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réf. 14758London: Alecto Editions and the State Library of New South Wales 1988. Originally engraved by Robert Havell and son printed by Edward Egerton-Williams in colours and finished by hand with printer's blindstamp. "By 1820 Sydney was a town of 12000 inhabitants about a third of whom were convicts. It had grown dramatically during the administration of Lachlan Macquarie who was appointed governor of New South Wales in 1810. Unlike previous governors Macquarie was not content merely to oversee a penal colony. His vigorous building programme changed forever the appearance of Sydney while his policy of accepting emancipated convicts as respected citizens demonstrated a social attitude strangely out of step with the times. Both these policies earned him criticism. In 1819 alarmed by Macquarie's extravagant public works the British Government commissioned a lawyer and civil servant J.T.Bigge to investigate. The attacks by his critics were met head on by Macquarrie's supporters in New South Wales. Books pamphlets and paintings luded the governor's undoubted achievements. Almost certainly Major Taylor's drawings were used in if not commissioned for this cause. The engraved view presents a flattering image of the Australian seat of government and by extension of Macquarie's term there.Taylor arranged the engraving and printing of the of the three sheet Panorama. upon his return to England in July 1822.Havell appears to have worked from Taylor's. large watercolours but amended them with additional details. and decorative elements.It is most fortuitous that the copper plates.have survived. There is no other example of such a case for 19th century Australian engravings. Alecto Editions and the State Library of New South Wales unknown
réf. 14758London: Alecto Editions and the State Library of New South Wales 1988. Originally engraved by Robert Havell and son printed by Edward Egerton-Williams in colours and finished by hand with printer's blindstamp. "By 1820 Sydney was a town of 12000 inhabitants about a third of whom were convicts. It had grown dramatically during the administration of Lachlan Macquarie who was appointed governor of New South Wales in 1810. Unlike previous governors Macquarie was not content merely to oversee a penal colony. His vigorous building programme changed forever the appearance of Sydney while his policy of accepting emancipated convicts as respected citizens demonstrated a social attitude strangely out of step with the times. Both these policies earned him criticism. In 1819 alarmed by Macquarie's extravagant public works the British Government commissioned a lawyer and civil servant J.T.Bigge to investigate. The attacks by his critics were met head on by Macquarrie's supporters in New South Wales. Books pamphlets and paintings luded the governor's undoubted achievements. Almost certainly Major Taylor's drawings were used in if not commissioned for this cause. The engraved view presents a flattering image of the Australian seat of government and by extension of Macquarie's term there.Taylor arranged the engraving and printing of the of the three sheet Panorama. upon his return to England in July 1822.Havell appears to have worked from Taylor's. large watercolours but amended them with additional details. and decorative elements.It is most fortuitous that the copper plates.have survived. There is no other example of such a case for 19th century Australian engravings. Alecto Editions and the State Library of New South Wales unknown books
1807réf. 1812290002Boston: Beecher & Armstrong 1807. Hardcover. Acceptable. Boston Massacre Early American Printing Contemporary boards conserved and rebacked on modern spine. Ink and perforated stamps on title page. 120 p. First published in 1770 under the title: The trial of William Wemms James Hartegan etc. Taken in short hand by John Hodgson. Future President John Adams successfully represented the accused British soldiers in the tumultuous trial. "The trial of the British soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot : for the murder of Crispus Attucks Samuel Gray Samuel Maverick James Caldwell and Patrick Carr on Monday evening March 5 1770 before the Honorable Benjamin Lynde John Cushing Peter Oliver and Edmund Trowbridge esquires justices of the Superior court of judicature Court of assize and general gaol delivery held at Boston by adjournment November 27 1770." From the library of Richard Manning Hodges 1827-1896 noted American surgeon Harvard College 1847 Harvard Medical School 1850. Boston: Beecher & Armstrong hardcover
1792réf. LBW-3758Auray, 1792. 1 p. in-4 oblong (22,4 x 29,3 cm), en-tête imprimé "Régiment du Port-au-Prince" corrigé à l'encre "Cap", vignette et encadrement gravés, sceau de la municipalité d'Auray et apostille des officiers municipaux, traces de plis.
