Buy this book on-line Holmes, Richard : Sahib - The British Soldier in India (Signed by Author)London: HarperCollins, 2005
First edition, first printing, hardback, 9.5 " x 6.5 ", very good condition, in a very good unclipped (£20.00) dust jacket, publisher's original black clothboards with gilt blocking to spine, colour illustrated endpapers, xxxiii + 572 pages including index, internally clean tight and bright, colour and b/w photo illustrations, b/w maps, signed by author on title page (Waterstone's sticker to front of d/j) . Contents include: List of Illustrations; Maps; Introduction; Prologue - Drums of the Sutlej; In India's Sunny Clime; The troopships Bring Us; Bread and Salt; The Smoke of the Fusillade; India's Exiles; Epilogue; Glossary; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index.---------From the best-selling author of Tommy and Redcoat, a magnificent story of the British soldier in India frpm Clive to the twilight of empire, making full use of personal accounts of the sodiers who served in the vast and varied sub-continent that made up the jewel in Britain's Imperial crown. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Holmes, Richard : Sahib - The British Soldier in India (Signed by Author). Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, atlases, first editions, used books and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |