Gilbert, Sharrad H.

Rhodesia and after: being the story of the 17th & 18th battalions of Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa.

Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback tightly bound in white cloth with red titles and red & blue decoration, cloth is frayed at head of spine, backstrip is dulled, has minor rubbing at corners, pencilled name/place on (black) front endpaper, couple of blue pencilled text corrections, otherwise no inscriptions, contents a little shaken but holding well. 350 pages, tipped-in tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece with facsimile signature of author, 48 illustrations on plates, 3 maps (2 of them on foldouts), casualty list, glossary. Uncommon. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 50445

Catalogue: Military:: Victorian

Keywords: Boer War Nyasaland British Military history Dunraven's Sharpshooters Hinckley

MacRory, Patrick

Retreat from Kabul The incredible story of how a savage Afghan force massacred the world's most powerful army.

The Lyons Press, 2002. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, spine uncreased, remains of label on front cover, no inscriptions. 288 pages, illustrations on plates, maps in the text, bibliography, index. Good.

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Book number: 69040

Catalogue: Military:: Victorian

Keywords: Afghanistan British Army India Military History Khyber Pass

Monsenergue, Colonel

Cavalry tactical schemes: a series of practical exercises for cavalry.

Hugh Rees, 1914. First English Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in pink cloth with gilt titles, cloth is faded at the spine and front board and has minor rubbing at corners, no inscriptions. xxviii + [4pp of errata tipped in] + 340 pages, appendices, 46 maps in the text, 2 large folded maps in pocket at rear. A volume in the 'Pall Mall military' series, translated from the French by E. Louis Spiers. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 56629

Catalogue: Military:: Victorian

Keywords: Mounted brigades Military strategy Tactics Warfare

Younghusband, Captain G. J.

The story of the guides.

Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1918. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with gilt titles, top of front cover and spine nibbled, cloth rubbed at corners and bottom of spine, no inscriptions. 240 pages, 16 photos in the text. Fair.

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Book number: 61134

Catalogue: Military:: Victorian

Keywords: Corps of guides Indian army Peshawar Sikh War