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The Life of Lord Roberts, V.C., by Sir George Forrest, C.I.E., Cassell, London, 1914, 372 pp., believed to be the author’s own copy of this standard and authorised biography of Roberts, with pasted-in signature of Forrest, photographs and index, hardback, the cover stained and worn but otherwise good condition and a remarkable and important copy Forty One Years in India, from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief, by Field Marshal Earl Roberts of Kandahar, V.C., K.G., K.P., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.I...
Hammer Price: £75
The Persian Campaign 1857, comprising General Orders and Despatches, by Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, privately printed for private circulation only, London, 1860, 419pp., with pull-out map, good condition £60-£80
Hammer Price: £160
The History of the Indian Mutiny 1857-58, by Sir John Kaye, K.C.S.I., and Colonel Malleson, C.S.I., Longmans, London, 1906, Six Volumes, 454pp., 505pp., 388pp., 412pp., 362pp., and 442pp., the standard and classic account of the Indian Mutiny which is still unsurpassed as an overall survey, with pull-out map and index, hardback, good condition (6) £60-£80
Hammer Price: £280
The History of the Indian Mutiny, by C. Ball, London Printing and Publishing Co., 1860, Two Volumes, 648pp. and 660pp., a superb account which uses letters, personal reminiscences &c. to illuminate and add detail to main events, with well-known and much reproduced plates, and index, hardback, covers of both volumes worn and damaged, therefore fair condition (2) £30-£40
Hammer Price: £100
The Revolt in Central India, 1857-59, compiled by Army H.Q., Simla, 1908, 277pp., the effective ‘official history’ of the campaign and superbly detailed, hardback; together with a later-compiled typed nominal index, spine slightly discoloured, otherwise good condition Sir Hugh Rose and the Central India Campaign, 1858, edited by B. Robson, Army Records Society, 2000, 323pp., a modern compilation of Despatches, letters &c. relating to the Indian Mutiny in Central India, hardback, with dust-...
Hammer Price: £150
The Memoirs of Field Marshal Sir Henry Norman, by Sir William Lee Warner, K.C.S.I., Smith Elder, London 1908, 327pp., believed to be the author’s own copy of an excellent and detailed account of the Delhi operations, with list of surviving veterans in 1908, hardback, good condition Narrative of the Siege of Delhi and the Mutiny at Ferozepore, by C. J. Griffiths, Murray, London, 1910, 260pp., a detailed account of the operations ‘before Delhi’, hardback, spine slightly damaged, therefore fa...
Hammer Price: £110
Indian Mutiny 1857 in Bihar, by Dr. R. Devi, Orient, Delhi, 1989, 200pp., with index, hardback, with dust-jacket 200pp., good condition The Raj, the Indian Mutiny and the Kingdom of Oudh, 1801-59, by J. Pemble, Harvester, Sussex, 1977, 300pp., with photographs and index, hardback, with dust-jacket, good condition The Revolt of 1857 in Haryana, by K. C. Yadav, Manohar, 1977, 219pp., with index, hardback, with dust-jacket, the dust-jacket torn, otherwise good condition Massacre at Cawn...
A History of the Revolt in India and the expeditions to Persia, China, and Japan, author not stated, Chambers, London, 1859, 635pp., a detailed account of the Mutiny with unusual extra sections on other conflicts, with illustrations and index, hardback, cover slightly stained and some light foxing, therefore fair condition The 79th Highlanders in the Indian Mutiny 1858, by Capt. C. D. Wimberley, reprinted from Highland Monthly Magazine, Inverness, 1891, 82pp., Presentation copy (signed) fr...
Hammer Price: £80
Naval Brigades in the Indian Mutiny 1857-59, edited by Commander W. B. Rowbotham, R.N., Naval Record Society, 1947, part of the Navy Records Society series, 330pp., with pull-out map and index, hardback, very good condition A Naval Cadet with H.M.S. Shannon’s Naval Brigade in India, the Journal of Naval Cadet E. S. Watson, London Stamp Exchange, 1988 reprint, 132pp., hardback, very good condition The Devil’s Wind: The Naval Brigade at Lucknow, by Major-General G. L. Verney, D.S.O., M.V....
