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[BRITISH ARMY IN INDIA]
1st 4th Batt. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Bareilly 1915
Ranikhet: Abdulla Khan photographer 1915. 24 black and white photographs mounted on twelve leaves. Sewn as issued in original publisher's printed red wrappers. Rubbed and creased a trifle bowed. An unrecorded publication comprised of 24 evocative photographs primarily group shots of members of the 1/4th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry whilst stationed at Bareilly Uttar Pradesh during the first year of the Great War. 1/4th Battalion formed in Truro made up part of the Devon and Cornwall Brigade in Wessex Division. They sailed for India late 1914 and landed in Bombay on 10th November 1914 and remained there until 1916 where they moved to Aden 1916-1917 and then finished out the war in Egypt 1917-1918. . Oblong 8vo. [Abdulla Khan, photographer] unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : AQ27136
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[BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY] - John CANNING (c 1756-1804) and Capt Michael HOGAN (1766-1833)
Archive of seven diplomatic credential letters borne by H.C.S. Marquis Cornwallis to the rulers of the Indonesian and Philippine archipelago
1796. The archive comprises: 1. Autograph letter signed "John Canning." Bifolium 13 x 8 1/4 inches 21 lines in fine Malay Jawi with Arabic opening formula docketed "Calcutta 10 Dec 1796"; octagonal red-wax armorial seal of the Canning family. Letter requests that local rulers receive Capt. Hogan "as our agent. to conclude a treaty advantageous to both sides" dated 22 Jumada II 1211 / 10 Dec 1796. 2. to 5. 4 Paper wrappers. English addresses in a copperplate hand & parallel Jawi headings each with intact Canning seal. Addressed to the Sultan of Magindanao King of Mempawah Borneo King of Bali Sultan of Borneo. 6. to 8. 3 Yellow-silk diplomatic covers. Golden satin sleeves with paper address bands in two languages; two remain unopened and sealed. Addressed to the Sultan of Johor unopened King of Sumbawa unopened Sultan of Sulu wrapper only. An exceptional archive uniting British Malay and Islamic manuscript traditions that captures the East India Company’s first concerted overtures to the island-states of Southeast Asia.<br/> <br/> Drafted in the wake of the Dutch East India Company's collapse and the French Revolutionary Wars this archive documents the East India Company's first concerted diplomatic overtures to the maritime courts of the Malay world. With Dutch control unraveling after the 1795 Batavian Revolution Britain saw a strategic opportunity to enter the lucrative Spice Island trade. Lacking on-the-ground alliances the Company turned to private initiative: Captain Michael Hogan an Irish-American merchant and former convict transport captain was enlisted as unofficial envoy aboard his ship Marquis Cornwallis. The diplomatic texts were composed by Captain John Goodall Canning then Harbour-Master of the port in refined court Malay using Jawi script the Islamic-inflected lingua franca of diplomacy from Aceh to Sulu. In keeping with regional tradition the letters open with Islamic invocation and florid honorifics followed by carefully phrased expressions of friendship and commercial intent. The surviving autograph letter fixes the date of the mission and declares its purpose: "to plant affection and concord and if Your Highness deem it good to enter with us into a compact benefiting both realms." After disembarking convicts in Port Jackson Sydney in February 1796 the Marquis Cornwallis passed northward through Torres Strait calling at New Guinea the Moluccas and ports across the Java Sea almost certainly delivering these and parallel documents en route. The silk wrappers signal the elevated diplomatic status of the messages which were meant to be presented in person by Hogan and opened only in the presence of the addressee. The present archive offers a rare and vivid glimpse into the hybrid ceremonial linguistic and political world of early modern Southeast Asia and into the improvisational diplomacy of the Company at the edge of empire. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 39842
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[BRITISH INDIA - SATIRE] ATKINSON, GEORGE FRANCKLIN
"Curry & Rice" On Forty Plates; Or the Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India.
London.: Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen. 1860. Additional tinted lithographed title 39 tinted lithographs each with 2 pp of descriptive text contemporary half green morocco elaborately gilt decorated spine with raised bands red gilt-lettered title label pebbled green cloth boards 28.5 x 20.3 cms marbled fore edges and endpapers the binding a little scuffed and worn the prelims rather browned the first three leaves loose at the lower hinge scant spotting and to the margins of the plates occasional pencilled marginalia but a very good complete copy in a handsome binding. George Francklin Atkinson 1822–1859 was a captain in the Bengal Engineers and a skilled artist. He drew directly from his personal experiences in India and here he intended to offer a humorous satirical look at the lives of British colonials in India especially in the wake of the Sepoy Rebellion set in the fictional village of "Kabob" . The author's dedication is to the Victorian novelist and man of letters William Thackeray himself born in India and begs him to "accept this salute of my little craft as a trifling token of congeniality admiration and esteem". . Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 223307
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[BRITISH INDIA] (ORME, ROBERT).
A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan from the year MDCCXLV. To which is prefixed a dissertation on the establishments made by Mahomedan conquerors in Indostan.
London.: Printed for John Nourse. 1778-1880. Third Edition"revised by the author" of Volume I; first edition of Volume II Part I only lacking Part II. Two volumes 23 maps plans or views of 36 most folding: iv 436pp xcvii Index iii Errata Errata in the Index Directions for the Binder to Place the Maps; ii 365pp contemporary calf boards re-backed boards scored and scuffed 28.3 x 22 cms several of the maps with small fold splits no loss some offsetting the folding views of Calcutta and Bengal particularly fine the large folding "General Map of Indostan" in the first volume heavily spotted affecting the facing leaf several old paper repairs and inked corrections in an early hand with the armorial bookplates of Joseph Cator a prominent merchant and administrator with the East India Company and of Peter Cator his son founder of the Cator Prize and of Bertie Peter Cator and of Kelham Hall a handsome example lacking the second part of Volume II in good condition. Foundational work written by Robert Orme an official and historiographer for the British East India Company EIC with a noteworthy family provenance. The text chronicles the geopolitical struggles and military conflicts that paved the way for British dominance over the Indian subcontinent. <br> <br>The Cator family built a legacy of immense wealth regional development and colonial influence spanning three generations. Joseph Cator 1733–1818 laid the financial foundations as a wealthy "nabob" and high-ranking East India Company official in Calcutta. His 1780 marriage to Diana Bertie daughter of Sir Albemarle Bertie successfully elevated the family into the British aristocracy allowing him to return to England and manage expanding Kent estates like Beckenham Place Park. His son Peter Cator 1796–1873 leveraged this land inheritance during the mid-19th-century railway boom. Alongside his brother Peter transformed these holdings into the upmarket Cator Estate across Blackheath and Beckenham while also working as a lawyer and establishing educational scripture prizes in Madras. This colonial and legal influence continued with his descendant Sir Ralph Bertie Peter Cator 1861–1945 who served the British Empire as a prominent colonial judge holding key judicial appointments as the First Judge of British East Africa and later in the High Court of Constantinople. . Printed for John Nourse. hardcover
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[BRITISH INDIA] DUFF, JAMES GRANT
A History of the Mahrattas.
