Ae Mainwaring (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Undated, c2000, reprint of 1908 edition. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards are generally in very good order. No particular bumping or wear to corners or edges. Spine is intact and bright with just a little mild bumping to ends. Textblock is tight, bright and clean. 271 pp. Cream finished paper dust jacket with black lettering to spine and front. Dj is in a good condition albeit with some very mild creasing to the edges. A little grubby. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 645g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 031583:5d) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 645 G. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book details the experiences of the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the South African War. It covers their bloody baptism of fire at Talana Hill, the gruelling retreat from Dundee alongside the 60th Rifles, followed by their deployment to Colenso where they defended the vital railway bridge for over two days, against a foe armed with artillery that far out-ranged their own obsolete muzzle-loaders. Theirs was one of the first regiments to be deployed to South Africa after the outbreak of hostilities between Britain and the Boer Republics. Along with the book's historical context, the author includes the battalion's role in the conflict, and the part it played in the defence of Ladysmith and Estcourt as part of General Penn-Symons brigade. The author also examines the broader context of the war, the themes of bravery and sacrifice, and the political factors that shaped the conflict. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of the South African War, and the role played by the British Army in it. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Condition: Sehr gut. Reprint of original 1908 publication. 14,5 cm x 22,5 cm XIV, 271 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: Talana / The Retreat from Dundee / From Colenso to Estcourt / Vaal Krantz / The Siege of Ladysmith / Aliwal North and Fourteen Streams / From Vryburg to Heidelberg / The Aden Hinterland etc. Interesting 'plain soldiers' history of a battalion which served in South Africa throughout the Boer War. Detailed breakdown of deaths, wounds, and diseases and a description of 'Winston Churchill's armoured train'.The Royal Dublin Fusiliers (RDF) was formed in 1881, as a result of the Cardwell reforms, by the linking of the 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers with the 103rd Royal Bombay Fusiliers, which became respectively the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the regiment. Both battalions traced their origins back to the Honourable British East India Company, the 2nd Battalion being descended from the Bombay Regiment, formed in 1661,the first of the Company's European regiments. When the South African War broke out in 1899 the battalion was already in the country, having arrived in Natal from India in 1897, and so it had had time to get acclimatised and learn the topography of that colony. It remained in South Africa till the end of January 1902 and took part in the actions at Talana Hill, Colenso, Venter's Spruit, Ladysmith, Hart's and Pieter' Hills and elsewhere. This book claims only to be a plain soldier's narrative of the part taken by 2nd RDF - the fighting, the long and weary marches across the Transvaal and the monotonous life of constant vigil in fort, blockhouse and on escort duty. The appendices contain, among extracts from Battalion Orders, letters, telegrams etc, a detailed breakdown of casualties and this will be of great interest to medallists. There is also a description of the armoured train in which Winston Churchill was a passenger as a war correspondent just before he was captured by the Boers. The long list of those who died from disease gives place and date of death as well as the cause of death, e.g. dysentry, enteric fever and, interestingly enough, one struck by lightning and one suicide. The long list of the wounded not only gives date and place where wounded but also in most cases details of the wound; (in every case bar two shell splinter casualties, the wounds were caused by gunshot, which is a truibute to the accurate Boer marksmanship). There are lists of missing, reported at various dates, including 43 missing following the attack on the armoured train. (Publisher).…

Facsimile reprint of original edition. Large format p/bk. 271pp. Beige and black spine. Illustrated. Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A well documented book on this famous Irish battalion. 8vo. Pp,xiv, 271, [1]. Original cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. All illustrations correct as called for.Some slight foxing and rear free endpaper has been repaired. Previous owners name and book plate on both the front paste down and free front endpaper. Slight shelf wear and marks to covers. Overall this is still a quite tidy copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Facsim. of 1908 publication. Light soiling to back wrap. Prev owner's small rubber stamp to ffep. 271pp. illus. Binding tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small demy8vo, portrait frontis, xiv, 271 pp. Eighteen plates and 49 illustrations in the text. Original green cloth, gilt, top edge gilt. VG tight copy. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xiv, 271 pages, black and white photos, sketches and maps throughout, inscribed on the front free endpaper by F.S. Lanigan-O'Keeffe 2/ Royal Dublin Fusiliers Aldershot 1911. First Edition. Slight rubbing to top and tail of spine and edges, light foxing to some pages, very good condition. Green cloth, gilt titles and shield to front board, gilt titles to spine, gilt top edge , octavo, 22.5 cm x 15 cm Hardback.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. xiv, 272pp. Illustrated. Bound in publisher's green flecked buckram. Gilt titles and regimental crest to front cover. T.E.G. Some light rubbing to head & tail of spine. Clean and bright throughout. Scarce military history.

25 cm, xxii,437pp., with 54 plates, maps and plans (some colour), large rear folding map, appendices, some light foxing to the preliminary pages, dark green cloth with gilt regimental insignia & titles, fine. Subscriber's Copy John Salked Burra. With list of original subscribers (unusual with many privates from the Regiment). East India Company, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Plassey, Mahratta war, Buxar, Seringapatam, Mooltan, Second Sikh War.…