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2010Best.-Nr. UKNICOM00FPPenguin Books 2010. Very Good. Knight India. Comfort and Joy. New York NY: Penguin Books 2010. 229pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Penguin Books paperback books
1968Best.-Nr. 52532Kolkata: Communist Party of India Marxist 1968. Four works bound into a single volume. Unprinted red vinyl flexible boards; 3173 48 20 15pp. Slight aging to texts; wrappers bound in but for second title which is bound without wrappers; generally Very Good. All appear to be first printings with the exception of the final title which is a ca. 1968 reprint of the 1951 document. The Communist Party of India Marxist was the major communist opposition party to emerge out of the 1964 split within the Communist Party of India. Communist Party of India (Marxist) unknown books
2008Best.-Nr. 51231Mumbai: The Shoestring Publisher 2008. Second edition. Limited to 5000 hand-numbered copies this no.2591. Oblong folio224pp; illus. Cloth boards; dustjacket; publisher's cloth slilpcase. With numbered signed print by Pasricha laid in. All as-new in very lightly soiled slipcase. Monumental survey of the Indian subcontinent by the acclaimed Delhi photographer and author. The Shoestring Publisher unknown books
Best.-Nr. 5114INDIA. Manuscript. 4pgs. November 12 1863. N.p. A manuscript of a poem entitled “Revelry in India” copied out by and twice signed “E. N. Lise”. “Revelry in India by Capt Dobney Royal Bengal Fusileers sic We meet neath the sounding rafter And the walls around us are bare As they shout to Our Peals of Laughter It seems that the dead are there But stand to your glasses steady We drink to our comrades Eyes Quaff a cup to the Dead Already And Hurrah for the next that dies…Cut off from the land that bore us Betrayed by the land We find Where the brightest have gone before us And the dullest remain behind Stand Stand to your glasses steady It is all We have left to prize A cup to the dead already And Hurah for the next that dies.” The last page also contains the ending of a letter. Lise signed the end of the letter and also signed and dated the bottom of the last page upside down. This poem was much published in under a variety of titles and authors but it was most likely written by British-Indian civil servant William Francis Thompson 1808-1842. It appeared in Bengal Annual an East India Company publication in 1835. The manuscript is in very good condition with deep folds and discoloration. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 4503MAHTAB CHAND 1820-1879. Chand was the Rajah prince or noble ruler of Burdwan an estate in Bengal India. Document. 8 ¼” x 5 ¼”. 1846. Burdwan. A dinner invitation from the Rajah of Burdwan. The partially-printed invitation is addressed to a couple and invites them to “Dinner … and an Exhibition of Fire Works” on May 11 1842. The invitation reads “The Rajah of Burdwan” on the top. Burdwan is a city in West Bengal India. It became the seat of an Indian noble leader rajah in the Seventeenth Century and remained so until the dissolution of British rule in the Twentieth Century. The Rajah of Burdwan in 1846 was Mahtab Chand. The document printed on thin pink paper is in good condition with a vertical fold. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 4411CALCUTTA INDIA. ALS. 3pg. 8” x 10”. October 1812. Calcutta. An early letter from India signed “R Burr” to his father Hudson Burr of Mount Holly New Jersey. Rowland Burr reported: “My dear Father This is the first letter I have wrote thee; From the Isle of France no opportunity presented that we thought would be before us. On our arrival here we found Several American by which I intended to rite but was fortunately or unfortunately taken ill of a Bilious Fever just before their departure which lasted ne upwards of thirty days since which I have done no business except write a few letter of business just as the Brig caravan departed. Thee was thought of but before I got through it exhausted me so much that I felt the effects of it for several. To the point we hoped to perform your voyage in Twelve months. Six rich Portuguese arrived with us & the market rose entirely out of our reach - we are waiting have heard of your expected Embargo four of those ships are done and the market is coming down. We have a very excellent prospect of getting our goods cheap after holidays which will end about the latter x 26 August. Part of this month we expect to leave here by the first to the middle of December. My prospects this voyage are justly flattering. Should goods command a high price at home it ill place me once more completely on my legs as it would enable me to payoff the half of our deficiency. My proportion; which I would most willingly do if commerce is open if I can work: In this way for a few years it would answer my desires which shall be limited to a competency. Octor. 