660 Campbell (John). Travels in South Africa, Undertaken at the Request of the Missionary Society, being a Narrative of a Second Journey in the Interior of that Country, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1822, halftitles present, hand-col. folding eng. map (a little offsetting), twelve hand-col. aqua. plts. (some with heavy offsetting to text), 4pp. binder’s instructions and pubs. ads. at rear of vol. 1, occ. spotting, marginal damp-staining to vol. 2 not affecting text, evidence of careful ink lib. stamp removal to both titles, inner hinges sl. cracked with frontis. and title to vol. 2 near det., later half morocco gilt over marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo Abbey, Travel 328; Tooley 127. (2)
Lot 662
£200-300
661 Capper (John). The Three Presidencies of India: A History of the Rise and Progress of the British Indian Possessions, 1st ed., Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1853, folding maps, and illustrations some spotting to preliminaries, marbled edges and endpapers, contemporary green morocco, gilt decorated spine, rubbed and spine somewhat faded, 8vo, together with Wellington (Duke), The Despatches, Minutes, and Correspondence of the Marquess Wellesley, K.G., during his administration in India, edited by Mr. Montgomery Martin, 5 vols., 2nd/1st eds., Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1836-40, folding maps, etc., large folding engraved map to first vol., with some tears to folds, and extensively repaired to verso, contemporary uniform red half calf gilt, rubbed and marked, plus Gleig (Rev. G. R.), The Life of Major-General Sir Thomas Munro ... late Governor of Madras, 2 vols., new ed., Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831, b&w engraved portrait frontispiece and folding engraved map to first vol., later dark green half morocco gilt, rubbed, and other military and British India memoirs, etc., including The Life and Correspondence of Charles, Lord Metcalfe, by John William Kaye, 2 vols., new and revised ed., 1858, The Rise of the British Para in the East by the late Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone, ed. Sir Edward Colebrooke, 1887, etc., all in leather bindings, 8vo (18)
£100-150
662 Carmichael (Charles Montauban). A Rough Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Irregular Horse of the Bengal Army, with hints for improving both the regular and irregular cavalry of that presidency, by An Old Cavalry Officer, no plate or date, [1840s], halftitle, b&w lithographed frontispiece of a native cavalry officer, 74 pp. of text, some scattered spotting, inkstamp to head of title partly erased and covered with small strip of blank paper, author’s name supplied in ink in an old hand to foot of title, contemporary cloth, rubbed and some wear to spine, slim 8vo
663 Churchill (Winston S.). The River War. An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan, Edited by Col. F. Rhodes, 2 vols., 1st ed., 3rd impression, 1900, photogravure frontis. to each, folding maps and photogravure portraits, 32 pp. pubs. list at end of vol. I, scattered light spotting, small owner ink stamp of K.G. Hobbs to vol. I half title and vol. II front blank, original blue cloth gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo
Rare. Only two copies in UK institutions (British Library and Cambridge). Inscribed in ink to front endpaper (presumably by the author) ‘Chas. Carmichael St. Call. 1st August 1847’. Charles Montauban Carmichael (17901870), entered the Bengal Army in 1806, rising to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1838. He was awarded a C.B. the following year for bravery displayed during the first Afghan War. (1) £100-150
Woods A2(a). 500 copies printed. (2)
157
£500-800