[MILITARY] STORIES OF THE BATTLE-FIELD; AND SKETCHES IN ALGERIA. WITH LIFE AND ADVENTURES AMONGST THE BASHI BAZOUKS

London: Dean & Son | Chapman & Hall, n.d.. Half Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo, half polished green calf over marbled boards, with morocco title label. With volume title page. “Twelve Months with the Bashi-Bazouks”, [iv], 220 pages, with three full page chromolithographic images of soldier in the Ottoman Army; and what appears to be “Sketches of Algeria during the Kabyle War”, [x], 399 pages. Previous owner name and address on the endpaper.~~Amusingly written, and vivid, account of Colonel Walmsley’s time as a Lieut-Colonel in the Imperial Ottoman Army: “My boatman and I could not converse; so, after staring at me for some time, he lighted his pipe ... and fell asleep. I knew nothing of this till I saw our bow pointed back to Galipoli. and turning round, behold, my helmsman was in the land of dreams! I pushed him with my foot, when he started and fell forward, forcing the green glass mouthpiece of his pipe down his throat. He recovered himself, coughing much ...” [pp. 4-5].~~An uncommon edition, not found on OCLC or in commerce.~~. Very Good binding.