London.: Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green. 1826. Three volumes engraved frontispieces a trifle spotted and stained folding Map of India in Vol I lacks the large folding map called for in Vol II wood engravings in the text: xxxii 571 pp final blank; xix 483 pp final blank; iii-xx lacks half title 537 pp final blank 2 Directions to the Binder; contemporary half calf over marbled boards 21.5 x 14 cms spines gilt decorated inked name of a previous owner to the front pastedown of Vol I a few neat pencilled annotations in the margins some browning and occasional staining rubbed at extremities in good condition. James Grant Duff 1789-1858 an East India Company army officer administered the princely state of Satara Bombay Presidency and he based his narrative on extensive archival access and on his own service in western India. His was a foundational colonial-era narrative and regarded as the most detailed account of Maratha political history available to English-speaking audiences. . Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. hardcover
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[BRITISH INDIA] CUNNINGHAM, JOSEPH DAVEY (LIEUTENANT).
A History of the Sikhs From the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej.
London.: John Murray. First Edition. 1849. Frontispiece map and one other folding map both hand-coloured in outline folding table xxxvi 425 3 pp; early half calf marbled boards 21.5 x 14 cms marbled endpapers spine blind-stamped in compartments and gilt-ruled red title label folding map with a sealed 4cm fold split at the head of one fold scant spotting and age-toning boards a trifle rubbed and scuffed neat inked previous owner's name to the front free endpaper and the pencilled name and address of bookseller R. D. Steedman paper abrasion to the verso of the front free endpaper a very good copy. <br> <br>Handsome armorial bookplate 'Erimus' to the front pastedown. First edition. Rare. <br>Joseph Davey Cunningham 1812-1851 wrote this landmark English work on the history of the Sikhs whilst serving as a Captain in the Bengal Engineers and the Political Agent to Bhopal. He had gathered extensive first-hand knowledge during eight years 1837–1845 of service as a political assistant on the Sikh frontier. The work gained notoriety for Cunningham's criticism of Sir Henry Hardinge's management of the Anglo-Sikh War. The subsequent disgrace led to his professional ruin and is reported to have hastened his early death at the age of 38. A second edition issued posthumously by the author's brother Peter Cunningham 1816–1869 a prominent British writer and critic softened its criticism of British policy. . John Murray. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 222747
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[BRITISH INDIA] TOD, JAMES, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India.
London.: Smith Elder and Co. First Edition. 1829-1832. First edition. Rare. Two vols: <br>Vol I Engraved frontispiece large folding engraved map of Rajast'han hand-coloured in outline and laid-down on linen 29 engraved plates or tables three folding iii-xxx title dedication introduction contents lacks half-title ii list of plates 806 pp errata leaf; <br>Vol II Engraved frontispiece 22 engraved plates two folding iii-xxxii title dedication introduction lacks half-title ii list of plates 791 pp. <br>Two of the plates foxed four with marginal foxing images unaffected the list of plates in Vol I strengthened at the foot and p.329 with an archivally sealed tear no loss; contemporary half calf over marbled boards 31.5 x 25 cms quarto Vol I sympathetically re-backed endpapers renewed gilt-lettered title labels between gilt-ruled raised bands the remains of a library ticket to the head of Vol II speckled edges a good set of the rare first edition. <br>With the bookplate of Anthony Mactier Durris. A landmark illustrated work of British India; the rare first edition with a noteworthy provenance. Anthony Mactier 1773-1854 served as Registrar of the High Court in Calcutta before returning to Scotland in 1834 purchasing the Durris estate in 1837. At the time Tod's "Annals" was regarded as "the political officer's bible" see Charles Allen "Lives of the Indian Princes" 1985 p. 255 and shaped European and Indian perceptions of Rajput identity. . Smith, Elder, and Co. hardcover
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[British India; the Edwardian Raj; Indian finances; Edward Broome; Sir Colin Scott-Moncrieff; William Martin Wood (1828-1907), e
British India; Edwardian Raj; Indian finances; Edward Broome civil engineer; Sir Colin Scott-Moncrieff; William Martin Wood editor of Times of India founder and editor of Bombay Review. Five galley proofs of articles by Wood on Indian topics.
