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TWO SISTERS

THE TIMELY RETREAT; OR, A YEAR IN BENGAL BEFORE THE MUTINIES


Estimate: Rs 25,000-Rs 30,000 ( $350-$420 )


The Timely Retreat; or, a Year In Bengal before the Mutinies


Two Sisters, The Timely Retreat; or, a Year In Bengal before the Mutinies, London: Richard Bentley, 1858, 2 Volumes

Volume 1: pp. 313 + plates
Volume 2: pp. 251 + plates

The 2 volumes have frontispieces, 8 other colour and black and white plates, 25 wood engravings
Original gilt-embossed binding somewhat soiled (each)
7.75 x 3.75 in (19.3 x 9.3 cm) (each)

Two Sisters were Madeline & Rosalind Wallace-Dunlop. A light-hearted journal kept by the sisters of a Bengal civilian, mostly confined to travels in the Himalayas, oblivious of the coming storm.

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