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The Keepers of the Gate

Name: The Keepers of the Gate
Author: Grier, Sydney C.

Book Description

b/w. map of Northern India printed inside front cover; b/w. frontis. illustration & 7 further throughout by A. Pearce; a stirring tale of the Indian or Sepoy Mutiny & the brave deeds of Britain's brave soldiers written barely a decade & a half after the event, so unlikely to refer to them as 'India's First Nationalist Uprising'. At the rear is a 64 page catalogue of Blackwood's publications.

Dealer Notes

First Edition; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Black titles spine; no Dust Jacket as published; previous owner's signature in ink to fep.; slight foxing to page edges

Author Grier, Sydney C.

Date 1911

Binding Hardback Pictorial Cloth Covers illustrated in orange & black over light brown

Publisher William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh

Illustrator A. Pearce

Condition Very Good Condition

Pages 325 + 64

Price: £60.00

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