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J.W.D JOHNSTONE / Gwalior

ASN0036 Auction Type: Online

GWALIOR
1905
Dimension: Quarto

R 65,000 - R 90,000

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GWALIOR, 1905, nd. pub. Bumpus Ltd., c.1905, eleven colour plates of cavalry, forty photogravures with titled tissue guards, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decoration on blue cloth with arms of Gwalior and Prince of Wales’ crests

Provenance Provenance

This copy has been signed and dated 1908 by the fifth Maharaja of Gwalior, Madho Rao Scindia and presented to the 'Royal United Services Institution'.

Literature Literature

When in December 1905, the Prince of Wales’ hunting visit to Nepal was suddenly cancelled, the Maharaja of Gwalior was pleased to offer a five day hunting visit to Gwalior and this book is an account of that visit.

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