Auction Catalogue

19 September 2003

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria. To coincide with the OMRS Convention

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1071

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19 September 2003

Hammer Price:
£300

War with the Sikhs, Despatches of Lieut-Gen. Viscount Hardinge, Gen. Lord Gough and Maj-Gen. Sir Harry Smith, comprising the engagements of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal and Sobraon, London, 1846, 151pp. plus maps, lacks map for ‘Sobraon’, card covers damaged and stained; The Gemini Generals, personal anecdotes, sporting adventures and sketches of distinguished officers, by Maj-Gen. O. Wilkinson & Maj-Gen. J. Wilkinson, London, 1896, xii, 441, ex-libris Col. The Hon. H. M. Monckton, original cloth, scuffed; The Chaplain’s Narrative of the Siege of Delhi, by J. E. W. Rotton, London, 1858, vi, 357pp., plus map, ex-libris John Harrison, original cloth, a little worn; other more modern works on India (7), including: The Devil’s Wind, The Story of the Naval Brigade at Lucknow, by Maj-Gen. G. L. Verney, London, 1956, 166pp.,with damaged dustcover; Indian Embers, by Lady Lawrence, Oxford, 1st edition, 397pp., with damaged dustcover; A Matter of Honour, an account of the Indian Army, its officers & men, by Philip Mason, 1974, 580pp., with dustcover, mostly good condition (10) £50-60