LUMSDEN OF THE GUIDES: A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LIEUT.-GEN. SIR HARRY BURNETT LUMSDEN BY GENERAL SIR PETER S. LUMSDEN & GEORGE R. ELSMIE 1899 FIRST EDITION

[LUMSDEN, GENERAL SIR PETER S.; ELSMIE, GEORGE R.]. Lumsden of the Guides: A Sketch of the Life of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden, with Selections from his Correspondence and Occasional Papers. London: London: John Murray, 1899.

FIRST EDITION, leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (22cm x 14cm x 5cm), pp. xvi, 333. English text with illustrations throughout. Handsomely rebound in half calf gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, cloth sides, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, half-title, portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard, 13 illustrated plates including plans and folding autograph letter, folding colour map of Afghan frontier at rear, printed footnotes, appendices and index. Printed by William Brendon and Son. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Very faint mottling to cloth, the covers otherwise excellent. The interior very well-preserved. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. A beautiful copy.