One item from ‘Allen’s Indian Mail’ 28 March 1887. Three items marked as from the periodical ‘India’ 1902 1903 and 1906. Another ‘Reprinted from “INDIA†August 16 1901.’. Five galley-proofs of articles written during the high-point of the Raj by leading Victorian journalist in India W. Martin Wood editor of the Times of India founder and editor of the Bombay Review. Ephemeral items creased and worn but with text clear and entire. ONE: Headed ‘ALLEN’S INDIAN MAIL / THE LATE MR. EDWARD BROOME C.E. / Mr. M. Martin Wood writes to us as follows: -’. Sixty-two lines in small print follow beginning: ‘Some little time back your “Domestic Occurrences†contained the name of Mr. Edward Broome Civil Engineer as having died at Southport something under 60 years of age. It struck me then that a note of Mr. Broome’s quiet work in India ought to be made’. TWO: Annotated at head by Wood ‘India Sep 16th. 1902’. Sixty-eight lines of small print. Three sections concerning drought ‘in Gujerat and the Deccan’. The first begins: ‘An esteemed correspondent writes: Telegrams from India during the last few weeks have told us very little about the suspension and in certain districts what almost threatens failure of the later monsoon rains.’ The second starts: ‘But this passive creed is nto that of their masters from the West’. The third: ‘Meantime what has become of the Scott-Moncrieff comprehensive Water-Supply and Irrigation Report’ THREE: Headed ‘INDIA’S CHRONIC DEFICIT. / FROM AN ANGLO-INDIAN CORRESPONDENT. Annotated by Wood at head: ‘From India Feb. 13th. 03’. Beginning ‘Those few of our official financiers at Simla or in the palace overlooking St. James’s Park who are at all sensitive to Press criticism must have felt happy when in the last Financial Statement they recorded the line - “the entry under Exchange has become of minor importance.â€â€™ Ninety-three lines of text. FOUR: Headed ‘INDIA’S SEABORNE TRADE: / BALANCED ONLY BY DEADWEIGHTS.’ Annotated at head by Wood: ‘From India Jan 15. 06’. Begins: ‘Only within the last fortnight have come to hand detailed returns of India’s trade with the outside world during the first six months of its current financial year - April 1 to September 30.’ Eighty-one lines in small print. FIVE: Headed ‘Reprinted from “INDIA†August 16 1901. / INDIAN LOANS GUARANTEE. / AN EMERGENT ILLUSTRATION. / BY AN ANGLO-INDIAN.’ Beginning ‘The miscarriage of the proposed Indian sterling loan of £3000000 last month must have recalled attention to the often pressed always postponed demand for a British Treasury guarantee in support of the public debt of India.’ Sixty-five lines of small print. One item from ‘Allen’s Indian Mail’, [28 March 1887]. Three items marked as from the periodical ‘India’, [1902], 1903 unknown
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[British India; the Edwardian Raj; Indian finances; Edward Broome; William Martin Wood (1828-1907), editor of Times of India, fo
British India; Edwardian Raj; Indian finances; Edward Broome civil engineer; William Martin Wood editor of Times of India founder and editor of Bombay Review. Five galley proofs of articles by Wood on Indian topics.
One item from ‘Allen’s Indian Mail’ 28 March 1887. The other ‘Reprinted from “INDIA†August 16 1901.’. Two galley-proofs of articles by leading Victorian journalist in India W. Martin Wood editor of the Times of India founder and editor of the Bombay Review. Ephemeral items creased and worn but with text clear and entire. ONE: Headed ‘ALLEN’S INDIAN MAIL / THE LATE MR. EDWARD BROOME C.E. / Mr. M. Martin Wood writes to us as follows: -’. Sixty-two lines in small print follow beginning: ‘Some little time back your “Domestic Occurrences†contained the name of Mr. Edward Broome Civil Engineer as having died at Southport something under 60 years of age. It struck me then that a note of Mr. Broome’s quiet work in India ought to be made’. TWO: Annotated at head by Wood ‘India Sep 16th. 1902’. Sixty-eight lines of small print. Three sections concerning drought ‘in Gujerat and the Deccan’. The first begins: ‘An esteemed correspondent writes: Telegrams from India during the last few weeks have told us very little about the suspension and in certain districts what almost threatens failure of the later monsoon rains.’ The second starts: ‘But this passive creed is nto that of their masters from the West’. The third: ‘Meantime what has become of the Scott-Moncrieff comprehensive Water-Supply and Irrigation Report’ THREE: Headed ‘INDIA’S CHRONIC DEFICIT. / FROM AN ANGLO-INDIAN CORRESPONDENT. Annotated by Wood at head: ‘From India Feb. 13th. 03’. Beginning ‘Those few of our official financiers at Simla or in the palace overlooking St. James’s Park who are at all sensitive to Press criticism must have felt happy when in the last Financial Statement they recorded the line - “the entry under Exchange has become of minor importance.â€â€™ Ninety-three lines of text. FOUR: Headed ‘INDIA’S SEABORNE TRADE: / BALANCED ONLY BY DEADWEIGHTS.’ Annotated at head by Wood: ‘From India Jan 15. 06’. Begins: ‘Only within the last fortnight have come to hand detailed returns of India’s trade with the outside world during the first six months of its current financial year - April 1 to September 30.’ Eighty-one lines in small print. FIVE: Headed ‘Reprinted from “INDIA†August 16 1901. / INDIAN LOANS GUARANTEE. / AN EMERGENT ILLUSTRATION. / BY AN ANGLO-INDIAN.’ Beginning ‘The miscarriage of the proposed Indian sterling loan of £3000000 last month must have recalled attention to the often pressed always postponed demand for a British Treasury guarantee in support of the public debt of India.’ Sixty-five lines of small print. One item from ‘Allen’s Indian Mail’, [28 March 1887]. The other ‘Reprinted from “INDIA,†August 16, 1901.’ unknown
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[BRITISH INDIA - ANTIQUE MAP]
Colton's Hindostan or British India.
New York.: J. H. Colton. 1859. Hand-coloured map 40 x 33 cms inset map "Continuation of British India" 12 x 9.3 cms showing Burma elaborate decorative burst border a few spots sheet age-toned inner margin a little chipped not affecting the map and small split in the outer margin no loss text "Farther India or Indo-China" from Colton's atlas on the verso an attractive map in good condition. Attractively hand-coloured map showing different districts presidencies and independent kingdoms with contrasting pastel pinks yellows greens and blues. Major Presidencies Bengal Bombay and Madras are shown alongside extensive detail on river networks the Himalayan range roads and early railway lines connecting major trading hubs. Published a year after the East India Company was stripped of its governing powers following the tumultuous events of the 1857 Indian Rebellion Sepoy Mutiny. This 1859 map is one of the very first American atlas sheets printed to reflect the formal establishment of direct British Crown rule the Raj. It illustrates a subcontinent transitioning from a corporate-held trade monopoly into the crown jewel of Queen Victoria's empire neatly delineating newly pacified administrative boundaries. . J. H. Colton unknown
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[BRITISH INDIA - WOMEN TRAVELLERS] POSTANS, MRS (MARIANNE)
Cutch; or Random Sketches Taken During a Residence in One of the Northern Provinces of Western India; Interspersed with Legends and Traditions.
