Memorials Captain Hedley Vicars 97th Regiment Crimean War Antique Book
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Schedule: Monday 17 August 2026 at 8:15pm
Condition: Acceptable antiquarian condition
Description
Memorials of Captain Hedley Vicars, Ninety-Seventh Regiment — Antique Hardback
An attractive early hardback edition of Memorials of Captain Hedley Vicars, Ninety-Seventh Regiment, the well-known Victorian biography of British Army officer Captain Hedley Shafto Johnstone Vicars.
Vicars served with the 97th Regiment of Foot and was killed during the Crimean War in 1855.
Written by Catherine Marsh, the book recounts Vicars’ military career, correspondence and deeply held Christian faith. Vicars subsequently became celebrated in Victorian Britain as an example of the courageous “Christian Soldier”.
An interesting original volume for collectors of Victorian books, British military history, the Crimean War, the 97th Regiment of Foot and nineteenth-century religious history.
Book Details
* Title: Memorials of Captain Hedley Vicars, Ninety-Seventh Regiment
* Author: Catherine Marsh
* Publisher: James Nisbet & Co., London
* Printer: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., Edinburgh
* Format: Hardback
* Language: English
* Subject: British Army / Crimean War / Military Biography / Christian History
* Period: Antique / Victorian-era edition
* ISBN: None
Condition
Antiquarian pre-owned condition with age-related wear.
The original green cloth binding remains intact with a black and gilt spine title panel.
There is significant age-related foxing and spotting, particularly to the endpapers, together with scattered foxing throughout the book.
There is an old handwritten previous owner’s name, “Fisher”, to an opening page.
The binding and covers show expected rubbing, marking and general wear associated with an antique book.
Please examine all photographs carefully. They show the actual book being offered and have deliberately been taken to document both its attractive features and its age-related condition.
No publication date is printed on the photographed title page and this listing therefore makes no unsupported claim regarding the precise printing year or edition.
An appealing surviving copy of a notable Victorian military biography with strong connections to the Crimean War and British Army history.
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