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37727London: 1805-06. 13 vols. in one folio contemporary half calf upper joint cracked but holding rubbed morocco labels. 1. Copy of a Minute of Sir John Shore. late Governor General of Bengal; detailing the measures adopted in Oude which led to the deposition of Vizier Ally and placing on the throne the Nabob Saadut Ally. 18 other papers 4 71 1 pp. 2. Such Extracts of the Letter from the Governor-General in Council at Bengal. as relate to the Continuance of a Part of the Company's Troops in the Territories of the Nabob Vizier at Futtyghur;. 15 other papers 44 pp. Supplement 2. to No. 3. Rajars of Sasnee and Bidjeghur and of Cutchura and Titteah. 271-302 pp. 5. No.6. - Copy of all Communications to the Secret Committee or Court of Directors by the Governor General; respecting the Nabob Saadut Ally previous to or after the Conclusion of the Treaty of Lucknow in 1801;. with large folding map 41 1 pp. 6. Copy of a Treaty concluded between the Marquis Cornwallis then Governor General of India and the late Vizier Afoph ul Dowlah; in 1787. 7 other papers 19 1 pp. 7. Copies and Extracts of such Proceeding of the Governor General in Council as regard the Claims of Individuals on the late or present Nabob of Oude.29 1 pp. 8. Account of all the Sums of Money which have been paid by the East India Company into His Majesty's Exchequer. 8 other papers 49 1 pp. 9. A List of all Pensions payable by the East India Company:- and a Return of all Sums of Money granted by way of Gratuity. 13 1 pp. 10. Copies of Covenants entered into by the Servants of the East India Company; and the Orders issued to their Servants relative to Loans from the same to the Princes of India and Natives thereof. 20 pp. 11. Copies of Letters from Lord Cornwallis to the Court of Directors and Secret Committee dated 1st August 1805;. 2 other copies of letters 15 1 pp. 12. Return of the 1st Order of. the House of Commons of 18th April 1806 which requires "Copy of a Treaty between Affuf ul Dowlah and the late Nabob of Furruckabad and guaranteed by the Marquis Cornwallis in 1787." 15 other papers 30 pp. 13. Extracts of Letters &c. received from the Presidency of Bombay; relative to the Sum of Bombay Rupees 3125944. said to be Money lent to the Guicowar. 7 1 pp. 14. Copies of all Applications to the Court of Directors by any Claimants on the late or present Nabob of Oude with the Decision of the Court of Directors. 7 1 pp. [London: 1805-06 unknown
1828214811London.: John Murray Albemarle Street. First Edition. 1828. First Edition two volumes in 1: xvi 4 xvii-xlviii 632pp; full-page map coloured in outline 5 plates 21 wood engravings in text List of Subscribers etc. last blank; viii 516pp 5 plates 4 wood engravings in text contemporary calf boards scuffed sympathetically rebacked with the gilt monogram of the Church Missionary Society 27 x 20cm considerable foxing to plates & adjacent leaves with small waterstain to several plates in Volume I neat sealed tears to five leaves in the Appendix of Volume II otherwise clean with the label of the Church Missionary Society and of Kumars the Calcutta Booksellers to the front pastedown neat ownership inscription of W. R. Crocker to the front free endpaper a good copy. A seminal work describing India's geography and people with an interesting provenance. Sir Walter Russell Crocker KBE 1902 – 2002 was an Australian ambassador and he authored a well-received biography of Jawaharlal Nehru: "Nehru: A Contemporary's Estimate" 1966. He was ambassador or high commissioner to eleven countries including India twice Indonesia Canada Italy Belgium Nepal the Netherlands Ethiopia Kenya and Uganda. He headed the Department of International Relations at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies Australian National University 1949–1954 and was a Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia for more than nine years. . John Murray, Albemarle Street. hardcover
110971Lahore Allahabad Dehra and Kumbakonam various circa 1909-1922. . Single volume sammelband containing 5 publications 8vo 215 x 135mm; some early inscriptions and markings bound in contemporary green cloth spine worn with loss edges rubbed.<br /> This volume is a sammelband of 5 publications and essays comprising: <br />- S. S. Metha A Consideration of the Position of Women in Primitive Society from the Standpoint of Marriage n.p. c. 1915. <br />- The Proposed Proclamation Pillar and Minto Park at Allahabad The 'Leader' Press Allahabad 1910. <br />- Ram Sharan Ratuire Sharma The Twelfth Annual Report on Total Abstinance and appeal to those interested in the public welfare. Shri Swami Press Dehra Dun 1909. <br />- D. A. Narasimham Kalidasa and Shakespeare: A Parallell Kumbakonam n.d.<br />- Prof. Ruchi Ram Sahni The Present Situation or an appeal to my Modern Friends the Tribune Press Lahore 1922.<br /> Lahore, Allahabad, Dehra and Kumbakonam, [various], circa 1909-1922. hardcover
61484. Albumen print. Good rich print and in fine condition; Dimensions: 195 x 260mm. 7.5 x 10 inches.<br /> <br /> unknown
