Rare books from Victor Sutcliffe

London: printed by Nichols and Sons, 1805. 84 pages. Publisher's boards with marbled paper spine. Record of an important test case. Eamer was appointed Colonel of the East London Militia in 1803 and endeavoured to raise the regiment to the same standard of efficiency as the rest of the army. Many of his officers objected strongly to the changes he introduced and accused him of oppressive behaviour. (For other books about the Napoleonic Wars please search my stock using the codeword napoleonic.)

London: HMSO, 1884. 874 pages. Folio. A soundly bound copy in somewhat worn contemporary half black calf and marbled boards. Exhaustive enquiry into the conduct of the Tel el Kebir campaign. (For more books about the military history of the British in Africa please search my stock using the keyword africa.)

London: Harrison, 1857. xv and 189 pages including folding letterpress tables. Later black cloth. Colonel Tulloch and Sir John McNeill were sent out to the Crimea in February 1855 to look into the state of the supplies of the army in the east. Their report which revealed glaring deficiencies was laid before Parliament early in 1856. (For other books about the Crimean War please search my stock using the keyword crimean.)

London: for J Davis, 1817. 2 volumes. vi and 550 pages; ii and 209 pages. A fine pair in modern half black calf with cloth sides. Properly speaking there are six journals - the Campaign in Italy by a General Officer, Berthier, Denon and Miot on Egypt and Syria, Petit on Marengo and an anonymous Siege of Genoa presumably attributed by the English publisher to Massena. The last part of the second volume has a separate titlepage and is filled with 'official narratives of the campaigns of Bonaparte since the Peace of Amiens; being a complete collection of the whole of the bulletins'. J Davis also published the Royal Military Chronicle and had already used some of the journals - for example Miot's narrative of Egypt which was first published in English as a supplement to RMC volume 3.The last part of the second volume has the bulletins for the campaigns of the Grande Armee. (For other books about the Napoleonic Wars please search my stock using the keyword napoleonic.)

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1897. x and 290 pages. Portrait. A very good copy in the publisher's maroon cloth; the book has been professionally recased and the slightly soiled original spine has been neatly relaid. Sorsky 840. Pegu 1850 and Indian Mutiny. (For other books about the military history of the British in India please search my stock using the keyword india.)

London: Kerby and Endean, 1878. xii and 212 pages. Doublepage colour plate of Pack's orders and honours, 2 folding panoramic sketches. Publisher's red cloth pictorially stamped in black and titled in gold; there is slight wear to the spine and one corner is bumped. (For other books about the Crimean War please search my stock using the keyword crimean.)

Worcester: Littlebury and Co., 1891. xvii and 598 pages. 3 actual photographs on 2 plates, Woodbury print of Thos Farrington, full page and other text illustrations. A fine copy handsomely bound in later half black calf to imitate the original subscribers' binding. (For other British army regimental histories please search my stock using the keyword regimental.)

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883. 2 parts (text and plates) bound together. 340 pages. 79 plates, many folding, including diagrams and photographic views, numerous text illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth; the front cover is slightly damp marked but there is no carrythrough to the contents. Number 3 in the Office of Naval Intelligence's Information from Abroad - War series. (For more books about the military history of the British in Africa please search my stock using the keyword africa.)

London: T Egerton, 1804. 166 pages. Recent half calf and marbled boards. (For other books about the Napoleonic Wars please search my stock using the codeword napoleonic.)

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1909. 2 volumes. xxiv and 382 pages; iv and 391 pages. 50 plates including 9 in colour by J C Leask and Major R A Wymer, folding genealogical table, 6 maps. 4to. Publisher's green cloth with regimental crest in gold on the front boards; the second volume is very slightly rubbed and has one bumped corner. (For other British army regimental histories please search my stock using the keyword regimental.)

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1901 and 1903. 2 volumes. xxi and 525 pages. Frontispiece colour plate of uniform and vignette of bonnets, 27 plates (5 in colour), 11 maps and plans. & xxvii and 415 pages. xxvii and 415 pages. Frontispiece colour plate, 21 plates (1 in colour), various sporrans illustrated in the text, 9 maps and plans. Publisher's green cloth. NB This is a first edition set not the Medici Society reprint. (For other British army regimental histories please search my stock using the keyword regimental.)

London: Arthur L Humphreys, 1911. xxii and 437 pages. 54 plates including 10 in colour, folding map of India. 4to. Publisher's green cloth with the regimental crest in gold on the front board; a handsome copy on the shelf but with noticeable foxing in the text. Almost entirely about the service of the Bombay Europeans under the East India Company and with particularly detailed coverage of the eighteenth century Anglo-French wars. (For other books about the military history of the British in India please search my stock using the keyword india.)

London: War Office, 1911. 32 pages. 32 pages of text. 3 concertinas of colour plates - 8 French, 21 German and 8 Belgian. A very good copy in the publisher's cloth backed boards.

Paris: chez L Cellot, 1785. 2 volumes. ii and 496 pages; ii and 456 pages. 17 folding plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf with gilt compartmented spines.

London: The African Review, 1894. xii and 335 pages. 4 folding plans, numerous text illustrations including many portraits. An excellent copy in the publisher's khaki cloth pictorially stamped in colours; the headcap is slightly pulled. (For more books about the military history of the British in Africa please search my stock using the keyword africa.)