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1925réf. 180767Allahabad: Improvement Trust 1925-30. From the personal collection of the chairman First editions of these rare reports charting the overhaul of the infrastructure in the "City of Prime Ministers" a center of Indian nationalism. They were collected by Baldev Ram Dave Chairman of the Improvement Trust and cover the first five years of his tenure. This set documents the projects of the Allahabad trust over half a decade with multiple maps tables and illustrations of the progress. Such projects include the extension of Allahabad University the construction of Sir Harcourt Butler Market and the establishment of multiple housing schemes for those evicted from their homes. The number of volumes in the complete run is unclear but we have traced only one other set on WorldCat: 11 volumes held in Harvard University Library. In addition to the reports are three pamphlets. A Brief Note on the Improvement Trust of Allahabad gives an overview of its early history with blueprints to illustrate major projects. The addresses to Sirs William Malcom Hailey and Alexander Muddiman both governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1928 lay out the trust's goals and request further central funding. Rai Bahadur Pandit Baldev Ram Dave 1863-1942 was the trust's second chairman from 1925. The loosely inserted documents all relate to his projects including a hand-drawn sketch of the expansion of Zero Road up to Sheocharanlal Road a typescript letter from the notable engineer Raja Jwala Prasad discussing various initiatives and a government report on the efficiency of the trust in 1930. Dave is mentioned in an article in the Times of India from 11 November 2014 which notes that his department was responsible for the demolition of Nehru's family home in 1931. He reportedly took the last photograph of the building which was later gifted to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. 8 works bound in 1 vol. quarto 327 x 210 mm. With 15 halftone photographic plates 1 folding 19 hand-coloured maps 14 folding heliozincographed folding map 5 folding blueprints; tables in text. Contemporary red cloth front board lettered in gilt. With 5 loosely inserted letters reports and sketches. Light wear and silverfishing three maps repaired with archival tape two plates tipped in Brief Note front wrapper chipped with loss foxing internally: a very good collection. hardcover
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1808réf. 177936London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan for Black Parry and Kingsbury 1808. Later edition following the first of 1754. This volume was owned by Lieutenant Colonel Neil Campbell 1788-1848 with his signature dated 12 August 1809 on the title page. Campbell joined the Bengal Army that same year and likely used it as part of his training. Nonetheless within six months he was tried by court martial. Soon after landing in India as an ensign Campbell was tried for ill-treating a civil Indian official imprisoned for eight months and fined. "This little incident does not however seem to have interfered with his military promotion for he was a Lieutenant in 1814 and retired as a Lieut.-Colonel in 1841 sharing in the Bhurtpore prize-money in 1825" Campbell p. lvi. In addition he volunteered for the campaign to annex Kalinfar Fort 1812 helped to hunt down the chief of Bundelkhand Gopal Singh and fought in the Anglo-Nepalese War 1814-16. He had 13 children with Isabella Campbell née Anne. The original front free endpaper is signed and inscribed: "This belonged to Major Neil Campbell Kilmartin of the H.E.I.C.S 1787-1848 my great grandfather". We have traced one copy in the Saraswathi Mahal Library. Octavo 181 x 115 mm pp. 48 bulked with blanks. With 4 pp. of publisher's advertisements following text. Modern sprinkled half calf black spine label brown cloth boards with borders tooled in blind original front free endpaper bound in ticket of Period Binders Bath tipped in at rear. Contents lightly browned: a very good copy. This edition not in NCSTC. Duncan Campbell Records of Clan Campbell in the Military Service of the Honourable East India Company 1600-1858 1925 hardcover
1931réf. 188526Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1931. Fifth iteration of this important collection of treaties and deeds sanads granted to the rulers of the Bombay Presidency. Some of these engagements relate to the opium trade and its regulation in rural villages like Balasinor. Only 675 copies were printed and 6 are held in UK institutions. Aitchison 1832-1896 went out to India as a civil servant in September 1856 narrowly escaping a massacre at Hissar in 1857 before being stationed at Amritsar. In 1865 he took up administrative work in the Punjab where he was "extremely industrious and thorough in his work. He exercised a marked influence on successive governors-general who trusted him for advice" ODNB. He commenced a