Beschreibung:

Ali (Shahamat). An Historical Account of the Sikhs and Afghans, in connexion with India and Persia, from the journal of an expedition to Kabul, through the Panjab and the Khaibar Pass, London: John Murray [circa 1850], hand-coloured frontispiece, 1 further full-page hand-coloured plate, ownership inscription 'E. Roberts' to front blank, lightly spotted, all edges gilt, original blue pictorial cloth, rubbed, 8vo, together with: Gleig (G.R). Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan, with an account of the seisure and defence of Jellalabad, new edition, London: John Murray 1879, ownership inscription of Charles J Pearce to front free endpaper, half-title, preliminary leaves lightly spotted, 20th-century green morocco gilt, Library blindstamps to covers, portion of covers stained, rubbed, 8vo, plus Eyre (Vincent). The Military Operations at Cabul, which ended in the retreat and destruction of the British Army, January 1842, with a journal of imprisonment in Afghanistan, 2nd edition, London: John Murray 1843, folding map, 2 leaves of publisher's advertisements at rear, a few light spots, original green pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid (endpapers and blanks renewed), rubbed, 8vo, with another copy of Eyre's Cabul (2nd edition, 1843) and Lady Sale's A Journal of the Disasters in Afghanistan, 1841-2 (Eighth thousand, 1844) (Quantity: 5) The first title is scarce in any form. We can only trace two copies of the title appearing at auction in the last 35 years.