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The Jullundur Brigade in France & Flanders 1914-1915.
1st Ed., orig. dec. laminated card wraps., [ii]+64pp., num. photos., 3 maps. New Delhi: Kraftwerk Print & Design [for the Brigade Association]. nd (c.1990)
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The 8th Bde. of the Lahore Division consisted of the 1st Bn. Manchester Regt., 47th Sikhs & 59th Scinde Rifles. A useful concise illustrated account of their active service in France & Flanders, plus chronology, regimental notes &c. VG & uncommon. See illustration on our website.
£35
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DAVENPORT ADAMS (W.H.)
Episodes of Anglo-Indian History. A Series of Chapters From the Annals of British India, Showing The Rise & Progress of Our Indian Empire.
1st Ed., xi+348pp., fldg. map. E. Marlborough & Co. nd (c.1877).
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Useful appraisal containing chapters on The Struggle between the English & the French; The English in Bengal; The Conquest of Mysore; The Marathi War; The Conquest of Scinde; The Wars with the Sikhs; The [first] War in Afghanistan; The Sepoy Mutiny, plus tables of Governors-General & Viceroys of India & of Some Notable Events. Orig. blue cloth, dec. gilt & black, gilt title to sp., little rubbed, some foxing to prelims., map torn but complete, overall VG & rare.
£90
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MARTINEAU (John)
The Life & Correspondence of Sir Bartle Frere, Bart., G.C.B., F.R.S. Etc.
1st Ed., 2 Vols., xii+516pp., portrait frontis., 9 illus., 5 maps & viii+472pp., portrait frontis., sketch, 2 maps. John Murray.
1895
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Career in the ICS: Resident at Satara 1846, & following annexation of the state in 1849 was Commissioner there, then in Sind 1850-59 ("in the mutiny he nearly denuded Sind of troops to help the Panjab & South Mahratta country; repressed attempts at mutiny, & kept Sind quiet & loyal" - Buckland). Governor of Bombay from 1862-67; Member of the Council of India 1867-77; afterwards Governor of the Cape & High Commissioner in South Africa, involved with Kaffir War 1878, Zulu War 1879 & Transvaal 1880: "recalled... in 1880 for his conduct in relation to the Zulu war & alleged disregard of orders: he defended himself on his return to England: he advocated a forward policy with regard to Afghanistan..." (Buckland). Later fine three-qtr. red morocco, gilt to spines with raised bands & neatly ruled compartments, excellent copy thus with retained bookplates of Andrew Carengie. See illustration on our website.
£165
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SHAND (Alexander Innes)
General John Jacob: Commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse & Founder of Jacobabad.
1st Ed., x+320pp., portrait frontis., 25 plates, map. Seeley.
1900
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Bombay Artillery 1828 & served in Scinde Campaign becoming Political Supt. of the Scinde Frontier 1847 & saw much action against the hill tribes. Cmd. cavalry in Persian War, 1857. Remarkable soldier, reformer & pioneer of improved rifles who did much to leave his stamp on Scinde before his premature death of fever aged 46 in 1858. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt, little worn, generally VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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