Recollections of a Zouave Before Sebastopol. by Maynard, Felix. (ed) - 1856

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

Philadelphia: Hayes & Zell, 1856. Hardcover. 12mo; G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth with debossed design, tattered spine caps, tear & small holes to front hinge, worn, exposed corners; Text block has penciled name on rear flyleaf, heavy foxing to endpapers, initial and final pages, and light foxing within, light spotting to edges; 300 pages. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #3. 1325779. FP New Rockville Stock.

Philadelphia: Hayes & Zell, 1856. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 18 x 12 cm. 12mo. 300pp 4pp catalogue dated July 1, 1856. Bound into gilt and blind stamped brown cloth. Translated from the French by Mrs. M. Harrison Robinson. Binding a bit chipped and worn at edges. Lacking half-title. Foxing. Binding remains tight. Description of the Crimean war from the perspective of a Zouave trumpeter.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London and New York: Hayes & Zell, 1856. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. First American Edition. 12mo; 7.125 inches; 300 pages plus a four-page advertising catalog in rear dated July 1, 1856. Publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth, Spine Titles and front decoration of soldier in gilt. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning; foxing to the pastedowns and preliminaries. Moderate shelf handling wear. . Personal memoir recounts the experience of a Zouave trumpeter in the Crimean War. In addition to descriptions of camp-life and combat, the narrative includes short discussions of Florence Nightingale and the Sisters of Charity, as well as more information about medical services and hospitals in general. The Zouaves were a class of light infantry regiments of the French Army linked to French North Africa. The Zouaves, along with the indigenous Tirailleurs Algeriens, were among the most decorated units of the French Army.