12 1812. We returned from an excursion up the river having seen little to please or divert us on our way we stop'd at a Siccars of ours who has spent upwards of Dollars 60000 in erecting Te God Houses a Ghot or paved steps with an arch on the bank for the Accommodation of poor people to go to bath & get water from the river. Two small octagon pleasure Houses & Gardens for the cultivation of flowers used in sacrificing to the Gods & river. We found him busy in finishing his Gods for the celebration of these three succeeding days they were made of wax gandily decorated with tinsels of flowers of a great variety of colours Boorypoorja or was the principal two on each side of her their children near them in all 9 or 10 & occupy'd some 10 to 14 feet square the figures being pretty large. 14th. They worship but one God the supreme ruler of the universe who they say is everywhere & at all times of him they have no Image no man having seen him; the gods they use are representations of inferior divinities which are destroyed after the celebration is over - with the exception of such as are found in their principal Temples made of Bronze marble &c. the principals of their religion appear pretty much lost few of their priests understands much of what they pretend to teach. - I have not found to who the same a' c - & you can get little more from them than "so man say God do" - - - - 23rd Octor. Thy aft R Burr”. The letter is in very good condition with ink that has slightly faded and mailing folds. An early letter from India by an American. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 4109GANGA SINGH 1880-1943. Singh was the Maharajah of Bikaner an Indian Princely state. He was a politician of British India and also a highly-decorated military commander. TL. 3pgs. February 24 1922. Lallgarh Bikaner Rajputana. A lengthy typed memorandum concerning the economy of British India. It came from Maharajah Gogna Singh of Bikaner but was not signed by him. Addressed to another prince the letter deals with a number of economic issues faced by the Indian Fiscal Commission. “Your Highness In continuation of paragraph 5 of my circular letter No. 16 dated the 6th January 1922 I am forwarding to Your Highness a copy of the Memorandum which has been prepared by the Committee of Ministers appointed to deal with the fiscal question falling within the purview of the Indian Fiscal Commission from the point of view of the Indian States. 2. The consideration of the question as to what action is to be taken with regard to the Memorandum came up for discussion at the Informal Meeting held at Delhi on the 19th February 1922 when it was decided that the Chancellor should be authorised to approach the Government of India on behalf of Their Highnesses with the request that the Chamber of Princes should be consulted before any final action is taken by the Government of India on the report of the Fiscal Commission. It was further the sense of the meeting that it was not desirable that any representation be sent or any witnesses should appear before the Fiscal Commission on behalf of Their Highnesses in their united capacity; but to obviate the Fiscal Commission arriving at conclusions which may be one-sided if none of the States put forward their standpoint it was proposed by His Highness the Maharajah Scindia of Gwalior and agreed to by the Princes present that instead of forwarding the Memorandum on behalf of the Princes jointly it was preferable to ask one or two Ministers of the more senior States to offer themselves as witnesses to be examined by the Fiscal Commission and that those States which agreed in general with the views contained in the memorandum be invited if they so desired and the proposal met with their approval to authorize such witnesses to say that such States were in general agreement with the Ministers’ Memorandum. 3. In accordance with this suggestion Their Highnesses of:-- 1. Gwalior 2. Bikaner 3. Palanput 4. Wankaner and 5. Limbdi. Agreed that Mr. Mannubhai Nandshanker Mehta Chief Minister Baroda and Colonel Kailash Narain Haksar Political Member of Council Gwalior should be authorized on their behalf to express the general approval of the Rulers and Governments concerned to the views embodied in the report of the Ministers. 