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1841réf. AQ32634Calcutta: Printed at the Baptist Mission Press 1841. 35pp 1. Bound with: Drop-head title: List of members of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India. January 1st 1841. Calcutta. Bishop's College Press 1841. 2 23pp 1. 8vo. Modern brown cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Two early manuscript corrections to first mentioned work title and drop-head title. The second located copy of the annual report of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India for the year 1840 together with a contemporary list of members printed at the Baptist Mission Press at Calcutta which operated from 1818 until the 1970s. The Society was founded by orientalist and missionary William Carey 1761-1834 in 1820. The report records the progress of the work done by the society including efforts to promote and improve cotton cultivation in the country the introduction of a new species of mulberry plant the promotion of tea culture in Assam and revision of discriminating duties on rum and tobacco. OCLC and COPAC record copies of each work at a single location BL. . First edition. Printed at the Baptist Mission Press hardcover
1915réf. AQ27136Ranikhet: 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
réf. 123251London J. Debrett 1783. . First edition; 8vo 21 x 13.5 cm; modern quarter red morocco gilt rolled red cloth boards spine lettered in gilt all edges speckled red a fine copy; iii 152 pp. Scarce and important pamphlet recounting the failure of the Fox-North East India Bill which was the first attempt at reforming the East India Company in the eighteenth century. It passed the Commons but failed at the Lords due to Fox's unpopularity with the King: it would shortly be followed by Pitt's India Bill much along the same lines which would establish the Board of Control and the take the first step in removing control of India from the East India Company. 1784 was the first renewal of the East-India Company's charter since 1742 during which the Seven Years War American Independence and Mysore Wars had drastically altered Britain on the world stage. In the wake of the 1772 British Credit Crises the efficiency of the Company and arguments for monopoly had started to erode and this debate was one of the first cracks in the unwavering belief in monopoly. Scarce only 6 copies in UK institutions BL London Library Manchester Edinburgh St Andrews Senate House. Pickett 1325. London, J. Debrett, 1783. hardcover
réf. 59553Printed at the 101 H.L.O. Printing Group of Survey of India 1969. Extremely large colour-printed folding map of India and the adjacent countries 82 x 173 cm mounted onto linen with seven inset maps showing Density of Population Principal Industries Geology and Principal Minerals Orographical Features Average Rainfall Isothermal Lines and a small version of India and Surrounding Countries. Remnants of original paper wrappers printed in red still present to verso. Light spotting to verso only generally a very good copy of this large-scale map. First published in 1951. Printed at the 101 (H.L.O.) Printing Group of Survey of India, 1969. unknown
1878réf. ABC_45484London: George E. Eyre & William Spottiswoode colophon 1878. Contemporary cloth title in gold on spine. Large 8vo. First and only edition of a catalogue of the material held in the London India Office that was produced by the Indian Surveys for the East India Company. The catalogue was printed by order of her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in council. It is a key reference work for all studies on the East India Company era in Indian and British history.Shelf mark on spine library plate on front paste-down Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam. Slight foxing on the first and last couple pages. Otherwise in very good condition.l Kaul Early writings on India: a union catalogue of books on India in the English language published up to 1900 and available in Delhi libraries 1975 92. George E. Eyre & William Spottiswoode (colophon), hardcover
1917réf. 20036Clarendon Press Oxford 1917. 8vo. First Edition with coloured frontispiece 14 plates 5 full-page maps in the text and 3 folding maps on japon title lightly dust-soiled; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker custom-made-slip-case an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF SIR REGINALD SPENCE AND BEARS HIS FINE ENGRAVED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE- DOWN. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PRESENTED BY SPENCE TO THE LIBRARY OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL SCHOOL HORSHAM AND BEARS THAT INSTITUTION'S PRESENTATION BOOKPLATE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Sir Reginald Spence prominent merchant philanthropist and educationalist spent much of his career in India. He was a prominent wine merchant Master of the Worshipful Company of Distillers 1949-1950 and an eminent freemason District Grand Master of Bombay and Northern India; the Lodge Reginald Spence was founded in his memory. A fervent educationalist he co-founded Barnes School in Devlavi one of the finest institutions of its type in Western India where a school house now bears his name. A NOTABLE ASSOCIATION COPY OF A WORK SELDOM FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL EDITION. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
