The Story of Nuncomar and the Impeachment of Sir Elijah Impey
by James Fitzjames Stephen
$250 · Offered by The Lawbook Exchange
First edition
Stephen, James Fitzjames. The Story of Nuncomar and the Impeachment of Sir Elijah Impey. London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. 2 volumes. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamped spines and blind stamped covers. Most pages uncut and unopened. Old bookseller's description affixed to front pastedown of volume one. Near fine. 250. * First edition. Maharaja Nuncomar was an Indian tax collector in 18th century West Bengal who was tried and executed for forgery in a
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