Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints & Photographs II
Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints & Photographs II
JAMES MACLEAN (1835-1906) / F. DREWITT (1848-1942) - Bombay
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a. JAMES MACKENZIE MACLEAN (1835 – 1906):
A Guide to Bombay: Historical, Statistical and Descriptive, Fourth Edition, Bombay: Compiled and printed at the “Bombay Gazette” steam press, 1879, 356 pages of guide + 23 pages of directory and index of names + 124 pages of official directory and lists of a variety of information. Large folding map facing the title-page, 28 pages of ads in the beginning and 23 pages of ads at the end.
Original maroon cloth with title and price embossed in gilt on cover. Name in ink scrawled on cover.b. F. DAWTREY DREWITT, M.A., M.D (1848 – 1942):
Bombay in the days of George IV, memoirs of Sir Edward West, Chief Justice of the King’s Court, during his conflict with the East India Company, with hitherto unpublished documents by F. Dawtrey Drewitt, M.A., M.D. (fellow of the Royal College of Physicians), with 7 illustrations. Longmans, Green and Co. 39 Paternoster Row, London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta, 1907, pp. 368
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Notes
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Lot a: The guide was published at regular intervals from 1875 to 1902 and all editions are difficult to come by. This is a very rare guide with a mine of information
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Condition
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Lot a: Binding a little faded, spine coming off but present, a piece of spine lacking.