Typical Photographs of Burma, Burmese Life and Scenes

Burma.   111 half-tone illustrations, photo-engraved by Hood & Co. Middlesbrough, Rangoon Rowe & Co. Ltd,   [1922] First Edition    Original illustrated wrappers, cord tied Edges chipped and frayed, edges of title-page soiled, internally good  A nice tourist album produced for the luxury department store Rowe & Co., containing 111 photographs, each numbered and indexed. The majority of photographs have been accredited to Felice Beato, considered one of the first war photographers and well known for his work in Burma where he had his own studio.Rowe & Co. whose beautiful building can be seen in the second photograph, was one of the British colonial emporia or department stores in Rangoon (as was Whiteaway, Laidlaw in Calcutta, Spencer's in Madras, Cargill's in Colombo and Lane, Crawford was in Hong Kong). Established in 1866 as a drapers and general merchants by Mr R.V. Rowe, the company published a 300-page illustrated catalogue four times annually, exhibiting wares from its various departments which included ladies' and gentlemen's outfitters, drapery, millinery, crockery & glassware, trunks, cutlery, watches & clocks, saddlery amongst others. 

Price: £175