The Armies Of India

Hard bound book entitled The Armies Of India painted by Major C.C. Lovett, text by Major G.F. MacMunn. First edition, Edition de Luxe. White buckram with gilt lettering and vignettes. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Number 182 of 500 copies, signed on behalf of the publisher's. Seventy two tipped in colour illustrations under captioned tissue guards, plus 19 small line drawings in the text. A short history of the Indian Army during the British Empire - from the army of the East India Company, through the great Mahratta wars, the mutiny and the state of the army in 1911. Includes information on uniforms, customs and traditions