CACUTTA 1940
by BARRY, JOHN
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /No Dustjacket
- Seller
-
Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
CALCUTTA, INDIA: THE CENTRAL PRESS. Bound in green cloth with clear black uppercase titles to wspine, this dated 1940 hardcover First Edition is VG. X/300pp with Introduction, Foreword by Amal Home, missing two maps, remaining folding map of New Market, 64 Photos (including Metro Cinema : lovely Deco buiding). Chapters arranged as 6 Tours, plus listing of places of interest and descriptive street directory. Minor abrasion to spine (2% of spine area affected). Minor rubbing to corners.Otherwise VG . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1940.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00202222286
- Title
- CACUTTA 1940
- Author
- BARRY, JOHN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- THE CENTRAL PRESS
- Place of Publication
- CALCUTTA, INDIA
- Date Published
- 1940
- Pages
- 300
- Keywords
- "CALCUTTA 1940" BY JOHN BARRY PUBLISHED BY THE CENTRAL PRESS, HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION 1940, 12mo, 64 PHOTOS 2 MAPS MISSING CONDITION VG
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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