Hammer Price: £65
Recollections of a Winter Campaign in India in 1857-58, by Captain O. J. Jones, R.N., Saunders and Otley, London 1859, 213pp., a classic and detailed account of service with the Shannon Naval Brigade in India, with good coloured plates, hardback, spine and corners scuffed therefore fair condition £60-£80
Hammer Price: £190
A Handbook to Lucknow and the Residency, by H. R. Hilton, Government Press, Lucknow, 2nd edition 1923, 112pp., a rare and detailed “guide” to the Residency and its defences, with good pull-out maps and photographs, hardback, good condition Lucknow and Oude in the Mutiny, by Lieutenant-General M. Innes, V.C., Innes and Co., London, 1895, 340pp., a highly detailed account of the defence of Lucknow &c., with excellent diagrammatic plans of the defences and pull-out maps, hardback, fair condit...
Hammer Price: £200
The Abridged Official History of the Afghan War 1878-80, by Major F. G. Cardew, John Murray, London 1908, 734pp., with pull-out maps and index, hardback, some wear to covers but otherwise good condition £80-£100
Hammer Price: £240
The Second Afghan War 188-79-80: Its Causes, Its Conduct and Its Consequences, by Colonel H. B. Hanna, Constable, London, 1899, Three volumes, 386pp., 372pp., and 582pp., a rare and highly detailed account of the campaign, with pull-out maps and index, hardback, slight scuffing and discolouration to covers, therefore fair condition (3) £60-£80
Hammer Price: £360
The Afghan War 1879-1880, by H. Hensman, W. H. Allen, London, 1881, 560pp., a superb account by the war correspondent who was one of few favoured by Lord Roberts, with pull-out maps, hardback, scuffing to covers, therefore fair condition £60-£80
Hammer Price: £130
Recollections of the Kabul Campaign, 1879 & 1880, by J. Duke, Bengal Medical Service, W. H. Allen, London, 1883, 424pp., a very detailed and scarce reminiscence of the Kabul operations, hardback, slight damage to spine, therefore fair condition £60-£80
War in Afghanistan 1879-80, the personal diary of Major-General Sir Charles M. MacGregor, edited by W. Trousdale, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1985, 226pp., with photographs and index, hardback, with dust-jacket, good condition The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, by A. Forbes, Darf, London, 1987 [reprint of 1892 edition], 337pp., the account of one of the foremost war correspondents of his day, with photographs and index, hardback, with dust-jacket, very good condition The Go...
£40–£50
The North Western Frontier and British India 1839-42, by P. Mehra, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 1978, Two Volumes, 425pp. and 406pp., modern reprints of official dispatches and reports on the North West Frontier and Afghanistan (and a few other places like Persia and Arabia) offering a wealth of detail on the area, politics, trade and reflecting the current state of knowledge and intelligence coming from the frontier, with pull-out maps, index, tables of statistics &c., hardback, good condi...
Hammer Price: £30
The Nagas in the Nineteenth Century, by V. Elwin, Oxford University Press, 1969, 650pp., a rare and detailed survey and history of the N.E. Frontier tribes, hardback, with dust-jacket, the dust-jacket slightly torn, otherwise good condition Far Frontiers, People and Events in North-Eastern India 1857-1947, by John Whitehead, British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia, London, 1989, 204pp., with photographs, softback, very good condition On the Frontier and Beyond, by Lieutenant-Co...
Hammer Price: £40
Chitral: The Story of a Minor Siege, by Sir George Robertson, K.C.S.I., Methuen, London, 1898, 368pp., an excellent contemporary account of the Chitral siege and relief, with pull-out maps, photographs, and index, hardback, good condition Much Sounding of Bugles: The Siege of Chitral, 1895, by J. Harris, Hutchinson, London, 1975, 245pp., with photographs and index, hardback, with dust jacket, good condition A Narrative of Events in Chitral, Swat and Bajaur, Chitral Campaign, by H. C. Th...