193555093Ranchi: Man in India" Office 1935. First Edition. With plates folding map. Pp. 4 iii-iv 320 1 xxxviii. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth. Minor rubbing at extremities else about fine. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf "To Prof Dr. Sir Arthur Keith . with the reverential regards of Sarat Ch. Roy 6-4-35. First Edition. With plates folding map. Pp. 4 iii-iv 320 1 xxxviii. 1 vols. 8vo. Abundantly illustrated work on the Hill Bhuiyas of the Orissa region of south central India. Uncommon. WIth an excellent presentation to British anatomist and physical anthropologist Sir Arthur Keith. Man in India" Office unknown
190775557N.p.: N.p. 1907-1912. This officer was on the rise apparently as he was constantly moved from camp to camp. The album contains 214 original silver gelatin photographs. When he started the officer was based in India and up until photograph 154 all of the pictures are of sights in India Ceylon Mauritius and Rangoon. Thankfully very few of these are family portraits as the officer seemed to delight in the local people and terrain. He is next situated in Pretoria at King's Hill Harrismith. He seemed to have a relaxing time there mainly lounging around the army camp and a very nice one at that Robert's Heights. It was founded around 1905 by the British Army and called Robert's Heights after Field Marshal Lord Roberts. There are numerous captains and generals named in the album but we could not discern the photographer's name but we do know he was a avid golfer. While in Ceylon he took photographs of many of the greens at that course. He did this again in South Africa. There are also numerous photographs of the whole brigade in formation and on exercises. Included but not bound in are eight large photographs 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches mainly of military formations. Also included are five medium sized 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches photographs and these are of a more domestic nature. Most of the photographs in the album are 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches and the vast majority of them are captioned. All housed in the original album of half red roan over red cloth. A few photographs loose from their stubs but hanging in there front joint split but the album still holding together. Really an essay could be written about this album but the cataloger ran out of time. N.p. hardcover
1976306083Washington D.C.: Embassy of India 1976. First edition. 222 pp. 4to. Original blue silk-covered boards dust jacket. Front hinge over-opened some minor edgewear to jacket. First edition. 222 pp. 4to. INSCRIBED by the author to then Secretary of State Cyrus Vance 1917-2002. Vance occupied the post 1977-1980 succeeding Henry Kissinger. He accompanied President Carter on his historic visit to India in January 1978 a few months before this inscription which culminated in the Delhi Declaration in which the two nations made a strong commitment to global diplomacy and human rights. The visit was crucial in restoring good relations with India following Nixon's tilt toward Pakistan in 1971. Kamath was Washington correspondent for the Times of India from 1969 to 1978. Embassy of India unknown
1924511351924. 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
63-2354London: ca. 1917. 20 x 10.1 cm. Oblong Ink on Laid Paper Autograph clipped from official printed document with embossed seal of the Order of the Bath. Good. [London: ca. 1917?]. unknown
48403067-nnew. unknown
1874B7111Hyderabad India: Residency Press. 1874-5. Bindings rubbed interior generally clean. Binding: 1874 vol in printed paper wraps backed in green cloth. 1875 in publisher’s limp printed paper boards rebacked in blue cloth. Notes: Ex-library ink stamps on titles.<br>Very good example. Rare volumes on India. <br><br>1874 volume with errata slip bound in.<br> Size: 8vo. 240 x 150 mm Volume: 2 volumes. Category: Book Asia Central India & Ceylon / Sri Lanka; Residency Press. paperback
63524c.1880. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition pasted on original mount. Dimensions: 230 x 120mm. 9 x 4.5 inches.<br /> Seated man with a talwar Indian curved sword in his left hand.<br /> [c.1880]. unknown
74013c.1875. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition pasted on original mount. Print size 18.5 x 23.5 cm<br /> <br /> [c.1875]. unknown
18979Dating from between 1890 and 1916. Longmans Green & Co. 39 Paternoster Row London EC. June 1893 to June 1916. Messrs. Macmillan & Co. 29 & 30 Bedford Street Covent Garden later St. Martin's Street London. April 1890 to June 1900. On forms printed in red and black totalling 1p. folio; 40pp. landscape 8vo; 6pp. of which four in landscape 12mo. The seven accounts from Messrs. Macmillan & Co. all relating to 'The Ring of Amasis' are on seven sheets landscape 8vo dating from between 1889 and 1900. The first sheet for the period April 1890 to 30 June 1890 breaks down the sales of the second printing of 2000 copies 128 presented; 628 Sold Royalty at 15% of selling price per copy; 260 America No royalty; 984 On hand 30th June 1890 giving a 'Balance to His Excellency the Earl of Lytton due