8vo. [2], viii, 370pp. Original publisher's black cloth-backed printed paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp.

An uncommon revision of the register of provincial rulers of Indian States. The entries for each of the states (or estates) record the name, title, and caste of the current ruler - alongside their date of birth and succession - the area that the state or estate covers in square miles, the population (according to the 1931 census), average revenue and expenditure, and numbers of military and police forces; for example, Manipur, Assam, is governed by His Highness Maharaja Sir Chura Chand Singh, covers an area of 8,638, has a population of 445,606, an annual revenue of Rs. 8,71,000, expenditure of Rs. 7,81,000, and a police force comprised of 233 military and 55 civil personnel.

OCLC records copies at just six locations (Berlin, BL, California, MPIFA, Pennsylvania, and Toronto); COPAC adds no further.