BRITISH ARMY / AFGAHNISTAN from Military Books

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1895. , 1895. 1st ed. NAP. 382p. Illustrations. 3 Maps. British artillery officer's memoir: Crimea, Indian Mutiny, Afghanistan 1850-s, Afghanistan 1878-9 Campain in Egypt 1882. Original blue cloth. Spine decoration a bit rubbed. Front hinge cracked/cracking. Good Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Good. Book.

David Bogue, 1881., 1881. 1st ed. NAP. 252p. Original brown embossed cloth. Second Afghan War: focus mainly on General Burrow's disastrous defeat at Maiwand, and the consequent relief force led by General Roberts. See Riddick 271. Copy of Edward K. Foosbery. Dated 1881. Five page manuscript account of the death of Capt. Garrett at Maiwand dated 1880 laid-in. Fine Copy.… Read more about this item

Murray, 1908., 1908. 734p. Folding Maps. Red cloth. Top edge gilt. Gilt lettering on spine. Heavy. Near Fine Copy. Hardcover. Near Fine. Book.

Methuen, 1898., 1898. 1st ed. NAP. 232p. Folding Map. Illustrations by officers of the force. Compiled, with the aid of the official dispatches, from the rough diaries of two officers, who served in different brigades of the force and witnessed many of the events described, Original red cloth. Image of drummer and flag bearer in gilt on front. Foxing. Near… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus, 1879., 1879. 1st ed. 319p. Original red cloth. Gilt letter on spine. Spine darkened. Some foxing. Very Good Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Book.

W. H. Allen, 1881., 1881. 1st ed. 419p. Folding maps and table. Illustrations by the author. Original blue cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Armorial Bookplate of Hereward Brackenburry. Also signed by him. Rubber stamp title page says "Compliments of the publisher" Fine Copy. Signed VIP. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Book.

London: W. H. Allen, 1883., 1883. 1st ed. 424p. Illustrations. Folding Map. See Riddick 319. Describes the advance of the Kuram Field Force to Kabul , defeat of the Afghan force to storm the British garrison, March to Kandahar by Roberts. Lacking in observations of medical practice. Original red cloth with gilt bands and lettering. Copy of Maj. J. M.… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1895., 1895. 1st ed. 232p. Illustrated by the author. Some full page. 4 in color. The author was attached to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry during this operation on the Northwest Frontier. See Riddick 384. Original green cloth with black lettering on front. Gilt lettering on spine. SIGNED & inscribed with a drawing to Mrs. Langrish on… Read more about this item

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1882., 1882. 2 vols. 252p. + 274p. Portrait frontispiece of Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Roberts tipped-in the Historical Division. Twenty pages of 7 bust photos of officers lost in the operations in the Biographical Division. 6 maps (1 folding) in the Historical Division. "Containing a Rapid Sketch of the War, Maps illustrating the Operations and… Read more about this item

Lippincott, 1966., 1966. NAP. 352p. Photos. Maps. First Afghan War 1842. Fine/Fine Copy. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.