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1970rif. 80685Delhi: Vikas Publishing 1970. First Thus. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's orange cloth boards titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. 187pp. Strong and tight but visibly sunned to spine and edges of binding and a little bumped to the head of the spine. The priceclipped dustjacket is similarly sunned to the spine and has some light marginal wear but shows very well. A very good presentable copy. Internally clean with some annotation and emphasis to the text from an informed reader presumably Angus Thurmer. There is a 2 page letter from Major General Lunt dated January 1971 on Ministry of Defense notepaper to Angus Thurmer at the US Embassy in New Delhi discussing the book and the editing work and apprising Mr. Thurmer of his current status. Major General Lunt CBE had a prominent and successful career in the British Military spending a significant part of his career in India including a stint as Military Adviser to the High Commission there is a note on the title page to the effect that the book's attentive reader played Polo with Lunt whilst he was stationed in Delhi. The first edition of "From Sepoy to Subedar" was published in 1873 then languished forgotten for almost a century until Major General Lunt in his role as accomplished "Old India Hand" decided a new edition was called for. Primary source material for the period from native Indians is relatively thin on the ground spanning as it does Subedar Ram's memories of the Afghan Wars the first two the retreat from Khabul the subsequent trials and tribulations of a soldier's life and the post-"mutiny" changes to the leadership and administration of India and how badly that went. A fascinating account which should be ranked alongside "Confessions of a Thug" and Lady Florentia Sale's Journal as insights with all faults into the nature of life in and under the British Raj. Vikas Publishing unknown
1970rif. 80685Delhi: Vikas Publishing 1970. First Thus. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's orange cloth boards titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. 187pp. Strong and tight but visibly sunned to spine and edges of binding and a little bumped to the head of the spine. The priceclipped dustjacket is similarly sunned to the spine and has some light marginal wear but shows very well. A very good presentable copy. Internally clean with some annotation and emphasis to the text from an informed reader presumably Angus Thurmer. There is a 2 page letter from Major General Lunt dated January 1971 on Ministry of Defense notepaper to Angus Thurmer at the US Embassy in New Delhi discussing the book and the editing work and apprising Mr. Thurmer of his current status. Major General Lunt CBE had a prominent and successful career in the British Military spending a significant part of his career in India including a stint as Military Adviser to the High Commission there is a note on the title page to the effect that the book's attentive reader played Polo with Lunt whilst he was stationed in Delhi. The first edition of "From Sepoy to Subedar" was published in 1873 then languished forgotten for almost a century until Major General Lunt in his role as accomplished "Old India Hand" decided a new edition was called for. Primary source material for the period from native Indians is relatively thin on the ground spanning as it does Subedar Ram's memories of the Afghan Wars the first two the retreat from Khabul the subsequent trials and tribulations of a soldier's life and the post-"mutiny" changes to the leadership and administration of India and how badly that went. A fascinating account which should be ranked alongside "Confessions of a Thug" and Lady Florentia Sale's Journal as insights with all faults into the nature of life in and under the British Raj. Vikas Publishing unknown books
1775rif. 21539Paris 1775. Very good condition. Detailed copper engraved map of northern India from Perse Persia Kabul and Tibet in the north down to the River Ganges and the Golphe du Sindi. From Prevost's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages". With two decorative cartouches. Bellin 1703 - 1772 one of the most noted French mapmakers of the 18th century was named the hydrographer chief cartographer to the French Navy and later the Official Hydrographer to the French King. Folding 13 3/4 x 9 1/2". Strong impression very clean. unknown
1775rif. 21547Paris 1775. Very good condition. Detailed copper engraved map of the Persian Gulf and western India from Perse Persia and Grand Mogol in the north down to the tip of India including the Maldives. From Prevost's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages". With decorative cartouche and compass rose. Bellin 1703 - 1772 one of the most noted French mapmakers of the 18th century was named the hydrographer chief cartographer to the French Navy and later the Official Hydrographer to the French King. Folding 8 1/2 x 10 1/2". Strong impression very clean. unknown
1775rif. 21540Paris 1775. Very good condition. Detailed copper engraved map of southern India from Bombay down to the tip of the continent and showing the Isle de Ceylan. The Coste de Coromandel and the Golfe de Bengal shown along the east coast. From Prevost's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages". With a decorative cartouche at the lower left. Bellin 1703 - 1772 one of the most noted French mapmakers of the 18th century was named the hydrographer chief cartographer to the French Navy and later the Official Hydrographer to the French King. Strong impression very clean. unknown
