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1839Best.-Nr. 022098London: Smith Elder and Co. 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Fairly unobtrusive library blindstamp on frontispiece pictorial title map and several text pages. Still an attractive clean example of a scarce title in a Fine clamshell box. Modern half polished calf with marbled boards and matching calf corners 5-1/2" x 9"; xvii 3 283 1 pages housed in a red buckram clamshell box. Lacking the printed title page but with the lithographed additional pictorial title and illustrated with a hand-colored map 8 engraved plates 7 of which are hand-colored including 1 folding and several text engravings. In 1834 the author's husband was posted to Cutch a western district of present-day Gujarat India and there she gathered the notes and made the drawings that would form the basis for this her first publication. [Smith, Elder and Co.] hardcover
Best.-Nr. 97688Calcutta Superintendent of Government Printing 1921. Tall 8vo. Contemporary half calf green cloth sides gold-stamped red spine labels. Size 10 x 6.5 inches In good condition. Some minor rubbing on edges two small nicks on spine labels. Corners a little bumped a few minor marks on cloth boards. Military inscription on front endpaper. Inside some foxing else generally clean & tight. X 187 Pages 1 pp. With frontispiece 31 plates 7 maps 3 in pocket on inside of back board and 8 panoramas mostly folding. First edition of the British-Indian army s official account of the 1919-20 Waziristan campaign marked "Confidential" on the title-page. The operations followed unrest that arose in the aftermath of the Third Anglo-Afghan War; they were conducted in the mountainous region of Waziristan now in Pakistan by British and Indian forces against the fiercely independent Waziri and Mahsud tribesmen that inhabited it. Since the 1870s the British government agencies were assiduous in compiling internally published histories of their military frontier operations with the intention of providing a "valuable guide" to such British commanders and policy makers as "might have future dealings with these turbulent neighbours" as the Punjab Government phrased it in 1866. Calcutta Superintendent of Government Printing 1921 hardcover
Best.-Nr. 100094Calcutta Survey of India Offices May 1916 1st. Large folding map. Overall size 39.5 x 30 Inches. 32 cut sections mounted on cloth/linen. In very good condition. Some minor handling marks. A few minor spots to section section top row Baghdad. With colouring as stated. Some red colouring to linen on gaps between some sections. A couple of small splits to linen at centre fold and top fold 3rd section from left. Sections with some minor tanning. Some darkening and handling marks to title label on rear corner. In B&W with River Euphrates coloured blue. With green colouring to smaller rivers and canals and some pencil annotations around Baghdad area. Calcutta, Survey of India Offices, May 1916 1st hardcover
2013Best.-Nr. SONG1608871754Mandala Publishing 2013-09-03. hardcover. Used: Good. 9.25x21.75x12.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Mandala Publishing hardcover
1920Best.-Nr. 238521920. Photography. Very good condition. A wonderful large album of 127 post card size venacular photographs each captioned depicting the everyday life of people in the streets villages and country side; these are authentic images of real life in India at the time. Also includes images of Bombay and the Palace at Amber. The photographer is unidentified; probably an American couple on an Indian tour. The majority of the photographs concern life in India from people at work in a wide range of trades to women of different castes to wonderful marketplace scenes including children at play holy men wrestlers a carousel captioned "a Merry-Go-Round" and traveling artists. 40 images of rural India include: native houses village streets & centers a potter at work village shops village "bazarrs" sic showing all manner of sidewalk vendors and stalls village wells women walking to market with large baskets carried on their heads holy men sweet and bread sellers selling "pop" soft drinks from a cart burial of a distinguished person "a bride and her maids pay visits to relatives part of the 3 day wedding ceremony". 