Autograph Letter Signed, a few days before departing for India as Commander-in-Chief, to “My dear Bradamant”, referring to the number of letters he has to answer, discussing Edmund in India, and Sir Edward Campbell “who is at Mooltan and the Fort is not taken - I fear it will be the toughest job of any I have yet had ...” por NAPIER, General Sir Charles James

London: Charles Westerton, 1867 Fourth edition. Hardcover book . Original brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind stamped decorations to front, back and spine ends, bound by Westley's of London xii, 437pp. Edited and with a preface (dated 1857) by W.F.P Napier after Sir Charles Napier's death. Charles Napier had been sent to India to command the British forces, and this text is a detailed attack on the way that India was ruled by the East India Company and Lord Dalhousie, with much on the discontent of the sepoys or native troops (which led to the mutiny in 1857). With no illustrations apart from a few tiny diagrams in text near end. Note that various books on the Mutiny and Indian history are available from David Ford Books, listed individually. Good condition overall . The contents are generally very good, with clean pages with browned closed edges and some small rucks/creases to fore-edges. The covers are mostly clean, with a few small marks, but spine cloth is split from spine all… Ler mais

Bath, 29 March 1836. 3 pp. 9 x 7 inches, in good condition, with the address panel, BATH Penny Post. General Sir Charles James Napier (1782-1853), Governor of Sind (1843-47), Commander in Chief in India (1849-50).