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1910174841London. circa1910. Printed colour map on conjoined pages 22.3 x 33.7 railways submarine cables and heights above sea level marked faded but in very good condition. Map showing the ruling divisions by shading borders with Burma and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands also shown. . unknown
1943202248Survey of India. Third Edition. Third edition revised1943. Large folding colour map 85 x 60 cms; 101 x 75 cms sheet folding into stiff card wrappers 17 x 10.5 cms four inset maps worn with paper abrasions to the wrappers discoloured fold splits neatly repaired on reverse with washi and marginal discolouration small tidemark a little fished one spot affecting the legend at the head of the map neat ink annotations on back cover but overall in good condition. Wonderfully detailed town plan of Calcutta and Howrah showing district and municipal boundaries transportation parks & gardens water features buildings and built-up areas the three inset maps: Index to Districts Municipalities and Municipal Wards; Index to Bus Routes Calcutta and Howrah and to Dalhousie Square and Esplanade. . Survey of India. unknown
1940211089Bombay.: Joshi & Co. circa1940. Colour lithographic map 66 x 50 cms; 81.x 68.5 cms sheet two inset maps and on the verso a full sheet "Relief Map of India" original folds with fold splits archivally strengthened several city names have been neatly underlined “Agartala” inked in the margin overall in good condition. Scarce Bombay-published map of the pre-Partition Indian sub-continent with two small inset maps one showing roads around Karachi and the other Burma. Through Routes Other Main Roads and Motorable Roads Subject to Weather are marked. The "Relief Map of India" on the verso includes Railway Lines Canals Steamer Routes Rivers Air Routes Navigable Canals and Broadcasting Stations. . Joshi & Co. unknown
1960178269Circa1960. Folding colour tourist map of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh province two inset maps of India and a gude map of Sarnath legend and key select Ghats shown railways "western style" and "Indian style" hotels marked in very good condition. 42.9 x 33.1 cm. . unknown
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
192753798New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1927. 8vo. xi 3 239 1 pp. Colour-tinted frontisp. 7 colour-tinted plates. Orange cloth silver lettering front cover & spine very minor shelfwear very slight bumping to corners w/ d.j. vivid Art Deco cover art of stalking Tiger silhouette on front cover by Reynolds in black silver and orange slight chipping head of spine minor creasing edgewear still NF/VG- copy. First edition of this anthology of big game stories of the Indian jungle set on the North Eastern frontier near Bhutan. Casserly 1869-1947 joined the 22nd Bombay Infantry in 1892 served in China during the Boxer Rebellion and later with the 120th Rajputana Infantry with about 200 sepoys in a small fort in Cooch Behar. Frederick A. Stokes Co., hardcover
192062786Paris: Librairie Chapelot 1920. 4to. 222 pp. Colour frontisp. 80 photo plates woodcut-engrave vignettes decorated initials w/ Indo-Persian motifs. Original colour-illustrated front softcover bound-in as second frontisp. into recent half-blue goatskin over marbled boards brown & gilt spine label minor repairs to corners on end leaves minor dustoiling to first and last leaves still a VG copy. First edition of this original French ethnological travel account through India and present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan between the Wars. Chauvelot 1879-1937 was a French Colonial administrator ethnologist travel writer and novelist who made extensive trips through South Asia East Asia and Southeast Asia in the early 20th Century. This was first published in English translation the next year in 1921. Librairie Chapelot, paperback
195162170London: Museum Press Ltd. 1951. 8vo. 288 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Black publisher’s cloth silver lettering on spine slight shelfwear very slight rubbing minor foxing to fore-edges w/ d.j. cover art photo of author on palanquin atop an Indian elephant minor shelfwear slight rubbing still VG/VG copy inscribed by author on ffep. First edition inscribed of this informative memoir by the author detailing his service with artillery in British-India Colonial Army tiger hunting in India Iraq and on the borders with Afghanistan prior to World War II. Of additional interest is his section on the sparsely populated region of India Ladakh bordering Tibet. Museum Press, Ltd., hardcover
