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SECOND AND FOURTH EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. 1 PORTRAIT FRONTIS. 7 PLTS 6 PLANS (3 FOLDING); VOL 2 .PORT. FRONTIS 10 PLTS 4 FOLDING PLANS. WITH ALS FROM LORD ROBERTS TIPPED INTO FIRST BLANK OLD HEADED ‘COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN INDIA’ NOTEPAPER FROM ‘A CAMP NEAR QUETTA’ DATED 4TH APRIL 1887. BOTH VOLS. WITH BOOKPLATES OF LINLEY BLATHWAYT (1839-1910) OF EAGLE HOUSE BATH AND VOL 1. WITH PLATE OF HIS SON WILLIAM (1882-1952). BOTH VOLS IN FULL CALF GILT SPINES GILT IN COMPARTMENTS TEGS. MARBLED ENDPAPER TO VOL. 1 LOOSE BUT A VERY GOOD ATTRACTIVE SET WITH HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.