Author: DOUGLAS, CAPT. JAMES DUNDAS
Title: Letters from the First Afghan War 1839
Description: Victoria, BC: Jose Villa-Arce Ltd, 2011. 1st Thus. Softcover. Light rippling base of card covers and dust jacket from moisture damage, some scuffing damage of dust jacket in that area, short tear top spine edge ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Stunning B&W and color period reproductions of art, letters and maps, wraparound jacket art. Very scarce.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 82 pages; "In 1839 James Dundas Douglas, a Captain with the 53rd Regiment Native Infantry, marched south from Ferozepore on India's NW frontier to join the gathering forces of the British led Army of the Indus at Quetta. The plan was to invade Afghanistan, place the British puppet Shah Shujah on the throne in Cabool (Kabul) and thus secure India's frontier against Persian and Russian invasion. Douglas's letters describe the near-disastrous journey into Afghanistan over the Bolan Pass, the conditions in Kandahar, dramatic seizure of the fort at Ghiznee (Ghazni) and political intrigue in Cabool and Jalalabad. Douglas was killed in battle near Jalalabad on Feb. 25 1841 at the age of 41." The letters to his brother Charles and his father General Sir Howard Douglas were found in an English attic in the 1990s.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
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Title: Letters from the First Afghan War 1839
Description: Victoria, BC: Jose Villa-Arce Ltd, 2011. 1st Thus. Softcover. Light rippling base of card covers and dust jacket from moisture damage, some scuffing damage of dust jacket in that area, short tear top spine edge ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Stunning B&W and color period reproductions of art, letters and maps, wraparound jacket art. Very scarce.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 82 pages; "In 1839 James Dundas Douglas, a Captain with the 53rd Regiment Native Infantry, marched south from Ferozepore on India's NW frontier to join the gathering forces of the British led Army of the Indus at Quetta. The plan was to invade Afghanistan, place the British puppet Shah Shujah on the throne in Cabool (Kabul) and thus secure India's frontier against Persian and Russian invasion. Douglas's letters describe the near-disastrous journey into Afghanistan over the Bolan Pass, the conditions in Kandahar, dramatic seizure of the fort at Ghiznee (Ghazni) and political intrigue in Cabool and Jalalabad. Douglas was killed in battle near Jalalabad on Feb. 25 1841 at the age of 41." The letters to his brother Charles and his father General Sir Howard Douglas were found in an English attic in the 1990s.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: afghanistan Great Britain Great game Militaria
Price: US$ 100.00 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 20416
- Book number: 20416
See more books from our catalog: Militaria::Great Britain::Afghanistan