Mohenjo-daro and the Indus Civilization

London: Arthur Probsthain, 1931.
First Edition.

33.5cm x 25.5cm. xxvii, 364 pages, 14 plates, 2 folding maps in rear pocket; xiii, 365-716 pages; xi pages, 150 plates (some folding), 3 volumes, black and white illustrations in the text. Brown cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, lettered jackets, custom cloth slipcases.

Being an official account of Archaeological Excavations at Mohenjo-daro carried out by the Government of India between the years 1922 and 1927 edited by Sir John Marshall … In three volumes, with plan and map in colours, and 164 plates in collotype.  The official account of the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilisation.

Near Fine Condition in Good Jackets. Very minor shelf and handling wear to books, bookseller’s label of Blackwell’s Oxford. Jackets with small chips and tears, vol. I jacket with closed tear across spine, vol. II with open tear along top edge of lower panel, vol. III with large closed tear across lower panel and lower flap with amateur tape repair to verso. Each volume housed in a custom slipcase. Near Fine Condition.

AU$6,000.00

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