12mo. iv, 348pp. Bound by Westleys & Co. of London in original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and cocked, spine sunned. Upper hinge exposed, remnants of later excised bookplate to FEP, binder's ticket to REP. Early inked ownership inscription of 'E. Macpherson' to head of title page; Emma Macpherson, mother of Sir William Charles Macpherson (1855-1936), civil servant in India, member of the Bengal Legislative Council (1902-11), and the Board of Revenue of Calcutta (1906- 11).

The sole edition of an early first-hand narrative of the siege of the garrison of Lucknow during the 1857 Sepoy Rebellion. Adelaide Case, recounts with vivd detail the horrific circumstances of the five-month ordeal, most notably the death of her husband Colonel William Case of the 32nd Queens Regiment.