1893réf. 026678St Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Co 1893. First Edition. Octavo. Important first-hand observations of the Civil War in the West. Nevins calls the book "A very readable and reliable narrative by a member of the 15th Texas Cavalry who saw much service in the Western theater; the volume deserves more attention than it has heretofore received." Quite scarce. Bound in blue cloth decorated in blind spine lettering gilt edges spine ends and corners show some wear previous owner's name. Howes C597; Nevins I p.72. Nixon-Jones Printing Co unknown
1901réf. 6224Valence, Jules Créas et Fils, 1901 ; grand in-4 ; demi-chagrin bleu pétrole, dos à quatre nerfs plats décorés d'une roulette de losanges dorés, caisson central à deux grands décors de rinceaux, feuilles et fleurs stylisés, reliés par une chainette, dorés, caissons de tête et de queue décorés de fleurons d'encadrement dorés, auteur et titre dorés sur les plats, tête dorée, plats conservés (reliure de l'épqoue) ; (8) pp., (1) f. blanc, 402, (2) pp., couverture illustrée en couleurs, page de titre imprimée en rouge et noir et armes de Bercheny en bleu ; (6) ff. de poèmes hors-pagination, 34 planches hors-texte dont 5 en couleurs (dont 1 par Job et 1 par David de Sauzéa), 9 bandeaux dont 1 par Caran d'Ache, 7 dessins in-texte, 39 lettrines historiées humoristiques et 25 culs-de-lampe également humoristiques ; les bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe sont imprimés de toutes les couleurs.
réf. 45320Printed for the Author and Sold by J. Robson T. Payne Messrs. Cadell et al. London. 1799. First edition. SCARCE. viii 316pp. The military travels of Croker presented in a series of letters a few years before the Peninsular Wars. The tone is very honest and engaging. In one town the locals decided that it would be fun to throw stones at the troups and only stopped their sport when the use of guns were threatened. Croker writes in detail about the food and wine and is also very observant of the interest the Spanish men pay to the English women that travel with the soldiers. Recently rebound in quarter maroon calf and marbled boards original endpapers and half-title present. Some occ. light foxing one page has a close short tear to margin not affecting text. The pages are remarkably clean and fresh and the volume is very sound. Please contact us for photographs. hardcover
191290, [4], xliv [ads] pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photos. Maps. Footnotes. Dozens of vintage ads for Toronto businesses. 27 x 20.5 cm. "We have tried in this volume to link up some of the honorable achievements of militia men of York County for a century back and show what the response has been when the bugle sounded or the alarm bell rang. We think we can discern in the men of this county a continuity of character; of deceptive equanimity in time of peace, of alacrity in time of war, of unchangeable faith in the Empire at all times." - Preface. Touched-up white decoration upon publisher's maroon cloth-covered front board. Former library copy with relatively few associated markings. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. BISHOP p.381, COOKE p.87, DORNBUSCH 298. Book
2000xxiv, 179 pages. Index, bibliography, references, glossary. Almost one hundred black and white reproductions of photos and documents. Two fold-out maps. "This study was exciting and personally rewarding to me. I treasure the many Dutch and Canadian friends who so patiently worked with me to reconstruct the events of half a century ago. I still think it highly important that the record of Canadian actions in helping to throw off the Nazi yoke in the Netherlands be accurately and fully told to Canadian and Dutch peoples before we have all passed on. But this publication is really devoted to the 363 killed and 1760 other casualties suffered by the South Saskatchewan Regiment in the Second World War, to the other units involved in the liberation of Kamp Westerbork, but most of all to the 876 prisoners, mainly Jewish, we helped to liberate in Kamp Westerbork, the 4000 or so who passed through this transit camp to hell, but lived, and to the more than 103,000 who did not." - Foreword. After serving in WWII Professor Law [1922-2011] moved on to a career at Queen's University where he established the Business School's microcomputer lab in the 1980s, where this bookseller had the opportunity to meet him. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this important and highly-detailed study. Book
1784réf. 5638Sarlouis, le 18 mars 1784. 1784 1 feuillet in-folio oblong ( 212 x 286 mm) imprimé à l'encre noire et completé à la main à l'encre brune, cachet de cire rouge du régiment et cachet humide rouge estompé; et au dos est rédigé et signé par l'intendant du régiment, le détail reçu par ce soldat. (salissures, traces de plis, défauts d'usage.)