1839rif. 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
1839rif. 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 books
1858rif. 022106London: Richard Bentley 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Text toned. Very Good in a Fine binding and clamshell box. Two 5" x 7-1/4" volumes in modern half polished green calf with marbled boards and matching calf corners gilt-decorated spines with contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels: lxxx 337; vi 424 pages. Housed in a green cloth clamshell box. Illustrated with a folding map. Richard Bentley hardcover
1844rif. 022107London: J. Hatchard and Son 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Partly unopened; scattered foxing but text and plates mostly clean. Some fraying along spine edges; gilt fairly bright. Easily Very Good in a Fine clamshell box. Two 6-1/2" x 9-3/4" volumes in publisher's gilt-decorated and lettered green cloth: xii 478; vii i 459 1 pages. Housed in a green cloth clamshell box. Illustrated with 32 color chromolithographic plates with tissue guards. Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Sleeman who spent his entire career in India was best known for his fight to suppress the activities of "thugs" bands of criminals who attacked robbed and often murdered innocent travelers. In these volumes he describes his experiences doing so as well as his thoughts on various aspects of Indian life including Hinduism local festivals and folklore natural history governance military discipline and the justice system. In 1828 Sleeman made the first documented discovery of dinosaur fossils in Asia before the term "dinosaur" was even formally coined. ABBEY TRAVEL 466. J. Hatchard and Son hardcover
1858rif. 022106London: Richard Bentley 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Text toned. Very Good in a Fine binding and clamshell box. Two 5" x 7-1/4" volumes in modern half polished green calf with marbled boards and matching calf corners gilt-decorated spines with contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels: lxxx 337; vi 424 pages. Housed in a green cloth clamshell box. Illustrated with a folding map. Richard Bentley hardcover books
1844rif. 022107London: J. Hatchard and Son 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Partly unopened; scattered foxing but text and plates mostly clean. Some fraying along spine edges; gilt fairly bright. Easily Very Good in a Fine clamshell box. Two 6-1/2" x 9-3/4" volumes in publisher's gilt-decorated and lettered green cloth: xii 478; vii i 459 1 pages. Housed in a green cloth clamshell box. Illustrated with 32 color chromolithographic plates with tissue guards. Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Sleeman who spent his entire career in India was best known for his fight to suppress the activities of "thugs" bands of criminals who attacked robbed and often murdered innocent travelers. In these volumes he describes his experiences doing so as well as his thoughts on various aspects of Indian life including Hinduism local festivals and folklore natural history governance military discipline and the justice system. In 1828 Sleeman made the first documented discovery of dinosaur fossils in Asia before the term "dinosaur" was even formally coined. ABBEY TRAVEL 466. J. Hatchard and Son hardcover books
rif. 66101Printed at the Survey of India Offices H.L.O January 1945. Original colour-printed map of India folding between blue cloth covers lettered in gilt. Two inset maps. Old ownership inscription dated 9/5/45 to front pastedown. A very nice clean example. First published in 1926 this map was updated many times. The present example is the sixth edition. Printed at the Survey of India Offices (H.L.O), January 1945. hardcover
1898rif. ABC_45361Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government printing India 1898. Blind-stamped blue cloth title in gold on spine blue decorated endpapers. Folio. With armorial vignette on the title page. The official Summary always published at the end of a Viceroy-ship by the Office of the Superintendent of Government printing in Calcutta containing the narrative of proceedings of the Home Department in this case from January 1894 to December 1898 the time the 9th Earl of Elgin served in that function. The extensive contents pp. i-iv refers always to the pages in the appendices pp. 1-6156 ! not present.During his time as Viceroy famine broke out in India in which Elgin reportedly admitted that up to 4.5 million people died. Other estimates have put the death toll at 11 million people. His administration in India was otherwise notable for the Afridi frontier uprisings of 1897-1898.With the label of the Home Department Juridical Branche on the front board and a second label with the shelfmark and stamps of the Ministry of Home Affairs on the title page and elsewhere including a Confidential stamp. Head of both boards damaged and damp-stained front hinge worn front endpapers loose slightly browned throughout.l Bence-Jones Mark. The Viceroys of India London 1982. Office of the Superintendent of Government printing, India, hardcover
