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The Opium War: Being Recollections of Service in China
DescriptionHome and Travellers Library, vol. V. Professionally recased retaining original covers and a portion of the backstrip. Blind stamped cloth with gilt titles to the spine. 12mo. [ii] 25-271pp.(1). Light foxing to the end papers. Contains one woodcut of the skeletal remains of a Chinese lady's (bound) foot along with a description of how it was obatined to "forward the ends of science". One of the earliest book-length personal narratives of the First Opium War (1839–1842). Sir Arthur Cunynghame, then a young officer in the British Army, recounts his experiences accompanying British military operations against Qing China. It combines eyewitness military observations with descriptions of Chinese society, Hong Kong in its infancy as a British possession, and the ports and waterways encountered during the campaign.
Price£185.00
