The Overland Mail. A postal historical study of the mail route to India.
by Sidebottom, John K. [Clear, Charles R. ed]
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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Hay on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First edition. The Postal History Society. George Allen and Unwin. London. 1948. Quarto. xi, 174pp. Frontis. portrait of Thomas Waghorn, 7 further plates, text illus and maps. Original blue cloth, a little bumped, in original unclipped torn dust wrapper. Endpapers and edges spotted.
Signed by the author J. K. Sidebottom dated 22. xi. 48, and the editor C. R. Clear dated 23. xi. 48 to ffep.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Haynes Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio369
- Title
- The Overland Mail. A postal historical study of the mail route to India.
- Author
- Sidebottom, John K. [Clear, Charles R. ed]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Postal History Society. George Allen and Unwin.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- East India Company, Waghorn
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration; History; Provenance, Bookplates and Associations; The Middle East, India and Asia;
- Size
- 4to
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