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1877Best.-Nr. RO80052523HACHETTE et Cie. 2nde édition. 1877. In-Folio. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 807 pages. Frontispice en noir et blanc, avec serpente. Nombreuses gravures sur bois, en noir et blanc, dans le texte et hors-texte. 6 planches de cartes en couleurs, hors-texte.Tranches dorés. Couleur de la couverture et du dos, légèrement fanée. Coiffes légèrement usées.. . . . Classification Dewey : 954-Asie du Sud, Inde
19668vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark red 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, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. An elegant copy of Scott's twentieth century classic, set against the dying days of Raj.
Best.-Nr. DADAX0198263775New unknown
1940Best.-Nr. 232161940. British India photo archive following an unidentified man likely a serviceman in Mhow and Mandu during World War II 1942-1943 preserving a localized record of colonial wartime life through mess scenes sport staff bungalows named companions imposed colonial social frameworks and visits to the major Islamic monuments of Mandu. The captions place the central figure in the company of "Carroll Sahib" Ken Davis and other men in uniform-style dress while repeated references to the "mess" weapon training staff and cantonment-like grounds situate the photographs within a British colonial wartime environment in central India. The group shows one participant moving between military or officer-adjacent daily life and the monumental landscape of Mandu at a moment when India remained a crucial base of Allied wartime activity. Photo archive of 43 silver gelatin photographs ranging from 2 x 3.5 to 2.5 x 2.5 inches Mhow and Mandu India 1942-1943. Most photographs bear substantial contemporary handwritten inscriptions on the versos often dated. Identifiable scenes include two men with tennis rackets outside a bungalow captioned as taken after tennis; a portrait inscribed "Me the Carroll Sahib & Ken Davis outside the Mess 25/12/42"; a group of eight men captioned "two scotsmen our four weapon training instructors the Carroll Sahib me outside the W/T staff bungalow 25/12/42"; men wearing garlands outside the mess; a sports or gymkhana ground with riders or runners in formation; tented grounds beside a large building; and a portrait of a man identified as "Machdo our bearer." The architectural and landscape views are closely tied to Mandu with captions naming the Jami Masjid Jahaz Mahal Rupmati's Pavilion Baz Bahadur's Palace mosque interiors courtyards pools lake views ravines and elevated plateaus. Several photographs show men posed on open parade or sports grounds in light uniform-style dress including group portraits outside the mess and the W/T staff bungalow with tennis rackets bicycles garlands and temporary tent lines indicating a social world organized around exercise communal dining and station routine. Other images turn to Mandu's built landscape in much greater detail with framed views of domed pavilions arcaded courtyards carved entrances long interior corridors water tanks and palace ruins seen from terraces lakesides and elevated lookouts. The landscape scenes broaden that record further including steep ravines river and waterfall views and plateau panoramas that place the serviceman's movements within the wider terrain of central India. During World War II Mhow remained an important cantonment in British India and these photographs place one serviceman within the daily social world of that station where tennis communal dining staff housing local attendants and holiday gatherings existed alongside travel to nearby historic sites. The Mandu views record the same hand moving through one of central India's best-known Sultanate monument complexes with captions naming the Jami Masjid Jahaz Mahal Rupmati's Pavilion Baz Bahadur's Palace and associated interiors courtyards pools and landscape features. Light general wear occasional silvering and minor handling marks; inscriptions strong and legible on most versos. The dense captioning and photographic record show British colonial India during World War II through the the personal lens colonial rank and language staff organization sport and leisure during wartime Indian attendants and movement through one of central India's historic architectural landscapes. unknown
1940Best.-Nr. 232161940. British India photo archive following an unidentified man likely a serviceman in Mhow and Mandu during World War II 1942-1943 preserving a localized record of colonial wartime life through mess scenes sport staff bungalows named companions imposed colonial social frameworks and visits to the major Islamic monuments of Mandu. The captions place the central figure in the company of "Carroll Sahib" Ken Davis and other men in uniform-style dress while repeated references to the "mess" weapon training staff and cantonment-like grounds situate the photographs within a British colonial wartime environment in central India. The group shows one participant moving between military or officer-adjacent daily life and the monumental landscape of Mandu at a moment when India remained a crucial base of Allied wartime activity. Photo archive of 43 silver