Journals Of The Deputy Quartermaster General In New Zealand. From The 24th December, 1861, To The 7th September, 1864

Gamble, Dominic Jacotin ( Deputy Quartermaster - General, New Zealand )

Published by War Office, London, 1864

About this Item

Recently professionally rebound in green stamped goatskin, raised bands and marbled boards. 158pp, xxiii-xxvii, xxi, xxi-xxvi. Consisting of the original 128pp of text and 19 hand coloured, folding maps with xxipp of Appendices. In addition there are 5 Addendums, extending the journals from the 8th September through to the 6th May 1865. These continue the pagination from pages128 to 158 and include a further 5 folding, coloured maps. Prior to the appendices which are numbered I - XVI in the contents, are 5pp of additional, numbered XVIII and XIX, along with 6pp afterwards with appendix numbers XVII, XVIII, XIX and XX and date up to May, 1865. Dominic Jacotin Gamble took up the post of deputy quartermaster-general in 1861 on the staff of Lieutenant General Duncan Cameron in New Zealand, he had overall responsibility for the transport, movement and quartering of troops. Before the campaign began Gamble made careful preparations and during the operations of 1863-64 took great pains to ensure the efficient functioning of the supply system. He acted decisively and effectively when the flow of supplies to the army was threatened by Maori attacks on traffic along the Great South Road. These journals and accompanying maps were produced to aid the logistics of the military operations and as such were confidential, indeed these are marked as such. The maps were produced and lithographed at the Topographical Depot of the War office, credited to Colonial Sir Henry James and printed with the facsimile signature of Gamble. The condition is very good, some professional repairs to a number of the maps and the margins of a few pages, a clean bright example of what appears to be an exceptionally scarce work especially with the later added journals. Please contact for further information, images or for payment and shipping queries Size: Small Folio. Seller Inventory # 037558

Bibliographic Details

Title: Journals Of The Deputy Quartermaster General...

Publisher: War Office, London

Publication Date: 1864

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.