compilation entitled A Collection of Treaties Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries in 1862 and eleven volumes were issued by 1892. In 1882 he became governor-general of the Punjab where he advocated for the Indianization of the civil service. Copies of this volume in the UK are held by the British Library Oxford Cambridge King's College London National Library of Scotland and SOAS. Large octavo 256 x 180 mm. Tables in text. Contemporary khaki half cloth spine lettered in gilt low bands ruled in gilt brown cloth boards. Ink stamp on front board purple stamp on title page and deaccession stamp on title page verso of the Commonwealth Relations Office Library white ink shelf-mark on spine. Binding marked and toned small split at front joint head but stable traces of old adhesive on corners title page loose but holding inner hinges sometime stabilized with cloth tape: a very good copy. hardcover
1930réf. 188517Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1930. Fifth iteration of this important collection of treaties and deeds sanads granted to the rulers of the provinces of Agra and Oudh Bengal Bihar and Orissa and the central provinces. These confirmed the princes in their roles in return for allegiance to Britain. Only 665 copies were printed and just 7 are held in UK institutions. Aitchison 1832-1896 went out to India as a civil servant in September 1856 narrowly escaping a massacre at Hissar in 1857 before being stationed at Amritsar. In 1865 he took up administrative work in the Punjab where he was "extremely industrious and thorough in his work. He exercised a marked influence on successive governors-general who trusted him for advice" ODNB. He commenced a compilation entitled A Collection of Treaties Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries in 1862 and eleven volumes were issued by 1892. In 1882 he became governor-general of the Punjab where he advocated for the Indianization of the civil service. Copies of this volume in the UK are held by the British Library Oxford Cambridge King's College London LSE National Library of Scotland and SOAS. Large octavo 257 x 180 mm. Tables in text. Contemporary khaki half cloth spine lettered in gilt low bands ruled in gilt brown cloth boards. Purple ink stamp of the Legal Adviser's Department CRO Downing Street on front free endpaper deaccession stamp on title page. Binding a little scuffed and marked spine toned rear board nicked at fore edge title page loose but holding: a very good copy. hardcover
1933réf. 188522Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1933. Fifth iteration of this important collection of treaties and deeds sanads granted to the rulers of central India and Bhopal collated by an "extremely industrious and thorough" civil servant who would later become governor-general of the Punjab. Only 690 copies were printed and 6 are held in UK institutions. Large octavo 256 x 180 mm. Tables in text. Contemporary khaki half cloth spine lettered in gilt low bands ruled in gilt brown cloth boards endpapers renewed. Blind stamp on front board purple ink stamp on title page and deaccession stamp on title page verso of the Colonial Office Library white ink shelf-mark on spine. Binding sometime refurbished slightly soiled spine a little toned: a very good copy. hardcover
1932réf. 188525Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1932. Fifth iteration of this important collection of treaties and deeds sanads granted to the rulers of the western Indian states and Baroda now Vadodara collated by an "extremely industrious and thorough" civil servant who would later become governor-general of the Punjab. Only 675 copies were printed and 6 are held in UK institutions. Large octavo 256 x 180 mm. Tables in text. Contemporary khaki half cloth spine lettered in gilt low bands ruled in gilt brown cloth boards. Signature of C. A. K. Norman of the Legal Adviser's Department India Office purple library stamps and deaccession stamps. Spine toned 100 mm split at front joint foot but stable rear board bumped on extremities: a very good copy. hardcover
1932réf. 188518Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1932. Fifth iteration of this important collection of treaties and deeds sanads granted to the rulers of Rajputana now Rajasthan. These cover the states of Jaipur Jodhpur and Bikaner including details on various projects such as the construction of the Jodhpur-Bikaner railway. Only 660 copies were printed and 6 are held in UK institutions. Aitchison 1832-1896 went out to India as a civil servant in September 1856 narrowly escaping a massacre at Hissar in 1857 before being stationed at Amritsar. In 1865 he took up administrative work in the Punjab where he was "extremely industrious and thorough in his work. He exercised a marked influence on successive governors-general who trusted him for advice" ODNB. He commenced a compilation entitled A Collection of Treaties Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries in 1862 and eleven volumes were issued by 1892. In 1882 he became governor-general of the Punjab where he advocated for the Indianization of the civil service. Copies of this volume in the UK are held by the British Library Oxford Cambridge King's College London National Library of Scotland and SOAS. Large octavo 256 x 180 mm. Tables in text. Contemporary khaki half cloth spine lettered in gilt low bands ruled in gilt brown cloth boards. Purple ink deaccession stamp on front pastedown. Light scuffs and tidemarks spine a little toned title page sometime stabilized in gutter with cloth tape rear inner hinge starting but sturdy: a very good copy. hardcover
