Lot 1654
India. A manuscript account of life in India 1877-1918, written in 1920 by O.V. Yates, 51 Thurloe Square, London, including engineering work 'This was a difficult, decidedly unpleasant job, as the circumstances were extraordinary. The Supra. Engineer... had purchased at the request of Government in 1873 this canal [Isa Khal] and had it surveyed. Owing to famine in India, no work could be done to improve the canal...' and noting the wreck of the S.S. Roumania, anecdotes for the mutiny of 1857, etc., pp.180 approx., in two sheaves, 204mm x 255mm (2)
