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THE RAJ: INDIA AND THE BRITISH 1600-1947
by BAYLY C A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Pearson, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. (Pearson/National Portrait Gallery Publications 1990). SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. # 47 of 75 copies Numbered and Signed by Bayly on the Front Free End-paper. Over 500 illustrations throughout, many in colour. A special deluxe edition of this magnificent exhibition catalogue. Finely bound, by Shepherds of London, in Dark Green morocco with five raised bands to the spine. Gilt lettering. Decorative paper covered boards with vellum tips. Plain green endpapers with binders ticket inside rear board. Top edge gilt. Housed in a beige cloth-covered, leather entry, slip-case, lined with the same decorative paper as used on the boards. Small binders ticket inside the slip case. A fine example of this deluxe edition. A magnificent, well illustrated and thorough catalogue, issued to coincide with the great Raj exhibition that ran in London from October 1990 to March 1991
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- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490713018
- Title
- THE RAJ: INDIA AND THE BRITISH 1600-1947
- Author
- BAYLY C A
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Morocco
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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