1778réf. 223135London.: 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 cm 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. 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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1898réf. ABC_45361Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government printing India 1898. Blind-stamped blue cloth title in gold on spine blue decorated endpapers. Folio. With armorial vignette on the title page. The official Summary always published at the end of a Viceroy-ship by the Office of the Superintendent of Government printing in Calcutta containing the narrative of proceedings of the Home Department in this case from January 1894 to December 1898 the time the 9th Earl of Elgin served in that function. The extensive contents pp. i-iv refers always to the pages in the appendices pp. 1-6156 ! not present.During his time as Viceroy famine broke out in India in which Elgin reportedly admitted that up to 4.5 million people died. Other estimates have put the death toll at 11 million people. His administration in India was otherwise notable for the Afridi frontier uprisings of 1897-1898.With the label of the Home Department Juridical Branche on the front board and a second label with the shelfmark and stamps of the Ministry of Home Affairs on the title page and elsewhere including a Confidential stamp. Head of both boards damaged and damp-stained front hinge worn front endpapers loose slightly browned throughout.l Bence-Jones Mark. The Viceroys of India London 1982. Office of the Superintendent of Government printing, India, hardcover
1914réf. 951F7London: The Government of India by John Murray 1914 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11.5" by 9.5". Not Stated. The very scarce first edition of this richly illustrated account of George V's 1911 visit to entia to take part in the Imperial Durbar in Delhi. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece eight colour plates two photogravures forty-four collotypes and numerous monochrome plates alongside four plans one of which is folding.Collated complete.With the bookplate of Christopher J. E. Jarchow to the front pastedown.The Delhi Durbar or Imperial Durbar was a mass assembly organized by the British at Coronation Park Delhi India to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India. Also known as the Imperial Durbar it was held three times in 1877 1903 and 1911 at the height of the British Empire. The 1911 Durbar was the only one that a sovereign George V attended. It took pace in December 1911 to honour King George V and Queen Mary's coronation in Britain a few months prior and to proclaim their titles of Emperor and Empress of India. All Indian princely state kings and governors were called to pay respect.This work in great detail depicts this display of imperial power during the British Raj and includes detailed itineraries speeches and illustrations of this defining event of Colonial India. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Light spotting to perimeters of front board with a touch of fading to centre of rear board. Light spotting to text block fore edge. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good The Government of India by John Murray hardcover
1907réf. 011405Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing India 1907. Book measures 33.5x21.cm. iiivi 40pp. Bound in original publishers printed boards. Boards rubbed sellotaped spine library labels and withdrawal stamp. Binding in good condition. Internally occasional library stamp or mark. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy. . Hard Cover. Good Plus. Quarto. Superintendent of Government Printing India Hardcover
2024réf. SONG1955125317Hat & Beard Press 2024-01-30. hardcover. Used: Good. 7.24x0.79x9.45. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Hat & Beard Press hardcover
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1903réf. 8569First edition of this rather extraordinary survey of Curzon's many appearances in caricature in Hindi Punch and other Indian comic papers where he often appears in Indian dress and frequently as various Hindu deities notably Ganesh. 'This unpretentious little book is offered as a humble souvenir of the Delhi Durbar: in its pages our popular Viceroy as representative in the great Coronation Durbar of the greatest monarch of modern times is the central figure. In a land of her-worship it is not to be marvelled that the energy versatility and strong personality of Lord Curzon added to his many loveable traits should lend themselves easily to the genius of the Indian artist for caricaturing' author's Preface. Despite this warm introduction Curzon was subject to both approval and dissent through these images. The satire of British comic publications like Punch was enthusiastically appropriated by Indian artists - and India itself was frequently represented through the figure of Mr Punch - though their caricatures were also influenced by Indian artists such as Raja Ravi Varma. It is a fascinating fusion. 4to 248 × 158 mm pp. 2 2 48 4 adverts for Hindi Punch etc plus lithograph forntispiece numerous caricatures to text. Original lithographic boards. Slightly rubbed and soiled hinge cracked and backstrip rather crudely but effectively repaired with tape. [Tatva-Vivechaka Press and lithographed at Ajinkya Art P. Works for] Babajee Sakharam & Co,