gelatin photographs ranging from 2 x 3.5 to 2.5 x 2.5 inches Mhow and Mandu India 1942-1943. Most photographs bear substantial contemporary handwritten inscriptions on the versos often dated. Identifiable scenes include two men with tennis rackets outside a bungalow captioned as taken after tennis; a portrait inscribed "Me the Carroll Sahib & Ken Davis outside the Mess 25/12/42"; a group of eight men captioned "two scotsmen our four weapon training instructors the Carroll Sahib me outside the W/T staff bungalow 25/12/42"; men wearing garlands outside the mess; a sports or gymkhana ground with riders or runners in formation; tented grounds beside a large building; and a portrait of a man identified as "Machdo our bearer." The architectural and landscape views are closely tied to Mandu with captions naming the Jami Masjid Jahaz Mahal Rupmati's Pavilion Baz Bahadur's Palace mosque interiors courtyards pools lake views ravines and elevated plateaus. Several photographs show men posed on open parade or sports grounds in light uniform-style dress including group portraits outside the mess and the W/T staff bungalow with tennis rackets bicycles garlands and temporary tent lines indicating a social world organized around exercise communal dining and station routine. Other images turn to Mandu's built landscape in much greater detail with framed views of domed pavilions arcaded courtyards carved entrances long interior corridors water tanks and palace ruins seen from terraces lakesides and elevated lookouts. The landscape scenes broaden that record further including steep ravines river and waterfall views and plateau panoramas that place the serviceman's movements within the wider terrain of central India. During World War II Mhow remained an important cantonment in British India and these photographs place one serviceman within the daily social world of that station where tennis communal dining staff housing local attendants and holiday gatherings existed alongside travel to nearby historic sites. The Mandu views record the same hand moving through one of central India's best-known Sultanate monument complexes with captions naming the Jami Masjid Jahaz Mahal Rupmati's Pavilion Baz Bahadur's Palace and associated interiors courtyards pools and landscape features. Light general wear occasional silvering and minor handling marks; inscriptions strong and legible on most versos. The dense captioning and photographic record show British colonial India during World War II through the the personal lens colonial rank and language staff organization sport and leisure during wartime Indian attendants and movement through one of central India's historic architectural landscapes. unknown books
1879Best.-Nr. 0009094London: John Murray 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo; cxxvii 444 12 pages blue cloth Burton's contributions occupy the first 190 pages. Also Prof. George Rolleston's lecture to the RGS an early ecology talk "The Modifications of the External Aspects of Organic Nature produced by Man's Interference". " I propose . to notice a few of the many alterations produced by disforesting in our own and other countries". John Murray hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 209861941. Gregson Anita. A.P. Mission City School archive 1941-1942 documenting girls' education missionary activity and community life in Ambala Punjab during World War II. This material records daily instruction social interaction and local conditions within a mission-run school for girls alongside written correspondence and institutional reporting that situate the school within wartime pressures and colonial India's educational landscape. The archive provides direct evidence of classroom practices gendered education and the integration of local families into school environments as well as the impact of global conflict on regional communities. Archive comprises 21 original black and white and sepia photographs one typed letter and one annual report. Photographs measuring approximately 2" x 3" to 3" x 5" frequently bear handwritten or typed captions on the verso likely by Anita Gregson identifying subjects and activities. Images show groups of schoolgirls engaged in classroom exercises and outdoor instruction including one scene of students constructing a ground map of India to illustrate agricultural production. Another photograph depicts a semicircle of young children seated outdoors during a lesson with their teacher identified as Miss Atmaran and a veiled mother observing her burkha partially drawn back. Additional images document craft instruction including girls weaving coconut palm leaves into fans and producing woven ties on frames. Musical activity is also present with students playing instruments. Beyond the school photographs depict village life in Punjab including oxen operating a water-drawing mechanism children gathered around a missionary playing a ukulele and a merchant carrying goods suspended from a yoke. The accompanying letter dated June 14 1942 from Gregson to a correspondent in New York references World War II noting international observances and local enlistment: "The young men in our Indian community are continuing to sign up for the army navy and air force." The annual