[SOLD] T.H. Manners-Howe – Peeps at History: India – 1911

A charming early 20th-century travel and historical guide to India, part of a series of similar books on different countries around the world.

Hardback, published by A&C Black in 1911, first edition.

With eight full-page watercolour illustrations by Alan Stewart, including a colour pasted-on plate to the front board. Tracks India’s history from ancient times up to the British colonial period.

Hardback, bound in blue cloth. In very good condition, minimal external wear, a few minor marks to rear board. Neat contemporary prize inscription. Binding tight and square.