Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825, (With Notes Upon Ceylon,) [Two volumes]
by Heber, Reginald
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Carey. Good with no dust jacket. 1828. Hardcover. Dry and powdery leather on spines has been treated with Cellugel to consolidate it. Joints split on Volume One, with boards hanging on by cords only. Brown stainining to margins of endpapers and preliminary leaves (offsetting from acidic glue?). Internally good. The folding map has a 45mm tear. ; First US edition. Two volumes (complete). Volume One: [2 (blank)], viii, (9)-507, [3 (blank)] pages + folding frontispiece map of India. Volume Two: [2 (blank)], [2], [5-8], (3)-395, [3 (blank)] pages. Early full calf boards, spine leather poor. Blind decoration and double gilt rule to borders of boards. Page dimensions: 217 x 134mm. Frontispiece map of India in Volume One has red and blue colour drawn by hand to show author's routes. Title continues: "An Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India. By the Late Right Rev. Reginald Heber, D.D. - Lord Bishop of Calcutta." .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22834
- Title
- Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825, (With Notes Upon Ceylon,) [Two volumes]
- Author
- Heber, Reginald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Carey, Lea, and Carey
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1828
- Keywords
- History India
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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