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

Friends of the PBFA

For £10 get free entry to our fairs, updates from the PBFA and more.

Please email info@pbfa.org for more information

Join PBFA

Membership of the PBFA is open to anyone who has been trading in antiquarian and second-hand books for a minimum of two years subject to certain criteria.

Email info@pbfa.org to find out more, or complete the enquiry form.

complete the form