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1893: Memories of the Raj by an English woman traveller
Burrell, W.S. and Cuthell, Edith E. :
Indian Memories.
London: Richard Bentley, 1893. FIRST EDITION.
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7.5 x 5.5 inches. vi+304 pages. A nice firm clean copy IN ORIGINAL DECORATED CLOTH, covers somewhat dulled.
Protected in a modern handmade archival cloth slipcase, leather label titled in gilt.
Chapters include: Memories of the Plains in Cold Weather; The Coming of the Cold; Behind the Purdah; With the 'Baba' Folk; Memories of a Great City; An Indian Well; Memories of the Hills in Hot Weather; A March; A Strange Temple; Camp Life; In a
Tea-Garden; Memories of the Highlands of Central India; A Break in the Monsoon; A Fishing Memory; A Mountain Hermit; Under the Tree-Ferns; A Jungle Memory.
Listed in John Theakstone's useful An Alphabetical Bibliography of Books by Victorian and Edwardian Women Travellers Published between 1837 and 1910
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