London.: Smith Elder and Co. Cornhill. 1839. Engraved handcoloured frontispiece opposite the additional engraved title page sketch map and 7 other full-page illustrations one folding and 5 hand-coloured text illustrations 2 half-title xvii including both the engraved and printed title pages 283pp; original blind-stamped pebbled green cloth boards 23 x 14.5 cms re-backed mounting the original gilt-lettered backstrip endpapers renewed scant spotting the boards faded and the backstrip chipped at the foot with the neat inked inscription of a previous owner but in very good condition. Scarce. Pioneering account beautifully illustrated after sketches by the author. Marianne Postans travelled to India in 1833 with her husband Thomas Postans a Captain in the 15th Regiment of the Bombay Native Infantry where he was posted to Cutch Kutch the northwestern region of modern-day Gujarat. They both shared a deep interest in the people and traditions of India. Marianne's account attempts to describe the culture of the region its bards and bardic literature including specific songs and stories of Kutchi bards arts and crafts and agriculture and trade. She also describes in detail rituals such as infanticide and the practise of sati. <br>The beauty of the Rann awed her: “The distant aspect of the Runn resembles that of the ocean at ebb tide; and as some water always remains on it the refraction of light produces the most beautiful and mysterious effects decorating it with all the enchantments of the most lovely specimens of mirage whose magic power exerting itself on the morning mists indues this desert tract with the most bewitching scenes…”. . Smith, Elder and Co. Cornhill. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 223681
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[BRITISH INDIA - PHOTOGRAPHS].
Four Tourist Images of Bombay Mumbai.
Mumbai. Circa 1906. Four silver albumen prints with pencilled captions on the verso approx. 7.4 x 10 cm fading and edge wear one minor tear but in good condition.<P> Group of private tourist photos taken around 1906 as captioned a street scene and one looking towards Dadabhai Naoroji Road with impressive architectural skyline and two of well-dressed European passengers on board a tug heading towards a "British India Steamer". <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker.<P> <b>When referring to this item please quote stockid 181023</b> . unknown
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[BRITISH INDIA] KARAKA, DOSABHAI FRAMJI
History of the Parsis Including Their Manners Customs Religion and Present Positions.
London.: Macmillan & Co. First Edition. 1884. Two volumes 8 full -page illustrations including 4 chromolithograph plates two photographic illustrations tipped in and two black and white steel engravings xxxiii 332pp; viii 350pp the final leaf unopened original azure linen cloth-covered boards elaborately gilt with a cover vignette and highly embellished spine gilt lettered extremities a trifle rubbed and bumped scant foxing a highly attractive copy in very good condition. Foundational work on the Parsis for a Western audience by influential Indian newspaper editor and adminstrator Dosabhai Framji Karaka 1829-1902. . Macmillan & Co. hardcover
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[BRITISH INDIA] TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD: EDITED WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY HIS SON RICHARD CARNAC TEMPLE
Journals kept in Hyderabad Kashmir Sikkim and Nepal.
London.: W. H. Allen & Co. Limited. First Edition. 1887. Two volumes. Two coloured folding maps coloured frontispiece in each volume profusely illustrated some plates in colour original tipped-in photographic portrait of Sir Salah Jung without the specimen handwriting two panoramic sketches from the Takht-I-Sulaiman. Volume I: xxvii 314pp; Volume II: viii 303pp. Original mint green cloth covered boards ruled and decorated in black spines lettered in gilt head of spine to Vol I strengthened cloth a little worn and dusty hinges tender but holding a few gatherings unopened top edges uncut a good set of this handsome first edition. With the book tickets of noted collector and bibliographer Benton L. Hatch and bookplates of Vernon Howard Californian bookseller and mountaineer in each volume. 22.5 x 14 cm. A descriptive illustrated guide and history drawn from the memoirs of British colonial administrator Sir Richard Temple 1826-1902 Governor of Bombay from 1877 to 1880 and from his extensive travels throughout Kashmir Sikkim and Nepal over almost thirty years. Edited by his Indian-born son Richard Carnac Temple an amateur anthropologist and in his later career Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. . W. H. Allen & Co., Limited hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 215585
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[BRITISH INDIA] BROUGHTON, THOMAS DUER
Letters Written in a Mahratta Camp During the Year 1809 Descriptive of The Character Manners Domestic Habits and Religious Ceremonies of the Mahrattas.
London.: John Murray. 1813. 10 hand coloured aquatints xiv 358pp ii Directions to the Binder lacks half title later half morocco red linen covered boards gilt-lettered spine 26.5 x 20.7 cms margins trimmed one plate with slight loss to the publisher's signature title page strengthened at the hinge small chip at the lower corner two leaves with short sealed edge tears text unaffected fifteen leaves stained at the gutter with loss to the inner margin of one plate final leaf with soft creases and a short sealed tear text unaffected the margins of the plates rather dusty and browned good condition. Firsthand account by Thomas Duer Broughton 1778-1835 a British army officer of the East India Company appointed military resident with the Mahrattas in 1802. Compiled from a series of letters to his brother Broughton's account includes detailed descriptions of festivals and ceremonies. Nine of the ten fine handcoloured plates are notable for being after sketches by Indian artist "Deen Alee". . John Murray. hardcover
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[BRITISH INDIA] HEBER, REGINALD (LORD BISHOP OF CALCUTTA 1824-1826)
Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India From Calcutta to Bombay 1824 - 25 With Notes upon Ceylon. An Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces 1826 and Letters Written In India
London.: John Murray Albemarle Street. First Edition. 1828. First Edition two volumes in 1: xvi 4 xvii-xlviii 632pp; full-page map coloured in outline 5 plates 21 wood engravings in text List of Subscribers etc. last blank; viii 516pp 5 plates 4 wood engravings in text contemporary calf boards scuffed sympathetically rebacked with the gilt monogram of the Church Missionary Society 27 x 20cm considerable foxing to plates & adjacent leaves with small waterstain to several plates in Volume I neat sealed tears to five leaves in the Appendix of Volume II otherwise clean with the label of the Church Missionary Society and of Kumars the Calcutta Booksellers to the front pastedown neat ownership inscription of W. R. Crocker to the front free endpaper a good copy. A seminal work describing India's geography and people with an interesting provenance. Sir Walter Russell Crocker KBE 1902 – 2002 was an Australian ambassador and he authored a well-received biography of Jawaharlal Nehru: "Nehru: A Contemporary's Estimate" 1966. He was ambassador or high commissioner to eleven countries including India twice Indonesia Canada Italy Belgium Nepal the Netherlands Ethiopia Kenya and Uganda. He headed the Department of International Relations at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies Australian National University 1949–1954 and was a Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia for more than nine years. . John Murray, Albemarle Street. hardcover
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[BRITISH INDIA - 1870S ENGRAVINGS]
Quinine Culture - The Cinchona Plantations at Darjeeling Bengal.