4. As already made clear it is of course entirely for Your Highness to accept or reject the views contained in the Memorandum or take such other action as Your Highness may consider necessary. The object as stated in para 5 of my circular No. 16 was to offer facilities for the preparation of the case on behalf of your own State should Your Highness desire to represent your case by means of a note or to send a Minister to appear before the Commission. 5. In case Your Highness is in general agreement with the views expressed in the Memorandum and if you deem it advisable I would beg to suggest that Your Highness might also consider the advisability of authorizing Mr. Mannubhai Nandshanker Mehta or Colonel Kailash Narain Haksar by telegram in view of the shortness of time to say that they could inform the Commission that Your Highness’ Government was in general accord with the views expressed in the Ministers’ Memorandum. This would strengthen their hands in putting forward the claim of the Indian States to exemption from sea customs – a point regarding which the interests of almost all the States are identical and which needs no further comment here. 6. As Mr. Mannubhai Nandshanker Mehta and Colonel Haksar are appearing before the Commission before the 6th March I would request that the telegram conveying Your Highness’ assent should if possible reach Mr. Mannubhai or Colonel Haksar not later than the 1st of March should Your Highness be in general agreement with the proposal contained in the Memorandum. 7. The questions of salt opium and coinage which – though not directly before the Fiscal Commission – have an important bearing on the fiscal relations between the Indian States and the Government of India have also been dealt with by the Ministers. As they are however not covered by the scope of the questionnaire circulated by the Fiscal Commission it was decided at the Princes’ Informal Meeting held at Delhi on the 19th February to circulate the Note dealing with these subsidiary questions as a supplement to the Ministers’ Memorandum. Yours very sincerely GANGA SINGH Maharajah of Bikaner Chancellor Chamber of Princes.” Below the main document there is an autograph note dated March 1 1922 and signed likely by the recipient. “Mr Mannubhai N. Mehta having been authorized to state that we are in general accord with the views expressed in the Ministers’ memorandum this will be filed along with the accompaniments.” Mannubhai Nandshanker Mehta was the Dewan or Prime Minister of the Baroda State. The letter is in very good condition with several tears and holes primarily along the margins. unknown books
1948Best.-Nr. 28350Washington DC: Government of India Information Services n.d. ca. 1948. First Edition. Octavo 21cm.; original pale grey pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 16pp. Wrapper extremities a bit worn and toned else Very Good and sound. Critique of the United States government's failure to act upon South African apartheid's treatment of its Indian population. Government of India Information Services unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 25623New Delhi: Government of India Ministry of Education & Social Welfare Department of Social Welfare 1974. First Edition. Quarto 27.5cm.; contemporary black simulated cloth spine lettered in silver; 4xiv480pp.; tables and charts throughout. Hinges reinforced with cloth tape American distributor's address label mounted to title page verso obscuring original distribution information else About Fine. Study of women's rights since the country gained independence in 1947 published to coincide with the 1975 International Women's Year. Government of India, Ministry of Education & Social Welfare, Department of Social Welfare unknown books
Best.-Nr. 16181Archive includes 9 pieces from the League of Child Welfare and Maternity founded in 1919 by Frances Lady Chelmsford to ensure nationwide pre and post-natal care to women in India. In addition to 7 Typed Letters Signed by Chelmsford's assistants requesting and thanking donors for their contributions to the endowment there is an Autograph Letter Signed by Lady Chelmsford in 1920 to the royal family: "I wish to thank your Highness most warmly for your splendid contribution towards the endowment fund. Your Highness is always so generous to movements which have to their object the amelioration of the conditions of women and children." Also included is the only known copy according to OCLC of the 1919 pamphlet "Speech Delivered by her Excellency Lady Chelmsford" expressing her "desire to form an Association of all persons in India interested in matters which concerns health of the people especially of the women and children.threefold object-1Domestic sanitation 2 Education of mothers in all that concerns their own health and that of their children 3 Training of health visitors and nurses. