Author: The Times of India
Title: The Times of India Calendar and Bombay Directory for 1874
Description: Bombay, The Times of India Offive, 1874 . First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce 1874 edition of the Times of India's illustrated calendar and directory to Bombay. A very scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and two further plates. Collated, complete.A fascinating and informative alphabetically arranged guide to the businesses, buildings, statistics, army, and economy of Bombay and India at large in India in 1874, issued by the Times of India.Also included are army lists, marine lists, and civil lists. With a calendar of important events taking place throughout the year also present, and tables of weights and measurements. With sixty-four pages of contemporary advertisements to the rear.With the stamp of the United Kingdom Law Society to the title page, and one or two further leaves, and with their name to the back strip tail.An impressively detailed reference work, offering insight into life in Bombay in the 1870s. In a half calf binding, with cloth covered boards. Major rubbing to calf of back strip and boards. Front board detached, but present. Rear joint starting, with board firmly held. Lacking front free endpaper. Frontispiece detached and loosely inserted. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with the odd light handling mark. Library stamp to title page head and one or two further leaves. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .

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