1945réf. 89-475BBrunswick: Westermann 1945. 1945. 409p. 39p roster. Photos. Seven Folding Maps at rear. Printed boards with cream cloth spine. Element of the 2nd Armored Division. Sicily NW Europe. Heavy/Oversize. Owner's name. Old tape on the end papers. Near Fine Copy. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book. Brunswick: Westermann, 1945. Hardcover
réf. 3733807Metz Alsace-Lorraine German Empire: Gebrüder Notton Römerstr. 10 1908. Composite silver process photograph. Mount: 18¾ x 23½ inches. Image: 14¼ x 17¾ inches. Light rubbing to edges of mount with minor wear at bottom right; margins foxed; small mark at bottom extending faintly into image; very good. This is a rich and complex composite photograph from 1908 captioned with the words “Zur Erinnerung an Meine Dienstzeit” which translates to “In remembrance of my service time.” It was created for the 10th Company 8th Württemberg Infantry Regiment Grand Duke Frederick of Baden’s Regiment—possibly light infantry as in “Jäger infanterieregiment.” This regiment was based in Strasbourg in Alsace-Lorraine and served within the Imperial German Army. The surnames of these men are: Baibel Baierl Bauer Berger Jos. Burger Joh. Bumb Büchel Dirr Dirschedl Echtler Feibler Forster Fuchs Gaibl Ganslmeier Gundel Habender Hagl Haub Haüselmeier Herzog Hiemer Huber Jacob Janker Keim Kirchbauer Klemm Knott Kopp Kraus Kreckl Kübel Laubhardt Laubenbacher Lautner Lippert Maier Joh. Maier Seb. Merkel Miehling Moosburger Petermann Pfeilschifter Pflug Prior Rachl Rauschecker Ries Rommel Schmid Schmidt Schnabel Scholz Schraudolf Schweiber Stegmeier Sutter Ulm Weber Weindl Wenniger Wohlfarth Zieringer Zeilinger Zirngibl. The photograph presents a multitude of uniformed soldiers in a staged setting designed to resemble a military encampment or a gathering. The arrangement of soldiers is not casual but highly structured with officers shown with swords and details prominently positioned in the foreground. Many of the men are shown hoisting enormous beer steins with rather serious expressions. The photograph also features regimental flags and other military regalia which were symbols of pride and unity for the unit. The arrangement of soldiers in rows with some seated and others standing is typical of military portraiture of the time intended to display the order and discipline of the troops. The backdrop of the photograph features a bucolic scene a blend of a real outdoor setting and painted backdrops. This kind of photography allowed for the superimposition of studio-taken images onto a different background giving the impression that all individuals were present at a single location. Such methods were used to create cohesive unit photographs when it was not possible to gather everyone at once. The inclusion of phrases like “Mit Gott für König und Vaterland” With God for King and Fatherland reinforces the patriotic sentiment of the era and the soldiers’ commitment to their country and monarch. Other phrases such as “Die Well ist grofs Die Welt ist schön; Wer weifs ob wir uns wiedersehn!” “The world is big the world is beautiful; Who knows if we will see each other again!” reinforce the romanticism of military service. From a photographic history perspective the image represents the advancements in photo montage techniques at the turn of the 20th century. The image quality clarity and composition indicates that the photographers Gebruder Notton used a large-format camera which was capable of capturing detailed group portraits. A rather remarkable photograph encapsulating the military ethos of the German Empire during a period of intense nationalism and militarism leading up to the First World War. unknown