11 images titled "Women of India" show Hindu Jain and Mohammedan women women spinning women carrying goods stacked on their heads women with children and high caste women. 28 images of Indian men include an image title rather mysteriously "rural native police English Providence" porters young boys high diver gate keeper cook shoe mender snake charmer street musician clown traveler traveling artist traveling school teacher tobacco seller "by the puff" holy men of India "fakirs" wrestlers and a transvestite the image titled "an efeminate sic gentleman Indian man dressed in a sari. 21 images of the stunning Amber Palace and Fort in northwest India the oldest surviving palace in India built of red sandstone and white marble whose architecture shows a blend of Muslim and Hindu influences. Images include walls and grand entrances ceremonial elephants stunning interior views of the palace and its rich alabaster carvings and views of the surrounding landscape taken from the Palace walls. The Jas Mandir is also pictured; this is the most beautiful structure at Amber divided in three parts: the Hall of the Private Audience on the ground floor the Glass Palace and the Hall of Glory on the upper floor. 15 images of Bombay with : a native policeman 2 colonial police officials the harbor Bombay city streets including shots of a large double decker tram the "red light" district Hindu Caves at Garapuri and Elephanta Island interiors of the carved caves and vultures "who devour the Parsi's dead in the Towers of silence". 12 images titled "Travel in India" include an elephant with howdah for carrying passengers ox drawn carts horse drawn carts and carriages railway carriages including one with a train door marked "Servants" a train station and a colonial postal box. A large photograph album 15 x 11 1/2". Black stiff cloth covers cord bound. Hand lettered "No. 5" at upper left corner front cover. Images measure 5 1/2 x 3 1/2" laid down 3 or 4 per page with captions hand lettered in white. The first 2 leaves detached loosely inserted. The photographs in fine condition. An album of evocative images of the life experienced by Indians living in colonial India. Images probably taken by an American traveller as soda is referred to as "pop" harbor is spelled without the "u" and the album itself is made in the USA. unknown
1670Best.-Nr. 587561 vol. in-12 reliure moderne amateur plein veau brun, Claude Barbin, Paris, 1670, 4 ff., 268 pp., 1 f., 294 pp. et 1 f. n. ch. (privilège) avec une carte dépliante ("L'Empire du Grand Mogol"). Titre complet : Histoire de la dernière Révolution des Etats du Grand Mogol [ Suivi de : ] Evenemens Particuliers, Ou ce qui s'est passé de plus considérable après la guerre pendant cinq ans, ou environ, dans les Etats du grand Mogol. Avec une Lettre de l'étendue de l'Hindoustan, Circulation de l'or & de l'argent pour venir s'y abîmer, Richesses, Forces, Justice & Cause principale de la Decadence des Etats d'Asie [ Edition originale ]
16701 vol. in-12 reliure moderne amateur plein veau brun, Claude Barbin, Paris, 1670, 4 ff., 268 pp., 1 f., 294 pp. et 1 f. n. ch. (privilège) avec une carte dépliante ("L'Empire du Grand Mogol"). Titre complet : Histoire de la dernière Révolution des Etats du Grand Mogol [ Suivi de : ] Evenemens Particuliers, Ou ce qui s'est passé de plus considérable après la guerre pendant cinq ans, ou environ, dans les Etats du grand Mogol. Avec une Lettre de l'étendue de l'Hindoustan, Circulation de l'or & de l'argent pour venir s'y abîmer, Richesses, Forces, Justice & Cause principale de la Decadence des Etats d'Asie [ Edition originale ] Rare exemplaire de l'édition originale, bien complet des 2 tomes (le second tome avec sa page de titre propre), en reliure modeste mais bien solide. Voyageur et philosophe épicurien, François Bernier (1620-1688) propose ici ses observations menées lors de son voyage dans l'empire Moghol, entreprise au lendemain de la mort de son ami Gassendi. Il y évoque notamment la lutte entre les fils de l'empereur Shâh Jahân et la victoire d'Aurengzeb, dans la suite duquel il réussira à se faire admettre. Bernier publiera la suite de ces mémoires l'année suivante 1671. Etat très satisfaisant (reliure amateur, dos muet un peu frotté, accroc à un feuillet sans manque, petit accroc habituel sans manque à la carte, bon état intérieur par ailleurs). Chadenat, 4197 Français
