Author: Major W. Broadfoot
Title: The Career of Major George Broadfoot
Description: London, John Murray, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce biography on the military career of Major George Broadfoot, during the colonial expansion in India. The first edition of this scarce work.A biographical work on the life and career of Major George Broadfoot, who served in the Madras Army of the East India Company, seeing action in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and the First Anglo-Sikh War, dying during the latter.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and two maps.Collated, complete. Written by William Broadfoot, who offers an insight into British colonial history in this work, in particular that the expanding power in India. He wrote this work whilst consulting the papers of the subject himself, as well as the Lords Ellenborough and Hardinge. Thiry pages of publisher's adverts to the rear, dated October 1888. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. A few minor marks to the boards and spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the occasional scattered spot, mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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