Hammer Price: £55
Lockhart’s Advance Through Tirah, by Captain L. J. Shadwell, Thacker London, 1898, 320pp., an excellent and detailed account of the Tirah campaign, 1897-98, with pull-out maps, hardback, good condition The Indian Frontier War 1897, by L. James, Heinemann, London, 1898, 300pp., a very detailed and well-illustrated account of the Mohmand and Tirah campaigns of 1897 by the Reuter’s Special Correspondent, with photographs, hardback, cover badly stained therefore fair condition (2) £20-£30
The Story and Gallantry of the North West Frontier 1849-1947, by R. V. E. Hodson, Clio, Southampton, 2002, 411pp., based on the author’s excellent and detailed articles on the Frontier in “Military Chest” over the years, with photographs, softback, almost new condition North West Frontier : Campaigns 1849-1908, by Captain H. L. Nevill, D.S.O., Tom Donovan reprint, 1992 of 1912 original, 413pp, hardback, with dust-jacket, almost new condition The Story of the Malakand Field Force, by W....
Hammer Price: £95
Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Supplement ‘A’ to Volume I – the North West Frontier campaigns of 1908, Presentation copy from Capt. C. W. Free, Guides Cavalry, to 2nd Cameronians, Intelligence Branch India, Calcutta 1910, 119pp., “For Official use only”, a highly detailed account of the two 1908 campaigns - Zakka Khel and Mohmand, with pull-out maps, hardback, scuffing to spine, therefore fair condition, rare £60-£80
With the Indians in France, by General Sir James Willcocks, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., K.C.S.I., D.S.O., Constable, London, 1920, 406pp., an important and detailed account by the commander of the Indian Corps in France, with index and lists of honours and awards to Indian recipients, hardback, good condition The Indian Corps in France, by Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. B. Merewether, C.I.E., and the Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Smith, John Murray, London, 1917, 550pp., a very detailed account of the Indian arm...
The Punjab and the War 1914-18, compiled by M. S. Leigh, O.B.E., Government Printing, Lahore, 1922, 286pp., an unusual and scarce book [limited run of 1500 copies], recounting the contribution of the Punjab in all respects – recruiting, finance, health &c., and with very good lists of honours and awards to Punjabi soldiers in various theatres, and lists of those rewarded for service in the Punjab, with photographs, hardback, good condition Turmoil and Tragedy in India in 1914 and After, by...
In Kut and in Captivity with the 6th Indian Division, the Autobiography of Major E. W. C. Sandes, M.C., Murray, London, 1919, 496pp., a classic account of the Mesopotamian campaign, the siege of Kut, and the author’s experiences as a Turkish Prisoner of War, with photographs, pull-out maps, and index, hardback, good condition My Campaign in Mesopotamia, by Major-General Sir Charles V. F. Townsend, K.C.B., D.S.O., Thornton Butterworth, London, 1920, 400pp., a detailed, if self-serving, acco...
The Third Afghan War: Official Account, Government of India, Calcutta, 1926, 174pp., a detailed survey of the operations, with pull-out maps, list of unit formations &c., hardback, a few pages supplied in photocopy, damage to cover, therefore fair condition Crisis on the Frontier: The Third Afghan War and Campaign in Waziristan, 1919-20, B. Robson, Spellmount, 2004, 318pp., a good modern account of the operations, with photographs and index, hardback, with dust-jacket, almost new condition...
Operations in Waziristan: Official History of the Mahsud Campaign, 1919-20, Army H.Q., Calcutta, India, 1921, 186pp., a very detailed account of the Waziristan operations, especially those against the Mahsuds in 1920, with many excellent pull-out maps, hardback, cover slightly frayed, fair condition Waziristan 1919-20, H. de Watteville, Constable, London, 1925, 237pp., part of the “Campaigns and their Lessons” series, a detailed account, also surveying the earlier Mashud and Waziri campaig...
Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War: The Campaign in Italy 1943-45, Longman’s for Historical Section of Indian and Pakistan Armies, 1960, 700pp., with pull-out maps, photographs, and index, hardback, in dust-jacket, the binding slightly damaged in parts, otherwise good condition £20-£30
Hammer Price: £140
Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War: East African Campaign, Longman’s for Historical Section of Indian and Pakistan Armies, 1963, 180pp., with pull-out maps, photographs, and index, hardback, in dust-jacket, the binding damaged in parts, therefore fair condition £15-£20
Hammer Price: £45
Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War: Post War Occupation Forces, Japan and S.E. Asia, Longman’s for Historical Section of Indian and Pakistan Armies, 1958, 310pp., with pull-out maps, photographs, and index, hardback, in dust-jacket, the dust-jacket torn in parts, otherwise good condition and one of the scarcer books in the “Official History” series £30-£40
Small Wars: Their Principles and Practice, 1899, by Major C. E. Callwell, H.M. Stationery Office, London, 1899, 557pp., hardback, good condition £15-£20
Memories of the British Raj: Soldier in India, the Autobiography of Brigadier R. C. B. Bristow, Johnson, London 1974, 208pp., an account of the author’s service with the Dogra Regiment 1918-47, with photographs and index, hardback, with dust-jacket, very good condition Prender’s Progress, the Autobiography of Brigadier J. Prendergast, Cassell, 1979, 256pp., an account of the author’s service in India with the 4/15th Punjabis and Tochi Scouts 1931-47, hardback, good condition Bengal Lanc...
Hammer Price: £20
My Own War in Malaya, by D. Russell-Roberts, privately printed in a very limited number for family, c. 1946, 183pp., a detailed and gripping account of the writer’s hard campaign with 5/11th Sikhs (ex. 47th Sikhs) during the Second World War in Malaya, prior to being taken a Prisoner of War at the fall of Singapore, with map section, hardback, good condition and rare The War in Malaya, by Lieutenant-General A. E. Percival, C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C., Sagar Publications, New Delhi, 1971, 34...
Sworn to Die: the History of Skinner’s Horse 1921-45, by Lieutenant-Colonel M. A. R. Skinner, Lancer, New Delhi, 1984, 245pp., with index, roll of honour, list of honours and awards &c., hardback, very good condition £15-£20
The Royal Deccan Horse in the Great War, by Lieutenant-Colonel E. Tennat, Gale and Polden, 1939, 182pp., an excellent history of the regiment 1914-1920, with roll of honour, hardback, very good condition £30-£40
The Poona Horse (33rd and 34th Cavalry, later 17th Queen Victoria’s Own Cavalry), Vol. I – 1817-1913, by Major M. H. Anderson, Lieutenant-Colonel E. S. J. Molloy, and Colonel G. M. Molloy, O.B.E., Royal United Service Institution, London, 1933, 276pp., with photographs and index, hardback, damage to top of spine and some light foxing, otherwise good condition £30-£40
Hammer Price: £85
“Fakhr-I-Hind”: The Story of the Poona Horse, by Lieutenant-General H. Singh, Agrim, Dehra Dun, 1993, 300pp., the history of the Regiment from c.1800 to the 1970s, with photographs and list of recent honours and awards, hardback, with dust-jacket, very good condition £15-£20
Hammer Price: £90
Hodson’s Horse, by Major F. G. Cardew, Blackwood, 1928, 400pp., a very detailed survey with photographs, good appendices including services of officers, list of honours and awards &c., hardback, cover slightly frayed, therefore fair condition £40-£50
The Army List of Hodson’s Horse, 1857-1928, compilation of Indian Army List entries (officers) for the regiment at different dates, a Presentation copy to Major H. H. F. Fagan in memory of his service with Hodson’s, Kohat, Christmas 1929, Civil and Military Press, Lahore, 1929, 330pp., hardback, good condition and a useful compilation £20-£30
Hammer Price: £60
We Lead: the 7th Light Cavalry, 1784-1990, edited by Lieutenant-Colonel C. L. Proudfoot, Lancer, New Delhi, 1991, 260pp., with index, list of honours and awards &c., hardback, with dust-jacket, good condition I Serve: the 18th Cavalry, by Major-General G. S. Sandhu, Lancer, New Delhi, 1991, 266pp., a history of the constituent regiments [6th and 7th Light Cavalry, later 18th Light Cavalry] 1842-1986, with photographs, roll of honour, list of honours and awards &c., hardback, with dust-jack...
Hammer Price: £10
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