Captain Biddulph (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Chapman and Hall, London 1855
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A very scarce first edition work by Captain Michael Anthony Shrapnel Biddulph, depicting panoramas of the Siege of Sevastopol Very scarce first edition.Two detailed sketches that depict the advances lines of attack and the Russian defences of the 1854-55 Siege of Sevastopol during the…Crimean War.First hand sketches done by Captain M. A. Biddulph, who was an assistant engineer officer in the trenches and fought in the Siege.Biddulph later became a Black Rod, and an Extra Groom in Waiting to Edward VII.Illustrated with two folding maps.Original wraps bound in. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor marks to the boards. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Light spots to the original wraps. Very Good. Captain M. A. Biddulph (illustrator). book.
