Shelfmark
Id5.4.01 - Id5.4.02 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Id5.4.03 - Id5.4.04 (copy 2)
Author
Title
Forty-one years in India : from subaltern to commander-in-chief / by Field-Marshall Lord Roberts of Kandahar.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Richard Bentley and Son, publishers in ordinary to her Majecty the Queen, 1897.
Physical description
2 v. : ill., fold. map, ports., plans (part fold.) ; 22 cm.
Note
Title pages printed in red and black.
Note
Publisher's cloth boards; gilt armorial device stamped on front boards within blind-stamped frame; gilt spine titles.
Provenance
Copy 1: From the library of William Thackeray Denis (Billy) Ritchie (1880-1964), son of Anne Thackeray Ritchie, with inscription from his godfather "J.S." (Sir John Simon) dated 26 April 1897.
Provenance
Copy 1: Half title of vol 2 signed by the author at the request of Anne Thackeray Ritchie.
Provenance
Copy 2: Inscribed by the author to his son Freddy [Frederick Sherston Roberts V.C.], New Year's Day 1897.
Provenance
Copy 2: Additionally inscribed: "Freddy Lewin, this book which belonged to his uncle, & is the record of his gradnfather's life", dated Christmas 1924.
Provenance
Copy 2: Additionally inscribed by Jeremy Miller in March 1955 recording that on the death of the author's daughter Edwina, the mother of Freddy Lewin, the book passed to her cousin [Miller's father].
Binding
Copy 1: Navy blue cloth publisher's binding.
Binding
Copy 2: Red cloth publisher's binding.
Subject
Subject
India History British occupation, 1765-1947.
Added entry--name
Ritchie, William Thackeray Denis, 1880 - 1964 former owner.
Added entry--name
Simon, John, 1816 - 1904 Sir inscriber.
Added entry--name
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1832 - 1914 Earl inscriber.
Added entry--name
Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837 - 1919 aasociated name.
Added entry--name
Roberts, F. H. S. (Frederick Hugh Sherston) former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B51976