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1923ref. 85606Calcutta: Printed at the Photo-Litho. Office Survey of India 1923. Paperback. Very Good. 7 maps 1- 13-61p. Softcover in original wrapper. 34cm. Modest cover staining and wear. Printed at the Photo-Litho. Office, Survey of India paperback books
1932ref. 83057Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1932. Hardcover. Good. folding maps xxiv 752p. Original cloth-backed boards. 23 cm. Some fraying and splitting along joints. No Jacket. Government of India Central Publication Branch hardcover books
1854ref. 84658London: Wm. H. Allen & Co 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. index c 145p. plus 6p. advertisements. Rebound in a red 20th century quarterbinding red leather backstrip and red cloth. 17cm. Rear joint tender. Richard F. Burton shows up in the list as does John H. Speke. Wm. H. Allen & Co hardcover books
1868ref. 45516Colombo: printed for the Christian Vernacular Education Society 1868. 12mo pp. 30; engraved title page; original stiff blue pictorial wrappers; spined ends cracked else very good. Despite the title this small pamphlet covers not only the geography of the island of what is now the country of Sir Lanka but also the people commerce and government. Only the NYPL copy in OCLC which locates no other editions. printed for the Christian Vernacular Education Society unknown books
1967ref. 798171967. Paperback. Very Good. All issues in original wrappers. 24cm. paperback books
1957ref. 77076Delhi: Delhi School of Economics University of Delhi 1957. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 88p. Original wrapper with a dj. 25cm. Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi paperback books
1916ref. 49054Madras: Printed by the Superintendent Government Press 1916. Hardcover. 2 volumes. illustrations photos folding map in pocket section index ix 262 xv 246p. plus 64 leaves of plates. Original cloth. 24 cm. Some wear at extremities. One corner bumped. Ex library perforated stamps on title-leaves Bureau of American Ethnology. Vol. 1: Catalogue Raisonne; Vol. 2: Notes on Their Ages and Distribution. Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press hardcover books
1960ref. 74434Delhi: Ministry of Education 1960. Paperback. Good. photos index v 491p. Wrapper partially pasted down jacket over plain wrapper. 25cm. Jacket worn. Former owner's name. Ministry of Education paperback books
1922ref. 47648Calcutta: Printed at the Photo.-Litho. Office Survey of India 1922. Hardcover. Good. 6 48p. plus 8 leaves of maps partially colored; most folding. Original cloth-backed boards. 34 cm. Illegible institutional stamp on cover. Addenda and errata slips mounted on early page list of agents. Printed at the Photo.-Litho. Office, Survey of India hardcover books
1921ref. 47647Calcutta: Printed at the Photo.-Litho. Office Survey of India 1921. Hardcover. Good. 6 45p. plus 8 leaves of maps partially colored; most folding. Original cloth-backed boards. 34 cm. Cover wear. Presentation leaf laid in presenting this volume to the Secretary of the Physical Laboratory of the Royal College of Science in South Kensington. Printed at the Photo.-Litho. Office, Survey of India hardcover books
1968ref. 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
1945ref. 819981945. Varying sizes and formats the majority being 8cm x 5.5cm with some larger format images being no larger than 12cm x 8.5cm. The majority in Very Good condition or better with a couple of images having some abrasions to verso some marginal creasing and in one instance a triangle of loss to the border. A compact and informative group of images the majority with detailed verso captions from an American serviceman a long way from home. One of the most strategically important but now somewhat marginalized initiatives of the later stages of WW2 was the vitally important China-Burma-India resupply route. A phenomenal effort was made to ensure seamless movement of troops and materials in defiance of the ebb and flow of Japanese occupations and blockades throughout the theater of war between 1943 and 1945. Originally allied forces held control of what came to be called "Stilwell Road" running from Ledo through to Kunming in China via Burma this ground route proved subject to a number of issues not least of which was Japanese aggression so an initiative was developed to allow the air transport of vital resources between the rapidly constructed Dinjan airfield in Assam where our G.I. is stationed and the distribution points in China and Burma. This important piece of military and indeed civilian co-ordination was carried out by a number of units; initially the India Air Task Force the majority of which became the U.S. Tenth Air Force with additional allied units ranging from British RAF to the legendary China National Aviation Corporation CNAC. This collection includes an image of Captain Enos Claire Kirkpatrick of the CNAC captioned "One swell fellow" which is notable mainly for his participation in the gradual evolution of the CNAC into the Civil Air Transport and subsequently into the CIA backed Air America for whom Kirkpatrick flew support missions to Dien Bien Phu and a number of other conflict torn South East Asian destinations before his retirement in 1966. Very much a 'cowboy' operation during WW2 with a number of the CNAC pilots being ex- Flying Tigers it later became a more streamlined and well supplied arm of U.S. military intelligence. CNAC was also distinctive for being made up of U.S. and Chinese pilots and crew flying together performing 38000 missions between 1942-1945. A number of other units operated out of Assam during this period including the 443rd Troop Carrier Group the 44th Service group represented in this collection the 3rd Combat Cargo Group and the 1080th QM Quartermaster Company. Which unit our GI belonged to or was seconded to is unclear the situation at Dinjan seems to have been fairly fluid and informal with the risky and rather impetuous nature of running missions "Over The Hump" as the Himalaya crossing was referred to lending itself to some fairly esoteric variations on traditional military roles and conventions. An unofficial grouping of images with many of the photos seeming to have been sent to a sweetheart back home with brief explanations of the content. There are numerous depictions of things that would naturally fascinate a U.S. serviceman positioned in Northern India: the Nimtollah burning ghats temples the Calcutta racetrack street scenes in Assam and Calcutta snake charmers beggars small reminders of home like the Red Cross "Donut Bebe" who ran a truck offering donuts and coffee every other day on base the building of a company bar and rec room the eccentric 1st Lieutenant various Fakirs C-47 transport planes flying low over the river and the day-to-day of base life. Also present in the captions are some observations on Indian culture ranging from the complimentary to the mystified; our PFC clearly and unsurprisingly had no grasp of India's caste system and few reference points for the complex social structures through which he wandered looking for excitement and distraction. An additional point on this largely forgotten wartime effort is that it inadvertently assured U.S. domination of the post-war international airline industry with a large number of the decommissioned transports subsequently being sold off and refitted for civilian air use. unknown books
