Kinglake, THE INVASION OF CRIMEA, 8 vols, 1863-87
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[Crimean War]. A.W. Kinglake. The Invasion Of Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan. 8 Vols. Edin/Lon: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863-1887. 8vo. 2nd edition of Vols I & II; rest are 1st editions. Kinglake based his history of the Crimean War both on his own experiences and on the papers of Lord Raglan given to him by Raglan's widow. Kinglake ordered that Raglan's papers be destroyed after Kinglake's death, thus rendering his own work the only secondary source describing Raglan's account of the War. Several dozen battle plans and other maps (many folding) demarcating each army's units in red, blue, and green.
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Half brown levant morocco & marbled boards, teg, by Roger de Coverly. Bindings near fine, occasional foxing to contents.
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Kinglake, THE INVASION OF CRIMEA, 8 vols, 1863-87
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