report for the 1941-1942 school year details wartime financial strain fundraising efforts and instructional programs including an adult literacy course for women teaching reading writing and arithmetic. Created while India functioned as part of the British Empire during World War II these materials document the intersection of missionary education wartime mobilization and local social life. The inclusion of adult literacy instruction for women reflects ongoing efforts to expand female education under colonial conditions while the letter and report connect the school directly to global conflict and its local consequences. Light wear and minor fading to photographs; handling wear present. Letter on thin paper with tears and fragility consistent with wartime materials poor to fair condition; remaining materials overall very good condition. This archive provides a concentrated visual and textual record of girls' education and community experience in wartime Punjab. unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 209861941. Gregson Anita. A.P. Mission City School archive 1941-1942 documenting girls' education missionary activity and community life in Ambala Punjab during World War II. This material records daily instruction social interaction and local conditions within a mission-run school for girls alongside written correspondence and institutional reporting that situate the school within wartime pressures and colonial India's educational landscape. The archive provides direct evidence of classroom practices gendered education and the integration of local families into school environments as well as the impact of global conflict on regional communities. Archive comprises 21 original black and white and sepia photographs one typed letter and one annual report. Photographs measuring approximately 2" x 3" to 3" x 5" frequently bear handwritten or typed captions on the verso likely by Anita Gregson identifying subjects and activities. Images show groups of schoolgirls engaged in classroom exercises and outdoor instruction including one scene of students constructing a ground map of India to illustrate agricultural production. Another photograph depicts a semicircle of young children seated outdoors during a lesson with their teacher identified as Miss Atmaran and a veiled mother observing her burkha partially drawn back. Additional images document craft instruction including girls weaving coconut palm leaves into fans and producing woven ties on frames. Musical activity is also present with students playing instruments. Beyond the school photographs depict village life in Punjab including oxen operating a water-drawing mechanism children gathered around a missionary playing a ukulele and a merchant carrying goods suspended from a yoke. The accompanying letter dated June 14 1942 from Gregson to a correspondent in New York references World War II noting international observances and local enlistment: "The young men in our Indian community are continuing to sign up for the army navy and air force." The annual report for the 1941-1942 school year details wartime financial strain fundraising efforts and instructional programs including an adult literacy course for women teaching reading writing and arithmetic. Created while India functioned as part of the British Empire during World War II these materials document the intersection of missionary education wartime mobilization and local social life. The inclusion of adult literacy instruction for women reflects ongoing efforts to expand female education under colonial conditions while the letter and report connect the school directly to global conflict and its local consequences. Light wear and minor fading to photographs; handling wear present. Letter on thin paper with tears and fragility consistent with wartime materials poor to fair condition; remaining materials overall very good condition. This archive provides a concentrated visual and textual record of girls' education and community experience in wartime Punjab. unknown books
2003Best.-Nr. 675122 folios vol. (43 x 34 cm), hardcover under dustjacket and plastic jacket, Sundeep Prakashan, New Delhi, 2003, 341 pp.
8vo, pp. cxxv + 4555 total: I: 541 pp.; II: 579 pp.; III: 627 pp; IV: 563 pp.; V: 575 pp.; VI: 576 pp.; VII: 573 pp.; VIII: 444 + lxxix pp., HardBound, Size 22cm ISBN: 817536226X please inquire on shipping for international orders. This extensive eight-volume work was first published between 1867 and 1877 by the linguist John Dowson (1820-81) from the manuscripts of the colonial administrator and scholar Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808-53). Before his death, hoping to bolster British colonial ideology, Elliot had intended to evaluate scores of Arabic and Persian historians of India, believing that his translations would demonstrate the violence of the Muslim rulers and 'make our native subjects more sensible of the immense advantages accruing to them under the mildness and the equity of our rule'. The collection is therefore not only valuable for its translation into English of many important extracts of sources from the ninth century to the nineteenth, but it also serves as a fascinating example of the use of historiography as a colonial tool.
