Brackenbury, Henry. — THE ASHANTI WAR. A Narrative Prepared from the Offical Documents by Permission of Major-General Sir Garnet Wolseley.

William Blackwood 1874. 1st Ed. 2 vols. Large 8vo. xi + 428pp. + vi + 367pp. + 54pp. publ. catalogue. Folding facsimile frontis., 1 folding map, 2 folding sketches, 1 double page sketch, 2 folding maps in rear pocket to vol. 2. Light browning, pencil inscription of ‘Enfield’, original gilt lettered blind embossed red cloth, minor marking and wear, spines faded and sl. chipped. Brackenbury joined the artillery in 1856, and saw active service next year in India during the mutiny. He was attached to the British Red Cross in the Franco-Prussian War, and served against the Ashanti's, 1873-4, and the Zulus, 1879-80.