reservation; and they form the basis of this narrative. The account of Captain Glover's expedition is taken entirely and soley from the letters which passed between Sir G. W. and himself.…
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AT ALL COSTS! STORIES OF IMPOSSIBLE VICTORIES.
by Perrett, Bryan.
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London: Brockhampton, 1994. 223 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w plates, maps/battle plans. "The 'at all costs' mission on the battlefield is brought about by the desperate need to attain an objective or maintain an existing position. It provides examples of human bravery and determination above and beyond the call of normal duty - some would say sanity. Were these events related in this book woven into a work of fiction, they could well be edited out on the grounds of their being beyond belief - and yet this book is fact, not fiction!" Contents: Introduction; Acknowledgements; The Drums of Minden; Valleys of Death (Balaclava); The Walls of Delhi; For Want of a Nail (Little Round Top); Von Bredow's Death Ride and The Prussian Guard at St-Privat; March into Infinity (The Desert Column, Gordon Relief Expedition); The Arras Counter-Attack; The Taking of Longstop; Across the Waal (Nijmegen Bridges); Jump on Corregidor; Goose Green; Postscript; Select Bibliography; Index.…
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THE BANNER OF BATTLE: THE STORY OF THE CRIMEAN WAR.
by Palmer, Alan.
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. 289 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "(P)uts the myths and preconceptions about The Charge of the Light Brigade, Florence Nightingale, the war guilt of Stratford de Redcliffe, the rivalry between Lord Cardigan and Lord Lucan and the patriotic fervour of the English into perspective. Military and naval events are woven into the context of Great Power politics and diplomacy. The Crimean War, often viewed simply as a dramatic incident in the Eastern Question, emerges as a decisive campaign which lowered the stature of both defeated Russia and non-belligerent Austria, thereby changing the power structure of Europe. (This) is the first comprehensive interpretation of the subject stressing the European and Baltic angles, and so bringing the Crimean War clearly and astutely into focus." Previous owner's name in ink at bottom of front free endpaper, light browning to pages and edges of text block. Dust jacket has very light…
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THE BANNER OF BATTLE: THE STORY OF THE CRIMEAN WAR.
by Palmer, Alan.
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. 289 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "(P)uts the myths and preconceptions about The Charge of the Light Brigade, Florence Nightingale, the war guilt of Stratford de Redcliffe, the rivalry between Lord Cardigan and Lord Lucan and the patriotic fervour of the English into perspective. Military and naval events are woven into the context of Great Power politics and diplomacy. The Crimean War, often viewed simply as a dramatic incident in the Eastern Question, emerges as a decisive campaign which lowered the stature of both defeated Russia and non-belligerent Austria, thereby changing the power structure of Europe. (This) is the first comprehensive interpretation of the subject stressing the European and Baltic angles, and so bringing the Crimean War clearly and astutely into focus." Page edges browning lightly. Dust jacket has minor edgewear, light edge wrinkling, light browning to spine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very…
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BATTLE HONOURS OF THE BRITISH ARMY: FROM TANGIER 1662, TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REIGN OF KING EDWARD VII.
by Norman, C.B.
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Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints, 1971. 500 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w maps, tables, plates. "(G)ives details of army battle honours from Tangiers, 1662, to the years of the Boer War. It recalls the glories of regiments which are now long gone, of famous battles like Blenheim, Mysore, Corunna, Sevastopol and Khartoum. Each section contains brief accounts of every major campaign with tables showing the casualties - officers and men - killed and wounded. The whole work is supplemented with full indexes, as well as maps and illustrations." Very light browning to edges of pages, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor scuff on fore-edge of textblock, light browning to edges of textblock, light soiling on bottom of textblock. Dust jacket is browning, has light edge wrinkling, tiny tear,and delamination at bottom of spine, some delamination at bottom of front panel. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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BATTLE HONOURS OF THE BRITISH ARMY: FROM TANGIER 1662, TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REIGN OF KING EDWARD VII.
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Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints, 1971. 500 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w maps, tables, plates. "(G)ives details of army battle honours from Tangiers, 1662, to the years of the Boer War. It recalls the glories of regiments which are now long gone, of famous battles like Blenheim, Mysore, Corunna, Sevastopol and Khartoum. Each section contains brief accounts of every major campaign with tables showing the casualties - officers and men - killed and wounded. The whole work is supplemented with full indexes, as well as maps and illustrations." Ghost mark from removed bookplate and a small label from bookstore on front free endpaper, faint tiny foxing marks on edges of text block - mostly on top, minor shelf soiling on bottom of text block. Dust jacket has minor edge wear/wrinkling, very light browning on inside surface, slight toning on spine and top outside edge, very light rubbing.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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THE BATTLE OF ALMA.
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Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, (1963), Ist edition. 194 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w maps, plans, photos, reproductions. "The Russians and Turks went to war in 1854. Britain and France sent armies to aid Turkey, but by the time they arrived in Bulgaria the Turks had already driven the R ussians out. However, the allies were determined to fight: they landed on the Crimean Peninsula, moved overland toward the Russian naval base at Sebastopol, and - 60,000 strong - approached the river Alma. The Russians came out to meet them , d r a w n up on the heights rising from the bank of the river. The battle that followed was a soldier's battle - unplanned and unco-ordinated. It was also the decisive battle of the Crimean War. This book describes not only the actual fightin g b ut t he e ve nts that led to the war, the soldiers who took part in the conflict, and the significance of the Alma in European history." Boards are verly slightly bowed, minor wrinkling at…
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BLOODY PROVOST: AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROVOST SERVICE OF THE BRITISH ARMY, AND THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL MILITARY POLICE.