New York.: Harper's Weekly. 23 November1872. Five engravings in three columns 23.5 x 10 cms; on a single newspaper leaf 28.7 x 40.8 cm unrelated text on the verso lower margin creased with a small central tear affecting the caption no loss the image sin very good condition. Engravings from Harper's Weekly in November 1872 all centred on the quinine production in Darjeeling. Production began in the 1860s from seeds sent by the famed botanist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. Quinine proved indispensable to British rule in India and they invested heavily in plantations to sure up supply.The anti-malarial was vital for colonial expansion "quinine coursed through the bloodstream of empire" Townsend Middleton "Becoming after: The Lives and Politics of Quinine’s Remains" in Cultural Anthropology Vol. 36 Issue 2 pp. 282-311 2014 although probably known more to the readers of Harper's Weekly as an essential for gin and tonic. <br> <br>The five engravings: <br>Foot-Bridge over the River Rungbee <br>Buttress of Suspension Bridge over the River Teestah <br>Cinchona Succirubra Thirty Feet High signed but indecipherable <br>Native of Sikkim <br>Cane Suspension Bridge over the Great Runjeet. . Harper's Weekly. unknown
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[BRITISH INDIA] SLEEMAN, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL W H
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official.
London.: J. Hatchard and Son. 1844. Two volumes hand-coloured chromolithograph portrait frontispiece to each volume 30 plates including 6 botanical plates in the second volume lacking the tissue guards: xii 475 pp ; vii List of Illustrations 459 pp; contemporary half calf spine gilt-ruled between compartments raised bands gilt lettered title labels edges fully gilt 23.5 x 16 cms professionally re-backed mounting the original spine corners a little rubbed and bumped title and frontispiece to each volume rather spotted and affecting a number of the plates some age toning but a good handsome copy. Sir William Henry Sleeman 1788–1856 was a British soldier and administrator in India and "his most memorable achievement was an exposure of the practices of the thugs an organised fraternity of professional murderers.In February 1839 additional duties being assigned to his office he became commissioner for the suppression of Thuggi and dacoity. During the next two years he was actively engaged in investigating and repressing criminal organisations in Upper India. During 1826 and 1835 over fourteen hundred thugs were hanged or transported for life." DNB. At the time of writing Sleeman was political resident in Gwalior. His readable observations touch on a myriad of subjects and places and illustrate many facets of Indian life including suttee witchcraft influence of electricity on vegetation corn dealers the Kohinoor diamond transit duties Delhi Indian Police and military discipline. . J. Hatchard and Son hardcover
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[BRITISH INDIA] DOYLEY, CHARLES; BLAGDON, F W
The European in India; From a Collection of Drawings by.with a Preface and Copious Descriptions by Captain Thomas Williamson.
London.: Edward Orme. 1813. 20 hand coloured aquatint plates 149pp x Index including the Half Title and List of Plates; contemporary half calf over marbled boards spine gilt-lettered in compartments marbled edges 28.2 x 22 cms the first plate a trifle spotted with a small chip from the bottom margin slight age-toning and minor spotting in very good condition. Scarce suite of finely hand coloured aquatints depicting domestic colonial life in British India: the Europeans at their leisure attended by Indian servants. Doyley's compositions are often quietly satirical: Plate IV "A Gentleman Dressing Attended by His Head-Bearer and Other Servants" shows a young man in his gown relaxed seated and reading while an Indian servant washes his feet another in the background pours his drink and yet another makes his bed all overseen by the "Head-Bearer". The artist Charles Doyley was illustrating and observing a world in which was an intimate participant he had been born in India into a family that had long served in India himself serving as a member of the Bengal Civil Service from 1797 to 1838. <br> <br>Abbey Travel 435; Tooley 185 . Edward Orme. hardcover
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[BRITISH INDIA].
The Imperial Gazetteer of India.
Oxford.: Clarendon Press. 1907 19081909 1931. 26 volumes including the Index and Atlas frontispiece map of "The Indian Empire" in vols I-XXV neatly strengthened to the verso in a few volumes 26 other folding maps or plans the Atlas volume with 66 double page coloured maps or plans Vol II with inked name of an early owner “K. Shama Ras…Benares 21st July 1911” and the blind stamp of the bookseller Ram Narain Lal Allahabad Vols III and IV with the inked stamp of the Ruskin Library; endpapers rather age-toned throughout scant foxing; original green cloth gilt lettered on the spines 22 x 14 cms occasional rubbing and wear the cloth to the second volume faded and rubbed at the corners with some loss the hinges of a couple of volumes starting but sound a very good set of the complete third edition. <br> <br>A complete collation is available on application. A magisterial survey of Empire. This "New" edition issued in twenty-six volumes by the Clarendon Press Oxford constitutes the definitive third iteration of this landmark administrative and geographical record. Produced under the editorial guidance of Sir Herbert Hope Risley and James Sutherland Cotton the work expanded upon the foundational work of Sir William Wilson Hunter. The first four volumes "The Indian Empire" offer an exhaustive analysis of the subcontinent’s historical economic and administrative frameworks. The twenty succeeding volumes of alphabetical entries offering close statistical and descriptive accounts of specific regions and localities. The collection is formally concluded by a comprehensive index and a concluding atlas volume the latter featuring maps by J. G. Bartholomew. . Clarendon Press. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 223716
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[BROCHURES AND BOOK FOR TOURISTS IN SOUTH INDIA].