1931réf. 188534Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1931. Fifth iteration of this important collection of treaties and deeds sanads granted to the rulers of the Bombay Presidency. The last chapter focuses on the "lapsed states" those annexed by the East India Company directly into British India. Only 640 copies were printed and 6 are held in UK institutions. Aitchison 1832-1896 went out to India as a civil servant in September 1856 narrowly escaping a massacre at Hissar in 1857 before being stationed at Amritsar. In 1865 he took up administrative work in the Punjab where he was "extremely industrious and thorough in his work. He exercised a marked influence on successive governors-general who trusted him for advice" ODNB. He commenced a compilation entitled A Collection of Treaties Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries in 1862 and eleven volumes were issued by 1892. In 1882 he became governor-general of the Punjab where he advocated for the Indianization of the civil service. Copies of this volume in the UK are held by the British Library Oxford Cambridge King's College London National Library of Scotland and SOAS. Large octavo 256 x 180 mm. Tables in text. Contemporary khaki half cloth spine lettered in gilt low bands ruled in gilt brown cloth boards. Deaccession stamp on front pastedown. Spine toned and a little soiled traces of old adhesive on corners title page sometime stabilized contents lightly toned at edges: a very good copy. hardcover
1930réf. 188541Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1930. Fifth iteration of this important collection of treaties and deeds sanads granted to the rulers of Madras and the Madras states. Notably they include the agreements made with other colonial powers specifically on supplying salt to French enclaves and the acquisition of the Coromandel Coast from the Dutch in 1825. Only 640 copies were printed and 6 are held in UK institutions. Aitchison 1832-1896 went out to India as a civil servant in September 1856 narrowly escaping a massacre at Hissar in 1857 before being stationed at Amritsar. In 1865 he took up administrative work in the Punjab where he was "extremely industrious and thorough in his work. He exercised a marked influence on successive governors-general who trusted him for advice" ODNB. He commenced a compilation entitled A Collection of Treaties Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries in 1862 and eleven volumes were issued by 1892. In 1882 he became governor-general of the Punjab where he advocated for the Indianization of the civil service. Copies of this volume in the UK are held by the British Library Oxford Cambridge King's College London National Library of Scotland and SOAS. Large octavo 256 x 180 mm. Tables in text. Contemporary khaki half cloth spine lettered in gilt low bands ruled in gilt brown cloth boards. Library stamps and deaccession stamps of the Legal Adviser's Department India Office on front free endpaper and title page. Spine toned boards marked soiled and with traces of old adhesive corners lightly rubbed contents clean: a very good copy. hardcover
1929réf. 188537Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1929. Fifth iteration of this important collection of treaties and deeds sanads granted to the rulers of Hyderabad and Mysore collated by an "extremely industrious and thorough" civil servant who would later become governor-general of the Punjab. Only 650 copies were printed and 6 are held in UK institutions. Large octavo 256 x 180 mm. Tables in text. Contemporary khaki half cloth spine lettered in gilt low bands ruled in gilt brown cloth boards endpapers renewed. Marginal pencil and ink sidelining deaccession stamp on front free endpaper recto inscribed "Solicitor India Office S.W.!" on front pastedown. Spine toned short splits along joints at ends but stable boards marked and lightly refurbished at corners occasional finger-soiling in margins: a very good copy. hardcover
2026réf. x-1032792566Taylor & Francis Ltd 2026. Paperback. New. 240 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
