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8. Baker (Rev. Thomas Turner) The Recent Operations of the British Forces at Rangoon and Martaban, first edition, half-title, tinted lithographed frontispiece, 3 lithographed plates, 2 folding, original cloth, spine gilt, lower cover spotted, still a very good copy, [Abbey, Travel, 407], 8vo, 1852.

est. £400 – £600

An account of the second Anglo-Burmese War (April 1852-January 1853). Baker was the chaplain of Her Majesty's ship Fox and died in March 1852 of cholera.

Sold for £460
Sale 679, 25th March 2009


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