The Last Years of British India
250pp. Includes maps. In deep red cloth-covered boards (clean, strong and sharp, just gently rubbed around spine head and heel). Previous owner's name on front endpaper with some other pencil notes, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A contemporary review of the book is pasted onto the rear endpapers, and two further reviews loosely laid in. Places in its historical context one of the most significant and portentous events of modern times - the end of Britain's Indian empire. 8vo.