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 15101This rare pamphlet "Act No. XIX of 1929 Passed by the Indian Legislature.An Act to Restrain the Solemnisation of Child Marriages" was a critical step in protecting girls. No other copies in OCLC Worldcat Child marriage was historically prevalent in India where the International Center for Research on Women reported that 47% of Indian weddings in the early 20th century involved brides under the age of 18. Poverty was a driving factor in child marriage as families in financial straits could improve their economic standing by marrying their daughters to wealthier older men. Yet as other countries began making improvements for women and girls India too recognized the dangers inherent to girls' health and well-being when they were married and became mothers while still in their own childhoods. This pamphlet which is the only known copy according to OCLC Worldcat details the "punishment for male adult below twenty one years of age marrying a child punishment for male adults over twenty one years of age marrying a child and punishment for solemnizing a child marriage." While child marriage does persist in India its rates have gone down and modern India has joined the South Asian Initiative to End Violence Against Children SAIEVAC which adopted a regional action plan to enforce the marriage bans and end child marriage in and beyond its own borders. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 16500Mary Pauline Jeffrey. Dr. Ida: India The Life Story of Ida S. Scudder. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company 1938. 212 pages. 8 x 6 in. Original blue cloth boards. Signed and inscribed by author on front end page. Frontispiece portrait of author and 18 other images throughout. Biography of Ida Scudder pioneering woman physician who founded clinics and medical schools for women in India. Scudder was born in India to American missionaries and dedicated her life to the health of Indian women many of whom were reluctant to see male physicians. In 1899 she was one of the first women graduates from Cornell Medical College; and shortly after Scudder returned to India where she started a rural medical clinic for women only. Within two years she was treating thousands of patients. Few pages have corrections or annotations in ink. Very good. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 16929Birth Control India 2 silver gelatin print photographs showing Rural Indian women learn about birth control in outdoor classroom. An Indian woman instructor from International Planned Parenthood Federation leads a demonstration on different contraceptive health devices. 2 silver gelatin print photographs. 11 x 8 in. Original press photos. Filing stamps on back dated "18 Okt 1965". Printed on the van behind speaker: "Van donated by International Planned Parenthood Federation / Imported through Church World Service". In 1952 India was the first country in the wold to implement a family planning strategy as part of national development. The same year the International Planned Parenthood Federation IPPF a global offshoot fo Planned Parenthood with the broad aims of promoting sexual and reproductive health and advocating the right of individuals to make their own choices in family planning was founded in Bombay present-day Mumbai by Margaret Sanger and Lady Rama Rau. Educators would use vans such as these to travel around rural areas and teach women in makeshift classrooms-sometimes even outdoors as in this images. Crease to bottom right corner of vertical photo. Both in very good condition. unknown books
1881Best.-Nr. 511291881. Analytical Study of Punjabi Law India. Tupper Charles Lewis Editor. Wilson J. Editor of Volume IV Walker T. Gordon Editor of Volume V. Punjab Customary Law. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing 1881-1885. 5 volumes. Quarto 10" x 6-3/4". Contemporary cloth gilt titles to spines. Moderate rubbing to boards heavier rubbing to extremities with chipping to spine ends some hinges cracked internally clean. Ex-library.Shelf labels to spines markings to endleaves small stamps to title pages. $450. Only edition. A region with sophisticated systems of law and government the Punjab region was gradually colonized by Great Britain during the eighteenth century. It remained part of the British Empire until the end of British rule in 1947. At this time the region was divided between India and Pakistan. As these volumes indicates the British recognized the sophistication and value of Punjabi law and took efforts to comprehend and adapt it to English law. Contents: I. A Selection from the Records of the Punjab Government II. Statements of Customary Law in Different Districts III. Questions on Tribunal and Local Custom: a Manual for the Use of Settlement Officers IV. General Code of Tribal Custom in the Sirsa District of the Punjab V. The Customary Law of the Ludhiana District. OCLC locates 27 copies. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:778. unknown books
