A History of the Indian Empire and the East India Company by Ritchie, Leitch - 1848

London: W.H. Allen, 1848. Title continued, "From the Easliest Times to the Present together with Accounts of Beloochistan, Affghanistan, Cashmere, Thibet, The Burman Empire, Siam, The Malay Peninsula, The Chinese Empire, Japan, Australia, S. Africa, ETC." This is the second printing, one year after the first edition, and ten years prior to the Sepoy Mutiny. No maps or illustrations and none called for. Pages xvi, 500 and xii, 512. Exlibrary marks on the cloth spines and inside on the title page. Cloth spines are detached and half of one is missing. But the hinges are golding. Inside, the page block is clean and tight, surprisingly no foxing or browning. An excellent reading copy and candidate for binding repairs. . Second Printing. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.