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Lot 259
Sale 532 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Dec 6, 2017
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BRACKENBURY, George. The Campaign in the Crimea: A Historical Sketch. London: Paul and Dominic Colnaghi and Co., 1855.
2 volumes, large 8vo (248 x 167 mm). Lithographic title-pages, numerous tinted plates from drawings taken on the spot by William Simpson. (Scant spotting, text leaves creased.) Publisher's blue gold-stamped cloth, edges gilt (corners bumped, slight chipping to ends of spines). FIRST OCTAVO EDITION. A reduced version of Simpson's Seat of the War in the East.
