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1868Best.-Nr. 45516Colombo: printed for the Christian Vernacular Education Society 1868. 12mo pp. 30; engraved title page; original stiff blue pictorial wrappers; spined ends cracked else very good. Despite the title this small pamphlet covers not only the geography of the island of what is now the country of Sir Lanka but also the people commerce and government. Only the NYPL copy in OCLC which locates no other editions. printed for the Christian Vernacular Education Society unknown
Best.-Nr. 69782c.1890. . Silver print. Good tonal range pasted on original card; right margin of card is coming off not affecting the print. A young Hindu couple sitting for a formal wedding portrait. [c.1890]. unknown
1808Best.-Nr. 177936London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan for Black Parry and Kingsbury 1808. Later edition following the first of 1754. This volume was owned by Lieutenant Colonel Neil Campbell 1788-1848 with his signature dated 12 August 1809 on the title page. Campbell joined the Bengal Army that same year and likely used it as part of his training. Nonetheless within six months he was tried by court martial. Soon after landing in India as an ensign Campbell was tried for ill-treating a civil Indian official imprisoned for eight months and fined. "This little incident does not however seem to have interfered with his military promotion for he was a Lieutenant in 1814 and retired as a Lieut.-Colonel in 1841 sharing in the Bhurtpore prize-money in 1825" Campbell p. lvi. In addition he volunteered for the campaign to annex Kalinfar Fort 1812 helped to hunt down the chief of Bundelkhand Gopal Singh and fought in the Anglo-Nepalese War 1814-16. He had 13 children with Isabella Campbell née Anne. The original front free endpaper is signed and inscribed: "This belonged to Major Neil Campbell Kilmartin of the H.E.I.C.S 1787-1848 my great grandfather". We have traced one copy in the Saraswathi Mahal Library. Octavo 181 x 115 mm pp. 48 bulked with blanks. With 4 pp. of publisher's advertisements following text. Modern sprinkled half calf black spine label brown cloth boards with borders tooled in blind original front free endpaper bound in ticket of Period Binders Bath tipped in at rear. Contents lightly browned: a very good copy. This edition not in NCSTC. Duncan Campbell Records of Clan Campbell in the Military Service of the Honourable East India Company 1600-1858 1925 hardcover
1902Best.-Nr. 172129London : HMSO Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode 1902. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in gilt-blocked bucjram boards. Near fine copy in half aniline calf over buckram boards with R. G. Duff in gilt block; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Ex-libris copy with bookplates remaining ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 166 pages; Description: v 166 p. : tabs. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Great Britain --India Office --Archives --Bibliography --Catalogs --Bombay India --Politics and government --Sources London : HMSO, Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode hardcover
1920Best.-Nr. 14589John Murray 1920. Sm. 8vo. Tenth Edition on India Paper with 38 folding coloured maps 11 full-page maps and plans a number coloured numerous illustrations plans and tables several full-page in the text and a very large folding coloured map mounted on cloth in pocket at rear some mild offsetting to blank preliminaries endpapers very lightly age-soiled; handsomely bound in full crushed red morocco BY HATCHARDS upper board lettered in gilt back with five shaped raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt all edges gilt wide gilt doublures elaborately tooled in gilt with a floral border enclosing multiple frames laid paper endpapers red yellow and green silk head- and tail-bands red buckram pocket a splendid and ornate copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THE BINDING IS SIGNED ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. IT WAS COMMISSIONED BY GUY WESTMACOTT WHOSE NAME IS LETTERED IN GILT ON FRONT BOARD this could well be Guy Randolph Westmacott of the Grenadier Guards. A SPLENDID AND UNIQUE COPY OF THE ONE OF THE BEST EDITIONS OF THE FINEST TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO INDIA AND SURROUNDING REGION. VERY SCARCE IN ANY CONDITION. John Murray, hardcover
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2017Best.-Nr. Gyan-9788182050464Isha Books 2017. 26 Vols. Set. Paperback. New. 21.59 x 13.34 x 83.3 cm. English Isha Books paperback
2017Best.-Nr. Gyan-9788182050464Isha Books 2017. 26 Vols. Set. Paperback. New. 21.59 x 13.34 x 83.3 cm. English Isha Books paperback
Best.-Nr. ppk9900139Foundation Books. Paperback. NEW. 8x5x1. Foundation Books paperback