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réf. 48671presented to the Lords States Generall of the united Provinces in defence of the said Company touching the bloudy proceedings against the English Merchants executed at Amboyna. Together with the Acts of the Processe against the sayd English and the Reply of the English East India Company to the said Remonstrance and Defence. Published by Authority. London : printed by John Dawson for the East India Company 1632. Three parts in one volume small quarto modern panelled calf in period style spine in compartments with gilt decoration and lettering; pp. 8 29 1 blank; 2 separate title-leaf 38; 47; 1; with a full-page woodcut depicting the torture of one of the English merchants at Ambon bound in at the end of the preliminaries in effect as a frontispiece to the first part; main title with woodcut armorial device woodcut initials head- and tailpieces; some mild browning a fine copy. Together the three parts of this work provide a summarised account of the so-called Amboyna or Ambon massacre a watershed event that occurred at a time of growing rivalry between the English and Dutch East India Companies over control of the lucrative spice trade. In early 1623 at the Dutch garrison of Fort Victoria on the island of Amboyna in the Moluccas the local Dutch governor ordered the arrest of ten English merchants suspected of plotting to take over the garrison; they confessed under torture and were executed in February 1623. The English reacted by branding the event a massacre. This volume is sometimes found bound with another that was published in London the same year which also presents the controversy from an English perspective A True Relation of the Unjust Cruell and Barbarous Proceedings against the English at Amboyna in the East-Indies by the Netherlandish Governor and Councell there. Both publications helped fuel a rising tide of anti-Dutch sentiment; it would not be long before animosity would give way to open hostility with the outbreak of the First Anglo-Dutch War in 1652. Rare especially in such fine condition. STC 7450a unknown
1884réf. 189408London: Printed by the Ballatyne Press "For Private Circulation" 1884. Duleep Singh reclaims his throne First and only edition privately issued of this controversial presentation of the maharajah's grievances against the British Government's claims to the Punjab. Decidedly uncommon around 14 copies traced institutionally just a couple at auction. An excellent copy of a fragile fugitive and highly desirable work here in a variant binding to the black skiver usually encountered. The child king Duleep Singh 1838-1893 Maharajah of Lahorewas carried into exile following defeat in the Second Anglo-Sikh War 1848-9 converting to Christianity in 1854 obtaining a royal audience and becoming "an immediate success" with the Queen and eventually settling in Elveden Suffolk with Bamba Müller his "part-Ethiopian part-German" ODNB wife who he had met in Cairo when returning from his mother's funeral in India; "Duleep Singh loved Elveden and rebuilt the church cottages and the school. His fame as a shooter of game was revived in the grounds of the great estate". However "amid European glamour the spirit that had tasted sovereignty was hibernating somewhere in the mind of Duleep Singh. Prompted initially by his mother then by his cousin Thakur Singh Sandhanwalia and finally by the supposed prophecies of the tenth Sikh guru Duleep Singh began a battle with the British government asserting the illegality of the annexation of the Punjab and demanded to be reinstated as maharajah. In 1886 he tried to return to India to place himself as the prophesied head of the Sikh people but was arrested at Aden. Here he was received back into the Sikh faith". From Paris he made himself the centre of various plots to overthrow British rule in the Punjab scheming with Russian and Irish revolutionaries to force the Khyber Pass but all of these conspiracies came to nothing. Increasingly dogged by ill health he sought a reconciliation with Victoria who "responded with a full pardon through the secretary of state on 1 August 1890". He died in Paris in 1893 and was carried back to his beloved Elveden and buried in the graveyard of St Andrew's and St Patrick's Church. The present work represents the historical groundwork to his campaign for reinstatement to the throne and was distributed solely to those who he felt could be of influence to that end. It was "compiled partly from historical sources and partly from private information and documents furnished" Preface by Duleep Singh himself and encompasses a sketch of the early history of the Punjab; a biographical narrative of the Maharajah; and an explanation "of the peculiar Relations in which the Maharajah stands towards the Government and the causes of the differences between them". Octavo. pp. viii 183. Original moderate red cloth over flexible boards title gilt to the front cover single fillet blind panel to both covers grey-blue decorative endpapers. Slightly rubbed the spine sunned; endpapers a little browned pale toning to the text-block else a very good copy. hardcover
