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1933ABC_45905Cambridge Mumbai New Delhi: Scott & Wilkinson Clifton & Co Hamilton Studios and Kinsey Bros. 1933. Oblong half morocco photograph album by W. Johnson & sons London. With 105 photographs mounted in the album ranging from 16 x 28 cm to 4 x 6 cm 2 photographs loosely inserted and a watercolour mounted at the back 11.5 x 21 cm. Unique photograph album showcasing the vigorous "fox" hunting scene in British India in the early 1930s particularly around Delhi. Most of the photographs show members of the British upper class in India often mounted on horses or posing for a group photograph and accompanied by hounds. The album contains no titles captions or inscriptions and the photographs do not seem to figure recurring individuals which suggests that it was probably compiled to commemorate the hunting and or riding club and its activities in the early 1930s. Numerous photographs show groups of mostly men posing with hounds at lunches and possibly a hunt ball or mounted on horses at jumping events and even a few cup trophies. The very first photograph is by Scott & Wilkinson in Cambridge active before 1933 and was therefore probably taken in England. The other inscribed photographs are by Clifton & Co. and Hamilton Studios from Bombay and Kinsey Bros. which started in New Delhi in 1935.British life in India mirrored life in native Britain and included popular equestrian activities such as hunting. Starting in the second half of the 19th century foxhounds were imported from Britain and subsequently bred in India. Regiments and brigades kept their own packs but at the beginning of the 20th century these had morphed into local hunts. Hounds were kept at over 12 hunting clubs which included Delhi Meerut Narbuda Vale Jaora Poona Bombay Bangalore Ooty Madras Lahore Quetta Peshawar and Karachi. Although the Indian silver fox was sometimes hunted the most common prey was the golden jackal.A different type of hunting popular in India was pig sticking: the chase of a wild boar on horseback with the spear. Several photographs in the album show pig sticking parties either posing or in action and sometimes accompanied by spectators on elephants. In contrast to the jackal-hunt parties the pigstick groups are composed of more military looking men and also include Indian men as opposed to the British-only hound groups.Most photographs show the area around Delhi and include a hunt near Shah Alam's Tomb. A photograph of this event is loosely inserted in the album and dated 1933/34 on the back. Other photographs show the Rashtrapati Bhavan one group shows the Earl later Marquess of Willingdon India's Governor-General from 1931 to 1936. Two images show the monumental Gateway of India completed in 1924 in Bombay Mumbai which can also be seen in an aerial photograph. Several photographs show what is probably the airfield at Karachi as it shows two airplanes loading mail on apparently the first voyage of the Indian Transcontinental Airways. Imperial Airways liner "Hanno" departing from Croydon had left for Karachi on 1 July 1933 via Bahrain and Sharjah. In Karachi the cargo was transferred to the Transcontinental airliner "Arethusa" as can be seen on the photographs.It is unclear why only half of the album was used. It is possible the compiler transferred to Kut in British Mesopotamia Kut al-Imara in modern Iraq. A watercolour on the final page of the album is captioned "A river bank north of Kut".Binding slightly rubbed and worn at the edges. Album leaves foxed throughout but most of the photographs in very good condition. The paper of the large photograph of the group near Shah Alam's Tomb is heavily damaged at the top and left side but the image itself is undamaged. A unique collection of British-Indian hunting photographs in very good condition.l Cf. Hamid "Riding with the Peshawar Vale hunt" thefridaytimes.com; Hunt "Delhi" in: Ten cities that made an empire; "1933 Eastwards: Karachi to Calcutta" indianairmails.com; Lucas Hunt and working terriers pp. 116-120; Mitter et al. The artful pose. Scott & Wilkinson, Clifton & Co, Hamilton Studios and Kinsey Bros., unknown