réf. 67376E-374. Good. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Published by Printed for S Hooper. London UK. 1766 10 476 12 pp index. Illustrated with folding map 5 folding engraved plates. Bound in full leather boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities corners and edges of the boards lightly scuffed and rounded. Bookplate of Lord Exmouth present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Captain John Northall c1723-1759 was a captain in the Royal Regiment of Artillery and is first recorded in Italy in April 1752 with a Mr Moore. He appears to have entered the service as a teenager and risen rapidly through the ranks. His Travels through Italy was written 1752-1753 but published posthumously and is dedicated to David Garrick who had visited Italy in 1763-4. He warns young aristocrats against being deceived by antiquarian guides in Rome into buying fake paintings presented as originals by Raphael Titian or Michelangelo. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
1928réf. 003636London: Country Life Ltd 1928. First Limited Edition. Full Pictorial Pigskin. Near Fine. No. 65 of 150 Edition de Luxe limitation signed by author and the illustrator using his pseudonym. 4to. 11.5 by 9.5 inches 29 by 24 cm. 240 6 pp. The illustrations through the body of the work are sprightly colorful fun and perfect exemplars of a twenties to thirties highball sophisticated aesthetic -- a sporting extension of the sleek look associated with thirties screwball comedies and musicals! The book makes riding and all its mishaps seem like one endless lark a party in which nothing really bad could possibly intrude. This is the kind of work that everyone will have a favorite image but few can not but admire the frontis of horses' heads awash with a gilt border. Much of the illustration by the way appears as if it were applied directly by hand and this slapdash manuscript quality greatly adds to the charm of the production. The pigskin binding has a film of soiling but remains attractive especially with its inked title and inkwell and feather quill pen imagery. With also a letter from the publisher. Country Life Ltd unknown
1928réf. 003636London: Country Life Ltd 1928. First Limited Edition. Full Pictorial Pigskin. Near Fine. No. 65 of 150 Edition de Luxe limitation signed by author and the illustrator using his pseudonym. 4to. 11.5 by 9.5 inches 29 by 24 cm. 240 6 pp. The illustrations through the body of the work are sprightly colorful fun and perfect exemplars of a twenties to thirties highball sophisticated aesthetic -- a sporting extension of the sleek look associated with thirties screwball comedies and musicals! The book makes riding and all its mishaps seem like one endless lark a party in which nothing really bad could possibly intrude. This is the kind of work that everyone will have a favorite image but few can not but admire the frontis of horses' heads awash with a gilt border. Much of the illustration by the way appears as if it were applied directly by hand and this slapdash manuscript quality greatly adds to the charm of the production. The pigskin binding has a film of soiling but remains attractive especially with its inked title and inkwell and feather quill pen imagery. With also a letter from the publisher. Country Life Ltd unknown books
réf. 17021Two duplicate letters one dated from Park Lodge Baslow Derbyshire on 23 December 1907 and 'Christmas 1907'; and the other from the same place 'Aug 1909' and 13 September 1909. Third duplicate and typescript without place or date. Wrench was the son of a clergyman and well educated and well connected being presented to the Prince of Wales and staying at Chatsworth in his old age. His obituary in the British Medical Journal 27 April 1912 describes how after service in the Crimea 'he was transferred to the 4th Lancers went to Madras with that regiment in the following month and served with it during the whole of the Indian Mutiny. For his services in India he received the Indian medal and clasp for Central India. He returned to England in 1860 and married in 1861 his cousin the daughter of Mr. William Kirke of Markham Hall Nottinghamshire'. The four items in the present collection are all in good condition on lightly-aged paper. The three duplicates - all closely and neatly written in a vivid and informative style - are among ones produced by Wrench for circulation within his family there being copies in the collection of Wrench papers in Nottingham University Library. They comprise two letters and a narrative account. The typescript by an unnamed individual is not present at Nottingham. None of the four items is in the Imperial