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a) Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, Two Native Narratives of the Mutiny in Delhi, Westminster: A Constable, 1898

Frontispiece of The Emperor Bahadur Shah (King of Delhi in 1857) with tissue guard; [2]; leaf with photograph of The Begum Zurat Mahal (Chief Wife of the King of Delhi); 259 pages including Index, followed by large folding Plan of Delhi; original marron cloth bound with gilt title text to the spine
23 x 15 x 2.5 cm

It is an inscription copy.

b) General Sir Henry Wylie Norman and Mrs Keith Young, Delhi – 1857: The Siege, Assault, and Capture as given in the diary and correspondence of the Late Colonel Keith Young, C.B., Judge- Advocate General, Bengal, London: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1902

xxv and 371 pages including 4 photogravures by Annan of Glasgow and 23 collotype illustrations by Frith of Glucester, 2 folded coloured map; publishers cloth bound with blind-tooled gilt medallion on the front coverboard
23 x 15.5 x 5.5 cm

Eyewitness story of the siege and storming of Delhi in the Indian Mutiny. Drawn from the letters of Keith Young, a senior British official, to his wife at Simla, this is a vivid personal account of a key episode.

"The siege and storming of Delhi was the turning point of the Indian Mutiny – the moment when British rule in the sub-continent hung in the balance. Colonel Keith Young, Judge-Advocate General of the Indian Army, and a high-ranking British official, was an eyewitness throughout, and this substantial account is drawn from his private papers and were originally intended for his family’s eyes only. Most of them were letters to his wife, who, with other European ladies, was in the relative safety of the hill-station at Simla, while the Mutiny was unfolding. The letters describe the outbreak of the Mutiny, with the famous story of the greased cartridges, – the catalyst for the outbreak – and the proclamation of the aged King of Delhi, last of the Mughal emperors, as the mutineers’ titular leader. The letters go on to describe the advance on Delhi by a small British relief force, the siege and the final desperate storming and capture of the city. Long out of print, this 1902 publication is a rare and valuable eye-witness account of one of the Mutiny’s key episodes". (Source: Naval & Military Press, Online)

c) H C Fanshawe, Delhi Past and Present, London: John Murray, 1902

xx and 337 pages; frontispiece; illustrated with 49 black and white views of Delhi; 10 black and white plans of Delhi; 1 black and white folding map in the pocket along with a 7-page leaflet
Original blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt title on the front board and on the spine
23 x 15 x 4.5 cm

PROVENANCE
a) b) From the Collection of Robert and Maria Travis (bookplate)
Important Private Collection, New Delhi

(Set of three)

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