Forty-One Years in India: From Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief

Lord Roberts of Kandahar

Verlag: Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1897

Beschreibung

Lord Roberts of Kandahar's memoirs of his years in India, illustrated and complete in two volumes. The thirteenth edition, published in the same year as the first, of this two-volume work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Bookplate of 'T. W. Spencer' to the front paste down of Volume I.Illustrated with a frontispiece, a title page vignette, ten plates and three folding sketch maps to volume I. A frontispiece, a title page vignette, ten plates and four folding sketch maps to volume II. Collated, complete. A very successful memoir of Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar's experiences in India, with personal accounts of life in India, descriptions of places visited, first-hand accounts of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, visits to Delhi, and more. Lord Roberts of Kandahar was one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. He served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with light shelf wear to the extremities. Cloth is cracking to the head of the joints, more so to Volume I. Hinges are slightly strained, with webbing showing, but are held firmly by cords. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Frontispiece to volume I is starting to come loose to the head. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 910M7

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Forty-One Years in India: From Subaltern to ...

Verlag: Richard Bentley and Son, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1897

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Zustand: Good

Art des Buches: book