Younghusband (Captain Frank E.) The Relief of Chitral, first edition, presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author to Major Townshend, 1895.

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Younghusband (Captain Frank E.) The Relief of Chitral, first edition, presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author to Major Townshend to half title, 23 (of 24) plates, plate facing p.56 is missing, 2 folding, plates facing p.25, 98, and frontispiece are loose, 4pp advertisements to rear, endpapers missing, tissue guard to frontispiece torn, scattered light foxing, some cracking at gutter, hinges cracked, original cloth, very bumped and scuffed, losses and fraying to spine ends, joints, and extremities, 8vo, Macmillan and Co., 1895. *** A unique association copy from the author to Major-General Sir Charles Townshend (1861-1924), a British marine and soldier who led a military campaign in Mesopotamia during the First World War. His troops were captured at the Siege of Kut 1915-16, cited by historians as the worst defeat of the allies in World War I. His portrait is featured in the book in a plate facing page 110.

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