1850 CHRISTIAN MILITARY CHAPBOOKS. Fine Binding with Eleven Rare Chapbooks Involving Christian Soldiers

A beautiful custom bound assemblage of eleven and tracts in a fine red straight grain calf binding in a wonderful state of preservation. Fascinating collection probably assembled for a family whose husband and father were off fighting, perhaps in the Opium War or the Indian Rebellion. 

Items include:

Witts, B. L. The Words She Wrote; or, The Blood-Stained Leaf. A True and Touching Story of a Young Lady and Two Highlanders at Lucknow. London. Wertheim. 1859. Fine full page engraving of highlander troops in kilts, etc. 

Cay, Alfred. Voices of the Battle Field. The Great Captain of Sufferers a S Suffering Army's Hope. Dedicated to England's Soldiers and India's Sufferers. A. M. Pigott. 1857. 

The Christian Soldier; Being a Memorial of the Late Lieut-Colonel Fordyce. Birmingham. J. Groom. 

A Light for the Line; or, the Story of Thomas Ward. A Railway Workman. London. James Nisbet. 1858. 

Brave, Kind, and Happy; or, Words of Hearty Friendship to the Working Men of England. London. James Nisbet. 1857. 

Barth, C. G. The Raven's Feather. A Story for Children. London. RTS. 

Strickland, Susannah. Harry Perry. Encourage Kindly Feelings. London. Dean and Son.

Strickland, Susannah. The Soldier's Orphan; or, Hugh Latimer. London. Thomas Dean and Son. 

Strickland, Susannah. Something More about the Soldier's Orphan; or, the Further Adventures of Hugh Latimer. London. Thomas Dean and Son. 

The Midnight Capture. Birmingham. J. Groom. 1852.

The Blending of the Roses. N/A