Light blue cloth boards w/ dark blue titling to spine / no DJ. Binding square and tight, covers lightly soiled/rubbed w/ light bubbling (mostly to rear), gently bumped corners and a hint of concavity along vert axis, fep SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS and dated 1948, otherwise, text block bright, clean and unmarked throughout on lightly read pages w/ dusted/soiled/foxed page ends. 174 pps, 1/2 Title, portis, (presumed 1st Edition), illus's, facsim's, photos, plates, maps, append's, biblio, index, notes. An excellent, well-documented treatise on mail service from Great Britain to India including steam navigation, rail, and overland routes, Waghorn's journeys and agency in the mid-1800s, financial difficulties and quarantine regulations as originally prepared by one of Great Britain's most noted collectors (Sidebottom), augmented by new and complimentary information prepared by (Clear) and published for the Postal History Society in Great Britain.

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Title

The Overland Mail A Postal Historical Study of the Mail Route to India (SIGNED)

Publisher

George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London

Publication Date

1948

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

No Jacket

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