Description
First edition of Forty-One Years in India by Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar, published in London.
Octavo, [two volumes], xx, 511pp; xii, [2], 522pp, [64pp ads + index]. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, embossed seal on cover of both volumes. A complete set, with frontispiece portrait in both volumes, and 27 full-page illustrations, fold-out maps and period photographs. Both volumes with decorative endpapers, previous ownership notation on title page. Rubbing to boards, some wear to hinges of both volumes. Both text blocks are solid and free of any notations.
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914), was a British general, leading forces in the Second Anglo-Afghan War and the Second Boer War.