1939 Revealing India's Past: A Co-Operative Record of Archaeological Conservation and Exploration in India and Beyond

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Folding Maps, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon, With Dustwrapper

The first edition, first impression.

In the publisher's original quarter cloth with the original, very scarce, dust wrapper. 

Illustrated with a monochrome photographic frontispiece, thirty-three monochrome photographic plates, and a folding colour map. Collated, complete. 

This work on the history of India was edited by Sir John Cumming and covers the story of the archaeological department in India. The work also covers topics such as the conservation projects involving Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic monuments, the excavation of prehistoric civilisations, and the archaeological exploration of Indian Tibet and central Asia, and much more.