Rare Book Auction
Friday, 22 July - Thursday, 11 August 2022
Hutchinson C W - Specimens of Various Vernacular Characters Passing Through The Post Office In India
Estimate $300 - $600
Realised: $160 plus premium
Lot Details
Compiled in the year 1877. Photozincographed at the Surveyor-General's Office, Calcutta, with a hand written inscription to the front detailing the gifting of the book to the General Assembly Library from the Director General of the Indian Postal Service, 1878, half burgundy calf, ex libris with usual stamps etc. Exceptionally rare copy.