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London: Phillimore, 1980. 245 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w illustrations. "(A) carefully researched account of the development of the military police from the Middle Ages to the end of the Boer War. By that time, Provost Marshals were being recognised as Military Police Officers, though full recognition was delayed until 1953. Military historians on both sides of the Atlantic will find much that is new in Major Tyler's authoritative text, while past or present members of the military police will be fascinated to learn of the centuries-old traditions of their calling and the proud, if ruthless, actions of so many of their predecessors." Previous owner's small stamp on front pastedown, minor wrinkle at top of spine, minor soiling mark on fore-edge of textblock. Dust jacket is price clipped, has very minor edge wear, light wrinkling at top of spine.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+.
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THE BOER WAR.
by Judd, Denis.
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London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1977. 190 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs, reproductions, maps/battle plans. "The Boer War of 1899-1902 symbolized Britain's towering Imperial status and at the same time exposed potentially crippling weaknesses in her military machine. It marked both the apotheosis of her late-nineteenth-century Imperial expansion, and also its collapse. Like all wars, it promoted legends and convenient national myths and paid scant respect to the truth. In his sensitive and scholarly account, Denis Judd is not concerned with partisanship. He recognizes the extraordinary courage and resourcefullness of the stoic Afrikaner farming community who, against all odds, carried on an eighteen-month guerrilla campaign after the war seemed to be over. Dr. Judd above all deals clearly and vividly with the complex issues, stirring events and varied personalities that go to make up the Boer War." Cigarette odour, very light browning in…
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THE BOER WAR. THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS.
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Bramley, 1997. 243 pp, large 8vo (9 13/16" H). B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. "This collection of reports sent back to Britain by newspaper correspondents in the field reflects the tensions felt during the progress of the war, including the uneasy match between patriotism and a critical appreciation of events on the battlefield. The individualism of the Victorian reporters shines through, despite the haphazard attempts of the State to manage the news, presenting, along with over fifty contemporary photographs, a fresh, first-hand perspective on a campaign which heralded the advent of twentieth-century warfare." Light wrinkling at top of spine, minor rubbing on rear board. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling - mainly at top of rear panel, very light rubbing. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good.
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BRIDGES OF BATTLE: FAMOUS BATTLEFIELD ACTIONS AT BRIDGES AND RIVER CROSSINGS.
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London: Arms and Armour, 1998. 256 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w plates. "From more than 2,000 years of military history, (the author) has selected some one hundred examples of battles centred on river crossings. They range in size fom small-scale actions such as the battle for Powick Bridge in the early months of the English Civil War to massive, army-scale operations including the final crossing of the Rhine at Remagen during the Second World War. One of the biggest battles during the Napoleonic Wars - indeed, the biggest battle to that date with more than 300,000 men in combat - was fought across the Danube in 1809, culminating in the battle of Wagram. Later, as Napoleon's fortunes began to ebb, there took place the desperate and tragic crossing of the Berezina in 1812 when Napoleon's depleted army, retreating from Moscow, fought to cross the freezing river to escape the pursuing and encirling Russians and the hell of a Russian winter. The American Civil War also…
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BRITAIN AND THE CRIMEA, 1855-56: PROBLEMS OF WAR AND PEACE.
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Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 1987. 289 pp, 8 3/4" H. 2 maps, 4 b&w illustrations. "After initial military success the Allied armies of Britain and France faced disaster in the grim Crimean winter of 1855-56, trapped on the inhospitable Upland between Sebastopol and the sea. Their failure led to the fall of Lord Aberdeen's coalition government and the formation of a new ministry under Lord Palmerston. This is the first book-length account of that government's directions of the war and participation in the long and involved diplomatic negotiations eventually leading to a peace settlement." Light edgewear/rubbing to boards, light browning to edges of textblock. Dust jacket has very light edgewear/wrinkling, light rubbing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good.
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BRITONS TO ARMS! THE STORY OF THE BRITISH VOLUNTEER SOLDIER AND THE VOLUNTEER TRADITION IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND.
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Stroud, Gloucestershire: Budding, 1997. 185 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H). "At first a spontaneous and temporary response to threats of invasion and internal rebellion, the British Volunteer became a permanent feature of military organization in the mid-Victorian era, eventually evolving into the territorial soldier of the twentieth century. Presented here is a general history of the Volunteer forces together with a detailed account of the experience of two Midland counties - Leicestershire and Rutland. Thus both the intensely local dimension of what were initially ad hoc town and village corps, and the national significance of the British volunteer tradition are explored. Spanning three centuries, from the early eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century, this book charts the evolution, and the persistence, of a recurring phenomenon. It explains the exact origin and nature of the Napoleonic Volunteer Force and its mounted arm, the Yeomanry; the Victorian Rifle Volunteers and the Territorials of…
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CAMILLO RICCHIARDI, ITALIAN BOER WAR HERO.
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Melville, RSA: Scripta Africana, 1988. 228 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), burgundy faux leather covers with gold lettering on spine and front board, top edge gilt, integral ribbon bookmark - in maroon pebbled slipcase. No. 286 of limited edition of 1,000 copies with limitation certificate signed by the Director after title page. Pictorial endpapers, b&w photographs. "Camillo Ricchiardi's love for war took him to South Africa to fight for the Boers, where he originated the most successful foreign volunteer corps of the Anglo-Boer War. A strict disciplinarian, he was to become the only foreign officer who managed to stay in control of his corps throughout the war; would remain a close aide to General Botha from their first meeting at the Tugela Front to their partings at Komatipoort; be acclaimed by the Italian colony on the Rand and Pretoria as the saviour, during the dark days that followed the 'Begbie explosion', culminating in a fiery mob-march down the dusty streets of the…
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