STIRRING INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A BRITISH SOLDIER- An Autobiography

Toronto: Hunter Rose & Co., 1884. STIRRING INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A BRITISH SOLDIER- An Autobiography- Thomas Faughnan- Illustrated-B&W-Drawings- Hunter Rose & Co.- Toronto- 1884- 1st edition-14th Printing-Revised and enlarged-Stated- Hardcover:-VG+/ no dj as issued- original publishers green cloth black titles on cover and gilt on spine- a little rubbing and soiling, but tight and solid binding- 458pp are lightly toned and foxed, no tears or writing-no loose pages.- Contents: An Autobiography by. Late Colour-Sergeant 2nd Battalion 6th Royal Regiment. 14th Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Portrait frontispiece and illustrations to the text, some full-page in B&W. Foxing as usual, but overall a very good copy in the original green decorative cloth slightly rubbed. xii, 458pp. Hunter, Rose and Company, Toronto, 1884 Excellent, and very popular, account of OR life in the Victorian Army. Joined the Army in 1847, served in Ireland, on Gibraltar, in the Crimea, Egypt, the Ionian Isles and Jamaica. Includes an account of life in County Leitrim during the famine, a thrilling narrative of service in the Crimea, and a diary of the little-known Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica.- Non-fiction-autobiography-memoir-military-illustrated (857) . 1st Edition-14th Printing. Illustrated Cloth. VG+/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated-B&W-Drawings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.