Lot 199
India.- Scott (Captain Allan N.) Sketches in India; taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, in the Madras Presidency, first edition, 1862.
Hammer Price: £4,500
Description
India.- Scott (Captain Allan N.) Sketches in India; taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, in the Madras Presidency, first edition, albumen frontispiece and 100 albumen plates, tissue-guards, lacking half-title, front free endpaper with contemporary pencil gift inscription "From Charles McMinn...Lucknow India", scattered spotting and soiling, generally light, stain to head of plate LV and surrounding few ff., upper hinge tender, contemporary half morocco, gilt, spine almost detached and with loss to head and foot, rubbed, joints split, g.e., 8vo, 1862.
Description
India.- Scott (Captain Allan N.) Sketches in India; taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, in the Madras Presidency, first edition, albumen frontispiece and 100 albumen plates, tissue-guards, lacking half-title, front free endpaper with contemporary pencil gift inscription "From Charles McMinn...Lucknow India", scattered spotting and soiling, generally light, stain to head of plate LV and surrounding few ff., upper hinge tender, contemporary half morocco, gilt, spine almost detached and with loss to head and foot, rubbed, joints split, g.e., 8vo, 1862.