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[LAWRENCE, Henry].

Some passages in the life of an adventurer in the Punjaub.

Originally published in the Delhi Gazette.

Stock Code
95819
Delhi, printed at the Gazette Press, by Kunniah Lall, 1842
£2,000

Rare. An important book on the Sikhs and the second book printed in Delhi.

The author, an officer in the Bengal Artillery, enjoyed a successful military career in India, until his demise at the siege of Lucknow in 1857. He had served in the Sikh Wars, and the present work, ostensibly a novel telling the tale of Colonel Belasis, employed in the service of Ranjit Singh, is accompanied by extensive notes concerning life in India and the Sikhs.

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Description

First edition. 8vo, [iv], iv, 275 pp., without the 'note by the publishers' sheet found in some copies, contemporary mauve cloth, neat repairs to joints, an excellent copy.

Bibliography

Cf. Riddick 135 (later London ed.).

Stock ID:95819

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