Author: Thacker's Directories, Ltd
Title: Thacker&Apos;S Indian Directory 1927, Embracing the Whole of the Indian Empire
Description: Calcutta, Thacker's Directories, Ltd; Thacker, Spink & Co, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce directory for British India in the year 1927, offering a fascinating insight into the country during the British Empire. A very scarce 1927 directory for British India, an interesting reference work on India during the crown rule.Illustrated with five folding maps.Information provided by this directory includes lists of societies of the arts and of literature, stamp duties, clubs, newspapers and periodicals, commercial industries, tea estates, and moreBy Thacker, Spink, & Company, who begun publishing their directory as 'Thacker's Indian Directory' in 1864. Under different names, the directory continued in publication until 1960.Advertisements to the pastedowns and endpapers, to the first and last few leaves, and with further advertisements interspersed throughout. In the publisher's original cloth covered boards. Significant bumping and fading to back strip head and tail, with boards bright. Fraying to rear board tail. Extensive stamps to text block fore edge and head and tail. Front joint starting, with board somewhat tender. Rear joint starting, with board firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Library stamps throughout, including to title page, advertisement leaves, and reverse of plates. Pages otherwise lightly age toned, but generally clean and bright. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .
Keywords: thacker's directory india indian empire reference india None
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Title: Thacker&Apos;S Indian Directory 1927, Embracing the Whole of the Indian Empire
Description: Calcutta, Thacker's Directories, Ltd; Thacker, Spink & Co, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce directory for British India in the year 1927, offering a fascinating insight into the country during the British Empire. A very scarce 1927 directory for British India, an interesting reference work on India during the crown rule.Illustrated with five folding maps.Information provided by this directory includes lists of societies of the arts and of literature, stamp duties, clubs, newspapers and periodicals, commercial industries, tea estates, and moreBy Thacker, Spink, & Company, who begun publishing their directory as 'Thacker's Indian Directory' in 1864. Under different names, the directory continued in publication until 1960.Advertisements to the pastedowns and endpapers, to the first and last few leaves, and with further advertisements interspersed throughout. In the publisher's original cloth covered boards. Significant bumping and fading to back strip head and tail, with boards bright. Fraying to rear board tail. Extensive stamps to text block fore edge and head and tail. Front joint starting, with board somewhat tender. Rear joint starting, with board firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Library stamps throughout, including to title page, advertisement leaves, and reverse of plates. Pages otherwise lightly age toned, but generally clean and bright. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .
Keywords: thacker's directory india indian empire reference india None
Price: GBP 240.00 = appr. US$ 342.72 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 949F38
- Book number: 949F38
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