Forty-One Years in India From Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief

xxii, 602pp, some black and white plates, two fold-out maps. Navy blue leather-covered boards, gilt school coat-of-arms on front, gilt design on spine, gilt titles on green printed spine label; gilt edge dentelles, text block edges marbled; marbled endpapers. 12mo. Sun-faded spine, spine and joints rubbed, minor loss to spine head, boards lightly rubbed, small loss to front. Presentation plate on front pastedown. Large fold-out map has 3cm closed tear at gutter. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight, barring some foxing to prelims.