Welsh (Col. James) Military Reminiscences...of nearly forty years' active service in the East Indies, 2 vol., first edition, 1830

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Welsh (Col. James) Military Reminiscences...of nearly forty years' active service in the East Indies, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, numerous plates, maps and plans, 4 folding, many aquatint, others wood-engraved, illustrations, foxed, bookplate of J.Walpole D'Oyly, near contemporary half red morocco, spines gilt, very slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1830. *** James Welsh (1775-1861) served in the army of the East India Company in the Madras Presidency from 1791, taking part in the siege of Pondicherry, the capture of Ceylon, and the Mahratta war, and rose to Major-General. His book includes a description of Penang and Malacca which the author visited in 1818 en route to China.

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