War Museum catalogue. ONE: Duplicate of Autograph Letter by Wrench 'Edwd M Wrench M.V.O - F.R.C.S. late asst Sugeon 12 R Lancers'. Dated at beginning 23 December 1907 and at end 'Christmas 1907 - Park Lodge Baslow Derbyshire'. The letter describes the 'Jubilee commemoration' at the Royal Albert Hall and is headed 'My last Parade'. It begins: 'It was indeed well done The dinner to the surviving Veterans who fought in the Indian Mutiny campaign in 1857 given by the proprietors of the London Daily Telegraph a procession of heart stirring episodes from the Inspection by F.M. Lord Roberts on the steps of the Albert Memorial where I found private Meredith of the 24th who was with me in the trenches at the assault on the Redan Sebastopol June 18 1855 to the surging chorus by the thousands in the Albert Hall of Auld Lang Syne near the end of what Lord Curzon in his thrilling speech said was a "ceremony" rather than a festival a speech that made the tears tremble on my eyelids. They overflowed at the solemn sounding of the "last post" recalling to my memory in the words of the poet O Hara a charge of the 12th Lancers I rode with at the battle of Banda .'. He names others present including 'Col Robertson . he was still the bravest of the brave for though 86 he was in velvet Levee dress silk stockings & pumps without a great coat. He told me he was a teetotaller his picturesque appearance attracted Lord Roberts eye and drew a heavy fire on us not of rifles but of snap shot cameras the result of which has been my portrait in such good company scattered by the hundreds of thousands in The Daily Mirror of Decr 24 . I have looked down the barrel of a loaded musket near enough to see a Sepoys yellow eyes taking aim at the butt end and ridden with cannon balls hopping over my head like balls in a cricket ground I cannot compare my perils during the Sepoy Mutiny to many others of the Kirke family'. 2pp. 8vo. TWO: Duplicate of Autograph Letter by Wrench 'Ed M Wrench'. Dated at beginning 'Park Lodge Baslow Aug 1909' and at end 13 September 1909. 3pp. 8vo. The letter begins: 'Having recently discovered that General W A Franks Major-General William Astell Franks 1838-1929 now living at Northland Road Southampton was present when Uncle Henry Kirke died when fleeing from the Mutineers of his Regt. 12 BNI in 1857 I took the liberty of writing to him he very kindly responded to my enquiries & I feel sure the information he has afforded will be interesting adding much to our scanty knowledge of that terrible time.' There follow extended transcriptions from Franks's letters: '. I saw him the day he died . he was on his horse but rolling about on it . he looked at me with a vacant stare & was deadly pale. I could see he was dying. Shortly after he fell off his horse he was the only one of our party that was buried all the rest being left where they fell .'. Of his own activities Wrench notes: 'I had gone to India almost direct from the Crimea in the year previous 1856. I was assistant Surgeon in the 12th Lancers so was never in the same danger as the Officers of the Native Regiments though I had my share of dangers . and had men blown to pieces by shell not a dozen yards from me . We went not as is said to revenge the Mutiny but to protect the loyal natives of which there were many & restore order yet in one battle we killed 500 rebels and looted two Palaces from one at Kabula we took 40 cart loads of gold & silver; my share of which was £750 . 0 . 0 so I have no personal grievance'. He continues with reference to the Battle of Banda and 'hunting rebels in the jungles'. THREE: Narrative account titled 'Cousin Henry Kirkes story of his escape from Mutineers June 1857'. The account begins: 'In 1857 Uncle Henry was commanding the Head Quarters of the 12th Bengal N.I. at Nowgong now spelt Naogaon Aunt Kirke Henry & St George were with him - He greatly distrusted the Sepoys and when he heard of the mutiny at Barrackpoor in April he immediately sent Aunt & St George off to the Hills just in time for they left Meerut only two days before the fatal 10 May'. A gripping account follows filled with incident: '. At the beginning of June Uncle heard that the left