Best.-Nr. ppk9900120Foundation Books. Paperback. NEW. 8x5x1. Foundation Books paperback
Best.-Nr. 375RARE SURVEY OF INDIA MAP SOUTHERN ASIA SOUTH EAST ARABIA 1942 33 X 24 inches
Best.-Nr. 108549London Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies 1798. . First and only edition 8vo 22 x 14.5 cm; armorial bookplate of Sir Archibald Grant of Monymoske to front pastedown dated advertisement half title occasional light spotting; morocco back marbled boards title in gilt to spine corners lightly rubbed; 53 1pp. A very good copy. The anonymous reply by an officer of the East India Company to Eyle Irwin's d. 1817 An Enquiry into the Feasibility of the Supposed Expedition of Buonaparte to the East 1798. In his treatise Irwin born in Calcutta to an officer of the Company had downplayed Napoleon's purported ambition to conquer British possessions in Asia following his defeat in the Battle of the Nile. Without wishing to 'damp the universal joy' which had infected the public mood following Nelson's victory at the Nile earlier in the year the anonymous author of the Reply sounds a more cautionary note urging his readers not to allow their current enthusiasm to become reckless jingoism. Diagnosing the issue as an 'aversion to bestow praise on an enemy' the author predicted that an alliance of French and Russian forces could undertake a joint invasion of India a threat which almost came true but for Napoleon's reluctance to expose his already army tired army to defeat. ESTC records copies at only four locations in the British Isles BL Derry and Raphoe Diocesan Library King's College London and the Royal Irish Academy and a further six in North America Kansas Missouri NYPL Rutgers UTS and Virginia. ESTC T44625. London, Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 654671920s. Original photographic album. Oblong 4to. 23.5 x 29 cm. Original khaki cloth. 322 original photographic prints on 40 leaves of grey paper including 5 loose photographs most of which with accompanying English captions in dark ink. The photographs range in size from 4.5 x 7cm to 22.5 x 28cm and depict a wide array of monuments street scenes rituals people etc. etc. Inner hinge lightly cracked generally in very good condition. The album loosely illustrates a voyage across India starting in Paris and the South of France before voyaging through Port Said to Bombay and thence to Jaipur Amber Agra Jodhpur Dehli Lucknow Kanpur Beanres Hazaribagh Calcutta Darjeeling Rangoon Kuala Lumpur and finally Penang. A selection of the famous monuments and places depicted are Hawa Mahal the Jantar Mantar the Albert Hall Museum Jahangiri Mahal Akbari Mahal the Jasmine Tower the Tomb of I'tim d-ud-Daulah the Taj Mahal Fatehpur Sikri the Panch Mahal Khwabgah Tomb of Salim Chishti the Jama Masjid Humayan's Tomb Hussainabad Imambara Great Imambara Mosque Aurangzeb's Mosque Manikarnika Ghat etc. etc. Includes two full-page photos of the Taj Mahal and one of the Kanchenjunga mountain range. [1920s]. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 85475C. 1890. . Collection of 23 loose photos mounted on card. Some with pencil captions numbered; small marginal tears to card very light soiling. [C. 1890]. unknown
1845Best.-Nr. biblio308Fisher Son & Co. The Caxton Press Angel Street St. Martin's-Le-Grand London. 1845-47 Two volumes. Quarto. First editions. 128pp. Engraved half title engraved frontispiece plate 50 further engraved plates; Engraved half title engraved frontispiece plate 47 further engraved plates 104pp. The plates are by Turner Stanfield Prout Cattermole Roberts and Allom. Contemporary half maroon morocco spines in six compartments with raised bands gilt double rule emphasis and gilt lettering. Marbled boards. Top edges gilt other edges untrimmed. Silk bookmarks. Some variable spotting/foxing. A very attractive set. Provenance: Armorial book plate of Fothergill to fep of each volume. Fisher, Son & Co., The Caxton Press, Angel Street, St. Martin’s-Le-Grand hardcover
1834Best.-Nr. 152302London.: Published for Henry Colburn. 2nd edition.1834. Two volumes. Volume I: Large folding map of Burma 6 plates 4 folding one vignette in the text 541pp; Volume II: Folding plan of Ava one full page plate 4 vignettes in the text viii 319 163pp Appendix; original blind stamped green cloth boards a trifle rubbed and bumped 23 x 14.5 cms both volumes neatly rebacked mounting the original spines endpapers renewed with the blind stamp "Manchester City Library 1854" to the frontispiece title page and map in both volumes the large folding map of Burma Vol I with extensive neat fold repairs frontispiece in Vol II split along the lower hinge but holding otherwise text clean and sound a good set. Foundational work by John Crawfurd 1783–1868 a Scottish physician colonial administrator for the British East India Company and prominent ethnologist. It chronicles his diplomatic assignment and observations in the Kingdom of Burma Myanmar. Abbey Travel 405 second edition; Herbert 185. . Published for Henry Colburn. hardcover