1970ref. 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
1790ref. 47670Paris: Didot 1790. 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. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Minor soiling. Very good. Untrimmed. unknown books
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2021ref. UHOLWIS00fpJove 2021. Fine. Holton India. The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. New York: Jove 2021. viii 324pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine. Jove paperback books
1926ref. D14301926. Very Good. Grey cloth over boards 9.75 x 7.5 with Photographs blindstamped on upper board; 23 grey heavy cardstock leaves 17 of which feature tipped-on black-and-white photographs 90 images in all most of them 3 x 4 though some are a bit larger or smaller with handwritten notations. Fine a careful and tidy collection of photographs all neatly tipped-on labeled and dated by hand. Images of Agra the Taj Mahal shrines palaces schools streets tombs Sikri Delhi Tughlagabad Lahore camel caravans Peshawar bazaars Khyber Pass Kashmir to list everything in this far-reaching journey would be a disservice to the reader. Comprised mostly of landscapes and images of the Indian people some elements of the personal do crop up here and there: Our author is featured in only one photograph he sits on horseback with traveling companions also on horseback and this 2 x 3 image is labeled Self / Lottery Henry / Tommy Alice / The Wallaby ostensibly identifying his friends and their horses; Henry will appear again tiny against a landscape labeled The End Pavillion Chasma Shahi Henry looking for bear. Where it is light on the candid it remains a diligent record every image is identified and all are crisp and clear studiously photographed. A pleasing and unique volume. hardcover books
1839ref. 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
1858ref. 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
1844ref. 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
1885ref. 66644Cairo Egypt 1885. Printed broadsheet faint old fold lines. 22 cm. 2 pp. The program includes 6 races and describes a list of conditions for entries. Also names the Judge: Maj. Gen. J. C. Dormer C. B.; the Starter: Maj. Gen. Davis C. B.; and the Clerk of the Scales: Lt. Col. Hitchcock. Offered with two additional broadsides: SUAKIN DIVISIONAL RACE MEETING. First Day Saturday 16th May.Second Day Monday 18th. 5 races each. Names of the President Vice President and Stewards given. 35 cm. Old fold lines some shallow splits at margin edges. And CAIRO WINTER RACES 1885.Friday 2nd January 1885. 6 races. 33 cm. Old fold lines some shallow chipping to margins not affecting text. A few ink notes adjusting times and the order of the races. All three pieces announce races entries handicaps and conditions for betting. The President listed in the Suakin piece is Lt. Gen. Sir Gerald Graham who was a recipient of the Victoria Cross. The Khedivial Sporting Club was founded in 1882 for the use of the British Military it was later remaned the Gezira Sporting Club. It is located on the island of Zamalek in Cairo. In 1952 the club was nationalized and became a public club albeit for the Egyptian elite. Under Nasser it was opened up to the Egyptian populace at large with a membership of 43000 stated in 2012. What began as a British Officers Club became Egypts premier sporting spot which grew to include golf and tennis among a number of other sports. For the three items. unknown books
1958ref. 3486Dehli and Calcutta: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting The Publications Division Government of India 1958. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE. Very good plus tan cloth boards with red title to front board and to spine. Minor bumping to corners and spine ends. In brilliantly illustrated dust jacket with chips at spine ends and right corner and closed tear to front hinge that has been repaired. Interior is clean and bright. 28 pages of plates many in color; maps notes 43 pages. A nice book. India. INDIA/2053. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, The Publications Division, Government of India hardcover books
1924ref. 426129Missouri Illinois Maine New Jersey Colorado Washington DC Kansas New York 1924. Unbound. Near Fine. A collection of 209 letters from 1914 through 1924 from a young man sailor writing home to his wife with some later correspondence. Near fine with small tears and some age toning most on the envelopes. The majority of the letters are written from Garnett Blair Martin to his wife India Faye Martin née Gentry with some written from India to Garnett while he was serving in the Navy during World War I. He was stationed in several different base camps and moved around frequently as the letters are from various places in the United States including Missouri Illinois Maine New Jersey Colorado Washington DC Kansas New York among others. A large portion of the letters are holiday and birthday cards along with a few postcards sent to Martin's daughter explaining he will be home soon. However most of the letters are written affectionately to Martin's wife and with her letters replying in kind. Some of the letters discuss Martin's experience at the army bases from packing and moving constantly to having physical ailments such as poor eyesight sores and cuts. He also critiques the living situations while at war "it's cold and cramped here I can't even smoke a cigarette without blowing it in someone's face." Most of the letters somehow find a way back to lovelorn acclamations to his wife about how "a sweet kiss from your dear lips could cure it soon." Accompanied by a few letters and postcards from friends. A collection of romantic correspondence from a wife and husband separated during the World War. unknown books
1956ref. 2222157First edition so stated. Octavo. Portrait; map. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped designed by Gilbert Etheredge. Very good. 511 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Housed in a custom red morocco and matching cloth slipcase and cloth wraparound. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1959ref. 8655First edition. 9" x 7". Very good. Crown Publishers, Inc. hardcover books
