Henty, G. A.; The Tiger of Mysore: A Story of The War With Tippoo Saib
NEW YORK, CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1895 , HARD BACK
Overall Condition is: GOOD First U.S. Edition, First Printing
Boards: pictorial image on the front cover and spine, mild wear, rubs, corner bumps, edge wear, some discoloration, soil marks. Interior: Princeton Antiques Bookshop bookplate on the front pastedown paper, glue remains also on the front pastedown paper, wear on the front free end paper from the glue remains, age-toned/tanned pages, twelve illustrations and a map. All edges tinted with fading. Good condition considering the age. Henty has focused on the failings of Lord Cornwallis, as he describes the battles in which Tipu Sultan invaded the state of Travancore with French allies, which ended in his defeat at the siege of Serigapatam and the signing of the Treaty which required him to surrender half his kingdom to the British East India Company. The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War resulted in the death of Tipu Sultan, when the British won a decisive victory at the Siege of Seringapatam in 1799. William Henry Margeston (1861-1940) was a noted English painter and illustrator, primarily known for his striking portraits of women.
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