in January 1891' of £16 9s 9d. The final sheet for the period 1 July 1899 to 30 June 1900 records three copies presented and one copy sold with 637 copies in stock giving a blance due to Lytton of 6d. The accounts from Longmans Green & Co. relate to British and American sales of Lytton's 'Poetical Works' 3 vols; 'Selected Poems'; 'The Wanderer'; 'Personal and Literary Letters'; 'Indian Administration'; 'Lucile'; 'Selected Poems'. The Longmans accounts are more complex and extensive giving detailed breakdowns including costings for paper printing binding and advertising. Following Lytton's death the accounts are made out for his widow the Dowager Countess of Lytton 1841-1936 whose autograph note 'With many thanks for the cheque Edith. Lytton.' is at the head of an account for 1 June 1912. The sums involved are also larger with £232 5s 2d due in the earliest account June 1893. Dating from between 1890 and 1916. Longmans, Green & Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London, EC. June 1893 to June 1916. Messrs. Macmil unknown
1932188518Calcutta: 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
184989449Agra: The Secundra Orphan Press 1849-51. First editions. Interesting collection of technical papers relating to the government of the North Western Provinces. Includes the description of a bridge built at Seoni by Major Boileau with plan; detailed plans for the cutting of a canal from the Sutlej at Tihara with excellent maps; an account of the "Oothaeegeeras" or Sunoreahs "professional thieves of Bundelcund" including a glossary of "Bolee" their argot; a important "Report upon the Tea Plantations in the North Western Provinces" by Robert Fortune noted botanist and plant collector for the HEIC; together with some revenue surveys of the region submitted by William Muir as secretary of the revenue board to John Thomason the lieutenant-governor. Attractive group of uncommon Indian imprints. Octavo 200 x 126 mm Twentieth-century blue cloth title gilt to the spine original upper wrappers bound in. pp. ii 66-108 3 folding lithographic maps with colour; pp. ii 213-250 folding lithographic map and 3 folding letter-press table; ii 251-286pp. folding letter-press table and tables to the text. Cloth clean and sound Patent Office Library ink-stamps to the wrappers maps and occasionally to the text light toning overall very good. hardcover
25637‘Athenaeum London / July 29th 1837’. See his entry and hers in the Oxford DNB. From the papers of Lady Theresa Lewis and written while she was married to her first husband the novelist Thomas Henry Lister 1800-1842. 2pp 12mo. In good condition lightly aged and folded once for postage. Begins: ‘Mr J Baillie Fraser begs to enclose a note for Mrs Lister received today thro’ Sir Gore Ouseley - he believes from the Interpreter of the Persian Princes & probably to announce their safe arrival at Baghdad - At all events Mr Fraser has the pleasure to state that this is really the case - they have arrived safe at Baghdad.’ He would have waited on her himself but he has been unwell and is now ‘forced to go this day to Scotland on the pleasant work of Electioneering’. He does not remember whether he told her when he saw her ‘that he intends probably bringing out a little Volume on the story of the Ruins in England & then going out to Constantinople’. The last paragraph refers to ‘the Three’ ‘Partridge’ and an ‘agreeable remembrance’. See Image of first page ‘Athenaeum [London] / July 29th 1837’. unknown
1874949F34Bombay: The Times of India Offive 1874 . First edition. Leather. Good Only. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated. The vanishingly scarce 1874 edition of the Times of India's illustrated calendar and directory to Bombay. A very scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and two further plates. Collated complete.A fascinating and informative alphabetically arranged guide to the businesses buildings statistics army and economy of Bombay and India at large in India in 1874 issued by the Times of India.Also included are army lists marine lists and civil lists. With a calendar of important events taking place throughout the year also present and tables of weights and measurements. With sixty-four pages of contemporary advertisements to the rear.With the stamp of the United Kingdom Law Society to the title page and one or two further leaves and with their name to the back strip tail.An impressively detailed reference work offering insight into life in Bombay in the 1870s. In a half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Major rubbing to calf of back strip and boards. Front board detached but present. Rear joint starting with board firmly held. Lacking front free endpaper. Frontispiece detached and loosely inserted. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned with the odd light handling mark. Library stamp to title page head and one or two further leaves. Good Only The Times of India Offive hardcover
