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1966réf. 223257New Delhi.: Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity Government of India. 1966. Bifold booklet in stapled wrappers. Large folding map at rear colour photographic illustrations 20pp. 22.5 x 10.5cm. Two neat red ink annotations margin of last leaf "Tandoori chicken" and "Moti Mahal" some light foxing at margins of leaves original wrappers a little creased and soiled but overall still good. . Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity, Government of India. unknown
1841réf. AQ32634Calcutta: Printed at the Baptist Mission Press 1841. 35pp 1. Bound with: Drop-head title: List of members of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India. January 1st 1841. Calcutta. Bishop's College Press 1841. 2 23pp 1. 8vo. Modern brown cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Two early manuscript corrections to first mentioned work title and drop-head title. The second located copy of the annual report of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India for the year 1840 together with a contemporary list of members printed at the Baptist Mission Press at Calcutta which operated from 1818 until the 1970s. The Society was founded by orientalist and missionary William Carey 1761-1834 in 1820. The report records the progress of the work done by the society including efforts to promote and improve cotton cultivation in the country the introduction of a new species of mulberry plant the promotion of tea culture in Assam and revision of discriminating duties on rum and tobacco. OCLC and COPAC record copies of each work at a single location BL. . First edition. Printed at the Baptist Mission Press hardcover
1742réf. 31159A La Haye, chez Jean van Duren, 1736. 3 vol. au format in-12 (168 x 103 mm) de 2 ff. bl., 1 frontispice gravé n.fol., 16 ff. n.fol., 408 pp. et 2 ff. bl. ; 2 ff. bl., 1 f. n.fol., 404 pp. et 2 ff. bl. ; 2 ff. bl., 3 ff. n.fol., 322 pp., 7 ff. n.fol. et 2 ff. bl. Reliures de l'époque de plein veau glacé et marbré blond, plats jansénistes, dos à nerfs ornés de filets gras à froid, caissons d'encadrement dorés, filets en pointillés dorés, roulettes dorés, larges fleurons dorés, pièces de titre de maroquin acajou, pièces de tomaison de maroquin fauve, titre doré, tomaison dorée, palette dorée en queue, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches saumon.
1960réf. 202100377Paris, New York Graphic Society, vers 1960 ; in-folio, 32 pp. + 32 planches, reliure pleine toile d'éditeur, avec jaquette imprimée. Préface de W.G. Archer.
réf. 202204936Geneve, Minerva, 1974 ; in-8, 143 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Cartonné avec sa jaquette, très bon état.
réf. 201414198, Verlag karl muller , s.d. ; in-folio, cartonnage de l'éditeur. Avec jaquette.
réf. 201007694Munchen, Staatlichen museums, 1958 ; in-8, 114 pp., br. Ausstellung des staatlichen museums fur volkerkunde munchen.
1948réf. 103203Paris, Van Oest 1948 In-4 28 x 22,5 cm. Reliure demi-chagrin grenat, dos à nerfs ornés de filets, pièce de titre cuir havane, plats et dos conservés, 255 pp., notes en bas page, 274 figures, 94 planches contenant 271 figures, lexique, index analytique, table des illustrations, table des matières. Exemplaire en très bon état.
réf. 202204935Paris, Pierre Tisné, 1961 ; in-8, 169 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Toilé paille avec emboitage également toilé et son rhoidoid.
1963Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1963; in-folio, 8-224-XLIV-4, cartonnage d'éditeur imprimé. Très bon état.
1993Paris, Imprimerie Nationale Éditions, 1993; in-folio, 204 pp., reliure d'éditeur pleine toile beige, dos lisse, sous jaquette illustrée. Amina Okada est conservateur au Musée Guimet. Joschi fait partie d'un organisme d'archéologue en Inde. Photographies de Jean-Louis Nou. Très bon état.
1960Paris, New York Graphic Society, vers 1960; in-folio, 32 pp. + 32 planches, reliure pleine toile d'éditeur, avec jaquette imprimée. Préface de W.G. Archer.
1960Paris, New York Graphic Society, vers 1960; in-folio, 14 pp. + 32 planches, reliure pleine toile d'éditeur, avec jaquette imprimée.
1968réf. 87661Greenwich CT: New York Graphic Society 1968. First American Edition. Folio. 33.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket and Slipcase. 295pp. Very light wear to extremities and spine ends tight and bright; internally clean and fresh lavishly illustrated throughout; in a clean sharp pictorial dustjacket with a little fraying to the head of the spine; and a grey card publisher's slipcase with a little wear and toning to the edges and corners. A very good copy. Partly sponsored by Unesco Heritage this is a large format showcase of examples of the arts and culture of the various peoples of the Himalayan region. Written and edited by Madanjeet Singh noted Indian diplomat writer and artist and a lifelong campaigner for world peace and harmony. New York Graphic Society unknown
1968réf. 87661Greenwich CT: New York Graphic Society 1968. First American Edition. Folio. 33.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket and Slipcase. 295pp. Very light wear to extremities and spine ends tight and bright; internally clean and fresh lavishly illustrated throughout; in a clean sharp pictorial dustjacket with a little fraying to the head of the spine; and a grey card publisher's slipcase with a little wear and toning to the edges and corners. A very good copy. Partly sponsored by Unesco Heritage this is a large format showcase of examples of the arts and culture of the various peoples of the Himalayan region. Written and edited by Madanjeet Singh noted Indian diplomat writer and artist and a lifelong campaigner for world peace and harmony. New York Graphic Society unknown books
1968réf. 15New Delhi.: Indian Council for Cultural Relations. 1968- 1982. A broken run of 59 issues. All in lightly worn original wrappers many have the volume and issue number handwritten on the spines. Vol 9 Nos 3 5 & 6 1968; Vol 10 Nos 1 2 3 4 5 & 6 1969; Vol 11 Nos 1 2 3 4 5 & 6 1970; Vol 12 Nos 1 2 5 & 6 1971; Vol 13 Nos 1 2 3 4 5 & 6 1972; Vol XIV Nos 1 2 3 4 5 & 6 1973; Vol XV Nos 1 2 3 & 4 1974; Vol XVI Nos 1 2 3 & 4 1975; Vol XVII Nos 1 2 3 & 4 1976; Vol XVIII Nos 1 2 3 & 4 1977; Vol XIX Nos 1 2 3 & 4 1978; Vol XX Nos 1 & 2 1979; Vol XXI Nos 2 & 4 1980; Vol XXII Nos 2 & 3 1981; Vol XXIII Nos 1 & 2 1982. Good overview of the arts in India with contributions from around the country in each issue. . Indian Council for Cultural Relations. unknown
1969réf. 116671969 Paris, Direction des Musées de France, 1969, in 4°, relié pleine toile marron amateur ; nombreuses illustrations.
