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.
EARLY REPRINT NEAR FINE COPY WITH FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES. ONE COLOUR PLATE 133 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS AND 21 TEXT FIGURES.
THREE VOLUME SET. CONSISTS: FOUNDATION SECOND FOUNDATION FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE. FIRST PRINTING FINE COPIES WITHOUT THE SLIPCASE. ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALEX WELLS. VERY SCARCE.
