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INDIAN MUTINY & ROYAL INTEREST. FAYRER SURGEON GENERAL S...

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196 - INDIAN MUTINY & ROYAL INTEREST. FAYRER SURGEON GENERAL SIR JOSEPH. Recollections of My Life. Fr...

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INDIAN MUTINY & ROYAL INTEREST. FAYRER SURGEON GENERAL SIR JOSEPH. Recollections of My Life. Frontis. & illus. Blue calf, wear & rubbing. Pres. copy from the author to his son & further by family descent. 1900. With a detailed note from the author`s son, Lt. Col. F.D.S. Fayrer made at the Lucknow Residency, 1921, describing how he shared this book with the visiting Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII). Fayrer senior was present at, and played a leading role in, the defence of Lucknow during the 1857 rebellion. With a few items of images & ephemera relating to the Prince`s visit to India and a Welsh Guards reunion dinner menu signed by the Prince "Edward" in pencil to the outer cover. Also a single sepia photograph (10cm x 14cm), depicting the previous Edward Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and his entourage with a dead tiger, inscr. to reverse "The Prince`s Final Tiger".

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+ Calendar 2024-11-21 11:30:00 2024-11-21 23:59:59 Europe/London Carlisle - 270 Lots of Antiquarian & Collectable Books, Maps and Related Items. CARLISLE - Thursday 21st November at 11.30am 270 LOTS OF ANTIQUARIAN & COLLECTABLE BOOKS, maps and related items. To include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, Lippincott`s Monthly Magazine, 1890. General antiquarian; 1sts & illustrated works, some signed or with related letters; M.R. James, More Ghost Stories, 1911; Cumbria & Lake District collection; Scotland incl. Glasgow & Galloway collections; English topography & local history; mining collection including ephemera; travel & topography; Universal History, set of the Ancient Part, 1736-1744; Thompson, Official Visit to Gautamala, 1829; Dunlop, Travels in Central America, 1847; Crusoniana, 1839; Clarke, Travels in Various Countries, 1810; Huxley, Man`s Place in Nature, 1863; maritime & sailing ships; Persian oil-fields; field sports; Folio Society; Sutherland, Sign-Writer & Glass embosser; sundry ephemera; manuscript vols. etc. A collection of 30 Scottish & English county & regional maps. George VI & Queen Elizabeth signed photographs. Edward VIII as Prince of Wales, autograph & ephemera ref. visit to India On view: Tuesday 19th & Wednesday 20th November, 10am to 5pm & sale morning from 9am. Catalogues at www.thomsonroddick.com or on request. Online bidding & in the room. Enquiries 01228 535288 Thomson Roddick Callan Thomson Roddick Callan [email protected]

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