A Handbook for Travellers in India and Pakistan Burma and Ceylon including the Portuguese and French Possessions and the Indian states
by Hearn, Sir Gordon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1953. Post-war guide to the region, then recently independent & partitioned. Third printing thus, first published in 1949. Red hardcover, gilt titling. Light wear, spine slant, ink name, bookseller's rubberstamp, endsheets tanned; jacket rubbed with tanned spine, chips, 3x3x2 inch chunk missing from rear panel, no loss of text. Text clean; cxxiv, 792 pages; index, directory; 65 maps, plans, & illustrations, as called for, including the folding one in the rear pocket.. Sixteenth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 5¼" by 7¼".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- r1124
- Title
- A Handbook for Travellers in India and Pakistan Burma and Ceylon including the Portuguese and French Possessions and the Indian states
- Author
- Hearn, Sir Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Sixteenth Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Travel, Asia, British Empire
- Size
- 5¼" by 7¼"
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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