1788Traduits de l'Anglois, & accompagnés de Notes sur l'Original, & de Cartes Géographiques, Seconde édition, 2 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque pleine basane marbrée, dos lisse orné, filet doré d'encadrement en plats, toutes tranches dorées, Chez Regnault, A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, 1788, xxiv-486 pp. ; viij-414 pp. avec 2 cartes dépliantes (Carte de l'Inde pour servir aux voyages de Makintosh et Carte des deux routes servant aux anglois pour aller aux Indes, pour les voyages du Colonel J. Capper) Exemplaire de la seconde édition française, bien complet des deux cartes dépliantes. Etat très satisfaisant (étiquette de cote aux dos en queue, deux premiers feuillets du tome second froissés avec petites mouill., petit travail de vers marginal n'affectant pas le texte dans le tome second, reliure frottée en plats avec épidermures, qq. ff. un peu faibles, très petits mq. en coiffes). Les ouvrages de Makintosh et du Colonel Capper ont en commun d'évoquer la situation dans les Indes britanniques, et de traiter chacun longuement de leurs pérégrinations, soit par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance et l'Ile Bourbon pour Makintosh, soit par voie de terre depuis l'Egypte pour Capper. On citera l'éditeur français qui écrit en préface : "Ceux qui voudront connaître la puissance des Anglais dans l'Inde ; l'avilissement de l'Empereur Mogol ; la dégradation des Nababs du Bengale, du Décan, du Carnate ; les vexations du Gouvernement Anglais ; la dévastation ; la dépopulation du pays de Rohillas ; la guerre destructive & déshonorante contre les Marattes, &c, &c, trouveront ici des détails infiniment instructifs & certains, que n'offrent aucuns voyageurs ou écrivains français". Français
1788Best.-Nr. 58559Traduits de l'Anglois, & accompagnés de Notes sur l'Original, & de Cartes Géographiques, Seconde édition, 2 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque pleine basane marbrée, dos lisse orné, filet doré d'encadrement en plats, toutes tranches dorées, Chez Regnault, A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, 1788, xxiv-486 pp. ; viij-414 pp. avec 2 cartes dépliantes (Carte de l'Inde pour servir aux voyages de Makintosh et Carte des deux routes servant aux anglois pour aller aux Indes, pour les voyages du Colonel J. Capper)
1794Best.-Nr. AMO-3005London, Printed for A. Straham and T. Cadell, and E. Balfour at Edinburgh, and sold by T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies successors to Mr. Cadell, 1794 1 volume in-8 (22,5 x 14 cm) de VI-(1)-441-(21) pages. 2 grandes cartes géographiques dépliantes. Reliure de l'époque (vers 1800) veau raciné, dos lisses richement ornés, pièces de titre de maroquin rouge, pastille de maroquin noir mosaïquée avec fleurette dorée, tranches citron, roulette dorée sur les coupes. Reliure de très belle facture, probablement anglaise. Infimes frottements, sinon très fraîches reliures, intérieur également très frais imprimé sur beau papier, sans rousseurs notables. A noter une petite brûlure du cuir sur un mors (coulure acide) sans gravité. Texte en anglais. The Second edition La première édition de ce texte date de 1791 (même éditeur). 'In his sixty-eighth year the perusal of Major James Rennell's 'Memoir on the Map of Hindustan' (1793) set Robertson again to work, and within a year, encouraged by Gibbon, he brought out his 'Historical Disquisition concerning the Knowledge which the Antients had of India .' The book concluded with a wise hope that the account 'of the early and high civilisation of India, and of the wonderful progress of its inhabitants in elegant arts and useful science, may have some influence upon the behaviour of Europeans towards that people.' L'ouvrage est divisé en 4 sections plus un important appendice et des notes : Intercourse with India, from the earliest Times, until the Conquest of Egypt by the Romans. Intercourse with India, from the establishment of the Roman Dominion in Egypt, to the Conquest of that Kingdom by the Mahomedans. Intercourse with India, from the Conquest of Egypt by the Mahomedans, to the Discovery of the Passage by the Cape of Good Hope, and the Establishment of the Portugese Dominion in the East. General observations. Ces recherches historiques sur l'Inde ancienne sont estimées. Il s'agit du dernier ouvrage de l'auteur. On y trouve notamment un intéressant chapitre sur le commerce de la soie. La première traduction française date de 1792. Provenance : Ex libris gravé monogramme non identifié. Très bel exemplaire conservé dans sa première et très fine reliure en veau raciné
Best.-Nr. BN369884Second Skin: Choosing and Caring for Textiles and Clothing Second Skin: Choosing and Caring for Textiles and Clothing India Flint hardcover
Best.-Nr. 96681aafs.d., vers 1940-1950, 33 x 15 cm, texte au verso écriture arabe, illustration: jeune couple indienne. 2 feuilles.
