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Royal Navy.- Field (John George Mostyn) [An account of the bombardment of Alexandria in the Egyptian War of 1882], facsimile reproduction of Field's manuscript report by hectograph, 6pp. of ephemera, all laid down on album ff., 1882.

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Royal Navy.- Field (John George Mostyn, Vice-Admiral, 1849-1912) [An account of the bombardment of Alexandria in the Egyptian War of 1882], facsimile reproduction of Field's manuscript report by hectograph, c. 60pp., 6pp. of ephemera (including 2 watercolours and a silhouette), all laid down on album ff., original boards, cloth dust-jacket, manuscript paper labels on covers and spine, 4to, 1882.

⁂ "The Egyptians had certainly fought their guns in the most wonderful way, not giving in till their forts were little better than untenable heaps of ruin and desolation - in fact the way they faced the awful fire we poured into them for as many hours in the manner they did was the theme of admiration and praise of us all." - Field.

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Royal Navy.- Field (John George Mostyn, Vice-Admiral, 1849-1912) [An account of the bombardment of Alexandria in the Egyptian War of 1882], facsimile reproduction of Field's manuscript report by hectograph, c. 60pp., 6pp. of ephemera (including 2 watercolours and a silhouette), all laid down on album ff., original boards, cloth dust-jacket, manuscript paper labels on covers and spine, 4to, 1882.

⁂ "The Egyptians had certainly fought their guns in the most wonderful way, not giving in till their forts were little better than untenable heaps of ruin and desolation - in fact the way they faced the awful fire we poured into them for as many hours in the manner they did was the theme of admiration and praise of us all." - Field.

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