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ARNOLD, Edwin.
The Marquis of Dalhousie's Administration of British India.
Volume the First, Containing the Acquisition and Administration of the Punjab. Volume II, Containing the Annexation of Pegu, Nagpore, and Oudh, and a General Review of Lord Dalhousie's Rule in India.
First editions. Important and uncommon. "In 1865 the duke of Argyll concluded, 'When the records of our Empire in the East are closed, Lord Dalhousie's administration will be counted with the greatest that have gone before it' . It is a measure of Dalhousie's achievement that this verdict still holds true, and his career is seen as crucially important both by historians of the British empire in the East and by those of the emergence of India as a modern nation. Fittingly, Dalhousie Road still remains in New Delhi as a reminder to both traditions" (ODNB).
2 volumes octavo. Original red pebble-grained cloth, title gilt to spines, blind panelling to the boards, publisher's device in gilt to the upper boards and in blind to the lower, brown surface-paper endpapers. Large folding, lithographic Outline Map of the Punjab to volume I. Cloth a little rubbed and soiled, now neatly restored, the spines relined and the corners stiffened, hinges tightened, map with a couple of tears, no loss, laid down on Japanese tissue, light toning, a very good set.
