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Vincent Eyre. The Military Operations at Cabul

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Vincent Eyre. The Military Operations at Cabul
<B>Vincent Eyre. </B></I><B><I>The Military Operations at Cabul, which Ended in the Retreat and Destruction of the British Army, January 1842. </B></I></B></I><B>With a Journal of Imprisonment in Afghanistan.</B></I> London: John Murray, 1843.<BR><BR>Third edition. Twelvemo. 426 pages. With foldout map of Cabul (Kabul) and a list of British civil and military officer killed during the rebellion in or around that city.<BR><BR>Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt spine with black Morocco label and marbled endpapers. Binding lightly worn. Professional restoration to spine. A very good copy.<BR><BR>Lieutenant Eyre was one of the very few British to escape death in the disastrous retreat from Kabul in 1842, having the dubious fortune of being taken prisoner.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Miscellaneous Collectibles, Smal (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)