1921Best.-Nr. NL-02287Frontier warfare and colonial cartography: 1921 Survey of India "Confidential" atlas documenting the British campaign in Waziristan. This highly detailed 1921 confidential British-Indian general staff report produced by the Survey of India documents the Waziristan military operations of 19191920 along the volatile frontier of the Northwest Boundary. The publication includes a frontispiece 31 plates seven maps three of which are pocket-folded and eight folding panoramic illustrations that chronicle both the terrain and troop dispositions. The maps provide tactical clarity on routes native strongholds topographic obstacles and British positions. At the same time the accompanying text analyzes operational strategy lessons learned and the emergent use of air power in tribal warfare. Waziristan now in Pakistan had long been viewed by the British as a strategically critical and persistently unstable frontier region inhabited by fiercely autonomous Waziri and Mahsud tribes. The 19191920 campaign followed the Third Anglo-Afghan War during which boundary tensions and local insurrections compelled renewed military intervention. This report presents not just the operational narrative but also the institutional mindset of early 20th-century colonial warfare combining detailed cartography with doctrinal reflection. Cartographers: The Survey of India established in 1767 under Major James Rennell and expanded during British rule served as the paramount cartographic and geodetic agency in India. By 1921 it had become central to mapping the subcontinent for both civil administration and military planning. In this instance the Survey's maps reflect the dual imperative of geographic precision and strategic control making this report an indispensable source for scholars of South Asian military history cartography and colonial frontier dynamics. Condition Description Good. Some wear on cover. Fold lines and some marginal imperfections on maps views and illustrations. Survey of India
1848In-8°, legatura coeva in mezza pelle con titoli e fregi in oro al dorso, pp. (6)375(1). Con 32 bellissime tavole litografiche che raffigurano usi e costumi (Fete de la Lune à Ceylan, Les bonds du Gange, Chasse aux éléphants dans la foret de Karnigal) e vedute di Delhi, Madras, Ceylon, Calcutta, Lahore, l'Himalaya. Le litografie sono di Cupper, de Rudder, Gerlier, Lehnert, Robineau e Walter. Cinque delle tavole - quelle impresse da Auguste Bry sono brunite; le altre sono stampate da Lemercier. Alla fine una carta geografica a colori con gli itinerarii dei viaggi (1841-1943 e 1845-1846). Rara prima edizione dei 'Voyages dans l'Inde', opera che avrà più edizioni in francese (con 36 tavole) e in russo. Timbretti di vecchia appartenenza privata al frontespizio e al verso di alcune tavole; leggere rare bruniture, a qualche leggero aloncino ai margini di alcune tavole. Buon esemplare.
Best.-Nr. 74411766. In 4° demi-basane, dos à nerfs.
Best.-Nr. 97814A Paris, chez Theodore Le Gras, 1736, 2 parties reliées en 1 volume in-12 de 170x100 mm environ, (1) fb., xiv-190-1 page de titre-210 pages, (2) ff. (approbation et privilège), plein veau brun, dos à nerfs portant titres dorés, orné de caissons à motifs dorés, gardes marbrées avec un ex-libris gravé sur le premier contreplat. Petits dessins à l'encre ancienne sur la première gardes blanche et au dos de la garde de couleur, quelques rousseurs, tranche légèrement fendillée sur les premières pages, gardes un peu usées avec galerie de ver sur le mors interne, petite galerie dans la marge interne sur la deuxième partie du volume, reliure avec coins restaurés, cuir frotté. Exemplaire rare, première édition.
Best.-Nr. 7442A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Delaguette, 1751 . In 4 de 57 pp.
1791in-4, pp.XII, 364, (12, Index), leg. coeva p. vitello, dorso a nervi, titolo oro. Con due grandi carte geografiche incise del South East part of Asia ripiegate f.testo. Da pag. 253 a fine vi è una Appendice "containing Observations on the Civil Policy - The Laws and Judicial Proceedings - The Arts - The Sciences - and Religious Institutions, of the Indians". Prima edizione di una vasta e importante opera storica sull'antica India, sui suoi rapporti con il mondo, sul commercio e sulle istituzioni sociali indiane, narrate prima della scoperta del Passaggio a Nord-Ovest. Bell'esemplare.. Brunet, IV, 1332..
