Forty-one years in India : from subaltern to commander-in-chief / by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts of Kandahar
1911, First Cheap Edition, Third Printing. London : Macmillan and Co. Good copy only in the original full leather with gilt-tooling to spine, raised bands, and an armorial motif to front panel. Both joints cracked, with front hinge broken, and covers now attached by stitching at the rear joint. Panel edges somewhat rubbed with age. Vividly marbled endpapers and edges, with prize label to front pastedown. Text block remains internally tight, bright, clean and securely bound, with crisp folded map and plans. A very serviceable copy. Item #454905
Physical description; xxii, 601 pages, 44 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, folded map, plans (some folded) ; 20 cm. Notes; Originally published January 4, 1897. "Cheap reissue, one volume, 1905. Reprinted in 1908, 1911". Includes index. Subjects; Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl (1832-1914). India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947. Great Britain. Army -- Biography. Military campaigns -- India.
Price: €48.00