1915231261915. Very good condition. A photograph album memorializing two trips made by an English woman Mrs. K. Haig throughout Europe then to India to visit her son Major W. de W. Haig a British officer and his wife. It concludes with "Pictures taken during the War at 'Louviciennes'" including an image of the Chateau des Voisins now the BNP Paribas campus. <br /> <br /> The first half of the album begins in 1909 with the departure of the ship "Yale" based in Bath with an American flag to the European continent. Another ship listed is possibly the "Bleucher". Places visited include Berlin Potsdam Sans Souci Dresden the Royal Gardens at Nieder-Siedlitz Munich Lucerne Pilatus Berne Murren Zermatt Geneva Lyons Avignon Arles Nimes Montpelier Tours Chenenceaux Chateau de Lude Aise le Rideau Villandry Fontainebleau St. Cloud Chantilly & Versailles. <br /> <br /> The second half of the album is entitled " 'India' From Pictures By Major W. de W. Haig". These include Kashmir Naini Tal Muktesar Srinagar Dehra Dun and the Khyber Pass. Major Haig took some lovely and at times atmospheric images of the people of India including a papier mache worker women grinding corn men sewing with a sewing machine on the curbside; candy shop in the bazaar Mrs. K. Haig "travelling in a 'Dandy' on men's heads" on the way to Muktesar wood gatherers a pair of men using a long bowed saw Indians in small boats at the shore of a lake surrounded by mountains. There are also extensive images of their bungalow at Lucknow and "Beaucaire" the home of Major and Mrs. Haig 31 Rajpur Rd Dehra Dun. looking very grand residences!. The sign at the Khyber Pass taken with their automobile states "It is absolutely forbidden to cross this border into Afghan Territory."<br /> <br /> The last 4 pages are photographs taken at Louviciennes outside of Paris the first a group of 8 with 5 identified as Mons. Fournier Major Haig and his wife Mdme & Mons. Gelis-Didot. Gelis-Didot may be Pierre Gelis-Didot author of "Hotels et Maisons de Paris/ Facadea et Details" published in 1893. He was celebrated for his architectural drawings. There is a picture of the "Chateau des Voisins" now the BNP Paribas campus. and then a series of images of tea at the Fornier's where the visitors pose with a massive bomb shell presumably to emphasize the fire power of the French. They appear content with little recognition of the pain and suffering soon to be rained down on them all. <br /> <br /> Albumen and silver gelatin prints 112 images of Europe generally 3 3/4" square and 4 1/2 x 3 1/2". 54 images of India varying from 4 5/8 x 3 1/2" to 6 x 8 5/8" with most 4 1/2 x 6". 14 images of Louviciennes 11 quite small 2 x 2 1/2" the 1/4 x 3 1/2". Captioned below and sometimes within the margin of images. Album 8 1/4 x 10 1/4" black original cloth gilt "Photographs" on the front board spine slightly faded. 50 leaves photographs on both sides of the pages. unknown
1853911681853. House of Commons London. 1853. Tall sl. narrow hardback bound in plain dark moss green cloth. xviii 275 pages; vi 141 pages. hardcover
141965131Washington. D.C.: U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office. 1st Editions. 1914 1930 & 1948. Six charts 5 coloured folded as issued one sheet with a few light foxing spots a little minor creasing some annotations on reverse generally very good condition. Much interesting detail and many inset maps. The charts mark soundings in fathoms or feet and various natural and man-made features of the coastal areas covered. The charts in this collection are: <br> <br>India West Coast. <br> <br>Approach and Entrance to Shastri or Sangameshwar River. 53.5 x 70.5cm. First edition. 1914. <br> <br>India West Coast. Bankot and Entrance to Savitri River. 54.5 x 70cm. Second edition. April 1930. Margin lower edge a little browned not affecting the chart. <br> <br>India East Coast. <br> <br>Gopalpur to False Point. With insets of Gopalpur and Puri. 76.5 x 107cm. First edition. June 1948. <br> <br>Ramaputnam to Narasapur Point. Inset of Masulipatam Roads. 76.5 x 107cm. First edition. June 1948. <br> <br>Narasapur Point to Bimlipatam. Inset of Cocanada Bay. 77 x 108cm. First edition. April 1948. A little foxed along fold. <br> <br>Bimlipatam to Gopalpur. Insets of Baruva Anchorage Pundi River Entrance and Bimlipatam Anchorage. First edition. June 1948. . U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office. unknown
1939AQ23672New Delhi: Printed by the Manager Government of India Press 1939. 2 viii 370pp. Original publisher's black cloth-backed printed paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. An uncommon revision of the register of provincial rulers of Indian States. The entries for each of the states or estates record the name title and caste of the current ruler - alongside their date of birth and succession - the area that the state or estate covers in square miles the population according to the 1931 census average revenue and expenditure and numbers of military and police forces; for example Manipur Assam is governed by His Highness Maharaja Sir Chura Chand Singh covers an area of 8638 has a population of 445606 an annual revenue of Rs. 871000 expenditure of Rs. 781000 and a police force comprised of 233 military and 55 civil personnel. OCLC records copies at just six locations Berlin BL California MPIFA Pennsylvania and Toronto; COPAC adds no further. . 8vo. Printed by the Manager, Government of India Press hardcover
