Lays of Ind; Comic, Satirical and Descriptive Poems Illustrative of English Life in India.Ninth Edition, Illustrated.
Published by CalcuttaThacker Spink and Co. and BombayThacker and Co. Limited and LondonW. Thacker and Co. ., 1893
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Seller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United KingdomRobert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB
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8vo. (19 x 13.5 cm). pp.viii+237+[1, colophon]+[26, ads]. Publisher's original brown cloth over bevelled boards, sides and spine richly decorated with gilt, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Numberous charming wood-engraved vignettes throughout. old inscription to half title date 1897. An excellent copy. Walter Yeldham was a British army officer, son of a London surgeon. He served in India, and was adjutant to Lord Roberts on the march from Kabul to Kandahar. He wrote mainly under his pen name Aliph Cheem. Lays of Ind, first publisehd in 1879, describes itself as 'comical, satirical and descriptive poems illustrative of English life in India'. The author begins in his dedication - 'Anglo-indian folk, who can relish a little joke, this book is dedicated. if haply to rouse a smile, or an idle hour beguile, the modest tome is fated, accomplished will be the dream of yours truly, Aliph Cheem'.
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- Title
- Lays of Ind; Comic, Satirical and Descriptive Poems Illustrative of English Life in India.Ninth Edition, Illustrated.
- Author
- CHEEM, Aliph [YELDHAM, Walter].
- Publisher
- CalcuttaThacker Spink and Co. and BombayThacker and Co. Limited and LondonW. Thacker and Co. .
- Publication year
- 1893
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB
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