Folio. 20 leaves, printed on rectos only. Large partially coloured engraved folding map housed in rear pocket. Original publisher's cloth-backed printed buff paper boards. Extremities rubbed and marked, pencilled shelf-marks/labels and early inked ownership inscription of Rustat Blake to upper board, some surface loss to spine. Internally clean and crisp.

The sole edition of a proposal the potential improvements to the harbour facilities at Vizagapatam, directed by civil engineer, predominantly remembered for the construction of Tower Bridge, John Wolfe Barry (1836-1918). Initially built to facilitate the export of manganese ore from the Central Provinces, the Inner Harbour of Vizagapatam was constructed, partly in accordance Barry's recommendations, by the Bengal Nagpur Railway between 1927 and 1933.