South India - Travel Ephemera.
Circa1960s. Two brochures a map and a book. <br> <br>"Madras. Mahabalipuram-Kanchipuram" and "Mysore": Published by the Government of India. Folding brochures with colour and black and white map and photographic illustrations. 23 x 10cm. <br> <br>"Latest Road Guide of Kerala State": Published by S. B. Makhija & Bros. Large folding map accopanied a 14pp guide in stapled wrappers each adhered to pastedowns of original wrappers. 24.8 x 12.5cm. Repaired closed tears at spine of worn wrappers. <br> <br>"Glimpses of Maharashtra": Prepared by the Government of Maharashtra. Black and white photographic plates 104pp. 24 x 18.5cm. Binding starting a prior owner's signature front pastedown a little worn original wrappers. <br> <br>Overall in good to very good condition. . unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 223133
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[CATALOGUE]
Tapis présent de l'Orient à l'Occident. Catalogue de l'Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
P., , 1989, in-4, 199pp. ornées de nombreuses illustrations en couleurs broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs
Referenz des Buchhändlers : VLE-128
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[catalogue d'exposition]
Inde. Cinq mille ans d'art.
Gr. In-8 carré, non paginé. Catalogue de l'exposition qui s'est tenue au Musée du Petit-Palais du 17 novembre 1978 au 28 février 1979. 212 objets décrits. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs. A l'état de neuf.
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[Chromolithographie - Inde - Devay - Daumont]
Le Taj-Mahal à Agra, du côté de la Jumna (Chromolithographie pour "Voyage dans l'Inde anglaise à Java, dans l'archipel des Moluques (...)" de Fr. Devay, 1867)
1867 16,5 x 25 cm (planche), 10 x 18,5 cm (sujet).
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1994
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[CIVILISATION] - LALL (John) -
Taj mahal et la saga des grands monghols.
Paris, Celiv, s.d. ; in-4, 92 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Avec jaquette.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 201413776
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[CIVIL LIST FOR BRITISH INDIA & BURMA].
The Combined Civil List For India and Burma. A Complete Directory of The Civil Services and Other Higher Services Under the Government of India. Issued Quarterly. No. 116. January-March 1937.
Lahore.: Civil and Military Gazette Limited. 1937. Brown cloth covered spine lettered in black printed papered boards prior owner name and chop on the front free endpaper endpapers browned and text block age-toned at the edges and corners bumped but a firmly bound copy. xii adverts 618pp plus 3pp adverts. 24 x 15.5cm With an index of the Viceroy and Governor-General and a gradation list covering Assam Bengal Bihar Bomboy Burma Central Provinces Madras North-West Frontier Province Orissa Punjab Sind and United Provinces together with a complete list of the departments of the Government of India. . Civil and Military Gazette, Limited. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 179540
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[COMPAGNIE DES INDES]
"ARREST DU CONSEIL D’ETAT DU ROI qui supprime les Délibérations prises par une partie des Actionnaires de la Compagnie des Indes, en l’Assemblée du 3 de ce mois; et ordonne une assemblée générale desdits Actionnaires pour le 10 du présent mois. Du 5 juillet 1767. "
P., Simon, 1767. In 4° de 3 pp.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7897
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[COMPAGNIE DES INDES]
ARREST DU CONSEIL D’ETAT DU ROY concernant la Faculté accordée à la Compagnie des Indes, pour la conversion volontaire d’un nombre d’Actions en Rentes purement viagères, ou viagères par forme de Tontine.
(Montauban), (1724). Placard de 38 x 48 cm sur vergé (petit manque de papier dans la marge).
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6935
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[COMPAGNIE DES INDES]
Arrest du Conseil d’Etat du Roi, qui homologue la Délibération prise par les Députés, Syndics et Directeurs de la Compagnie des Indes.
P., Imprimerie Royale, 1770. In 4° de 7 pp., bandeau gravé.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8052
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[COLONIES] - HACHETTE (René) - GINESTOU (Jo.).-
Djibouti. Au seuil de l'Orient par René Hachette et les possessions françaises de l'Inde par Jo. Ginestou. Documentation de Pierre Deloncle. Couverture en couleurs de Charles Fouqueray.
P., Rieder (Collection toutes les Colonies N°3), sans date, in 8° broché, 159 pages ; très nombreuses illustrations ; minuscule manque de papier en tête du dos.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 43262
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[COMPAGNIE DES INDES]
Edit du Roi portant création d’un Contrat d’un million deux cents mille livres de rente, au principal de trente millions, au profit de la Compagnie des Indes.
P., Simon, 1770. In 4° de 4 pp. (bandeau gravé).
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8053
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[COLLECTIF] Jeannine Auboyer, N.R. Banerjee, Marguerite-Marie Deneck, Adeline Cacan de Bissy.
INDE. Cinq mille ans d'art.
Paris, Musée du petit Palais, 1979. In-8, broché.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5865
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[COLLECTIF] / VENKATARAMAN (Balasubrahmanyam), sous la direction de
Kaalayaan - Arts et traditions de l'Inde.
Saint-Denis-de-la-Réunion, Ville de Saint-Denis, 1992 1 volume 19 x 27cm Broché sous couverture au 1er plat orné d'une grande vignette couleurs. XII (VIII + IV in fine) + 159p., 2 feuillets; illustrations en noir in texte, vignettes et quelques pleines pages, 4 planches couleurs hors texte. Bon état.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19060
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[COLLECTIF] B.N. Goswamy, A.L. Dallapiccola, W.M. Spink, K. Vatsyayan, K.J. Khandalavala.
KRISHNA. L'amant divin. Mythes et légendes dans l'art indien.
