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Simpson (William): The Seat of the War in the East, 2 vols., First and Second Series, folio, 1855-56, the author's own copy , inscribed in each vol. on plate list and dedication respectively ' William Simpson 14th Oct. 1869' , and with a mounted photograph of Simpson on the verso of the title of vol. I inscribed ' Wm. Simpson photographed on Cathcart Hill, Crimea, by Fenton 1855' , tinted lithographed titles, dedication, and 79 plates (titles and dedications of both volumes heavily spotted with some damp-staining, other marginal spotting), contemporary morocco, gilt (extremities heavily rubbed, covers of vol. II detached), bookplates of William Simpson (2)