xl, 443, [1], 95 pp. Folding lithograph map, hand-colored in outline. 21.3x13.5 cm (8½x5¼"), polished quarter-calf and marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt, morocco lettering piece on spine, edges speckled. First Edition. A scarce first edition printed by the Baptist Mission Press with the Calcutta imprint of W. Tracker and Co. on title page. Account of the British campaign in Afghanistan during the First Anglo-Afghan War of 1839-42. Slip with publisher's note to the reader inserted after the Address to the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Auckland. 19th century bookplate with the motto: "candor dat viribus alas" / sincerity gives wings to strength.
xl, 443, [1], 95 pp. Folding lithograph map, hand-colored in outline. 21.3x13.5 cm (8½x5¼"), polished quarter-calf and marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt, morocco lettering piece on spine, edges speckled. First Edition. A scarce first edition printed by the Baptist Mission Press with the Calcutta imprint of W. Tracker and Co. on title page. Account of the British campaign in Afghanistan during the First Anglo-Afghan War of 1839-42. Slip with publisher's note to the reader inserted after the Address to the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Auckland. 19th century bookplate with the motto: "candor dat viribus alas" / sincerity gives wings to strength.
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