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History of the 20th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Infantry, Brownlow's Punjabis. From its Formation in 1857 to 1907.
1st Ed., [ix]+147pp., portrait frontis., 13 plates, plan. Devonport: Swiss & Co.
1910
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Much NWF inc. Yusufzai Expedition 1858, Umbeyla 1863, Hazara, 2nd Afghan War, Tirah &c. 1897-98; also China in 1860 & 1900. "...detailed accounts of the sixteen campaigns in which it took part... interesting biographies of the regiment's founder..." - Perkins 476. Nominal rolls &c. Orig. qtr. green morocco, gilt, sp. browned & rubbed o/w VG, a good example as the leather sp. was prone to disintegration & most copies I have encountered have been rebacked. Contemp. ownership inscrip. of "C.M. Hawes" (listed in the Officers' Services roll: joined 1904, QM 1909: later Lt.-Col., DSO). Rare. See illustration on our website.
£245
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