Item #74832 Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official. Major-General Sir W. H. SLEEMAN.
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official

Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official

London, Constable, 1893 ('new edition edited by Vincent Arthur Smith')/ 1844.

Octavo, two volumes, xxxvi, 447 and x, 368 pages plus a folding colour map.

Original cloth a little rubbed at the extremities and slightly marked; top edges of the boards of one volume bumped near the spine; early and late leaves and edges foxed; one rear inner hinge cracked but firm; a very good set.

Volume 5 in Constable's Oriental Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications. Both volumes carry the ownership signature of [Sir] Walter Crocker, Delhi, 1960 (at that time Australian High Commissioner to India), with his occasional pencilled emphases and commentary ('A fascinating book. The Empire at its best'). Loosely inserted is a related newspaper clipping. [2 items].

Item #74832

Price (AUD): $350.00

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