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William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1874. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with a folding facsimile on blue stock and a double-page map as frontispieces, a folding map and a double-page map, and two large folding maps (one coloured in outline) in pocket at rear of second volume, some very mild  foxing, fore-edges dusty;  private journal which author General  Sir Henry Brackenbury  kept whilst serving at headquarters.  These volumes feature ex libris book plate  (Vol 1) and  the coat of arms  (Vol 2) of Matthew White Viscount Ridley 2nd Barron Wensleydale .