19011047Cuttack: Orissa Mission Press -- C. H. Harvey 1901. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. One of 500 copies. 7-1/8" x 4-1/4". 12 pp. White self-wrappers. Modest wear short tear to fold of outer bifolium. Text in Oriya. Orissa Mission Press -- C. H. Harvey paperback
1968173716Baroda.: Light Publications. 1968-1969. Set of four volumes. Broken run of weekly issues from March 9 1968 to July 12 1969 lacking a single issue. Bound in maroon cloth-covered boards. <br> <br>First volume contains March 9 1968 - June 29 1968 issues. Lacking 7 April 1968 issue. <br>Second volume contains July 6 1968 - October 26 1968 issues. <br>Third volume contains November 2 1968 - February 22 1969 issues. <br>Fourth volume contains March 1 1969 - July 12 1969 issues. <br> <br>All volumes: 28 x 23cm. Pages trimmed with no loss to text leaves evenly browned throughout endpapers little worn boards somewhat worn and marked overall in good condition. Broken run of Enlite news magazine issues for mid-1968 through to mid-1969. Includes a wide variety of commentaries and articles relating to current events of the time. Particular focus is given to their cover stories which detail the lives of certain individuals for that week's issue. Also included are a number of interesting advertisements for products ranging from glassware and antibiotics to family planning initiatives and circuit breaker panels. <br> <br>Notable and typical articles include Indian preparations for Expo 70 in Osaka concerns with Indian diplomats in West Germany for failing to highlight India's dominion over Jammu and Kashmir the foreign relations exploits of the Nixon administration in Asia Naxalite activities in Calcutta and the success of Canada's Liberal Party in enlarging their majority under Pierre Trudeau. . Light Publications. hardcover
199928032Mumbai:: India Book House Ltd 1999. First edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. The traditional flatwoven Indian dhurrie has long been overshadowed by the luxuriant Mughal pile carpets. Transcending social boundaries the dhurrie was used by commoner and royalty alike - at its simplest it was a multi-purpose textile used as floor covering bedding or packaging. At its most elaborate however woven with the finest fibres and enhanced with gold threads it graced the palaces of royalty. This pioneering work traces the dhurrie back into the mists of prehistoric India with beautifully reproduced photographs of extant examples through the centuries. It pays particular attention to the design and colouring of dhurries from classic stripes to ornate geometrical designs as well as pictorial dhurries. The many stages of dhurrie making are comprehensively covered - from the selection and dying of the yarn to the final processes of weaving washing and finishing. Richly illustrated in color. India Book House Ltd, hardcover
1970223132Government of India. Circa1970s. One booklet in stapled wrappers one large folding brochure and an envelope from the Indian Museum including six postcards with black and white photographic illustrations of which one inscribed by a prior owner. <br> <br>"India": Colour and black and white photographic illustrations 36pp. 21.8 x 20.3cm. Lacking map in envelope at rear a small closed tear near tail of first leaf. <br>"India Tourist Map" brochure: Colour and black and white maps 22.2 x 10.2cm. Several closed tears mended with acid free tape. <br> <br>Overall a little rubbed and browned still a good set. . Government of India. unknown
1970219241Circa1970. A collection of 7 items relating to tourism in India late 1960s-1970. 3 Air India folding brochures including advertisements for an "under 26 fly to London $360 from Perth" campaign and a "36 Day Study Tour" to India Ceylon Nepal and Hong Kong. Profusely illustrated "Festivals and Fairs" brochure a large folding brochure and introductory guide to India in stapled wrappers with a loosely inserted folding map published by the Department of Tourism for the "1967 International Tourist Year". A copy of The Overseas Hindustan Times April 25 1970. This collection offers insights into India's tourism industry and its government's efforts to promote inbound tourism in the late 1960s to early 1970s. . unknown