2021Best.-Nr. DBS-9781774078006Delve 2021. 1st. Hardcover. New. Delve hardcover
2021Best.-Nr. DBS-9781774078006Delve 2021. 1st. Hardcover. New. Delve hardcover
2021Best.-Nr. DBS-9781774077566Delve 2021. 1st. Hardcover. New. Delve hardcover
2021Best.-Nr. DBS-9781774077566Delve 2021. 1st. Hardcover. New. Delve hardcover
1826Best.-Nr. 76418Paris 1826. 8vo. Nyere lysebrunt helskinnbind med tittelfelt i rødt skinn. Bundet med begge de originale omslagene. 3 1 blank iii 1 blank 288 s. Med 2 kolorerte foldekarter og 19 kolorerte litografier. 8vo. More recent full calf tile in red leather. Bount with the original wrappers. 3 1 blank iii 1 blank 288 pp. Two coloured folding maps and 19 coloured lithographs. Imprimé par autorisation du Roi à l’Imprimerie Royale. Fransk. Colas 2208. Lipperheide 1584. Blackmer 1204. Abbey Travel 350. Materien svakt plettet. Litografiene med kraftige farver.Louis Pantaléon de Noé 1728-1816 fransk-kreolsk offiser.Internally some staining. The lithographs being beautifully coloured.Louis Pantaléon de Noé 1728-1816 French-creole officer. hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. 27467Filed O brown small: Church of England Zenana Missionary Society 1929. Paperback. Used: Acceptable. Condition fair pages brown age spots to pages page edges dusty name on front cover. Church of England Zenana Missionary Society paperback
Best.-Nr. 65752December 1941. Original map of East Asia 68 x 86 cm extending from India in the west to Hawai'i in the east and Hokkaido in the north to New Zealand in the south. Showing the American British Japanese and French zones of influence in the Pacific. Very good condition. An interesting map produced at the time of The Battle of Hong Kong 8-25 December 1941 also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong one of the first battles of the Pacific War. The Battle of Hong Kong was a 17-day World War II conflict where Imperial Japanese forces invaded and captured the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong immediately following the Pearl Harbour attack Survey Section No. 1602 July 1941 - 1000. Reg. No.R/332. Dec '41-600-150. Reproduced by No.1 Ind. Fd. Svy. Coy. December, 1941. unknown
1964Best.-Nr. BIBLIO-01781G. K. Hall & Co Boston 1964 reprint. 10 vols cloth folio 358 x 260 mm. pp. About 90000 entries. A massive catalogue of the printed books in European languages in the India Office Library including many rarities and very comprehensive coverage of material on the British Raj. The European Printed Books collection was originally part of the library set up by the Honourable East India Company in 1801 to safeguard books entrusted to it by its servants and others. The Company's Directors soon began to collect actively rather than just receiving material and from the outset made their stock available to orientalist scholars as well as maintaining and augmenting it as an official reference resource. After the demise of the Company in 1858 its responsibilities were taken over by the newly-established India Office and coverage started to concentrate on material relating to the Indian sub-continent and its affairs together with those of Burma. The European Printed Books collection holds a considerable amount of extremely rare Indian and UK material and is the primary repository for material on the history of British India. Contents : Vols 1-2: Sheaf catalogue A-Z. Vols 3 - 6: Author catalogue A-Z. Vols 7 - 9 : Subject catalogue A-Z. Vol 10: Catalogue of periodicals. Accessions until 1936 were included in an Author catalogue in sheaf form in which entries from twenty-two volumes of uncumulated printed catalogues and printed supplementary accessions lists were pasted in a single alphabetical sequence. In 1936 the cataloguing system was reorganised; all subsequent accessions were entered in two card catalogues one Author the other Subject. The present work accordingly reproduces a the whole of the Author sheaf catalogue containing accessions to 1936 in Volumes 1 and 2 and b in Volumes 3-9 the Author and Subject card catalogues containing accessions from 1936 to the end of 1963 together with some recatalogued pre-1936 accessions and c periodical publications as a separate sequence at the end of the Author card catalogue Volume 10. A Very Good ex-library set. The library markings are :stamps on top and bottom edges small spine labels and partly removed labels from the front free endpapers. Otherwise Very Good some covers a little scuffed. G. K. Hall & Co, Boston, 1964 reprint hardcover
2015Best.-Nr. ASAP-9781626991354Studium Press India Pvt. Ltd. 2015. New. Studium Press (India) Pvt. Ltd. unknown
