The author was a member of the 74th Highlanders and "the volume contains accounts of many engagements and incidents in the campaign [against the Gaikas], as also some information respecting the wreck of the Birkenhead ...." MENDELSSOHN, 1/829; SABIB, 2/758; HOSKEN, p. 115. Rebound modern red half-leather, matching cloth sides. Pp. x,(i),329,(2),(4, adverts.), 5 tinted lithographs of battle scenes, woodcuts in the text. Cloth edges rubbed, plates browned, some foxing.
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 8vo
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