wing of his regiment stationed at Jhansi about sixty miles distant had killed the officers and all the Christian women and children there; Uncle forthwith ordered a parade and addressed the men. He told them of the mutiny of their comrades at Jhansi and added "Now I will let any man that wishes go and join the mutineers but let those who are true come and swear by the Colours". The whole 500 cheered and swore they would be true to him and the Colours. Two days afterwards they broke out into open mutiny shot the Regtl. Sergeant Major and made the officers fly for their lives. . The Europeans ten officers two ladies riding on Uncle's charger and a baby that Henry carried in front with a man riding behind him started for Banda. They asked a Brahmin the way he refused unless they gave him a rupee this Henry did when he ran off demanding another and swore by his gods that if given this he would be faithful but having got it he called to some villagers to come and kill the Faringhees for they had lots of money and so they would be rich for life. Some of the officers wished to shoot the man but Henry dissuaded them but presently the ruffian threw his lathi or club at the ladies horse which reared and they fell off. The man ran forward to kill them when Henry shot him through the back of the head he fell on his face. The villagers turned the dead man over and the two rupees fell out of his mouth when Henry heard them say "It is true they are rich for see they have loaded their guns with rupees". .'. 3pp. 8vo. FOUR: Mimeographed typescript titled '"Not to Revenge but to Protect."' 18pp. 8vo. Containing a transcriptions of Item One pp.16-18 and Item Three pp.4-9 and of passages from Item Two pp.13-15 with a commentary by a knowledgeable but unrelated party. Two duplicate letters, one dated from Park Lodge, Baslow, Derbyshire, on 23 December 1907 (and 'Christmas 1907'); and the other unknown
réf. 467539 planches dépliantes de 32 cms sur (pour certaines) 100 cms - 1917 - Bel ensembleJOINTS: Ouvrage en chinois - In-4 long - 8 pages sur papier "soie" - Couverture illustrée avec mention "Louis Grillet, Chef de Bataillon, Péking, 28 novembre 1917.Photographies de l'époque :"Bataille de Parnot & Personnage". Ces 2 photographies avec mention chacune (au dos) "10 décembre 1895, offert à Mr Grillet à titre de remerciements..." & "A Mr Grillet, from his friend...".
1754réf. 1273981754 Chez Prault, Fils l'aîné et Jombert à Paris - 1754 (Première édition) - 1 vol in-4 - Plein veau marbré de l'époque, 5 nerfs, titre, tomaison et fleurons/caissons en doré. - 204 pages - 25 gravures en noir & blanc pour la plupart rempliées réunies en fin de volume - Toutes tranches rouges
1890réf. 17551Paris, Garnier Frères, 1890 ; fort in-8, cartonnage polychrome sur fond kaki, titre doré, dos décoré et doré, second plat décoré en noir, plats biseautés, tranches dorées ; (4), 1138 pp. , 54 illustrations aquarellées à la main, dont 16 hors-texte, 30 en-tête et 8 dessins in-texte, 7 vignettes en noir et blanc.
1925réf. 84-383Stalling 1925. 1925. 5 vols. 1185p total. Photos. Maps. "Die Truppenteile des ehemalihen preussischen kontigents. Der Schriftenfolge 143. Band Infanterie-Regiment 26. Erinnerungsblatter deutscher Regimenter. Die Anteilnahme der Truppenteile der ehemaligen deutschen Armee am Weltkriege bearbeitet unter Benutzung der amtlichen Kriegstagebucher". Vol. I: Missing map in pocket. SIGNED & warmly inscribed by Von Vorman in Vol. I. Red cloth. Some sunning. Heavy. Near Fine Set. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Near Fine. Book. Stalling, 1925. Hardcover
19588vo., First Edition, with 48 plates on 24, and 13 full-page maps (one double-page) in the text; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'airborne Pegasus' emblem, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. An elegant copy. This classic memoir by the commander of 1 Airborne Division remains the best eye-witness account of the most poignant (and by far the most documented) airborne operation in history. Includes transcripts of the airborne corps instruction, confirmatory notes of GOC's verbal orders, glider and unit allotments and 1 Airborne Div OOB. Enser, p.36.