1913017791London: Horace Cox 1913. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition First Printing. Pp. vii.282. Adverts. In original green boards tiger in black to front board titling in gilt to front board and spine. All plates 8 and sketch maps complete. The original owner has added some notes and photos throughout none of which affects text or plates. Rubbing to boards light dulling to pages. Scarce. Horace Cox Hardcover
1999x-0415117682Routledge 1999. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 303 pages. 9.75x6.75x0.75 inches. Routledge hardcover
191556328Bangalore: Office of the Director Southern Circle Survey of India P.B. No. 44 1915. 4to. 7.25 x 9.75 in. which holds a 32-panel linen backed colour-printed map which folds out into double atlas folio sized map sized 36.5 x 53 in. Mounted within Navy-blue linen portfolio printed label w/ manuscript annotations on front cover indicating the sheet number minor shelfwear slight rubbing still NF copy. First edition thus of this map of Bangalore prepared under the auspices of the Survey of India Office of the Director in the opening years of World War I. This remarkable topographical map featuring a scale of 1†to 1 mile is based on the surveys first launched by William Lambton in the 19th Century known as the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India led successively by Lambton George Everest Andrew Waugh and James Walker. These fulfilled the premise that geodetic survey was the only option for accurate maps of large areas and much of this work in the survey of India was based upon the base lines in Bangalore originally measured by Warren and the base lines of Kumta by De Penning. These original linen-backed survey maps of India from the early 20th Century have become quite scarce. No copies located in Worldcat; See; Rama Deb Roy The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in a Historical Perspective Pre-Census Population Studies Unit Indian Journal of History of Science 1986 Vol. 21 1 pp. 22-32. Office of the Director, Southern Circle, Survey of India, P.B. No. 44, unknown
189521117Edinburgh And London: William Blackwood and Sons. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Bookplate. Light marginal dampstaining. ; The story of a hunting adventurer in India. Including a large rear fold-out map in VG condition. Numerous illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; x 373 32 pages . William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
1929219671929. Women's Rights Original printing of the Sarda Act prohibiting child marriage in India 1929. Act No. XIX of 1929. An Act to Restrain the Solemnisation of Child Marriages. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1929. First edition. Scarce. A landmark legal intervention in the regulation of child marriage in British India this pamphlet prints the full text of the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929-commonly known as the Sarda Act-passed by the Indian Legislature and receiving the assent of the Governor General on October 1 1929. The Act criminalized the solemnization of marriages involving boys under 18 and girls under 14 later amended to 18 and 15 respectively and imposed penalties on adult men who contracted child marriages as well as on parents priests or other facilitators. Its provisions extended across all of British India including British Baluchistan and the Santhal Parganas and came into force on April 1 1930.<br /> <br /> The law was introduced at the urging of Indian social reformers particularly Har Bilas Sarda whose campaign aligned with women's rights advocates challenging patriarchal customs under colonial rule. The legislation explicitly defined a "minor" as anyone under 18 and imposed fines and jail terms for men over 21 who married girls below the legal threshold as well as for those who conducted or arranged such ceremonies. A radical attempt to legislate personal status and protect young girls from forced early marriage the Act is recognized as a foundational moment in Indian feminist legal history and a precedent for later reforms. This official government printing priced at "1 anna or 1½d" reflects the colonial administration's effort to disseminate the law widely across the provinces. Minor edge creasing. Overall very good condition. An artifact of pivotal reform in the legal history of South Asia and women's rights foundational for understanding the colonial and postcolonial trajectories of gender and childhood legislation. unknown
1912012281Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing India 1912. Book measures 24.5x16.cm. vi 246pp lxxixpp index interleaved with blank pages occasional illustratuion. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering. Cloth rubbed a short tear and abrasion mark on spine library label on top board. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally occasional library stamp cancellation stamp. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy. . Cloth. Near Very Good. 8vo. Superintendent Government Printing, India Hardcover
19298386Calcutta: Survey of India 1929. Detailed plan of Calcutta 73.5 x 64.5 cms black and white laid on linen as issued folding into printed stiff paper wraps. Old ownership signature J. Mackinnon November 1939. Map Survey of India paperback