GOOD to VERY GOOD
CONDITION
This sale is for a
vintage edition entitled “The Destruction of Lord Raglan,” subtitled “A
Tragedy of the Crimean War 1854-55,” by Christopher Hibbert, illustrated
with 4 full-page photographic and other plates and 5 maps/battle plans.
It was published by Penguin Books Ltd., of Harmondsworth, Middlesex, in 1963,
as one of their wonderful “Pelican Book” series and is the FIRST PENGUIN EDITION
(vintage paperback, formerly published in hardback).
The contents
include:
·
Lord
Fitzroy Somerset
·
The
Finest Army
·
Scutari
·
·
·
·
Flank
March
·
·
Bombardment
·
The
·
The
Beginning of Winter
·
Inkerman
·
Aftermath
and Storm
·
Chaos
·
The
Private War
·
Nightmare
·
The
Aristocratic Staff
·
Canrobert
and Pelissier
·
Malakoff
and Redan
·
The
Dying Man
·
Epilogue
·
Notes
on Military Terms
·
Index
The illustrations are:
·
Lord
Raglan
·
Balaclava
Harbour, spring 1855
·
At the
Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards, spring 1855
·
The
Charge of the Light Brigade, 25 October 1854
The plans are:
·
The
·
The
·
The
·
The
·
The
The book measures 7.1 inches x 4.3 inches x 0.8 inches
and has 384 pages + illustrations.
The book is in
good, neat condition for a softback of its age, and the pages are a little faded
near the rims. There are NO inscriptions/book-plates and NO other ink or pencil
markings in the book. The binding is good with no loose or missing pages.
A good, neat copy
of this illustrated vintage edition.
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heaviest book – please wait for a combined invoice.
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& packing
For
or 1st Class = £2.70
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