Lausanne, Edita / Vilo, 1982. In-4, reliure de l'éditeur, illustrations, jaquette.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6197
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[COMPAGNIE DES INDES]
LETTRES PATENTES DU ROI concernant les Billets de Caisse, Ordonnances, Récépissés, et autres effets de la Compagnie des Indes, circulant dans les Isles de France et de Bourbon. Données à Versailles le 25 janvier 1767.
P., Simon, 1767. 7 pp. in 4°.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7898
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[COMPAGNIE DES INDES]
Mémoire pour les actionnaires de la Compagnie des Indes.
P., Lottin, 1790. In 4° de 28 pp. (taches marginales), vignette sur le titre.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9740
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[COMPAGNIE DES INDES].
Précis pour les actionnaires de la Compagnie des Indes. en réponse à l'adresse présentée à l'Assemblée nationale ; par les députés extraordinaires des manufactures & du commerce du Royaume
S.l., 1790 in-4, 27 pp., broché sous couverture factice de papier coquille du XIXe. Salissures aux 2 premiers ff.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 234651
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[COMPAGNIE DES INDES] HERNOUX (M.)
Rapport. fait à l'Assemblée Nationale, au nom du Comité d'Agriculture et de Commerce, sur le privilège de la Compagnie des Indes. Le 18 mars 1790
Paris, Baudouin, 1790 in-8, 34 pp. et 34 (pièces justificatives)-[2] pp., bradel papier marbré (rel. moderne).
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 93460
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[COLLECTIF] / VENKATARAMAN (Balasubrahmanyam), sous la direction de
Kaalayaan - Arts et traditions de l'Inde.
Ouvrage publié à l'occasion de la Semaine de l'Inde 1992 de Saint-Denis-de-la-Réunion, sous la direction de Balasubrahmanyam VENKATARAMAN, où sont présentés par des spécialistes les divers domaines culturels: sources littéraires, musique, danse, théâtre et marionnettes, arts corporels populaires (arts martiaux et danses), arts plastiques (artisanat, joaillerie, peintures rupestres), architecture, gastronomie, arts contemporains (théâtre et cinéma); textes traduits de l'anglais par Eliane BERANGER; notices sur les auteurs; photos en noir et en couleurs. Français
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[CURIOSA, INDE] - VATSYAYANA -
Kama-Soutra.
Paris, PIC, 1956 ; grand in-12, 283 pp., br. Broché très bon état - traduit d'après E. Lamairesse introduction et notes de Gilles Delfos précédés d'un texte du Marquis de Sade.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 201213532
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[CURZON (George)]
Lord Curzon aux Indes. Sélection de ses discours comme Vice-Roi et Gouverneur-Général de l'Inde, 1899-1905. Introduction par Thomas Raleigh.
P., Ernest Flammarion, s.d. [1907]. In-8, rel. pleine toile beige, dos lisse, titre en noir au dos et au plat sup., LXXI-339 pp. EDITION ORIGINALE.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 560872
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[DOUBLE PAGE] Raghubir SINGH
DOUBLE PAGE : Le GANGE
Une revue de photographie de 48 pages (n° 3), format 240 x 320 mm, illustrée de photos couleurs, brochée couverture couleurs, publiée en 1980, Editions SNEP (Paris), bon état
Referenz des Buchhändlers : LFA-126716442
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[DUPUIS Louis Savinien, MOUSSET Louis]
Dictionnaire Tamoul-Français par deux missionnaires apostoliques de la Congrégation des missions-étrangères.
Pondichery: Imprimerie des Missionnaires Apostoliques de la dite Congregation., 1855 in-8, 4 pages n.c. en tamoul, xxxii-256 pages (les dernières pages manquent). Broché, couv. imprimée très défraichie, déchirure avec manque du coin inférieur du 2è plat de couverture, débroché, mouillures, exemplaire modeste. Edition originale.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 13978351
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[DUPLEIX (François)] - GAUTIER (Judith).-
Pages d'histoire. Dupleix. Ouvrage illustré de douze planches en couleurs.
Vincennes, Les Arts Graphiques, 1912, in 8) relié pleine percaline rouge de l'éditeur, illustrations en couleurs contrecollée sur le plat supérieur, 161 pages ; des rousseurs.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 53377
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[Dutch East India Co; Pearling] Nieuhoff, Johan; Johannes Kip
The Pearle Fishery near Toute Couryn copper engraving from Johan Nieuhoff's 'Voyages and travels into Brasil and the East-Indies'
London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill 1732. Very good condition. Copper engraved view of the Indian Coromandel coast pearl fishing port Tuticorin or Thoothukudi. A numbered key at the upper left describes the various buildings and people including; "Governors house" "a Heap of Pearle Oyster Shells" "Marchants of divers Nations" and "Tents where all sorts of provisions are sold while ye Pearle Fishery Continues". <br /> <br /> A view of the coastline showing pearl fishermen unloading oysters in front of the provision tents as traders look on. European buildings and many boats pulled up along the shore recede into the distance. From Awnsham & John Churchill's "A Collection of Voyages and Travels" engraved by Johannes Kip. Image 14 1/2 x 11" on paper 19 1/4 x 14". Two small chips at left edge. Strong impression bright and clean. Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 21951
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[EAST INDIA COMPANY]
A remonstrance of the Directors of the Netherlands East India Company
presented to the Lords States Generall of the united Provinces in defence of the said Company touching the bloudy proceedings against the English Merchants executed at Amboyna. Together with the Acts of the Processe against the sayd English and the Reply of the English East India Company to the said Remonstrance and Defence. Published by Authority. London : printed by John Dawson for the East India Company 1632. Three parts in one volume small quarto modern panelled calf in period style spine in compartments with gilt decoration and lettering; pp. 8 29 1 blank; 2 separate title-leaf 38; 47; 1; with a full-page woodcut depicting the torture of one of the English merchants at Ambon bound in at the end of the preliminaries in effect as a frontispiece to the first part; main title with woodcut armorial device woodcut initials head- and tailpieces; some mild browning a fine copy. Together the three parts of this work provide a summarised account of the so-called Amboyna or Ambon massacre a watershed event that occurred at a time of growing rivalry between the English and Dutch East India Companies over control of the lucrative spice trade. In early 1623 at the Dutch garrison of Fort Victoria on the island of Amboyna in the Moluccas the local Dutch governor ordered the arrest of ten English merchants suspected of plotting to take over the garrison; they confessed under torture and were executed in February 1623. The English reacted by branding the event a massacre. This volume is sometimes found bound with another that was published in London the same year which also presents the controversy from an English perspective A True Relation of the Unjust Cruell and Barbarous Proceedings against the English at Amboyna in the East-Indies by the Netherlandish Governor and Councell there. Both publications helped fuel a rising tide of anti-Dutch sentiment; it would not be long before animosity would give way to open hostility with the outbreak of the First Anglo-Dutch War in 1652. Rare especially in such fine condition. STC 7450a unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 48671
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[East India Company]
A Report from the Committee of Warehouses of the United East-India Company relative to the Culture of Sugar.
