Drawing extensively upon diaries, letters, and family mementos as well as his own frequent travels in the northwest region of India, the author recounts his ancestor, Brigadier General John Nicholson, who with six ambitious young officers in 1840 set out to secure the Northwest Frontier for the Raj. Photos.
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Drawing extensively upon diaries, letters, and family mementos as well as his own frequent travels in the northwest region of India, the author recounts his ancestor, Brigadier General John Nicholson, who with six ambitious young officers in 1840 set out to secure the Northwest Frontier for the Raj. Photos.
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NF in NF jacket. Octavo. Light brown boards quarterbound in a black backstrip with shiny copper foil lettering on the spine. Book has very light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Small brown spot on the outside edge of the textblock-pages are otherwise all clean, white, and crisp. 368 pages. Dust Jacket-has just a trace of rubbing at the corners of the head of the spine and at the very tips of the two upper outside corners. Upper and lower edges sharp; color vivid. A very nice copy.
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Fair in Good + jacket. Ex-library copy with expected stickers and stamps. Main text is clean and unmarked. Binding is solid. Jacket is protected in clear plastic, which is taped to cover. Good reading/reference copy for personal use. Books, box sets, and items other than standard jewel case CDs and DVDs that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book First U.S. edition, first printing, hardcover. xvi, 368 pages. Maps, b&w illustrations. Acknowledgments, glossary, bibliography, index. Fine with head of spine bumped, in a fine, mylar-covered dust jacket. "In this stirring chronicle of the quest undertaken by fearless young British officers in Queen Victoria's Army to secure India's northwest frontier, Charles Allen brings vibrantly to life one of the most extraordinary chapters in British colonial history. At the same time, he illuminates the background to the ensuing 'Great Game, ' in which Europe's imperial powers squared off in an international tournament to gain control over all of Central Asia."