1902142564New York: Underwood & Underwood Publishers 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. New York Underwood & Underwood Publishers 'Copyright 1902' to 'Copyright 1907' a date within this range is printed on the recto of each item with the majority 1902 and 1903. Each pair of sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs is mounted on the publisher's dark grey card with an English-language caption underneath the photograph; an abridged version is repeated in six languages on the verso of all but 16 cards which are blank. The size of the arch-topped prints is approximately 80 × 78 mm; the card size is 88 × 178 mm. The condition of all photographs is uniformly fine; four cards have a crease down the centre but the rest are in fine condition. The set comes with the publisher's cloth-covered double bookform box lettered 'India Underwood and Underwood' on both spines cloth a little rubbed and lightly worn at the extremities. The cards are numbered 1-100 on the recto; many also have a four-digit number as well. In addition to the brief captions in six languages on the verso 81 cards also have lengthy captions in English on the verso 79 are printed down the length of the card when it is in portrait format; the other two are printed across the card when it is in landscape format. 100 items. Underwood & Underwood, Publishers hardcover
1891173786London.: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1891. Large folding map 64.7 x 71.7cm map size 67.5 x 100cm sheet size with railway gauges highlighted in original colour three small tears without loss along the folds and two longer fold tears strengthened on the verso without loss the left margin of the sheet chipped with some overall toning but a striking map in good condition. Impressive large map from the exhaustive Survey of India with the burgeoning railway network highlighted in attractive detail. A lengthy gazetteer listing "Principal centres of traffic showing goods and passenger traffic separately and combined" is printed either side of the map. . [Her Majesty's Stationery Office]. unknown
7242Early nineteenth century Certainly written prior to the incorporation of the East India Company's forces into the British Army in 1858. On one side of a piece of laid paper dimensions roughly 38 x 27.5 cm with the watermark of Jean Villedary. On aged and lightly spotted paper with a little wear to the creases and extremities. Neatly written. Complete and entirely legible. Docketed on reverse 'Establishment of the Army's Pay in the East-Indias'. Beneath this in light pencil 'Kept as very curious to look at'. Can be dated from the fact that officers in the British Army unlike those in the East India Company did not receive batta. Divided into six columns: 'Rank'; 'Pay pr Month of 31 Days in Sonant Rupees'; 'Field Batta pr. Month in Sonnant Rupees'; 'Additional Allowance pr. Mo. in Arcot Rupees'; Total pr. Month in Sterling'; 'Total per Annum in Sterling'. Gives figures for 43 ranks from Colonel to Town Adjutant. The ranks are divided into seven classes: 'Staff in Garrison'; 'Staff Composed from Garrison'; 'Staff'; 'Cavalry'; 'Artillery'; 'Sepoy Offrs.' and 'Infantry'. Seven-line note beneath table beginning 'N.B. Besides the above allowances each Captain has the Clothing of his own Company which produces Communibus Annis £200 more'. Early nineteenth century? [Certainly written prior to the incorporation of the East India Company's forces into the British Army hardcover
24668All fourteen items printed for the House of Commons in London in 1886: items 9 12 and 14 by Eyre and Spottiswoode the rest by Henry Hansard and Son. The present collection reflects the state of Kipling’s India during the high summer of the Raj. At the end of 1884 Lord Dufferin replaced the Earl of Ripon as Viceroy and apart from a period of seven months between June of 1885 and January of 1886 when Lord Salisbury and the Conservatives were in power following the death of General Gordon and Lord Randolph Churchill was Secretary of State Gladstone and the Liberals were in power. All the items in the present collection are scarce: disregarding electronic reproduction the only copies on JISC LHD appear to be held by the deposit libraries and UCL. Each item was printed separately and it would appear from similar cases that the title and contents leaves were specially produced for this collection and a few others such as that of the Bodleian. Fourteen discrete items as evidenced by different gradations of fading in a sturdy rebinding in buff-coloured buckram with reinforced hinges and the original plum leather labels gilt laid down on the spine: ‘ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS / 12’ and ‘VOL 49’. A total number of 782 folio pages according to a nineteenth-century manuscript pagination. Binding and contents in good condition although the paper of the items is discoloured and somewhat brittle with a few closed tears here and there. Two leaves have been specially printed for the collection: one with the title and another with two pages of contents. The title reads: ‘Accounts and papers: thirty-nine volumes. / - 12. - / East India. / Session 1. - 12 January 1886 -- 25 June 1886. / Session 2. -- 5 August 1886 - 25 September 1886. / Vol. XLIX. / 1886.’ In manuscript on reverse of title: ‘This Book is to be preserved in the Libraries of the Home Office 1886’. ‘WITHDRAWN’ stamp at foot of same page. All but items 3 10 and 12 have details printed in characteristic fashion at right angles on the reverse of the final leaf. The contents arranges the items under the following headings: Accounts 1; Home Accounts 2 Financial Statement 1886-87 3 Income Tax Act 4 Loans raised in England 5 and 6 Loans raised in India 7 and 8 Railways 9 East India Progress and Condition 10 Revenue and Expenditure 11 Silver Question Great Britain and India 12 Transfer of Government to Simla 13 Statement of Trade 14. The fourteen items are: ONE: ‘Accounts’ Statement showing the principal Figures in the East India Accounts for 1883-84 and 1884-85 and Estimates for 1885-86 and 1886-87 with Explanations. / India Office 11 June 1886. / J. A. Godley / Under Secretary of State for India.’ By ‘Mr. Stafford Howard’. Printed 16 June 1886. 17 1 pp. TWO: ‘‘Home Accounts’ Home Accounts of the Government of India. / list of twelve items / India Office 11 May 1886. / J. A. Godley Under Secretary of State for India.’ Printed 14 May 1886. 57 1 pp. THREE: ‘‘Financial Statement 1886-87’ Indian Financial Statement for 1886-87. / India Office 28 May 1886. / J. A. Godley Under Secretary of State for India.’ By ‘Lord George Hamilton’. Printed 31 May 1886.’ 101 pp. FOUR: ‘‘Income Tax Act’ Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons dated 31 May 1886; - for / “Extracts of the Proceedings of the Council of the Governor General of India assembled for the purpose of making Laws and Regulations regarding the Act No. 2 of 1886 for imposing a Tax on Income derived from other sources than Agriculture.†/ India Office 3 June 1886. / J. A. Godley Under Secretary of State for India.’ By ‘Lord George Hamilton’. Printed 4 June 1886. 85 1 pp. FIVE: ‘‘Loans raised in England’ Return of all Loans raised in England under the Provisions of any Acts of Parliament chargeable on the Revenues of India outstanding at the commencement of the Half-year ended on 30th September 1885; with the Rates of Interest and Total Amount payable thereon and the Date of Termination of each Loan; the Debt incurred during the Half-year; the Moneys raised thereby during the Half-year; the Loans paid off or discharged during the Half-year; and the Loans outstanding at the close of the Half-year; &c. / India Office 21 January 1886. / J. A. Godley Under Secretary of State.’ Printed 22 February 1886. 3 1 pp. SIX: ‘‘Loans Raised in England’ Similar Return of all Loans raised in England chargeable on the Revenues of India outstanding at the commencement of the Half-year ended on 31st March 1886; &c. / India Office 6 April 1886. / J. A. Godley Under Secretary of State.’ Printed 8 April 1886. 3 1 pp. SEVEN: ‘‘Loans Raised in India’ Return of all Loans raised in India chargeable on the Revenues of India outstanding at the commencement of the Half-year ended on 30th September 1885 with the Rates of Interest and Total Amount payable thereon and Date of the Termination of each Loan; Debt incurred during the Half-year; Moneys raised thereby during the Half-year; the Loans paid off or discharged during the Half-year; and the Loans outstanding at the Close of the Half-year. / India Office 18 February 1886. / J. A. Godley Under Secretary of State.’ Printed 24 February 1886. 3 1 pp. EIGHT: ‘‘Loans Raised in India’ Similar Return of all Loans raised in India chargeable on the Revenues of India outstanding at the commencement of the Half-year ended on the 31st March 1886; &c.’ 3 1 pp. NINE: ‘‘Railways’ Administration Report on the Railways in India for 1885-86 by Colonel F. S. Stanton R.E. Director General of Railways. / Part I.’ Printed 1886. 109 1 pp. TEN: ‘‘East India Progress and Condition’ Statement exhibiting the Moral and Material Progress and Condition of India during the Year 1884-85. / Twenty-first Number.’ Printed 21 June 1886. 90 pp. ELEVEN: ‘‘Revenue and Expenditure’ Estimate of Revenue and Expenditure of the Government of India / For the Year 1885-86 compared with the Results of 1884-85. / India Office 11 June 1886. / E. Stafford Howard Under Secretary of State.’ Printed 16 June 1886. 15 1 pp. TWELVE: ‘‘Silver Question Great Britain and India’ Correspondence between the British and Indian Government respecting the Silver Question.’ Printed 1886. 32 pp. THIRTEEN: ‘‘Transfer of Government to Simla’ Return showing the Annual Dates since the Transfer of the Government of India to the Crown in 1858 of the Migration of the Government of India at Calcutta to Simla and the Dates of its return to Calcutta and so far as possible the extra Annual Cost upon the Taxpayers of India in consequence of this Annual Migration of Government. / India Office 15 June 1885. / J. K. Cross / Under Secretary of State for India.’ By ‘Sir John Gorst’. Printed 26 August 1886. 14 1 pp. FOURTEEN: ‘‘Statement of Trade’ Statement of the Trade of British India with British Possessions and Foreign Countries for the Five Years 1880-81 to 1884-85.’ Printed 1886. 163 1 pp. All fourteen items printed for the House of Commons in London in 1886: items 9, 12 and 14 by Eyre and Spottiswoode, the rest by hardcover
