Forty-one Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in- Chief.

Ladendorf 364; "Most of Volume I is concerned with the Mutiny."; Taylor 669 "... it is noteworthy that Roberts was a Sepoy General, that is he was from the old Indian Army of the East India Company, not one of the Queen's officers. The result... is that he shows love and respect for India and things Indian."; Riddick 401. A runaway bestseller, Roberts' memoirs ran to eight editions/impressions in the first month of publication and to this twenty-four within a year. A really very handsome set.

2 volumes. Contemporary red half on red linen boards, gilt rules to corners and spine edges, title and attractive design of rules and laurel wreaths to the spines. Volume I with steel-engraved portrait frontispiece and 7 other portraits, steel-engraved and photogravure, 6 maps and plans, 3 of them folding, Volume II with frontispiece and 10 other plates and portraits, 3 folding maps and a folding panorama. Small ownership labels to the front pastedowns, light browning, just the lightest of shelf-wear, else very good indeed