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Singapore circa [1900], Kelly & Walsh. Stiff pictorial wrs., oblong format, 25 x 18.3 cm., [28]p., 42 b. w. photographs, lower right corner mended, else clean, solid copy. RARE FIRST & ONLY EDITION . *** **** *** . . AN EXCELLENT ILLUSTRATED 1900 SINGAPORE EXAMPLE . . . * CONTENTS: . Photographs of, and number of photos per page: 1. Copllyer Quay 1 2. Raffles Place 1 3. Cavanagh Bridge 1 4. St. Andrew's Cathedral 1 5. Botanical Gradens 1 6. Street scenes 4 7. Government House 1 8. Connaught Drive and Esplanade 1 9. Raffles Museum 1 10. Kling Street 1 11. Statue of Sir Stamford Raffles 1 12. Temple and Idols 4 13. Botanical Gardens 1 14. Victoria Memorial Hall 1 15. Chinese boats in the Singapore River 1 16. Battery Road 1 17. Peaceful Scenes 4 18. Presbyterian Church 1 19. Singapore Club 1 20. Singapore Harbour 1 21. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank 1 22. Singapore Cricket Club 1 23. Types 4 24. Singapore River and Cavenagh Bridge 1 25. General Post Office 1 26. Malay Village 1 27. In Native Quarters 4 There are 42 photos in all. . *** CONDITION: Covers: The front covers are mostly clean a single small spot near right margin, lower right corner mended, else back cover clean, spine with a few chips, solid, firm copy. . Contents: The contents are clean, last two pages have some minor, old dark marginal stains, not affecting the photo images. Else there are no issues with the sharp and very clear photos and their pages. All in all a very nice copy of a RARE book! . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** REFERENCE: . Cited in WorldCat: Lists this as having no date, estimates of published dates are 1900's, 1930: . *.