[TRAVELS AND VOYAGES]. LUMSDEN, H[arry] B[urnett] (1821-1896). The Mission to Kandahar. With Appendices. Calcutta: C. B. Lewis, 1860. Large 8vo. Illustrated with one folding map, one large folding map, and one intertextual map. 282 pp. Publisher's full purple cloth, boards decoratively paneled in blind, front board lettered in gilt, rebacked in later brownish cloth (some wear, soiling to boards, hinges cracking, some thumbsoiling in text, a few short tears to maps. With the bookplate of the Royal United Service Institution on the fp. Very good.FIRST EDITION OF THIS SCARCE ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION INTO UPPER MEERANZYE AND KOORDUM IN 1856. Lumsden was a career officer in the British Army, who distinguished himself in service in India and surrounding territories. "One of the ablest and best military officers in the service. He has distinguished himself in the Afghan war, both the Punjab wars, and in most of the border fights on the Peshawar frontier in the last ten years. He raised, organised and commanded the famous Guide corps. While he was absent at Kandahar, the corps performed excellent service before Delhi. Therefore, in undertaking the Candahar mission, Major Lumsden missed the opportunity of commanding his corps and of winning rank and distinction before Delhi; while on the other hand he gained little but honour and risk in the interior in Afghanistan". (John Lawrence writing about Lumsden). Measurements: 10"L x 7"W x 1"H.