Late Victorian work on communications in India
£45.00
Macgeorge, G.W., M.I.C.E. Ways and Works in India. Being an Account of the Public Works in That Country from the Earliest Times Up to the Present Day. Archibald Constable and Company [London] 1894 1st edition 9vo
4 folding coloured maps, 14 plates of illustrations and a few small illustrations in text, vi.565pp. Late 20th century re-bound in black quarter leather gilt with marbled boards, paper rather browned, small hole in first page of preface, a few isolated worm holes in maps and largest with an old taped repair to the reverse. A decent working copy that looks good on the shelf. The work deals with railways, harbours, irrigation, electric telegraph, etc. jan7/3
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