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A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood
by E. B. Havell
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1904. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. The first edition of this illustrated handbook to neighbourhoods in India, by the art historian Ernest Binfield Havell. The first edition.A detailed handbook on Agra, the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri, and the surrounding areas. Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding plate, and sixteen plates.Collated, complete.Compiled by Ernest Binfield Havell, an arts administrator and historian.Four leaves of the 'Pall Mall Magazine' for September 1904 bound after page 84, comprising of 'The Lament of Shah Jehan'.Forty pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, with rubbing to the boards and spine. Light marks to the boards and spine. Faded ink to the tail of the spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities, with a small amount of loss to the head of the spine. Stamps and ink inscriptions to the front paste down and recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some scattered spots. Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 866P41
- Title
- A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood
- Author
- E. B. Havell
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood agra taj handbook agra
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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