The Life and Correspondence of Major-General Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B., Late Envoy to Persia, and Governor of Bombay; From Unpublished Letters and Journals. In Two Volumes.

The Life and Correspondence of Major-General Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B., Late Envoy to Persia, and Governor of Bombay; From Unpublished Letters and Journals. In Two Volumes.

Author: Kaye, John William (3 June 1814 – 24 July 1876)

8vo.(5.25" x 8.375")1856. Kaye, John William. London. Smith, Elder, and Co. 2 volumes. Quarter brown calf with corners, double blindstamp rule to all leather edges, over marbled boards. Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title to fancy gilt bordered red leather to second compartment, gilt author/vol# to fancy gilt rule bordered black leather to fourth compartment, fancy gilt rule and corners with large gilt centered device to each other compartment, fancy gilt rule to head and foot of spine. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss to tips, extremities rubbed affecting gilt on bands, leather lightly scuffed towards edges (see pic). Old bookplate from the Mitchell family to the front pastedowns. Small spot (.5" x .5") of marbled paper towards head lacking (glue issue?). Engraved frontispiece to vol.I. Heavy foxing mostly kept to front and rear of textblock.

From Wiki: Sir John William Kaye KCSI FRS (3 June 1814 – 24 July 1876) was a British military historian, civil servant and army officer in India. His major works on military history include a three-volume work on The History of the Sepoy War in India. This work was revised later by George Bruce Malleson and published in six volumes in 1890 as Kaye and Malleson's History of the Indian Mutiny.

From Wiki: Major-General Sir John Malcolm GCB, KLS (2 May 1769 – 30 May 1833) was a Scottish soldier, diplomat, East India Company administrator, statesman, and historian. Together with his contemporaries Mountstuart Elphinstone and Sir Thomas Munro, Malcolm was an architect of three early principles of British rule, whose wisdom "was too soon forgotten and remembered too late". Four main themes can be identified. Firstly, India was to be ruled for the benefit of the company – but also of Indians, i.e. no British settlers. Secondly, indirect rule was to be preferred, leaving existing Indian rulers in place wherever possible, with minimal disturbance of traditional methods of governance, religion and social structure. Thirdly, Malcolm helped to develop the role of the District Officer, a small group of powerful administrators with minimal overt force to support them. Fourthly, Malcolm promoted a 'forward' foreign policy; meaning diplomatic engagement with neighbouring states such as Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia. He was a mentor and inspiration to several celebrated Anglo-Indian statesmen – among them Henry Pottinger, Charles Metcalfe, Alexander Burnes and Henry Rawlinson.

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