Boxwallah Cocks (1 results)

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Boxwallahs were small-scale travelling merchant peddlers in India. They were known as boxwallahs because of the large boxes in which they carried their merchandise (usually clothes and costume jewellery), though the term has been known to be applied to any travelling peddler and also to people involved in business and commercial activities. Contains 309 printed pages of text. Annotated throughout by authority with one full-page double-sided sheet tipped-in to page 65. Spotting to the closed text block edges and in Very Good condition. Signed by the author Nicholas Greenwood to the front free end paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. INDIA (Bharat Ganarajya).