1854Best.-Nr. 511391854. London: Printed by J.H. Cox 1854. 3 vols. London: Printed by J.H. Cox 1854. 3 vols. India. East India Company. Clarke Richard Compiler. The Regulations of the Government of Fort William in Bengal In Force at the End of 1853; To Which are Added the Acts of the Government of India in Force in that Presidency. With Lists of Titles and an Index. Prepared Under the Authority of the Hon. The Court of Directors of the East-India Company. London: Printed by J.H. Cox 1854. 3 volumes. Quarto 8-1/2" x 10-1/2". Recent cloth gilt titles to spines endpapers renewed. Brief annotations in a few places interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Small inkstamps to title pages. $750. Only edition. With a detailed analytical digest. Established by a Royal Charter in 1600 the British East India Company was granted a 21-year monopoly on all trade in the East Indies. Based in a series of fortified manufacturing and trading centers most notably Fort William in Bengal Fort St. George in Madras and the Bombay Castle the company evolved from a commercial venture to one that virtually ruled India as it acquired governmental legal and military functions. It was dissolved in 1858. Produced as an official record these volumes are a compilation of all regulations from 1793 to 1853 in force at Fort William. OCLC locates 6 copies. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School I:395. unknown books
1924Best.-Nr. 511351924. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing 1924. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing 1924. 1924 Edition of the Bombay Code Government of India Legislative Department. The Bombay Code: In Five Volumes. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing India 1924. 5 volumes. Original cloth gilt titles to spines moderate shelfwear and soiling. Text blocks cracked in a few places internally clean. Ex-library. Location labels to spines small stamps to versos of title pages. A solid set. $500. Fourth edition. Volume I: The unrepealed Bombay Regulations The Local Acts of the Governor General in Council in Force in Bombay The Regulations Made Under the Statute 33 Victoria Chapter 3 And the Government of India Act 1915 5 and 6 Geo. 5 C. 61 In force in Bombay Lists of the Enactments Which Have Been Notified for Scheduled Districts in Bombay Under the Scheduled Districts Act 1874: And Chronological Tables of Enactments Reproduced; Volume II: The Unrepealed Acts of the Governor of Bombay in Council in Force in Bombay from 1862 to 1887 Inclusive: And a Chronological Table of Enactments Reproduced with an Index; Volume III: The Unrepealed Acts of the Governor of Bombay in Council in Force in Bombay From 1888 to 1897 Inclusive; A Chronological Table of Enactments Reproduced with an Appendix and Index; Volume IV. Containing the Unrepealed Acts of the Governor of Bombay in Council in Force in Bombay from 1898 to 1908 Inclusive And a Chronological Table of Enactments Reproduced with Index; Volume V: Containing the Unrepealed Acts of the Governor of Bombay in Council and of the Bombay Legislative Council in Force in Bombay from 1909 to 1922 Inclusive Chronological Tables of Enactments reproduced with Index. OCLC locates 9 copies. BMC 3:850. unknown books
1952Best.-Nr. 38048Madras: The Diocesan Press 1952. 12mo 18.5 cm; 7.5". 12 pp. Reprinted by permission from the nature of the church a volume of papers resented to the theological commission appointed by the continuation committee of the world conference on faith and order" base of title-page. And "The Church of South Indian and the Christian Literature Society of India Madras are grateful to the officials of the Faith and Order Movement and to the S.C.M. Press Ltd. for permission to make this reprint. As issued: stapled in white wrappers with title on front cover. Ownership signature of R. F. Hettlinger. The Diocesan Press unknown books
