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CALCUTTA PRINTED

O'MALLEY, L. S. S. Bengal district gazetteers. Saran.

Calcutta. The Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1908. First edition.
8vo. xvi, 177pp, [1]. With a coloured lithographed folding map housed in rear pocket. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Early inked ownership inscription of W. C. Macpherson to initial leaf.
The first edition of a directory to the Saran district, compiled by Indian Civil Servant Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley (1874-1941) and published under the authority of the Bengal Government; recording the history, topography, populace, and administration of the region. A revised edition appeared in 1930.

OCLC records copies at just five locations (Birmingham, Göttingen, Mainz, Monash, and Oxford); COPAC adds on further (RSA).
£ 250.00 Antiquates Ref: 32174