1920238521920. Photography. Very good condition. A wonderful large album of 127 post card size venacular photographs each captioned depicting the everyday life of people in the streets villages and country side; these are authentic images of real life in India at the time. Also includes images of Bombay and the Palace at Amber. The photographer is unidentified; probably an American couple on an Indian tour.<br /> <br /> The majority of the photographs concern life in India from people at work in a wide range of trades to women of different castes to wonderful marketplace scenes including children at play holy men wrestlers a carousel captioned "a Merry-Go-Round" and traveling artists.<br /> <br /> 40 images of rural India include: native houses village streets & centers a potter at work village shops village "bazarrs" sic showing all manner of sidewalk vendors and stalls village wells women walking to market with large baskets carried on their heads holy men sweet and bread sellers selling "pop" soft drinks from a cart burial of a distinguished person "a bride and her maids pay visits to relatives part of the 3 day wedding ceremony".<br /> <br /> 11 images titled "Women of India" show Hindu Jain and Mohammedan women women spinning women carrying goods stacked on their heads women with children and high caste women. <br /> <br /> 28 images of Indian men include an image title rather mysteriously "rural native police English Providence" porters young boys high diver gate keeper cook shoe mender snake charmer street musician clown traveler traveling artist traveling school teacher tobacco seller "by the puff" holy men of India "fakirs" wrestlers and a transvestite the image titled "an efeminate sic gentleman Indian man dressed in a sari.<br /> <br /> 21 images of the stunning Amber Palace and Fort in northwest India the oldest surviving palace in India built of red sandstone and white marble whose architecture shows a blend of Muslim and Hindu influences. Images include walls and grand entrances ceremonial elephants stunning interior views of the palace and its rich alabaster carvings and views of the surrounding landscape taken from the Palace walls. The Jas Mandir is also pictured; this is the most beautiful structure at Amber divided in three parts: the Hall of the Private Audience on the ground floor the Glass Palace and the Hall of Glory on the upper floor.<br /> <br /> 15 images of Bombay with : a native policeman 2 colonial police officials the harbor Bombay city streets including shots of a large double decker tram the "red light" district Hindu Caves at Garapuri and Elephanta Island interiors of the carved caves and vultures "who devour the Parsi's dead in the Towers of silence".<br /> <br /> 12 images titled "Travel in India" include an elephant with howdah for carrying passengers ox drawn carts horse drawn carts and carriages railway carriages including one with a train door marked "Servants" a train station and a colonial postal box.<br /> <br /> A large photograph album 15 x 11 1/2". Black stiff cloth covers cord bound. Hand lettered "No. 5" at upper left corner front cover. Images measure 5 1/2 x 3 1/2" laid down 3 or 4 per page with captions hand lettered in white. The first 2 leaves detached loosely inserted. The photographs in fine condition.<br /> <br /> An album of evocative images of the life experienced by Indians living in colonial India. Images probably taken by an American traveller as soda is referred to as "pop" harbor is spelled without the "u" and the album itself is made in the USA. unknown
1930250591930. Very good condition. Three magnificent large b&w photographic portraits of Indian elephants painted and lavishly dressed for a festival. The elephants have painted faces & trunks and are dressed in rich saddle cloths laden with priceless embroidery.<br /> <br /> Images include a close up view of the head of one elephant with jewels on his tusks and the mahout in white turban on his back; a single elephant full length flanked by attendants exiting the court yard of a stately residence; and two decorated elephants standing side by side on a road presumably at the head of a procession with mahouts on their back and flanked by attendants.<br /> <br /> Each image captioned "India" in period ink at the lower left outside the border of the print. <br /> <br /> The photographs are printed on beautiful thick photographic paper. The images 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 paper 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 unknown
1987118096Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1987 1988 1987 1998 and 2000 all first editions. Octavo five volumes; cloth; personal bookplate in each volume; text paper in the first three volumes a little tanned; an excellent group with the excellent dustwrappers the first three spines are lightly sunned and there are a few trifling signs of use elsewhere. The first volume has an inscription from the author on the half-title. Titles and authors of the individual volumes are as follows. <p>Volume I Number 1: The Portuguese in India by Michael Naylor PEARSON. <p>Volume II Number 1: Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire by C.A. BAYLY. <p>Volume II Number 2: Bengal. The British Bridgehead. Eastern India 1740-1828 by P.J. MARSHALL. <p>Volume II Number 5: European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-Colonial India by Om PRAKASH. <p>Volume III Number 5: Science Technology and Medicine in Colonial India by David ARNOLD. 5 items. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1926D14301926. 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. <br/><br/>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