1792réf. 1325NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS GOWER Richard Hall in the India Service. A Description of several instruments for Measuring a Ship's Way through the Water By.With an Account of his Patent Perpetual Log and how the same principle may be applied to shew the absolute velocity of the Wind and the depths of the Sea. 8vo modern cloth backed marbled boards half-title title 5-32 2 copper engraved plates. London: Printed for the Author 1792. First Edition of author's rare first nautical work with the half-title. ESTC locates two copies in England BL & NMM and two copies in this country BA & NYPL. Gower fl. 1767-1833 a sea captain and naval architect "had been shocked by the low standard of navigation which he found in the convoy which took him to the East Indies.He devised a patent log part of the workmanship being entrusted to Alexander Grant and the sole rights of sale vested in Messrs Gilbert & Wright of 148 Leadenhall Street. He refers to "the indefatigable Mr. Stancliff' as cutting the scale on his optical instrument with his dividing machine. He then tried the instrument out with John Adams a mathematical teacher of Edmonton who has been identified as a reviser of textbooks for Mount and Page the chart-sellers."-Taylor The Mathematical Practitioners of Hanoverian England 1714-1840 #840. "In 1787 he devised an instrument which measured a vessel's way through the water with greater accuracy than had previously been possible."-ODNB. The followng year he wrote A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Seamanship which long remained a standard work. We trace no copies at auction. 84574 The Author
réf. MC22Watercolour ca. 24.5 x 41.5cm 9.5 x 16.5 inches. Recently matted with a couple of minor scratches but overall a very good watercolour. The well executed watercolour show a wild boar being chased by two British hunters with spears on horseback in the foreground and native Indians and an Indian castle in the background. "In India pigsticking was popular among the Jatts Gujjars Rajputs Sikhs Maharajas and with British officers during Victorian and Edwardian times. According to the 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica it was encouraged by military authorities as good training because "a startled or angry wild boar is . A desperate fighter and therefore the pig-sticker must possess a good eye a steady hand a firm seat a cool head and a courageous heart "Wikipedia. unknown
1961réf. 232281961. Southern India photo album documenting an international Christian missionary medical group around Vellore Karigiri Katpadi and Kanchipuram in 1961 many photographs captioned and identify individuals. The album showcases how missionary labor operated after the end of British rule through hospitals training schools religious ceremony and organized visits into village and temple spaces. Compiled by a French speaking participant within an international Christian medical network the album centers on institutions linked to Christian Medical College and Hospital Vellore where foreign and Indian personnel worked inside a system first developed under colonial era Protestant missions and then carried forward in postcolonial India through education nursing public health and evangelical presence. Photo archive of 110 Silver gelatin photographs mounted in a leather bound album most photos measure 3" x 4" album measures 9" x 12" Vellore Karigiri Katpadi Polambakkam and Kanchipuram Tamil Nadu dated by captions to 1961. Many identified individuals. Captioned pages identify "Vellore CMCH" "Christian Medical College and Hospital Vellore" and a "Soirée de remise du voile aux infirmières étudiantes de dernière année Sept. 61" showing large indoor assemblies of Indian nursing students in uniform at a veil ceremony for final year nurses. Other pages name hospital streets a guest house pavilion postman colleagues and an international group including participants identified by nationality including Argentina Belgium Venezuela Australia Thailand the United States England and South India. The album also moves beyond the hospital into the surrounding countryside and sacred landscape with rice cultivation and field irrigation at Karigiri village huts pastoral scenes cattle and goats potters fuel collection pigs and ducks a cyclist returning from Sunday mass the cathedral at Katpadi and multiple views of temples and priests at Kanchipuram. Handwritten French captions guide the viewer through these scenes including "inner courtyard of a temple" "Hindu priest explaining a point of his religion" "signing the temple guest book and giving the offering" and observations of sculpture yogis village labor and local children. The 19th to early 20th century saw an increase in Protestant missionary organizations in India with schools hospitals and women's medical training programs as response both to evangelical ambition and to colonial inequalities in health care access. By 1961 India was politically independent yet this album shows how missionary medicine still organized relations between Western visitors Indian Christian institutions and local Tamil communities. Overall very good condition. A strong record of postcolonial missionary medicine in southern India showing how colonial religious systems survived through healthcare education and cross cultural authority rather than formal imperial rule alone. unknown
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1911réf. 196420Lahore: Printed at the Punjab Government Press 1911. First edition of this informative collection of papers covering the period from the arrival of the British at Ludhiana in 1808 to the conclusion of the first Gurkha Campaign in June 1815. This work formed Volume II in an eight-volume series of Punjab Government records that was compiled by Arthur Raynor formerly the registrar of the Punjab Civil Secretariat. As here some copies were issued in 1915 with a revised price affixed to the title page and a tipped-in additional "Introductory Note" leaf dated December 1915. Octavo 241 x 159 mm. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Major-General Sir David Ochterlony after an engraving by Henry Meyer. Near-contemporary green buckram spine lettered in gilt. Publisher's price sticker on title page. Ex-Financial Commissioners Office Library Lahore with shadow from removed label on spine 21 September 1938 ink stamp on half-title and a few numerical markings on front pastedown and first few leaves. Rubbed and bumped text block toned and brittle in margins in places: very good. hardcover
