Molony (J. Chartres) A Book of South India
£70
London, Methuen, 1926.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
An attractively illustrated book on southern India.
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Some light foxing; cloth very good; small abrasion to jacket spine, but overall very good.
Plates, map, map endpapers.
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