The Golden Calm

R440.00

An English Lady’s Life in Moghul Delhi. Reminiscences by Emily, Lady Clive Bayley, and by her father, Sir Thomas Metcalfe.

Dust jacket is slightly spotted. A gift inscription on front free end paper, otherwise book is unmarked. Arabic end papers. A handsome binding with gilt titles. Facsimiles of correspondence and reproductions in colour make this a fascinating memento of peace in India before the Mutiny. The Introduction by John Rickets M C is a justification of British achievements in India and deserves to be read. Covered in archival plastic.

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Edited by M. M. Kaye  and published by Viking Press of New York in 1980. Hard cover bound with maroon boards this First Edition copy is in Fine condition with a Fine dust jacket. The size of the book is 251x200x24mm with 217 pages including 4 indeces. ISBN 0670344001.