Printed 1846 Adventures written by an officer serving in the Army of the great Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Lawrence, Major H. M. L., Political Agent in Charge of British Relations with Lahore: Adventures of an Officer in the Punjaub. 1846 Henry Colburn [London] 2nd edition 2 volumes 8vo. Complete 2 volume set. Vol I: Frontis portrait of Rajah Runjeet Sing, xi, 287pp, 24pp publisher’s ads; Vol II: Frontis portrait of Maharajah Shere Sing, vii, 262pp, 6p publisher’s ads. Original publisher’s cloth blind stamped and gilt, front boards blocked with a silhouette of mounted Ranjit Singh. "Lawrence was very much a soldier of fortune. His opening paragraph begins: Who was my father, or who my mother, signifies little; enough that, after some stirring experiences in other parts of the world, I found myself on the 5th of May, 1830, a colonel in the service of Maharajah Runjeet Singh. " https://archive.org/details/AdventuresOfAnOfficerInTheServiceOfRunjeetSinghVolumeI/page/n5/mode/2up