The Crimean War

The Crimean War was a brutal conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856 in which Russia lost to an alliance made up of the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom, Sardinia and France. The immediate cause of the war involved the rights of Christian minorities in the Holy Land, then a part of the Ottoman Empire. Drawing on eye witness… Read more about this item

Denis Judd, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This first edition is in very good condition, close to near fine, with a very good unclipped dust jacket.

Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1975-01-01. First Edition. HARDCOVER. Fine/Near Fine. 10x7x1. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! British first edition, first printing. Virtually no wear to jacket.… Read more about this item

Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1975. Hardcover. Good.

London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon [0-246-10804-5] 1975, 1st edition. (Small 4to) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 199pp. Illustrated title page, photographs, black and white and color illustrations, maps, side-notes, appendices, chronology, bibliography, index. There is a previous owner's label. Publisher series: British at War, the. Introduction by Ludovic Kennedy. Locale:. (Military, Crimean War).… Read more about this item

Hardback. Very Good.

Denis Judd, 1975. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0246108045

London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon Ltd, 1975. unclipped jacket, creased to top edge. no inscrip. numerous illus.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1975 The Crimean War of 1854-6 has become a byword for military incompetence mingled with heroism. Even today, its most famous "incident", the Charge of the Light Brigade against the Russian guns at Balaclava, is surrounded by controversy. It may have achieved little except to expose the lack of communication between the British commanders, yet is has… Read more about this item

London: Book Club Associates, 1976 Drawing on eye witness accounts, and the brilliant, disruptive reports of the first ever war correspondent W H Russell of the Times. Includes some of the first war photographs ever taken. 199 pages.

London: Book Club Associates, 1976 Copy in navy cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Front blurb flap is creased. Jacket slightly creased along edges. Coloured end papers. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with colour and b/w illustrations.

London, BCA 1975. Original publisher's blue paper-covered boards, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: illustrated title-pages, 200pp., very richly illustrated, maps, acknowledgements, appendices, celendar of events, index. Very fine copy. Volume The British at War.