Kaye, Sir John William F.R.S. The History of the Sepoy War in India, 1857-1858. W.H. Allen & Co., 1880. (3 vols). and Malleson, Col. G.B. History of the Indian Mutiny. W.H. Allen & Co., 1878-80. (3 vols). with Pincott, Frederick Analytical Index [to the above combined set]. W.H. Allen & Co., 1880. 8vo (7 vols). All uniformly bound in full calf gilt, boards with double gilt-fillet borders, spines gilt in compartments with contrasting morocco lettering pieces in two, gilt roll-tooled board edges, blind roll-tooled turn-ins, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; Kaye II: 1 folding coloured map; III: 3 folding maps, 1 coloured; Malleson II: 7 folding maps, 2 coloured; III: 4 folding maps; provenance: Sir James Joicey Bart. (his armorial bookplate on upper pastedowns). Sir James (later Baron Joicey) was MP for Chester-le-Street and Chairman of his families' mining business. The Joicey pits included ones at Beamish. This six-volume History was first produced by Colonel George Malleson (1825-1898), combining Sir John Kaye's unfinished History with his own work. Kaye (1814-1876) was a soldier and historian who started the Calcutta Review in 1844. His use of first-hand evidence, collected from personal and professional contacts, supports (perhaps predictably) his assertion that the rebellion is a story of British 'national character'. Malleson's contributions derive from his controversial 'Red Pamphlet' (1857) and he is unafraid to criticise or praise British troops and administration as the occasion demands. The set includes the Index produced for the combined work.