Colonel Sir Charles Wilson — Lord Clive

London, Macmillan and Co. 1893. Leather. An early reprint of this biography of Lord Clive, issued as part of Macmillan"s "English Men of Action" series, a Pembroke Dockyard prize copy awarded in 1898, bound in half calf. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and folding map. Bound in a half calf binding with textured cloth boards. First published in 1890, this is an early reprint. Part of the "English Men of Action" series, Macmillan"s biographical library devoted to major figures in British history. A prize copy awarded to J. A. Evans, fitter apprentice, Pembroke Dockyard, for good conduct and progress at school, dated April 1898. Illustrated with a monochrome portrait frontispiece and a fold-out map of India. Collated, complete. A comprehensive biography of Robert Clive, detailing his rise from a young East India Company clerk to architect of British power in India, with chapters on Arcot, Plassey, the conquest of Bengal, Clive"s governorships, and his later political career and reputation in Britain. Bound in a half calf binding with textured cloth boards. Prize bookplate to front paste down. Externally, generally smart. Slight fading to extremities of cloth. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to calf. Loss to upper portion of spine label. Slight discolouration to spine. Rugging to boards with the odd minor handling mark. Hinges cracked, with binding materials partially exposed but holding. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned with the odd spot to first and last few leaves. Stamp to verso of title page "Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty". Good . Ill.: None Stated. Good .