réf. 18256Paris, A. Barraud, 1877. In-8, 184 pp., demi-chagrin écrasé à coins rouge, doubles filets dorés sur les plats, dos lisse orné de filets, fleurons dorés et d'arabesques à froid, tête dorée, couverture conservée (petites épidermures et taches).
réf. 50230P., Publications Orientalistes de France, 1977, in 8° broché, 340 pages.
réf. 201610571Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, 1897 ; in-12, 210-230 pp., cartonnage. Les 2 volumes. En superbe état 2 vol. Edition illustrée de cinquante compositions de DURAND gravées à l'eau-forte par E. CHAMPOLLION - TIRAGE DE 150 EXEMPLAIRES - 1 À 15 sur Japon et 16 a 150 Vélin du Marais. Exemplaire n°60 sur vélin du marais - Ex. Libris James Manfield- très belle reliure plein chagrain dos bien orné à 4 nerfs - reliure signé SINDSALL NOMTHAMPTON.
1957réf. 62102New York: Oxford Univ. Press 1957. Three works in one vol. 8vo. xiii 1 233 1; 188; 197 1 pp. With illust. title photo plate tables charts. Orange tweed boards tiger paw print on front cover pictorial map endpapers minor shelfwear slight rubbing w/ d.j. cover art of tiger stalking minor scuffing edgewear price-clipped still VG/VG copy. First American omnibus edition of this extraordinary trilogy recounting Corbett’s experiences as big game hunter of Man-Eating Tigers in his lifetime career in India. He hunted down eight man-eating tigers and two man-eating leopards and in The Chowgarh Tigers he records his year-long quest from 1929-1930 to hunt and ill a female tiger that killed over 64 people in her five-year rampage. Corbett was a meticulous hunter expert tracker and persistent in preparation and often carried his favorite rifles - an M98 bolt-action Rigby-Mauser and a .450-400 Double Barrel Nitro Express. Oxford Univ. Press, hardcover
1959réf. 62583London: Robert Hale Ltd. 1959. 8vo. 191 1 pp. Numerous photo plates. Burgundy-coloured publisher’s boards gilt lettering on spine minor foxing & dustsoiling to upper fore-edge of textblock occasional light foxing w/ d.j. cover art of Tiger by Val Biro slight dustsoiling shelfwear still a VG/NF copy. Second printing of this authoritative work on tiger hunting in the Game Departent of Gwalior State Madyhya Pradesh and Jaipur Rajasthan relating his sagas of tiger hunts hunting and killing cattle-stealing tigers man-eating tigers terrorizing villages as well as organizing hunts of the Maharaja’s along with King George V Lord Reading and Lord Mountbatten. Robert Hale, Ltd., hardcover
1913réf. 62084London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1913. Thick 8vo. xvi 2 216 1 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. 23 photo plates. Pictorial green linen publisher’s cloth gilt illustration front cover of tiger attacking elephant and hunter gilt lettering front cover & spine very slight bumping to couple corners minor shelfwear slight foxing to fore-edges w/ d.j. dark gray-green paper illust. repeated on front cover in blue blue lettering VG/NF copy w/ “Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge” prize bookplate on front pastedown to F.H. Giltrap of Mountjoy School in 1914. Second edition of this informative memoir drawn from personal interviews experiences and notebooks of big game hunter and late Inspector General of Police Bombay Digby Davies as well as the author’s own sporting experiences. At the time he had been specifically requested to eliminate all personal names and references in the incidents with Davies whom Gouldsbury would specifically mention in the follow-up “Tiger Slayer by Order” 1915. Gouldsbury writes of numerous encounters with tigers in his own adventures hunting from elephant back and machans as well as leopards and maruading elephants with additional references to bison ibex and others. Davies relates his time serving during the Sepoy Mutiny work as a sporting inspector and specifically hunting down tigers elephants and others endangering villagers and livestock. One chapter specifically mentions hunting a 419 lb. tiger stretching over 10 feet 7 inches from nose to end of tail and standing 3 1/2 feet which had terrorized villagers killing cattle across Bengal. Very rare in original dustjacket. Chapman & Hall, Ltd., hardcover
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1900réf. D0407Edinburgh & London, Oliver & Boyd, s.d. (vers 1900) ; 140 x 214 mm, 56 pp., cahier agrafé (petite déchirure en queue, sur 8 pages). En langue anglaise. Bon état.
