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Kinglake (Alexander William . The Invasion of the Crimea: Its origin, and an account of its progress down to the death of Lord Raglan, 8 volumes, 1st edition (except second volume, 3rd edition), William Blackwood and Sons, 1863-87, 65 plates, including maps and plans (some folding), lithographed views, etc., some inner hinges cracked, original publisher's cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks and minor fraying to head and foot of spines, 8th volume with some damp staining to board edges, 8vo, together with Taylor (George Cavendish). Journal of Adventures with the British Army, from the commencement of the war to the taking of Sebastopol, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Hurst & Blackett, 1856, 24-page publisher's catalogue at rear of first volume, original brown chalk-glazed endpapers, with bookseller's ticket of R. Hickson, Bridlington to front pastedown of first volume, original blindstamped red cloth gilt, lightly rubbed and soiled, with minor damp marking to extremities (otherwise a good copy), 8vo, plus Simpson (F.A.). The Rise of Louis Napoleon/Louis Napoleon & The Recovery of France 1848-1856, 3rd impression/2nd edition respectively, Longmans, Green & Co., 1929/30, monochrome plates, some light spotting to preliminary leaves, original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, and other 19th century military history, biographies, strategy and engineering, including An Artillery Officer in the Mexican War 1846-7, Letters of Robert Anderson 1911, The Problem of the Army, by L.S. Amery, 1903 (inscribed in pencil by the author to H.A. Sargeaunt to front endpaper), Instruction in Military Engineering, Volume 1 (Parts I-V) compiled at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham, 1870, The Water Supply of Barracks and Cantonments by Major G.K. Scott Moncrieff, 1896, The War in Italy from Drawings by Carlo Bossoli 1860, 31 (of 40) hand-coloured lithographed plates (some marks and marginal defects, text ends on page 70), The Army and Navy Magazine, Volumes 1, 3, 6-7, 9-11, November 1880-April 1881, January-June 1882, May 1883-April 1884, November 1884-April 1886 (all except two bound in contemporary half-calf), A Great Adventuress, Lady Hamilton and The Revolution in Naples (1753-1815) by Joseph Turquan and Jules D'Auriac, 1914 (fine copy), etc., mostly late 19th and early 20th century publications, mainly original cloth, 8vo (Qty: approximately 100)