Item #63-9481 Report On the Art Of War In Europe in 1854, 1855, and 1856, by Major Richard Delafield, Corps of Engineers, From His Notes and Observations Made as a Member of a "Military Commission To The Theater Of War In Europe." Under The Orders Of The Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War. Richard Delafield, United States Military Commission to Europe.

Report On the Art Of War In Europe in 1854, 1855, and 1856, by Major Richard Delafield, Corps of Engineers, From His Notes and Observations Made as a Member of a "Military Commission To The Theater Of War In Europe." Under The Orders Of The Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War.

Washington, DC: George W. Bowman, 1860. 4to. Brown Cloth with Faux Gilding, 287 pp. (+ ca. 200 pp. of plates) Original spine and front cover preserved in black cloth. VG.

PROVENANCE: Collection of Books from the Library of Hugh Small, author of Florence Nightingale: Avenging Angel.

Hugh Small as a child lived above his surgeon father's consulting rooms in Harley Street almost opposite Florence Nightingale's first hospital. He graduated from Durham University in 1966 with honors in physics and psychology and worked in the US, Chile, and France before becoming a partner in a multinational management consultancy based in London. He is also the author of The Crimean War (Tempus, 2007). Hugh is widowed with two daughters and four grandchildren. Item #63-9481

Price: $240.00