Reid, A.S.

Chin-Lushai Land. Including a description of the various expeditions into the Chin-Lushai Hills and the final annexation of the country.

Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co, 1893. Octavo, original cloth pictorial boards, b&w plate illustrations from photos, b&w text illus, three folding maps including large map in rear pocket, pp 235 plus 1893 publisher's catalogue. Small mark to fore-edge of front board, boards rubbed, foxing facing half-title page, very good condition.

The author, Surg.-Lieut-Col. A. Scott Reid, was the Medical Officer in charge of the 2nd Battalion of the 4th Gurkha Rifles.The book describes expeditions on the north-east frontier of India from the 1870s to the 1890s. Item #97667

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