Ronald Dalzell

Finely bound Edition De Luxe, special first edition of Loyal Rulers and Leaders of the East focuses on the rulers and leaders in India, Ceylon and Malay who contributed to the Allied effort in World War I.

• Ronald Dalzell (English).
• Introduction by Field Marshal Earl Haig of Bemersyde (English).
• London: Zaehnsdorf, 1922.
• Includes photogravure frontispieces of King George V and Queen Mary, and is richly illustrated with photographic portraits.
• Bound in full red morocco by Zaehnsdorf with an elaborately gilt-decorated spine and covers that feature green and black morocco leather inlays to the covers with the front cover panel made of an intricately curving acanthus pattern with leaves forming and containing a black gilt fleuron and a red-framed inlaid title to centerpiece of the cover, with five raised bands to the spine separated by gold gilt compartments that contain gold gilt titling, blue silk doublures, gold gilt turn-ins and dentelles, and all page edges with gold tilting.
• Housed in custom red silk clamshell box by the Stonehouse Bindery.

In his introduction, Field Marshal Earl Haig of Bemersyde wrote, “The Indian Army during World War I contributed a number of divisions to the European, Mediterranean and the Middle East theatres of war in World War I. Ultimately, one million Indian troops served overseas, of whom 62,000 died and another 67,000 were wounded. The Indian Army fought against the German Empire in German East Africa and on the Western Front. At the First Battle of Ypres, Khudadad Khan became the first Indian to be awarded a Victoria Cross.” “By their active cooperation with the Allied Nations of the West in their epic struggle for liberty and justice, the Ruling Princes and leaders of the East have made their latest contribution to the advancement of humanity. They command the respect and admiration of the entire world by their capacity for devotion to the principles of true progress” (Earl of Carnwath). “The part played by Indian troops in the opening stages of the War in France, their gallant and courageous bearing in the face of strange conditions, an adverse climate and great odds, are known in every corner of the British Empire. They accomplished splendid things, and won high renown when there were few to uphold the banner of the King-Emperor.”