This edition is a Cameron Collectible (... Oakfield is what would have once been called and Anglo-Indian novel. The main hero, Edward Oakfield, travels to India in the mid-1800s as a soldier, after leaving Oxford having taken his degree. The story is about one man's struggle to understand himself, the world, and his vocation. The action takes place against the background of the two Sikh wars during the last years of 'John Company' rule before the Indian mutiny. However, perhaps the novel's primary interest, especially to ...
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This edition is a Cameron Collectible (... Oakfield is what would have once been called and Anglo-Indian novel. The main hero, Edward Oakfield, travels to India in the mid-1800s as a soldier, after leaving Oxford having taken his degree. The story is about one man's struggle to understand himself, the world, and his vocation. The action takes place against the background of the two Sikh wars during the last years of 'John Company' rule before the Indian mutiny. However, perhaps the novel's primary interest, especially to students of the Victorian era, is how Oakfield deals with the question of how to be a Christian in the world, but not of it. The first volume traces Oakfield's arrival in India, his settling into army life, and how his determination not to be dragged down by his companions' behaviour leads to his arrest and subsequent trial. The author, William Arnold, was a younger son of Dr. Thomas Arnold and the one who most closely resembled him in character. William Arnold spent a number of years in India, first as a soldier and later as a civil servant, promoting education throughout India.
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Add this copy of Oakfield: or Fellowship in the East to cart. $12.08, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2017 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
Add this copy of Oakfield, Or, Fellowship in the East to cart. $26.00, very good condition, Sold by MadScience Enterprises rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Coalmont, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1855 by Leicester University.
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Very good. No dust jacket. 444 pages Green embossed cloth binding faded to brown on spine. The fabric is frayed at the ends of the spines, in a couple of places along the gutter and at the front corners. There are some dark spots on the back cover. The spine is somewhat cocked. It is signed by George Blagden Bacon on the first endpage and dated November 1858. Bacon was author of the book, "Siam, Land of the White Elephant, as it Was and Is" among other accomplishments. Pages are clean and unmarked, binding is good.
Add this copy of Oakfield: Or Fellowship in the East to cart. $33.69, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by CreateSpace Independent Publis.
Add this copy of Oakfield; Or, Fellowship in the East to cart. $45.00, fair condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1855 by Boston: Ticknor & Fields.
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Fair. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Poor binding. Text block split. Name on fep. Novel of the Bengal Native Infantry in India. From the library of James Newall Arnold (1844-1927). Arnold was a noted Rhode Island historian.
Add this copy of Oakfield; Or, Fellowship in the East to cart. $250.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1855 by Ticknor & Fields.
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Near Fine. First American edition. Publisher's blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Small nicks and tears on the spine, particularly at the ends, but still a bright, very good copy. Novel of the Bengal Native Infantry in India, orignally published the previous year in London.
