The Tiger of Mysore: a story of the War with Tippoo Saib. . . illustrations by W.H. Margeston and a map. by [INDIA]. HENTY, G.[eorge] A.[lfred] - 1895.

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1895. 12mo. 390, [2] pp., plus 16 pp. publisher’s catalogue. Frontisp., 11 plates, 3 maps (1 large double-page colour map). Blue pictorial publisher’s cloth, cover art image of figure in tuban holding sword, tiger on spine, in red, white & black, white, red & gilt lettering, decoration (minor darkening, dustsoiling, minor wear to couple corners, slight bumping to couple corners), still VG bright copy. First edition of this rousing tale of privateers, shipwreck, and rescue in India during the third and fourth Anglo-Mysore Wars in Indian 1790-1799. Henty has focused on the failings of Lord Cornwallis, as he describes the battles in which Tipu Sultan invaded the state of Travancore with French allies, which ended in his defeat at the siege of Serigapatam and the signing of the Treaty which required him to surrender half his kingdom to the British East India Company. The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War resulted in the death of Tipu Sultan, when the British won a decisive victory at the Siege of Seringapatam in 1799. William Henry Margeston (1861-1940) was a noted English painter and illustrator, primarily known for his striking portraits of women.