1853Best.-Nr. 15279London: Saunders & Stanford; Manchester: Simms & Diham 1853. Small 8vo. 40 pp. In the society's series: "India reform" this being number 9. Library of Congress attributes authorship to John Sullivan. Condemnation of British assumptions that regarded native rule as evil and wrong. Uncommon. NSTC 2I1607 & 2I1608 for the series. Removed from a nonce volume. Good condition. Saunders & Stanford; Manchester: Simms & Diham unknown books
1853Best.-Nr. 15278London: Saunders & Stanford; Manchester: Simms & Diham 1853. Small 8vo. 1 f. 47 1 pp. 1 f. In the society's series: "India reform" this being number 8. Condemnation of deteriorated infrastructure during the first 20 years of British rule. Uncommon. NSTC 2I1607 & 2I1608 for the series. Removed from a nonce volume. Good condition. Saunders & Stanford; Manchester: Simms & Diham unknown books
1770Best.-Nr. WRCAM51541Paris: P.G. Simon 1770. 4pp. Quarto. Dbd. Leaves almost separated at the fold scattered light foxing. Good plus. A 1770 French royal decree concerning the liquidation of the Compagnie des Indes. The articles of the decree examine the assets of the company in the years after the French and Indian War allocate funds and set forth a payment schedule with a view towards transferring the company's property to state control. Another royal decree the previous year had ordered the company to be liquidated. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 1807. BELL F1020. P.G. Simon unknown books
1751Best.-Nr. WRCAM47800Paris 1751. 23110891pp. Quarto. Contemporary marbled wrappers. Spine mostly perished. Light wear to wrappers internally fresh and clean. Very good. Memorial of Joseph François Dupleix 1697- 1763 Governor General of India detailing the ongoing feud between him and Bertrand François Mahé de La Bourdonnais and reporting on Dupleix's activities in India. The memorial reprints correspondence between the two men during 1746. The feud was escalated in September of that year when the French captured British-held Madras. La Bourdonnais offered generous and lenient terms to the commander of the island only to have Dupleix disregard them once he was left in command. A primary source for French activities in India. unknown books
1790Best.-Nr. WRCAM47670Paris: Didot 1790. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Minor soiling. Very good. Untrimmed. Brief work cautioning against too much freedom of trade with the East Indies. Three copies in OCLC at the John Carter Brown Library and the national libraries of France and Australia. Didot unknown books
1723Best.-Nr. WRCAM40670Paris 1723. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree "appointing special commissioners to hear the many cases concerning shares in the Compagnie des Indes" Maggs Bros. In 1721 the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized after the Mississippi Bubble burst. Wroth records only one copy at the John Crerar Library and OCLC adds just one more at NYPL. Rare. 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. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 1029. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 278 this copy. OCLC 44493195. unknown books
1766Best.-Nr. WRCAM47801Paris 1766. 51pp. Large folio. Stitched. Minor soiling and foxing. Very good. Defense of the Comte de Lally for his actions in India during the Seven Years' War. This is one of two versions authored by him. Lally head of the French expedition to India reached Pondichery in 1758. Though capable he was extremely unpopular and fell into a series of events which proved fatal to his career and his person. He was unsuccessful in the Siege of Madras and beaten at the Battle of Wandiwash and eventually capitulated from the siege of Pondichery. Taken prisoner by the British he returned to France on parole and was imprisoned for two years before being put on trial and executed. This is his last defence published shortly thereafter or perhaps immediately preceding a publisher's note is dated April 14 and Lally was executed May 6. unknown books
1719Best.-Nr. WRCAM40663Paris 1719. 7pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree eliminating the tariffs on several items. "This decree abolishes the duty on olive sweet almond nut and fish oils on fish itself and on playing cards" - Maggs. It also alters the tariffs on tobacco. In 1719 John Law's Compagnie d'Occident absorbed several other entities to become the present Compagnie des Indes. Wroth lists three copies; OCLC adds only one more. Rare. 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. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 707. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 135 this copy. OCLC 54193398. unknown books
