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Auction archive: Lot number 47

Our Viceregal Life in India. Selections from my Journal 1884-1888

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US$10
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n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 47

Our Viceregal Life in India. Selections from my Journal 1884-1888

Estimate
US$10
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Title: Our Viceregal Life in India. Selections from my Journal 1884-1888 Author: Dufferin & Ava, Harriot (The Marchioness) Place: London Publisher: John Murray Date: 1889 Description: 2 volumes. 10, 344; 8, 346 + 2 ad pp. Collotype frontispiece portrait from photograph by Bourne & Shepherd; folding map. 8x5, original teal cloth gilt. First Edition, second thousand. Insightful observations by the wife of the Viceroy of India; Lady Dufferin and Ava is notable for her support for medical relief for the women of India, organizing in 1885 the National Association for Supplying Female Medical Aid to the Women of India, also known as the Dufferin Fund. With printed labels of Cawthorn, Hutt & Son, Booksellers and Librarians, to front covers, with old paper shelf labels on spine and bookplates of Charles Landers. Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing and wear to covers, spines leaning, Vol. I recased with creasing to spine, ends frayed; generally very good. Item number: 187780

Auction archive: Lot number 47
Auction:
Datum:
23 Jul 2009
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Our Viceregal Life in India. Selections from my Journal 1884-1888 Author: Dufferin & Ava, Harriot (The Marchioness) Place: London Publisher: John Murray Date: 1889 Description: 2 volumes. 10, 344; 8, 346 + 2 ad pp. Collotype frontispiece portrait from photograph by Bourne & Shepherd; folding map. 8x5, original teal cloth gilt. First Edition, second thousand. Insightful observations by the wife of the Viceroy of India; Lady Dufferin and Ava is notable for her support for medical relief for the women of India, organizing in 1885 the National Association for Supplying Female Medical Aid to the Women of India, also known as the Dufferin Fund. With printed labels of Cawthorn, Hutt & Son, Booksellers and Librarians, to front covers, with old paper shelf labels on spine and bookplates of Charles Landers. Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing and wear to covers, spines leaning, Vol. I recased with creasing to spine, ends frayed; generally very good. Item number: 187780

Auction archive: Lot number 47
Auction:
Datum:
23 Jul 2009
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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