Henry S. King & Co.’s Hand book for homeward-bound travellers from India, Australia and the East.

Bombay : King, King & Co. ; Calcutta : King, Hamilton & Co., 1890. Duodecimo (145 x 100 mm), original printed white wrappers (advertisements on lower wrapper and inside front and back), 117 pp, with 1 folding maps: Map Shewing the Lines of Communication carried on by the Steamers of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (colour); further single page maps of London, England and Europe;  numerous full-page maps and advertisements; overall a superb example.

Scarce. No copies of this early edition located on Trove.

A detailed handbook in fine condition which includes descriptions of the voyages from Australia to Colombo (from Brisbane or Sydney), Sydney to Melbourne, Melbourne to Adelaide, Adelaide to Fremantle, Fremantle to Colombo, Yokohama to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Shanghai, Hong Kong to Singapore, Singapore to Penang, and onwards to Europe and London.

See Ferguson, 11150 for the 1893 edition.