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BEATSON, Stuart, Brigadier-General.
A History of the Imperial Service Troops of Native States,
with a Short Sketch of Events in each State, which have led to their Employment in Subordinate Co-operation with the Supreme Government.
Publisher: Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1903
Stock code: 61827
Price: £375 Currency Conversion
First and only edition, print-run of 250 copies only and consequently uncommon. COPAC has BL and SOAS only, OCLC adds just 3 more at the universities of Minnesota and Pennsylvania, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. " … provides a good description of the structure and organisation of the IST system as it existed in 1903. The author compiled a short chapter in respect of each of the twenty-three state forces at that time participating in the scheme, and these historical summaries are most useful." (Perkins) Contemporary ownership inscription of one A.W. Probyn, who may have accompanied the Younghusband Expedition to Tibet as a telegraphist.
Octavo. Original blue cloth with white corners, title gilt to spine and upper board, pale blue patterned endpapers. Folding map, part hand-coloured in a front-pocket. Cloth somewhat spotted on the spine and upper board, light toning, but a very good copy.
