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Baker, Valentine
Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
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Description
- Baker, Valentine
- Clouds in the East: Travels and Adventures on the Perso-Turkoman Frontier. London: Chatto and Windus, 1876
- paper
Second edition, 8vo, x, [ii], 376pp., 40pp. adverts, half-title, 3 folding maps, 8 chromo-lithographed plates, original blindstamped green cloth, yellow endpapers, slipcase, lower blank margin of p.1 cut away
Provenance
Colonel Bagler Bowdon, armorial bookplate
Literature
Ghani p.26; Wilson p.12
Condition
A good copy.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
In 1875 the career of "Baker Pasha", a younger brother of Sir Samuel Baker, in the British army came to an inglorious ending after being arrested on a charge of indecent assault upon a young woman in a railway carriage. Later on he entered the service of Turkey in the war with Russia and obtained the command of a new Egyptian gendarmerie and police force. “In his detailed account ... he provided an evaluation of Russian advances towards India, criticized British foreign policy, urged military preparedness and a ‘bolder policy’ against Russia in Asia, and proposed a nine-point plan of action” (ODNB).