Best.-Nr. 138507aafParis, Libr. Firmin Didot frères, fils et Cie, 1867, gr. in-8vo, XXXII + 407 p., frontispice en couleur : le Taj-Mahal à Agra du côté de la Jumna + 1 planche photogr. orig. appliquée Tome d’Aknud oud Doula, Agra / 2)472 p., frontispice 1 planche lithographiée en noir: Un éléphant porteur de reliques, et chefs kandiens à Ceylan, + 1 planche photogr. orig. appliqué: Vue de l'intérieur de la Chaïtya, grottes de Karli, reliure demi basane brune, dos à 5 nerfs ornés de fers dorés + titre et tomaison. tome 2: charnière en bas avec début de fente.
1844Best.-Nr. 2173Bruxelles, Leipzig, Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1844. 3 vol. in-12 de 324 + 319 + 327 pages, demi-maroquin noir à coins, dos lisses ornés, tranches marbrées. Bel état.
First edition, 4to (280 x 220 mm), [2], 213, [1]pp., folding map of Political India coloured in outline (lightly offset on to title page), nineteenth-century ownership inscription, re-cased, contemporary calf, rubbed, title on upper cover and spine. COPAC and OCLC locates 3 copies only, the British Library, King's College London and University of Manchester.
189097 VEDUTE b.n. di antichi templi e "ruine" e sculture o scorci di città su cartoncino, di cui 40 di cm. 15x8,4. con vedute verticali, le altre di cm. 14,1x9.6 con vedute orizzontali; in calce le didascalie sull'appostio margine bianco, spesso specificanti l'epoca dei monumenti. 1-3) Agra. 4-5) Achmedabad. 6) Aihole. 7-8) Ajmere. 9-10) Allahabad, tra cui colonna di Asoka, l'unica con didascalia a penna anche al verso. 11) Banavasi. 12) Belagamve. 13) Benares, crematorio sul Gange, con persone sulla scalinata. 14) Bijapur. 15-16-17) Buddha Gaja. 18) Calcutta, tomba di Charnok. 19) Chandragiri. 20-21) Degamve. 22-29) Delhi, tra cui Kub-Minar con gruppo e 2 missionari. 30-31) Elephanta. 32-36) Fathpur Sikri (Goa; una con "casa del Beato Rodolfo Acquaviva figlio del Duca di Atri" martire gesuita del '500. 38) Gingi. 39) Grevalior. 40) Gulbarga. 41) Haksi. 42-45) Halebidu. 46-47) Haveri. 48-49) Hyderabad. 50) Jajpur. 51-52) Kanchivaram. 53) Kaneri (con 2 missionari). 54) Karkala idoli jaini. 55) Lakkundi. 56-58) Madura. 59) Mahabaleshvar. 60-61) Mahabalipuram. 62) Mohenjo-Daro. 63-64) Mudbidri. 65) Mysore. 66) Nalanda. 67-68) Rachol (chiesa dei Gesuiti). 69) Radihalli. 70-74) Sanchi. 75-76) Sarnath. 77) Sattara. 78-79) Satrunjaya. 80-81) Seringapatam. 82) Sikandra. 83) Sravana, colossale Gomatshwaia. 84) Tizuvannamalai. 85) Trichinopoly. 86) Ujjain, osservatorio astron. gesuitico. 87) Vellore. 97) Vijaynagara. Le belle nitide didascalie sono in italiano, indubbiamente a penna: una reca una correzione, una rimanda al retro; si intravedono le righine a matita su cui sono tracciati i caratteri, in alcune si vede il riflesso blu metallico dell'inchiostro. Le foto recano quasi tutte al verso delle cifre a matita. Parrebbero scattate durante un gran viaggio culturale di una comitiva di europei, tra cui due missionari (forse GESUITI, come rivelano alcuni riferimenti: Chesa a Goa, Osservatorio astronomico del '600 a Ujjain...) due dei quali appaiono in almeno 3 foto). Nitide e professionali, potrebbero far pensare a Federico PELITI (Carignano 1844-1914, pasticcere e fotografo in India dal 1869 al 1902), se non si limitassero a monumenti, La GEVAERT nacque nel 1890 come produttrice di carta per fotografie.
Best.-Nr. 1555DAINE, François.- (1695-1765). Lieutenant général civil et criminel de la Prévôté de Québec, subdélégué de l'intendant, contrôleur de la Compagnie des Indes en Nouvelle-France, directeur du Domaine du roi. Document notarié signé « Daine » et par le notaire Barolet [Claude] qui exerça de 1728 à 1761. Québec, 11 octobre 1753. in-f° de 5 pages. Déchirures aux plis. Rousseurs et mouillures. [ 1ère expédition d'un acte de vente d'une maison sur la rue St-Nicolas à Québec par Charles Gilbert, navigateur, et son épouse Marie-Marthe Feuilleteau, à Joseph Malouin, maçon, et son épouse Madeleine Gendron. C'est en tant que directeur du Domaine du roi que Daine ajoute une longue note à ce contrat.]
Best.-Nr. 1556DAINE, François.- (1695-1765). Lieutenant général civil et criminel de la Prévôté de Québec, subdélégué de l'intendant, contrôleur de la Compagnie des Indes en Nouvelle-France, directeur du Domaine du roi. Document notarié signé « Daine » ainsi que par les notaires « Lanouiller » [Paul-Antoine-François Des Granges] qui exerça de 1748 à 1760 et Sanguinet [Simon] qui exerça de 1748 à 1771. Québec, 8 août 1757. in-f° de 3½ pages. Déchirures aux plis avec atteintes aux signatures des notaires. Rousseurs et mouillures. [ 1ère expédition d'un acte de vente d'une moitié de maison par Étienne Dufresne, tourneur, et Marie-Madeleine Legris son épouse, à Joseph Malouin, maître-maçon. On trouve aussi un reçu autographe signé « Maillet », daté de Québec, 16 août 1759. Daine signe en tant que directeur du Domaine du roi.]
Best.-Nr. 60071India 1911. . Two gelatin silver prints 360 x 245mm 352 x 258mm. From photographs of the marriage of Kumar Shri Pravinsinhji of Bansda with the Kunvari of Kumar Shri Madarsinhji the heir apparent of Sayla Gujarat Northern India. Very good rich prints in good condition. Two extraordinary group portraits of all the men from both families one with piles of folded sari's in front of the seated men possibly containing money. Both portraits showing a dazzling array of pattern and texture. India, 1911. unknown
19208vo., Second and Best Edition, half-title and title lightly spotted; handsomely bound in red full morocco, back gilt with raised bands lettered and tooled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Revised and corrected version of the first edition published earlier in the same year. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF SIR REGINALD SPENCE WITH HIS FINE ENGRAVED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. 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 Reginald Spence Lodge 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
19438vo., First Edition thus; handsomely bound in full mid-brown 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, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE 'AKBAR' SEQUENCE COMPLETE. The 'Akbar' sequence of novels has a relatively complicated history. The first two volumes, 'The Near and the Far' and 'Prince Jali', were first published in 1929 and 1931 respectively. They were then reissued, together with the third volume 'Rajah Amar', as a collected edition titled 'The Root and the Flower' (1934) by which name the trilogy thus far is generally known. This omnibus edition adds the fourth volume 'The Pool of Vishnu' (1940) presenting the sequence as a whole for the first time. 'The conversation between the Guru and Mobarek…is of the most urgent contemporary significance as well as one of the perennial debates of mankind' (Concise Camb. Hist. Eng. Lit.). VERY SCARCE.