2008Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps in the text; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS ON TITLE. The first detailed and dedicated account of 21st IPC, the pathfinder unit of 1 British Airborne. Its role was to arrive at the drop zones in advance of the main body of troops to set up electronic and visual markers pin-pointing the dropping area for the oncoming aircraft. Being first on the ground the pathfinders were to use their initiative and make their own decisions: in short, to be independent. A valuable addition to the literature of MARKET GARDEN. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN SIGNED FORM
réf. 17022The account of 'Events in 1855 and 1856' dated by Wrench from Park Lodge Baslow Derbyshire 1902. The duplicated letter dated 12 December 1880. The printed advertisement for talk at the School Baslow and dated 14 January 1881. Wrench was the son of a clergyman and well connected being presented to the Prince of Wales and staying at Chatsworth in his old age. His obituary in the British Medical Journal 27 April 1812 describes how he went out to the Crimea in 1854. 'He had been gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 34th Regiment in November and joined it on its arrival in the Crimea. He served during the terrible winter of that year and was present at the capture of the quarries the successful assault on the Redan of June 18th and the final capture of Sebastopol on September 8th 1855. He was mentioned in despatches and received the Crimean medal and clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.' Wrench's own account of his experiences in the Crimea Item One below – entirely unpublished – is a personal one vividly-written and full of detail. It does not appear to be present in the collection of his family papers at Nottingham University Library. ONE: Manuscript consisting of 'Events in 1855' 4pp and '1856 12pp making a total of 16pp. 8vo on twelve leaves attached with a stud. In good condition on aged and dogeared paper. The first page of the 1855 manuscript is headed '12 sic Pages in this Year' but comprises four numbered pages. The beginning of account sets the scene and gives an indication of the level of detail: 'The 1st Janry found me doing duty with the 28th Foot or Slashers in the 3rd. Divt of the army before Sebastopol having landed at Balaclava from the Ship "Queen of the South" on the 20th. Nov. 1854. On the 6th July I was ordered to do duty with the 50th. Foot but as I did not wish to move the weather being very bad and my tent being as comfortable or rather as little uncomfortable as it could be made except to join my own Regt. the 34th. to which I had been gazetted on the 1st. of December 1854. I applied to be sent to it and was ordered to join which I did on 9th of Janry.' The account is made up from diary entries and is none the less vivid and interesting for that: 'On the following morning a wounded Russian named Alexo was brought into our Hospital and we amputated his leg he did really well and was eventually exchanged at Odessa. Poor Jordan's death threw a great damp on the Regiment as he was the first Officer we had had killed. On the 9th. of April being Easter Monday the 2nd. Bombardment took place. It was a fearfully wet windy day so that no one was able to go out to see what damage was done. On the 10th. I was on trenches and the noise was terrific but nothing to what I have since heard. I had a very narrow escape from a round shot which hopped over the parapet close to where I was.' In June 'after 68 hours bombardment an assault was made on the Quarries by ourselves . I did not go down till about 8 with Robinson Scott & Peel and 100 men. We were marching about the Trenches half the night and were finally sent to the middle ravine just below Mamelon. The scene there was most horrible the ground being strewn with dead & wounded. English French & Russians. One poor Russian boy was dragged up by two Zouaves but fainted just opposite to where we were lying. I got a light and found he was shot through the belly and that nothing could be done for him. I gave him some water and he lie sic by me some time but died before morning. I got an amulet off his neck & his cap pouch which I sent home'. The 1856 account begins in dramatic style: 'The first entry in this Diary relates to the explosion which took place within the British Lines during the Siege of Sebastopol. Feb 3rd. I was not many hundred yards from this explosion when it took place & will here relate now Janry 1900 my recollection of it. It took place in Novr. or Decr. 1855. I had just come in from a ride & had given my horse to my Batman when I noticed a vast cloud of smoke shoot up from the Right Siege train an open air arsenal about 500 yds from my house - a tremendous noise of explosion followed & knowing that there would be a rain of missiles from above to fall immediately I jumped under my doorway - hoping the strong lintel would protect me . a shower of fragments fell around me rattling on my iron roof - and wounding many men in