Thirty years in India,

£1,350 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

'Sporting experiences are liberally dosed in Bevan's recollection of life and military work throughout India. Bevan recalls hunts for sambur, bear, tiger, leopard, and other game. There are also descriptions of hunting elephant and spotted deer in the Wynaad' (Czech). The son of an East India Company officer, Sir Vincent Barrington Kennett was involved in the St John's Ambulance, and the Red Cross, performing humanitarian work in the Serbo-Turkish War (1876–77), and the Turko-Russian War (1877–78), and other conflicts. First edition; 2 vols, 8vo (19.5 x 12.5 cm); folding map, 3 engraved plates including hand-coloured frontispiece; prize binding, full dark green polished calf, gilt spine in six compartments, gilt morocco lettering pieces, all edges marbled, light wear, a very good set; xvi, 344; viii, 367 pp. Czech, Asia, p26.

• Binding: Hardcover

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