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GIMLETTE (Lt.-Col. G.H.D., CIE, IMS)
A Postscript to the Records of the Indian Mutiny. An Attempt to Trace the Subsequent Careers & Fate of the Rebel Bengal Regiments, 1857-1858.
1st Ed., 222pp. Witherby.
1927
#68990
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Rare & useful account of each of the mutinous regiments during the events of 1857-59, including artillery, sappers, cavalry, infantry, irregular contingents &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG with a related presentation inscrip. "Sir Thomas Bramsdon from Sir Thomas D. Gimlette 10th March 1930." The recipient was a Liberal politician & public servant of note in the Portsmouth area while the donor was a Royal Navy surgeon Rear-Admiral to whom the Gimlet cocktail is attributed. Apparently he advocated the mixture of gin & lime juice as an anti-scurvy medication. See illustrations on our website.
£125
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