197027845India 1970. Very good condition. A silvertone b&w photograph of a manually turned wooden ferris wheel with riders and observers in India. 9 3/4 x 12" unknown
190621207831906. Gale & Polden Ltd. London Offices and Warehouse Aldershot Stores Bombay. 1906. Royal 8vo. Colour-printed card wrappers; pp. xiv 31 four colour illustrations after paintings on 2 leaves of plates highly illustrated after photographs in the text; spotting to wrappers inside of lower wrapper with small abrasure internally very good.This extremely rare publication by the military printers and publisher Gale and Polden in Aldershot opens with the detailed schedule of the Royal visit from their landing in Chennai on the 24th of January until their departure from Hyderabad on the 10th of February and a visit to Ellora Caves on Friday the 16th. This publication covers only a small part of the Royal tour which in total lasted from November 1905 to March 1906 and we assume this sovenir was published for the members of tf the Army and Navy who where engaged in safeguarding and as entourage. The bulk of this souvenir describes life work and pastimes in Army and Navy.We were not able to trace any copy institutionally or commercially nor is this publication referred to in any text known to the internet. unknown
1912250141912. Very good condition. Two large silver tone photographs of India's first steel plant. Founded in 1907 by Jamsetji Tata and producing steel by 1912 the company became the largest steel plant in the British Empire. It was set up in only 3 years with construction plans drawn up by American and Belgian engineers. The plant rapidly produced steel critical for use in W.W.I: 1500 miles of rail and 300000 tons of steel material for military campaigns in Mesopotamia Egypt Salonica and East Africa.<br /> <br /> Both images are company pictures; the first depicts most of the work force standing on risers in front of the plant's massive chimneys with Indian workers standing and 5 British directors in white pith helmets seated in the foreground. A small bill board erected in the group reads "Blooming & Railings Bar Mill.<br /> <br /> The second is a larger company image showing more personnel with the British managers standing in the center foreground and a few workers standing rather precariously on a hoist overlooking the crowd in the background.<br /> <br /> 11 1/2 x 9"; 11 1/4 x 9 1/4 unknown
192923951Delhi. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1929-1939. Ephemera. 4 items. 1: Viceregal Lodge Delhi. Dinner Plan Friday 1st November 1929. 3 1 blank pages. Page dimensions: 133 x 103mm. Gilt lettering and crown on front cover. 2: Viceregal Investiture Delhi February 23rd 1939. 18 pages. Printed wrappers. Page dimensions: 203 x 149mm. 3: "The Viceroy's House New Delhi 3.30 p. m. Tuesday 21st March 1939." Dinner Plan includes list of guests. 4 pages. Page dimensions: 198 x 126mm. Gilt crown on front cover. 4: "Luncheon Plan. Wednesday 22nd March 1939." Broadsheet. Page dimensions: 257 x 205mm. . unknown
197080685Delhi: 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
19114764Lahore 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. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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
199685780Washington / New York: Freer Gallery / Oxford University Press 1996. First Thus. First printing of the Thackston translation. Quarto. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 472pp; illus. Tight clean and unmarked; about Fine. In the original dustwrapper mildly rubbed on rear panel still Very Good or better. An attractive copy. From the library of noted poet and translator Nathaniel Tarn with his printed bookplate to half-title. Authoritative translation annotated and with a foreword by Wheeler Thackston. Freer Gallery / Oxford University Press unknown
197718296Geneva: Nagel Publishers. 1977. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. DJ with light wear to top spine. Small pen mark on half title page; 55 plans in black and white 8 maps and plans in colours; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 832 pages . 2826300237 . Nagel Publishers hardcover