1904rif. 9958London: Heinemann 1904. Second impression the same year as the first. 8vo pp. 301. Bookplate a good tight copy. The author was a disciple of Swami Vivekananda and brought to the study of Indian life and literature a sound knowledge of Western education and social science. Heinemann unknown
1904rif. 9958London: Heinemann 1904. Second impression the same year as the first. 8vo pp. 301. Bookplate a good tight copy. The author was a disciple of Swami Vivekananda and brought to the study of Indian life and literature a sound knowledge of Western education and social science. Heinemann unknown books
1897rif. 53180London: Methuen & Co. 1897. Tall 8vo. x 2 361 pp. Photo frontisp. 15 photo plates 1 large folding colour map. Blue pebbled cloth gilt lettering on spine very minor shelfwear rubbing slight bumping to couple corners VG copy. First edition of this excellent work compiled from information collected during the course of the Ethnographical Survey of the Provinces Agra and Oudh in northwest India. Methuen & Co., hardcover
1898rif. 49175London: James Bowden 1898. Tall 8vo. 159 1 pp. Photo frontisp. 13 photo plates 57 plates. Original khaki-coloured cloth illustration & brown lettering on front cover over beveled boards a.e.g. chipping wear soiling damage head & foot of spine bumping & wear to corners some minor soiling to endpapers still G- reference copy w/ Bookseller’s label on front pastedown for Queen City Book Co. Cincinnati OH and former ownership stamp. First edition of this scarce illustrated account of the relief of the British Garrison at Chakdara during the siege of Malakand by 10000 Pashtuns commanded by Saidullah. The British relief column was sent to assist General William Hope Meiklejohn and was accompanied by a young 2nd Lieutenant Winston Churchill who later published his Story of the Malakand Field Force. James Bowden, hardcover
1895rif. 52526New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1895. 12mo. 390 2 pp. plus 16 pp. publisher’s catalogue. Frontisp. 11 plates 3 maps 1 large double-page colour map. Blue pictorial publisher’s cloth cover art image of figure in tuban holding sword tiger on spine in red white & black white red & gilt lettering decoration minor darkening dustsoiling minor wear to couple corners slight bumping to couple corners still VG bright copy. First edition of this rousing tale of privateers shipwreck and rescue in India during the third and fourth Anglo-Mysore Wars in Indian 1790-1799. Henty has focused on the failings of Lord Cornwallis as he describes the battles in which Tipu Sultan invaded the state of Travancore with French allies which ended in his defeat at the siege of Serigapatam and the signing of the Treaty which required him to surrender half his kingdom to the British East India Company. The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War resulted in the death of Tipu Sultan when the British won a decisive victory at the Siege of Seringapatam in 1799. William Henry Margeston 1861-1940 was a noted English painter and illustrator primarily known for his striking portraits of women. Charles Scribner’s Sons, hardcover
1898rif. 48651London: S.W. Partridge 1898. 8vo. 320 pp. Frontisp. Contemporary full red calf prize binding raised bands on spine gilt decoration gilt dentelles gilt lettering on front cover gilt & green morocco spine label marbled fore-edges & endpapers minor edgewear rubbing to fore-edges very slight bumping to corners still a VG copy presented to H.I. Marriner as Prize for Latin Form I from The Old Ride School Branksome Park Bournemouth which was located in Martello Road between Branksome Park and Canford Cliffs. Second printing prize binding of this third volume in the Romance of Colonization series. S.W. Partridge, hardcover
1962rif. 9317With refence to Family Background Bombay: Allied Pub 1962. First edn. 8vo Pp. 242 adv. VG in dj. "Based on the case histories of 350 common prostitutes and 75 mistresses in Bombay City . primarily a study of the family background . Allied Pub unknown books
1842rif. M2ACVI942UQXLondon: Thomas McLean 1842. Contemporary half calf with cloth sides gold tooled title on front cover. Large folio 545 x 375 cm. With 6 hand coloured lithograph plates and a lithographed title. First and only edition of an ethnographic study of native Indian people by William Tayler 1808-1892 who was at that time Acting Salt Agent of the Central Division of Cuttack for the East India Company. He dedicated his work to "Lady William Bentinck" born Lady Mary Acheson 1809-1850 who was the wife of the Governor-General of India. The illustrations were drawn by Tayler himself who was an amateur artist and drew much of the Indian daily life that he encountered. He selected the present 6 drawings to be published and had them lithographed by J. Bouvier. The first 3 plates not only show the ways of Indian people but even more so the luxurious life of the English in India. The first plate The Young Civilian's Toilet shows a young man relaxing while being treated by several servants who are named Anglo-Indians. The room is strewn with objects of leisure. The next 2 plates The Young Ladies Toilet & The Breakfast show equal scenes. The other 3 plates are more ethnographic in nature showing native Indians in their everyday life: Women grinding at the mill; the Sunyasees Sannyasis & The village barber. Tayler later became a controversial figure for his excessively harsh oppression of Indian people when he was the commissioner of Patna.Spine and covers slightly worn pages a little frayed some foxing on the text pages. Dedication page broened. Plate 2 detached and inserted loosely. Plates in good condition.l Abbey Travel 465; Bobins I 272; H.K. Kaul Early Writings on India 454; Prasannajit De Silva Colonial Self-Fashioning in British India c. 1785-1845 2018 pp. 116-119. Thomas McLean, hardcover
