The Story of a Life. By the Author of Scenes and Impressions in Egypt and Italy, Recollections of the Peninsula, &c. Third Edition.

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825.. John Walpole's copy. 2 vols. 8vo. (19 x 11.5 cm). pp.xii+316; 364. Handsomely bound in contemporary straight-grained burgundy morocco, sides rule with prominent gilt foliate borders, spines with raised bands and gilt-decorated compartments, title and date gilt-lettered directly to spine, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Old bookseller's label belonging to Ingalton of Eton to flyleaf of Volume I. Old presentation inscription to John Walpole, younger son of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford, who served with the Guards during the Peninsular Was, and was wounded at the Siege of Burgos. Some light rubbing to extremities, contents clean and crisp, generally an excellent copy. Joseph Moyle Sherer (1789�1869) was an army officer and writer. In 1818 Sherer went out to Madras with the 34th regiment, from where he sent home the manuscript of Sketches of India (1821), which went through four editions. Encouraged by its success, Sherer produced several more books after his return to England in 1823. Recollections of the Peninsula (1823) reached five editions and led Sherer into correspondence with Sir William Napier over Sir John Moore's campaign. This was followed by two travel books, Scenes and Impressions in Egypt and Italy (1824), and A Ramble in Germany (1826). While in India, Sherer had imbibed evangelical religious views, and, anxious to promote them among his comrades in the army, published in 1827 a treatise named Religio militis. (ODNB)