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Item Details

Description

Images of British India in the twentieth century'.
Introduction by Philip Mason.
Pictorial dust-jacket with title.
Publishers brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine.
Decorative endpapers.
28 photo illustrations.
In-text illustrations.
'The voices and memories of those who were there collected
for radio programmes. The contributors to this book, were the
last survivors of the Raj who went out to India as ordinary men
and women to follow, by today's standards, extraordinary lives.
The editor has arranged his material under topics, highlighting
the features that were common to many (Sport, The Hills,
The Barracks, The Hot Weather, Indians etc)'. Publisher
Andre Deutsch
Editor
Charles Allen
Date Published
1975
Binding
Hardcover with pictorial dust-jacket
Condition
Very Good

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