1792. London. 1792. Dark green cloth gilt type to spine. Sugar report 64 pages followed by six appendices 1789-1790; together with "Thanks to Lord Cornwallis and the Officers Serving in India" and debate 1793 161 pages;"Regulations Proposed to form the By-Laws" 27 pages; "The Debates at the East India House on the 18th of June 1794 on the Consideration of the Report of the Committee of By-Laws and on Mr Twining's Motion . . . " reported by William Woodfall with an Appendix containing letters etc. necessary to elucidate the subject 1794 52 pages; "The Debates at the East India House on Wednesday the 21st of January 1795 on the mode of forming into a by-law Mr Twining's motion . . . which had been carried by Ballot and also on the subject of the Company's Shipping" reported by William Woodfall 1795 134 pages. Corners a little bumped spine and margins of boards sl. damp-mottled edges of boards rubbed. A few marks in blue and red pencil to title-page of Sugar Report. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 91183
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[EAST INDIA CIVIL SERVICE]
East India Civil Services in India Report of the Royal Commission on the Superior Civil Services in India. Dated 27th March 1924
Simla: Government of India Press 1924. vii 1 181pp 1. Original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. Heavily rubbed and marked spine worn several small worm-tracks. Inked ownership inscription and later coloured pencil shelf-marks to title page. The comprehensive report of a royal commission charged with enquiring into the organisation and general conditions of the Civil Services in India financial and otherwise; the possibility of transferring any of their present duties and functions to services constituted on a provincial basis; and the best methods for ensuring and maintaining the recruitment of Europeans and Indians respectively. . First edition. 8vo. [Government of India Press] unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : AQ32179
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[East India Company; British Raj; the House of Gopaldoss]:
East India Company 'List of Different Houses' docketed 'List of Houses and Correspondences established by the House of Gopaldoss' signed '/A true copy/ Jno White <>'.
Without place or date circa 1820. One page octavo. Very good. On paper with 'C TAYLOR' Britannia watermarked paper. Possibly an East India Company document. Of obscure meaning headed 'List of Different Houses' and consisting of two columns the left-hand one of sixteen lines and the right-hand of eleven. Includes 'Moorshedabad' 'Massulipatam' 'Poona the Money paid to Mr. Mallet' 'Ahumabad the Residency of their Correspondent's' and 'The Mahratta Army'. With 'Exd: W D' in bottom left-hand corner. Docketed on reverse of second leaf of bifolium with reference 'No. 149. A. Entd at Dell <d.> " - MS'. Scan on application. Without place or date [circa 1820?]. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5104
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[EAST INDIA TRADING COMPANY - THE SWIFT].
East India Company "Swift" - account of a voyage to India and Malaysia 1794-5.
Various places including Saudi Arabia and Yemen 1796. Contemporary or slightly later half black morocco marbled boards. Small folio ca. 19 x 30.5 cm. English manuscript on watermarked paper. With a loosely inserted manuscript map titled A Chart shewing the Track of HMS Ship Myrtle of the Bay of Biscay and Portugal and a hand-coloured manuscript signal chart. A detailed description of the voyage of the East India company vessel the Swift from 1794-1795 featuring visits to both Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Twelve pages of observations are dedicated to Jeddah alone witnessed at the height of the influx of pilgrims during the Hajj followed by a description of Mocha also Mokha in Yemen. Other ports visited include those of Brazil South Africa India the Nicobar Islands Malaysia and Sri Lanka.Jeddah the author says "has a very pleasant appearance as you approach it from the sea . The houses are all of stone of the coral kind." However as the Swift had arrived in the midst of the Hajj and its crew found provisions difficult to acquire as thousands of pilgrims poured into Jeddah: "It is astonishing the number of Mahometans arriving from all parts of the world to attend the yearly ceremony at Mecca called Hadgi from thence to Medina." Several accounts are given of particular Muslim practices through occasionally somewhat confused British eyes: "When near Geddah all the Pilgrims going their first journey altered their dress assuming what is called the Ihhram a piece of linnen ! which is wrapped round the loins leaving the rest of the body naked in this state they proceed through the rest of the pilgrimage till they have visited the Kaaba at Mecca; the other garment they are then suffered to wear is a cloth of linen over their shoulders. . Some of them carry a trade of muslins and some other little articles which if they are not robbed by the Bedouins wild Arabs they make out tolerably well
. The landing of the pilgrims with their wives and household utensils would have been an excellent view for the inimitable Hogarth."The Swift appears to be one of the ships which accompanied the Suffolk a 64-gun ship to escort a convoy to India under the command of Captain Peter Rainier 1741-1808 later Admiral of the Blue and namesake of Mount Rainier. This particular voyage was in itself notable as a trial for the implementation of a citrus diet for sailors to ward off scurvy which was ultimately successful and became Admiralty policy the following year. On the first page of the account we find the following: "The beer being expended ordered the Company to be served wine mixed with 1oz of sugar and oz of lemon juice to every pint it was very nice tipple."The boards show mild traces of use. With a few small smudges on some of the leaves. Otherwise in excellent condition. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_49403
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