NARRATIVE OF THE CAMPAIGN OF THE ARMY OF THE
INDUS,
IN SIND AND KAUBOOL IN 1883-9. TWO VOLUMES
by Richard Hartley Kennedy
Kennedy was Chief
of Medical Staff of the Bombay Division of
the Army of the Indus. His memoirs describe
the passage of the army through the Bolan
Pass to Kandahar, the attack at Ghazni, the
march to Kabul and the return to India. The
journey, from November 1838 to December
1839, was uneventful for Kennedy except for
the medical aid needed after the battle at
Ghazni. Accordingly, much of his narrative
is devoted to the Afghan landscape, daily
events, and portraits of key figures
involved in Afghan affairs. The book is
based on extracts from his letters. This is
the scarce 1840 original published by
richard Bentley of London in two volumes.
These were copies from the library of the
Royal United Services Institution in London
and have its bookplate at the front
pastedown. The front endpapers and title
page are embossed at the top edges with the
RUSI seal. The volumes are presented in
marbled boards with red calf spines with
gilt titles. The remnants of small library
number stickers are affixed to the bottom of
the spines, overlapping the front and back
calf. The corners are somewhat knocked and
rubbed but internals are complete and
tightly bound.
Vol. I, x + 291pp, Vol. II, ix + 307pp,
tinted frontispieces plus plates &
illustrations