1911rif. 4764Lahore Punjab: The Imperial Publishing Co. Khosla Bros. 1911. First edition. Folio 34 x 26cm 4 i iv 3 481 1pp. Presentation binding full black morocco over padded beveled edged boards stamped in gilt on covers and spine with lettering elaborate border and Imperial Crown g. e. Crown is hand painted in red blue and white. Gilt dentelles blue silk endpapers platinum photographs throughout printed red borders of different shades and black lettering on thick glossy paper. Letter of presentation from the publisher to The Hon'ble Sir Harvey Adamson K.C.S.I. M.A. L.L.D. Lieutenant-Governor of Burma printed in gilt on red silk and mounted to front free endpaper. Some rubbing to corners and spine ends some paint loss to the crown front endpaper lightly chipped along the lower edge with a few silk threads of the letter of presentation becoming unwound else clean internally. A large heavy volume in nearly fine condition. Printed as a memento of the historic Imperial Coronation Durbar at Delhi 1911 honoring King George V and Queen Mary as Emperor and Empress of India. In the presentation letter to Harvey Adamson the publishers lay out the intent of the volume which is "graced by Your Honor's portrait" as giving a "bird's-eye view of the present political condition of India" through "historical and biographical sketches of the various Ruling Chiefs and Princes of India.suitable memoirs of distinguished personages.and of men famous in Literature Science Art and other spheres of useful activity accompanied with their portraits as far as possible." The book is indeed lavishly produced and illustrated with roughly 600 biographical sketches most with photographs many of which are credited including several from Bourne and Shepherd of Calcutta the official photographers of the Durbar. The last of three Durbars the others in 1877 and 1903 the 1911 assembly was notable as only one attended by the King and Queen the first time a British monarch had visited India the crown jewel of empire. The event was held at Coronation Park in Delhi from December 7th-16th and was attended by the vast majority of ruling princes and noblemen making it the largest of its kind. Underneath the pomp and regalia however were the roots of resentment and stirrings of independence. The scandal of the Durbar came when the Gaekwar of Baroda Maharajah Sayajirao III briefly bowed only once instead of the required three times when approaching the emperor and then turned his back to walk to his seat instead of walking backwards. This and other happenings of the Durbar were captured on film most famously and in color by Charles Urban the British-American producer and film maker. "With Our King and Queen through India" became the first color cinematography to be viewed by the majority Western audiences. Sir Harvey Adamson served as Lieutenant Governor in Burma from 1910 when he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India until 1915. Of interesting note a steamship built for the British India Steam Navigation Company in 1914 and named after the General went missing at sea along with its 269 passengers in 1947. An immense trove of photographic evidence of a time and place being the crest of British Imperialism in India the book is institutionally scarce. Our research finds only a few copies of either volume held worldwide the book on offer with a tangible and important provenance. The Imperial Publishing Co. (Khosla Bros.) unknown
rif. 201416356S.l., Hermé , 1995 ; in-4, 239 pp., cartonnage d'éditeur. Très bon état avec jaquette.
rif. 17527Paris, Librairie de H. Fournier, 1835. 2 tomes en 1 vol. in-8, 434-[1] pp. + 417 pp. 1 pl., demi-basane maroquinée aubergine de Rivage, filet doré sur les plats, dos lisse orné de filets, arabesques et fleurons dorés, tranches marbrées (petites épidermures, rousseurs).
1837rif. ABC_46027London Calcutta etc.: various publishers 1837. Half calf with marbled sides and lettering in gold on spine or cloth with marbled sides and a spine label. 8vo. Some illustrated with plates and maps. 107 volumes many containing multiple articles. Handsomely bound extraordinary collection of important scientific journal articles by 19th and 20th century Western explorers of Afghanistan Central Asia China the Himalayas India including Assam Bengal Kashmir and Punjab Karakoram Pakistan including Sindh and Tibet with content covering anthropology archaeology exploration geography geology glaciology history language and grammar mountaineering and politics. At the time these were the far outskirts of the world for Western science where a lot was yet to be learned. Often the maps in these journals are the first modern maps of such regions and findings were the first to be scientifically published.Generally in very good condition.Please inquire for a full list of contents. various publishers, hardcover
