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[Murray's] A Handbook for Travellers in India and Pakistan Burma and Ceylon Including the Portuguese and French Possessions and the Indian States

London: John Murray, 1949. Sixteenth Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. cxxiv, 792. Illustrated with drawings in the text, two-color fold-out maps and plans, and a two-color area map folded in back pocket. Index. Light red cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the cover and spine, blind stamped borders on the covers, sprinkled edges, red and yellow bookmark ribbons. Front board a touch bowed; light foxing to endpapers and edges, owner ink signature on front endpaper. Binding tight and leaves crisp. Very Good+. Item #6309

Murray's first Handbook for India was published in the 1850s. A bright copy of this guide to Asia, published when the Cold War was influencing the countries addressed here. Covers preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

Price: $60.00