Lot 228
William Hadden, 42nd Royal Highlanders, The Black Watch, India - manuscript poetry ‡
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
£350
Description
Miscellaneous Poetry and Writings by William Hadden, 42nd Royal Highlanders,... Hindoostan. Lucknow, March 1858. 8vo, manuscript title-leaf and 128 manuscript pp., contemporary half calf, containing poems on various subjects, many regarding the author's home in Scotland, others regarding his acquintances and life, such as "Lines on Leaving India", and others on his general thoughts and opinions, such as "Lines on Woman's Virtue"
Footnote
Note: A later note to the contents verso reads: "No.336y. Corporal William Beaths Hadden, 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, The Black Watch, Deigshai [Dagshai?] Himalayas, Bengal, East Indies, 1862"