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The Keepers of the Gate






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
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