Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886. Her Majesty’s Colonies.

A series of original papers issued under the authority of the Royal Commission. London : William Clowes and Sons, 1886. Octavo, presentation binding of full crushed morocco over bevelled boards, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with gilt rule and lettering (edges a little rubbed), all edges gilt, gilt-lettered morocco presentation label to front pastedown to Edward Cunliffe-Owen, Esq., C.M.G., With the Publisher’s Compliments, folding frontispiece map of the wold, pp. xxx; 508; (4 – advertisements), colour maps, internally fine.

A detailed survey of British colonial possessions including Canada, Australia, New Guinea, Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, the West Indies, Cape Colony, St. Helena, Ceylon, Fiji, Mauritius, North Borneo, West African Gibralter, Malta, Cyprus, the Falkland Islands, Heligoland, Aden, etc.

This copy presented to Edward Cunliffe-Owen, Assistant Secretary to the Royal Commission.