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

London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1897. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A smart copy of this illustrated account of the author's years in India, complete in two volumes. Complete in two volumes. Twenty-fifth edition, published the same year as the first. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, a woodcut to the title page, and thirteen plates, three of which are folding. Volume two is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, a woodcut to the title page, and fifteen plates, five of which are folding. A very successful memoir of Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar's experiences in India, with personal accounts of life in India, descriptions of places visited, first-hand accounts of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, visits to Delhi, and more. Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot or handling mark. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpaper. Very Good