1736Best.-Nr. 22908Paris Grégoire-Antoine-Dupuis 1736 2 parties en 1 vol. in-12 veau brun jaspé, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre fauve, tranches rouges [Rel. de l'époque], lég. rest., qqs mouill. marg
Best.-Nr. 69623c.1850. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition. [c.1850]. unknown
1933Best.-Nr. 2588No Publisher. An album of mainly pen and ink sketches of India; 4to. The sketches include portraits: of a Sikh Warrior A Daughter of Kashmir A Gurkha Family and monuments such as The Hiran Minar or Elephant Tower and Toers of Silence. The album also includes artist's notes on various subjects including Indian punishment and execution jugglers snake charmers and many more. There 31 drawings in total. The album has had some professional restoration to the spine. No Publisher
2012Best.-Nr. DADAX174196721XMurdoch Books 2012-10-10. First Edition. hardcover. New. 9.00x1.10x11.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Murdoch Books hardcover
2024Best.-Nr. BIBHB0365793612024. Hardcover. New. The Title 'Census of India 1871-1951: Rajputhana Rajasthan Ajmer written/authored/edited by Pandit Bhagram Lieut Col H. B. Abbott R. C. Bramley E. H. Kealy Government of India Lieut. Colonel B. L. Cole A. W. T. Webb Yamuna Lal Dashora' published in the year 2024. The ISBN 9789371338899 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 7402 Pages. The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Refrence-Census. Size of the book is 22.59 x 28.94 cms Vol: Volume 24 Books .Set hardcover
18671st Edition. Period boards, lacking front board. 8vo. Volume 1 of 2 ; 21 cm. In Marathi with English Title Page. The very first publication of the Yom Kippur Seder in Marathi. Translated from the Hebrew into Marathi by Joseph Ezekiel Rajpuker. Rajpuker (18341905) (was a) scholar of the Bene Israel community in Bombay. After studying at the Free Assembly School, he became a teacher in the David Sassoon Benevolent Institution, Bombay, in 1856 and after five years its headmaster, a post which he occupied for 40 years. In 1871 he was appointed Hebrew examiner at the University of Bombay, which elected him a fellow in 1879. A master of Hebrew as well as of Marathi, the vernacular of Bombay, he translated over 20 works of the Hebrew liturgy and many English works of Jewish interest into Marathi. His translations of Hebrew liturgical works include the Daily Prayer Book (1889, 1924) , the mahzor, piyyutim, and selihot. In 1887 he published Kuttonet Yosef a handbook of Hebrew abbreviations, a Hebrew grammar in Marathi, a Hebrew primer for children, and prayers for various occasions. (Jewish Virtual Library, 2016) SUBJECT(S) : Judaism -- Liturgy. Yom Kippur. OCLC lists just 6 copies worldwide. None in New York, None in Europe, None in India. Original Price 1 ¼ Rupee is printed on English title page. Period Inscription on title page. Some wear to pages throughout, and minor foxing, but the text is very readable. Overall good+ condition. (SEF-55-11)
1578Best.-Nr. 5129484Lipsiae, Iohannes Rhamba excudebat (Leipzig: Johannes Rhamba) 1578. Titel, (64), 559, (1 weiße) Seiten. Kl.-4° (18,5 x 15,5 cm). Halbpergamentband des 18. Jahrhunderts mit durchgezogenen Bünden, Pergamentecken und neuerem handschriftlichem Rückentitel.
19664 vols., 8vo., First Edition, smal neat signature on front free endpaper of first two volumes; cloth (brown/brown/black/blue respectively), gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped), wrapper of first volume rubbed at extemities with small loss at upper edge of front panel, wrapper of second volume chipped at headband with tear on rear panel. Bright, clean set of first editions of a cornerstone of twentieth century literature. The sequence comprises The Jewel in the Crown (1966), The Day of the Scorpion (1968), The Towers of Silence (1971), A Division of the Spoils (1975). COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1847Best.-Nr. 316972New York: William H. Colyer 1847. First Edition. Frontis. 209pp. Bound in full modern mottled brown calf. Fine. First Edition. Frontis. 209pp. Huntress 166 William H. Colyer unknown
1847Best.-Nr. 316972New York: William H. Colyer 1847. First Edition. Frontis. 209pp. Bound in full modern mottled brown calf. Fine. First Edition. Frontis. 209pp. Huntress 166 William H. Colyer unknown books
1725Best.-Nr. 40677Paris. 1725. Reorganizing the Compagnie des Indes after the Mississippi Bubble A French royal decree releasing the Compagnie from some of its debts an important step in its reorganization. In 1721 the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized after the Mississippi Bubble burst. "This decree discharges the Compagnie des Indes of a large number of financial burdens which had been weighing on it for a number of years" - Maggs. Wroth locates only one copy at NYPL; OCLC identifies three more copies. Scarce. From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727–94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. Quarto. Unbound folded sheets. Minor foxing. Light soiling along spine edge. Contemporary inscription. Very good. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 311 this copy. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 1101. OCLC 62370774. unknown
1725Best.-Nr. 40677Paris. 1725. Reorganizing the Compagnie des Indes after the Mississippi Bubble A French royal decree releasing the Compagnie from some of its debts an important step in its reorganization. In 1721 the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized after the Mississippi Bubble burst. "This decree discharges the Compagnie des Indes of a large number of financial burdens which had been weighing on it for a number of years" - Maggs. Wroth locates only one copy at NYPL; OCLC identifies three more copies. Scarce. From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727–94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. Quarto. Unbound folded sheets. Minor foxing. Light soiling along spine edge. Contemporary inscription. Very good. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 311 this copy. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 1101. OCLC 62370774. unknown books
