Illustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway, including the Tanjore Board, Page 4 Pondicherry, Travancore State and Perelam-Karaikkal Railways.
Book Description
8vo. pp. xii, 339, xxvi (ads.); 44 phototypes plates, one single-page map, one folding map in rear pocket; minor browning to one leaf, inkstamp of Higginbotham & Co., Madras & Bangalore to front pastedown, else very good in original decorated cloth, gilt, darkened on spine, slightly rubbed.
Dealer Notes
A well-produced guide to the railway services in South India, with initial chapters on the region’s history, population, religion, architecture, and sport (small and big game), following by a description of the railway, ‘Hints for Travellers’, and tourist routes. An appendix provides rates and conditions of the various services.
Author
[India.]
Date
1900
Binding
Original decorated cloth, gilt
Publisher
London & Trichiniopoly: Offices of the South Indian Railway Company, Limited, n.d. c. 1900s.
Condition
See description
Pages
xii, 339, xxvi
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