Edward Hamley — The War in the Crimea

London, Seeley and Co. Limited, 1892 . Leather. A very scarce illustrated historical account of the Crimean war, in a full calf prize binding. The very scarce fifth edition of the work. In full brown calf binding, with a marbled fore edge and endpapers. A prize binding, for Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Kingston on Thames, with a prize book plate to the front free endpaper.A work by Edward Hamley, a British general and military writer and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892.The volume is a historical account of the Crimean war, which was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont from October 1853 to February 1856.Illustrated with a frontispiece and 8 plates. Collated, complete. In full calf. Externally, splitting to front joint, leaving the hinge very fragile. Rubbing to board edges, joints and spine. Book plate to front free endpaper. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting to the front and rear. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .