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1906 Thacker's Guide to Calcutta
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce
The first edition of this very scarce work.
A fantastic guide to Calcutta penned by the archdeacon of the city, Walter K. Firminger. This volume offers a vivid history of the great city, and the sites important for any visitor to see.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, and fourteen plates.
Collated, bound without the folding map.
Firminger was the first editor of Bengal, Past & Present, the journal of Calcutta Historical Society.
Six pages of adverts to the rear.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, a little rubbed. Bumping resulting in a small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Worn label to the tail of the spine. Light marks to the boards. Ink mark to the rear board. A few small wormholes to the rear board. Front hinge is strained, rear hinge is tender. Internally, binding is strained in places, with a few pages and plates detached but present. Pages are generally bright and clean. Blind stamp to the first few pages. Bound without the folding map.
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