Bombay in the Days of Queen Anne ; Being an Account of the Settlement Written by John Burnell
by BURNELL, JOHN & SHEPPARD, SAMUEL T. (Intro & Notes) & FOSTER, Sir WILLIAM (Intro) & COTTON, Sir EVAN (Notes) & ANSTEY, L. M. (Notes)
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Hakluyt Society 1933. FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, xxx + 192pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy tanning & staining to spine, light tanning & foxing)
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- Bombay in the Days of Queen Anne ; Being an Account of the Settlement Written by John Burnell
- Author
- BURNELL, JOHN & SHEPPARD, SAMUEL T. (Intro & Notes) & FOSTER, Sir WILLIAM (Intro) & COTTON, Sir EVAN (Notes) & ANSTEY, L. M. (Notes)
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- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Hakluyt Society 1933
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- first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Bombay India John Burnell settlers
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