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Edwardes, A year on the Punjab frontier. 2 Bde.
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Edwardes, H. B. A year on the Punjab frontier in 1848-1849. 2 Bde. London, Bentley, 1851. (23:15,5 cm). Mit Front., 2 gefalt. Plänen, 3 chromolith. Tafeln, 3 gest. (1 gefalt.) Tafeln u. 1 faks. Brief. XIII, 608, 24; XIV, 734 S. Spätere blaue Lwd. mit erneuerten Vorsätzen.
Erste Ausgabe. - Durchgehend leicht gebräunt, stellenweise wasserfleckig, u.a. das Porträt (Frontispiz) des Autors; der faksimilierte Brief stark stockfleckig; wenige Randeinrisse; mehrfach gestempelt (s.u.).
First edition, 2 volumes. Edwardes, the "Hero of Multan" was a key figure not only in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, but for the Anglo-Indian complex during the 19th cent. in general. - Slight browning throughout, waterstaining in places (a.o. the portrait of the author); strong foxing to the facsimile letter; few marginal tears; stamps of Sandhurst Academy library to titlepage o.a. with "cancelled"-stamp each. Bound in later blue cloth, endpapers renewed.