BALLANTYNE, R.M. In the Track of the Troops : A Tale of Modern War. With Illustrations. Thirteenth Thousand. London : James Nisbet & Co., n.d. [c.1878]. Pp (2),[iii]-viii,[1]-400,(8,ads), frontispiece + 4 plates. 8vo, illustrated blue cloth, a.e.g. Smith & Weller, Sea Fiction Guide 96. See Quayle, R.M. Ballantyne: A Bibliography of First Editions p.73 for the first. A talefor boys featuring Russians, Turks and torpedoes. Light wear, else very go od. 50.00