Sir Alfred Lyall — Warren Hastings

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1894. Leather. A later edition of this work on British colonial administrator Warren Hastings from the English Men of Action series by Macmillan. Later edition, originally published 1889. English Men of Action series from Macmillan. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and a double-paged colour map. Collated complete. A detailed biographical commentary on the working life of Warren Hastings, a British colonial administrator, who served as the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William, the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and the first Governor-General of Bengal. He, along with Robert Clive, is credited with laying the foundation of the British Empire in India. Written by Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall, a British civil servant, literary historian and poet. Bound by J. & E. Bumpus, Oxford Street. Bound in full red calf. Externally, sound with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Minor cracks to the joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with minor age toning to the extremities. Bound by J. & E. Bumpus, Oxford Street. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .