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ANDERSON (JOHN CORBET) To India and Back by the Cape. By a Traveller... Subscriber's Copy, FIRST...

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ANDERSON (JOHN CORBET) To India and Back by the Cape. By a Traveller... Subscriber's Copy, FIRST...
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London, United Kingdom

ANDERSON (JOHN CORBET) To India and Back by the Cape. By a Traveller... Subscriber's Copy, FIRST EDITION, list of subscribers, 17 lithographed plates, tissue guards, occasional spotting (one plate slightly heavier), illustrations in the text including a map hand-coloured in outline, an albumen print photograph of Calcutta town hall tipped in on front free endpaper, dried plant specimens pasted on 3 of the tissue guards, corners worn, small losses to spine ends [Abbey Travel 524; Mendelssohn IV, p.510], 4to, Croydon, John C. Anderson, 1859 Footnotes: A self-published guide book for travellers to India, dedicated to 'widows and orphans of English soldiers who have fallen... upon the plains of Hindostan', and illustrated with fine views including Ceylon, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, Mauritius, Madeira, Tristan da Cunha, and South Africa. Provenance: Harriet Basilico, 17 February 1862, ownership inscription. Mr. A. Basilico, of Hampstead is listed as one of the subscribers. Saleroom notices: Should read 'publisher's pictorial cloth gilt' This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ā€¢ ā€¢ Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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Should read "publisher's pictorial cloth gilt"

ANDERSON (JOHN CORBET) To India and Back by the Cape. By a Traveller... Subscriber's Copy, FIRST EDITION, list of subscribers, 17 lithographed plates, tissue guards, occasional spotting (one plate slightly heavier), illustrations in the text including a map hand-coloured in outline, an albumen print photograph of Calcutta town hall tipped in on front free endpaper, dried plant specimens pasted on 3 of the tissue guards, corners worn, small losses to spine ends [Abbey Travel 524; Mendelssohn IV, p.510], 4to, Croydon, John C. Anderson, 1859 Footnotes: A self-published guide book for travellers to India, dedicated to 'widows and orphans of English soldiers who have fallen... upon the plains of Hindostan', and illustrated with fine views including Ceylon, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, Mauritius, Madeira, Tristan da Cunha, and South Africa. Provenance: Harriet Basilico, 17 February 1862, ownership inscription. Mr. A. Basilico, of Hampstead is listed as one of the subscribers. Saleroom notices: Should read 'publisher's pictorial cloth gilt' This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ā€¢ ā€¢ Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

Saleroom Notice:
Should read "publisher's pictorial cloth gilt"

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