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1902réf. 142564New York: Underwood & Underwood Publishers 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. New York Underwood & Underwood Publishers 'Copyright 1902' to 'Copyright 1907' a date within this range is printed on the recto of each item with the majority 1902 and 1903. Each pair of sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs is mounted on the publisher's dark grey card with an English-language caption underneath the photograph; an abridged version is repeated in six languages on the verso of all but 16 cards which are blank. The size of the arch-topped prints is approximately 80 × 78 mm; the card size is 88 × 178 mm. The condition of all photographs is uniformly fine; four cards have a crease down the centre but the rest are in fine condition. The set comes with the publisher's cloth-covered double bookform box lettered 'India Underwood and Underwood' on both spines cloth a little rubbed and lightly worn at the extremities. The cards are numbered 1-100 on the recto; many also have a four-digit number as well. In addition to the brief captions in six languages on the verso 81 cards also have lengthy captions in English on the verso 79 are printed down the length of the card when it is in portrait format; the other two are printed across the card when it is in landscape format. 100 items. Underwood & Underwood, Publishers hardcover
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1954réf. 293238Dehra Dun : Survey of India 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Complimentary copy from the Surveyor General of India. Physical description; xii 534 p. : ill. maps ; 30 cm. Notes; Complimentary copy from the Surveyor General of India sent to Arthur Jaffe with the receipts. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Survey of India. Surveying India History. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. Dehra Dun : Survey of India hardcover
1917réf. 235951917. British frontier military photo archive documenting the garrison system of the North West Frontier during the final years of the First World War 1917 to 1918 showing how the British Indian Army organized training logistics aviation medical services and daily military life across what is now Pakistan. Centered on Risalpur with additional views of Nowshera Sibi and other frontier stations the archive records the infrastructure that sustained Britain's defensive frontier against Afghanistan while thousands of Indian Army troops remained committed to imperial service overseas. Contemporary manuscript captions on many versos identify locations dates military units and events preserving an unusually well-documented record of the frontier during one of the British Empire's most militarized periods. Photo archive of 52 silver gelatin photographs most measuring approximately 3 x 5 inches British India principally Risalpur and the North West Frontier 1917 to 1918. The photographs depict cantonments parade grounds barracks military camps mounted troops cavalry exercises soldiers in formation and group portraits of officers and enlisted men. Other photographs show military hospitals and Red Cross personnel aviation facilities transport columns aerial views of cantonments engineering works fortified compounds rail infrastructure and frontier outposts. Civilian scenes appear as part of the military landscape rather than separate subjects including bazaars camel caravans village streets fruit vendors brick makers ox drawn carts river crossings market stalls and local residents interacting with soldiers. Several photographs record strategic infrastructure including the Attock Bridge mosques military compounds and river transport essential to frontier communications. Numerous versos carry contemporary inscriptions identifying subjects with captions such as "Camp of the 22nd Squadron M.G. Corps at Risalpur Dec. 1917-May 1918" "Risalpur 1918" "Mosque at Nowshera 1917" "Aeroplane accident" and "Filling ammunition belts 22nd M.G. Squadron Risalpur" substantially increasing the documentary precision of the archive. By 1917 the North West Frontier had become one of the British Empire's principal military districts supplying cavalry machine gun units aviation personnel transport and logistical support while simultaneously guarding the Afghan frontier. Risalpur developed into one of the subcontinent's major military centers housing cavalry regiments the Machine Gun Corps flying facilities and training establishments that would remain central to frontier defense through the Third Anglo Afghan War of 1919 and beyond. Photos emphasize the construction and occupation of cantonments preparation of ammunition medical organization transportation networks reconnaissance engineering and the constant interaction between British military institutions and the civilian communities surrounding them. Light surface wear with occasional corner bumps and scattered silvering; manuscript captions remain clear and legible. Overall in very good condition. A concentrated record of the British Indian Army's military infrastructure and frontier administration on the North West Frontier during the closing years of the First World War. unknown
