Seaton, Albert, — THE CRIMEAN WAR - A Russian Chronicle.
B. T. Batsford, London, 1977, 1st edn., 232pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 7 maps in text, coloured endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, an account of the Crimean war from the Russian viewpoint, based on letters, diaries, despatches, orders and eye-witness accounts, with an account of the diplomatic and political background, the training and equipment of the Russian armies, the battles and sieges of Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sevastopol and Chernaia Rechka as experiencesd by the Russian soldiers, courageous and willing but more suited to the parade ground than the battlefield, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, triangular chip to laminate (only) of lower panel, near fine in a very good dustwrapper,
