Ryder Oliver A (4 results)

Condition: New. 2006 N & M Press reprint (original 1859). SB.76 pp +2 maps in colour.Published Price £9.50 John Ryder Oliver was a young Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery who had been posted to garrison duty in South Africa when news arrived of the Indian Mutiny. His unit was re-assigned and he arrived in Calcutta on board the S.S. 'Penelope' in September 1857. Oliver particiupated in the suppression of the mutiny in central India, being present at the recapture of Cawnpore and Lucknow, two important centres of the mutinies where prolonged sieges and massacres had taken place. Mentioned in despatches, he later was awarded the LUcknow campaign medal. In the final stages of the mutiny's suppression he marched with Sir Colin Campbell into Oude (Oudh). In this brief campaign diary, Oliver describes his experiences, and gives an excellent eye-witness account.…

PAPERBACK. Paperback edition. 368pp, quarto. From the library of Dale W. Rice, famed writer/researcher/collector of natural history, and founder of the Dale W. Rice Memorial Library in Seattle, WA. mild soiling to rear and spine, tight binding, Dale Rice bookplate, clean throughout, Very Good-.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. 1. Publisher's full blue cloth, white and yellow lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated with B&W photographs, charts, and graphs. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. FINE. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xiv, 373 pp.

Soft Cover - Comb Binding. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 368 pages, soft bound in plastic comb binding. Small tear at upper bound edge of first couple of leaves. Corners are a little curled. Otherwise a clean and intact copy.