Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes, down to the Occupation of Labuan: from the Journals of James Brooke, Esq., Rajah of Sarawak, and Governor of Labuan. Together with a Narrative of the Operations of H.M.S. Iris. By Captain Rodney Mandy.

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2 volumes... London: John Murray, 1848. 8vo. Original illustrated cloth. Gilt. With 2 frontispieces, numerous full-page illustrations, and 5 folding maps of which 1 is coloured. A good complete uncut set with publishers' adverts at end of each volume. NOTE: Brooke was a British soldier and adventurer who founded the Raj of Sarawak in Borneo. He ruled as the first White Rajah of Sarawak from 1841 until his death in 1868. (Mundy, as a captain, was deployed to the East Indies Station and was asked to keep the Sultan of Brunei in line until the British Government made a final decision on whether to take the island of Labuan).