(India, British Army, Raj, etc.) Emma Edwardes: 'Memorials o...

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(India, British Army, Raj, etc.) Emma Edwardes: 'Memorials of the life and letters of Major-General Sir Herbert B. Edwardes, K.C.B., K.C.S.I. / by his wife.', London, Kegan Paul, 1886, 1st edition, Vol I only (of 2 vols), signed & inscribed by the author to Elizabeth Marjoribanks on verso of FFEP "Miss Hogg. given with very affectionate feeling by Lady Herbert Edwardes...1902...", plus pencil note "these vols for Douglas Hogg [1st Viscount Hailsham]" and bookplate of his son Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham, engraved port frontis + 10 ills/plates, content includes Anglo-Sikh wars; Afghan treaty, politics and war; Indian Rebellion of 1857 etc, orig. cloth gilt; T. Gowing: 'A Soldier's experience or a voice from the Ranks: showing the cost of war in blood and treaure. : A personal narrative of the Crimean campaign, from the standpoint of the ranks; The Indian Mutiny, and some of its atrocities; The Afghan campaigns of 1863...', Nottingham, 1892, plates (some folding), ills. etc, orig. pictorial cloth gilt (2)