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40 - Edwardes(Maj.HerbertB.)A Year on the Punjab Frontier, in 1848-49, 2 vol.,first edition,engraved portrait, 9 plates and plans, most engraved, some folding, 3 chromolithographed, folding engraved map with routes in colours supplied by hand in pocket at end of vol.1, 24pp. publishers' catalogue, engraved portrait creased at upper outer corner and lightly offset on title, occasional light foxing but generally a clean copy in the original pictorial red cloth blocked in gilt and blind, mostly unopened, covers a little soiled with corners & edges worn and scored, lacking backstrips, 1851; and vol.1 only (of 2) of Sleeman's 'Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official' of 1844 with some annotations and loosely-inserted notes about Thugs, 8vo (3)

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£200 - 300 (€230 - 360)

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32.4%

Edwardes(Maj.HerbertB.)A Year on the Punjab Frontier, in 1848-49, 2 vol.,first edition,engraved portrait, 9 plates and plans, most engraved, some folding, 3 chromolithographed, folding engraved map with routes in colours supplied by hand in pocket at end of vol.1, 24pp. publishers' catalogue, engraved portrait creased at upper outer corner and lightly offset on title, occasional light foxing but generally a clean copy in the original pictorial red cloth blocked in gilt and blind, mostly unopened, covers a little soiled with corners & edges worn and scored, lacking backstrips, 1851; and vol.1 only (of 2) of Sleeman's 'Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official' of 1844 with some annotations and loosely-inserted notes about Thugs, 8vo (3) *** An unbiased account of the suppression of the Multan revolt and his personal responsibilities in the government of the region. This copy includes a dedication to the Duke of Wellington printed in red which seemingly does not appear in most copies.

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India & Beyond
Thursday, November 12
01:00 PM
4 Ingate Pl, Nine Elms
SW8 3NS London, United Kingdom

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Forum Auctions +44 2 07 87 12 640 books@forumauctions.co.uk
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