INDIAN LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY
by [TRAVEL] Compton, Herbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. First Edition. An account of native life in India written from the point of view of a practical man of affairs who knows India from long residence" (Cleveland Leader). First Printing. Octavo (18.75cm); red cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt, green, and white, and photographic only mounted to front cover; x,281,[1],[4]pp ads; with frontispiece and 15 plates of illustrations. Contemporary owners name to front endpaper, a few tiny spots to upper edge of textblock, else a fresh, Fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3807
- Title
- INDIAN LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY
- Author
- [TRAVEL] Compton, Herbert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- First Edition
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- G
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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