Honoria Lawrence: A Fragment Of Indian History by Maud Diver - 1936

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. hardcover. Acceptable. 9x6x1. Some edge wear

London, John Murray, [, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Backstrip slightly skewed; extremities slightly worn; heavy bump at bottom corner of front cover, affecting first pages; pages slightly toned; previous owner's name and date on front endpaper; otherwise very good condition (no dust jacket). ]. 524p. Illus. Frontispiece.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936. Hardcover. Very good+. Black and green cloth boards, octavo, sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has mild wear to corners and spine ends, binding tight, endpapers and edges of block foxed, otherwise unmarked but gently toned throughout.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. From John Murray, London, No dust jacket

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Endpapers and fore-edges lightly foxed, . jacket tattered and sunned.. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Light green cloth boards with black cloth backstrip. Index, list of consulted books, illustrations. Historical novelist Maud Diver recounts the life of her great-aunt, Lady Honoria Lawrence, a British military wife in India during the time of the Indian Mutiny. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 524 pages .

London: John Murray, 1936. First edn. 8vo, pp. 524. Illustrated with portraits. Donor's presentation on flyleaf. Cover slightly worn, o/w a nice copy. Another copy, cover little soiled, VG. The story of the wife of Sir Henry Lawrence, the first British ruler of the Punjab.

John Murray, London, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Poor Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by b/w. frontis. portrait; 7 further b/w. illustrations & a fold-out b/w. map of North-West India. Countless hearts have been stirred by the story of Sir Henry Lawrence who died when defending the Residency at Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny. Few have heard of Lawrence's wife, Honoria. This is the story which Mrs. Diver, great-niece of Honoria, now tells with all her well-known literary skill. The author has also brought to life the whole group of Lawrence's "young men" who first served under him and then rose to fame on their own great merits. The most famous of these was John Lawrence - afterwards Baron Lawrence of the Punjab - brother to Henry. The whole relations between the two equally famous brothers is treated with great insight and understanding. 4-pages of publisher's book descriptions to rear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More