HYDERABAD. Scarce Gazetteer of Berar, 1870

Lyall, A. C., Commissioner of West Berar [editor]: Gazetteer for the Haidarabad Assigned Districts, commanly called Berar. 1870. Printed at the Education Society’s Press, Byculla [Bombay]. 1st edition, large 8vo [10 x 6¾ ins].

2 folding maps, xii, 282pp, xxiii General Index. Original faded cloth gilt, worn with spine split along rear hinge, title page and one other prelim detached but present, split without loss along one fold of the Berear map. Although modern reprints are readily available this is the only orginal copy we have seen in years. dec21/1