the Regiment - 70 men were killed by the explosion some over half a mile off. The artillery horses were passing in front of my door to water & stampeded hurting several men in their rush. Both my horse and my dog bolted. I got the horse back in a few hours - but my dog taken sic a few weeks before out of Sebastopol returned to her old home and was found there weeks afterwards I brought her to England My house that I had just finished building myself did not sustain much damage. .' The account continues packed with incident. At one point he writes: 'I had written the above in 1859 and continue it forty one years after November 4 1900. The events & fights of May 1856 being written so legibly in my brain that I can read much of what we did & said. Alas all the actors except myself are passed away. My notice has been called to the excursion by reading an Illustrated article in a magazine named "Travel" in which Dr. Hy. Lansell has been describing a tour taken last year over the same ground - so little altered from what I saw in 1856 that his description would do for mine'. The diary concludes in fine style. On 2 May 1856 he goes to Yalta where he finds 'the daughters of the English Clerk of the Works of Prince W's Palace were keeping the Hotel a very rough primitive structure low stone built rooms with a long rough wooden verandah overlooking the lovely Bay - We enjoyed an excellent dinner of Turbot & Oyster Sauce & a bottle of excellent local wine like Hock - as we returned we went over the Emperor's Villa Orianda . One day when I remember seeing for the first time a Persian horizontal Water Wheel in a very pretty village embosomed in Walnut Trees where also I bought an embroidered linen neck scarf which I still possess - On another occasion I accompanied Best & Chapman to the Alma & where I picked up the Russian Cannon Ball now on top of the Study Clock - I tried hard to get someone to accompany me to Bagshi Serai & Chuphut Kale but I had to go alone - I wonder now how I dare. For it was in the heart of the Enemies Country. I remember the Priest spit when I went near them in the Church in the Rock and I rode home at night through the Russian Camp on the river Balbec. I certainly felt no fear but that was the Ignorance of youth'. A final note more than half a page long records a meeting at Chatsworth in 1902 with Grand Duke Michael and his wife the Countess Torby. TWO: Duplicated letter by Wrench a hectograph in purple ink intended for circulation among his 'dear children'. 4pp. 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition on aged and lightly-creased paper. Signed 'E. M. Wrench'. At the beginning is a half-page drawing by Wrench captioned 'Russian Soldier - In the Valley of the Shadow of Death. near Sebastopol - 1855 on Black Sea in the distance'. He describes a lecture he gave at Bakewell the previous Monday on the Siege of Sebastopol beginning 'I began by describing the terrible state of the hospital at Balaclava in November 1854. I had a ward full of wounded from Inkerman with bad cases of fever & cholera - All the windows had been blown out by the great storm of November the 14th. The sick had no beds and often nothing to eat until 3 or 4 oclock in the afternoon. The harbour of Balaclava was crowded with steamers while the coast near was strewn with the wrecks of the 21 ships that had gone down in the storm. .' The letter continues with much valuable detail and a drawing of a 'Section of "sunk" tent with fire place' on the third page. In the final paragraph he reports that 'Lord Edward Cavendish M.P. took the chair at my lecture. The room was quite full and some of the audience had come 8 or 10 miles to hear me.' THREE: Printed handbill advertisement with duplicated illustration another purple hectograph by Wrench on reverse joke featuring two soldiers and a horse and cart. 1p. 12mo. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. The printed advertisement is crisply printed and the date '14th' is added in red ink. It reads: 'A Lecture will be delivered in the School Baslow On Friday January 14th. 1881 At 7.30 p.m. By E. M. Wrench F.R.G.S. entitled Personal recollections of the Siege of Sebastopol. Illustrated by Drawings &c. Admission One Penny. No Change given at the Door.' The account of 'Events in 1855 [and 1856]' dated by Wrench from Park Lodge, Baslow [Derbyshire], 1902. The duplicated letter dat unknown
1790réf. B4011London: Captain Sutherland J. Johnson 1790. Occaisional light browning but otherwise a very good copy. . Binding: Expertly rebacked in a brown half calf saving the original marbled boards. 5 Raised bands in 6 compartments. Tooled gilt lettering on two. Notes: Blackmer 1623; Weber 618 Size: 8vo 130mm x 210mm Category: Book Voyages General;Book Mediterranean;Book Near East Turkey; Captain Sutherland, J. Johnson hardcover
1945réf. 78-2163BAlbert Love 1945 1945. 1st ed. About 120p. Photos. Rgiment of the 28th Division. Defense of Wiltz in the bulge. Oversize. Blue cloth. Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Book. Albert Love, 1945 Hardcover
