CRIMEAN WAR: A good, small collection of A.Ls.S. by various British military officers who served in the Crimean War, each written to Sir Alexander Moncrieff, comprising two of Edward W. Walker, the first a lengthy letter written from the Camp before Sebastapol, 21st June 1855, complaining of the treatment he has received from Moncrieff ('After upwards of twenty eight years service, do you imagine me so thoroughly ignorant of my duty...) and the second, four pages, 8vo, Camp before Sebastapol, 20th July 1855, requesting assistance for the son of 'a very dear friend & comrade'; H. Berkeley, four pages, 8vo, Crimea, 27th December 1855, an informative, lengthy letter discussing several officers, in part, 'De Bathe has not yet turned up and I am sure I wish he never would. Stephenson, Hepburn and myself considered that it was only right that on his arrival he should be called upon to deny having used language derogatory to the honour and character of the Regiment...'; Hugh Drummond, eight pages, 8vo, Heights of Balaklava, 28th May 1855, with excellent content describing in detail the fighting that had taken place at Kertch which 'has pleased us all, & long faces look round again, the Russians it appears had only 4 Battalions which after a vain effort to blow up the place retired leaving a clear stage for the allied force who actually did not lose a man....' as well as other military operations at Sebastapol, the effects of cholera etc. Some light, minor age wear, generally VG, 4