Search Results: British Military History from Gary Menchen

Pocket-sized folding cased map, on linen, 9 sections unfolded, printing in the same year of the battle - it was advertised in the Morning Post of April 8th, 1849. Very good condition. The case is about 3 3/4 inches wide and 5 inches high. The map unfolds to about 10 1/2 inches wide and almost 14 inches high.

Wellesley, Arthur. The Dispatches of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington. Gurwood's "New" editions of 1837. 3 volumes, coving Wellesley's period in India, 1799 through 1805. Edited by Lieut. Colonel Gurwood. Vol 1: xxxii, 639p. Vol. 2: 711p. Vol 3: 687p.Three volumes total, 2,307 pages plus various introductory materials. Weight 8 lbs. so not suitable for consolidated international shipping. Domestic shipping in the US, via media mail will be without charge.These are photographic reprints, 6 by 9 inches, with generous margins - there is a photo of a random two-page spread attached to the listing. They are intended for working copies.Gurwood began publishing the Dispatches in 1834. Once publication started new materials became available. The original Volume 3 from 1835 was labeled as "Being Supplementary to Vols I & II". And then in 1837 there was another volume, not numbered in the series, and subtitled"Supplementary to the First, Second and Third Volumes Relating to India". Eventually the first… Read More

Younghusband, Sir George, K.C.M.G., K.C.I.E., Major-General. Forty Years a Soldier. A Volume of Recollections. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923.Hardcover, tear at bottom of spine, general edge wear; page 3 detached; foxing at end papers, otherwise good. 16 photographs. Covers from November 20, 1878 with the advance to storm Ali Musjid in the Afgan War, and ends with November 11, 1918. The author apologizes for being 10 days short of the title.

As originally published in parts, the first 40 of the 41 published parts are present. Yellow wrappers, imperial 8vo; inches wide by 11 1/4 inches high. Each issue contains two steel engravings. Issue 1 has an engraved fronts, and engraving, and a fold out map of india with some coloring in the outlines. Condition is variable; a few covers are missing or detached or clipped. Issues ns. 22 and 23 have been torn part way though, effecting all pages of text and the engravings (see photos). Issue 36 the front cover is detached and tattered. For issue 37 the front and rear covers are lacking and the first engraving is torn through. For issues 38, 39 and 40 the front cover has been fully or partially removed (again, see photos). This was also published in two volumes. The original part was 25 cents per part.

Two volumes of Wellington's Dispatches, covering the period of the Battle of Waterloo.
The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington. Volume 12. May 1814 to December 1815. iv, 716, 1p. Wrappers. A photographic reproduction of Gurwood's "New" edition of 1838.
The Supplementary Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington, K.G. Volume 10. March to July 1815. Edited by the Second Duke of Wellington, and originally published 1863. 752p. Wrappers. A photographic reproduction.
These two reprints have the imprint Waterville, ME: pagesofpages.com, 2022. Very good condition. See photos; there is a tiny slice of mis-coloration on the upper right front of the Supplementary volume.