15729'Transcript of speech delivered by Mr Cushrow Irani at the FIEJ Congress in Tokyo - 16th May 1985.'. 9pp. folio. With compliments slip 'With Compliments from C. R. Irani'. No other copy traced either on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat. 'Transcript of speech delivered by Mr Cushrow Irani at the FIEJ Congress in Tokyo - 16th May 1985.' unknown
178015<p>First Rare edition in Italian of William Bolts Historical political and cultural treatise on Bengal</p><p>Bolts William. <em>Stato civile politico e commerciante del Regno di Bengala ovvero Storia delle conquiste e dell'amministrazione della compagnia inglese in quelle contrade</em> <em>che vengono a formare i tomi 19. e 20. in seguito della Storia filosofica e politica dell'abate Rainal. </em><em>Tomo primo -secondo.</em> sl se 1780.</p><p>8vo 180 x 120 mm modern quarter calf binding boards enriched by handcoloured paper vol 1: pp. 2 199 1 signature pigreco1 A-L8 M12. M12v blank vol 2: pp. 2 208 2 signature π¹ A-N⸠χ¹; at the end folded map "<em>Carta di Bengala . formata secondo il piano preso su i luoghi da W. Bolts</em>" signed "<em>Bart.o Nerici sc. Lucae</em>"</p><p>Big folded Map of Bengal</p><p>Rare First Edition in Italian of William Bolts most important work on denunciation of the activities of the East India Company in the Indian region of Bengal published for the First Time in 1772 under the title "<em>Considerations on India Affairs</em>" and formed by two volumes.</p><p>Vol 1 is dedicated to an excursus on history and costumes of Bengal while in the second he attacked the administration of the East India Company in Bengal; and in particular he complained of the arbitrary power exercised by the authorities and of his own deportation. The observations and experiences he records still offer a unique resource for scholars inquiring into the nature of Company rule in Bengal.</p><p>William Bolts 1738–1808 was a Dutch-born British merchant active in India. He began his career as an employee of the East India Company and subsequently became an independent merchant. He is best known today for his 1772 book <em>Considerations on India Affairs</em> translated in French in 1775 and in Italian in 1780 which detailed the administration of the East India Company in Bengal which began shortly after their victory at Plassey in 1757. Throughout his life Bolts continued to propose and execute various trading ventures on his own behalf and in conjunction with various commercial and governmental partners. The ventures of individual traders like Bolts did much to spur governments and large corporations into the expansion of their own interests.</p><p>Condition: Very good copy printed on strong paper.</p><p>Provenance: I. Ownership stamp "<em>Colonnello Oro Vincenzo S- Angelo Le Fratte Anno 1923</em>" at title page last page of each volume and on <em>verso</em> of map</p>
1942198066India: U.S. Army Forces in China Berma India 1942. Paperback. Good Heavily worn leather folder; many pages are annotated with practice Chinese characters or this book may have been used by a Chinese person to learn English; scattered toning and stains throughout; binding is solid. Brown leather binding with debossed lettering; 4 t.o.; folded map in pocket ifc; approximately 110 pp.; map; illustrations. An interesting wartime guide book issued by U.S. Armed Forces India a guide to the study of Chinese culture and language used by American forces stationed in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II. Sections provide English-to-Chinese translations on important military medical artillery and everyday terms. A notable section at the end even explains features to look for when trying to identify Japanese aircraft. Bound in a heavily worn leather folder many pages are annotated with practice Chinese characters or this book may have been used by a Chinese person to learn English. Scattered toning and stains throughout. [U.S. Army Forces in China, Berma, India] paperback
16562582Amsterdam: Evert Nieuwenhoff 1656. Unbound as published. Final leaf soiled and dust stained; trifle worn along outer lower corner throughout. Unbound as published. 8 p. <p><br /> Scarce prospectus by the City of Amsterdam on behalf of the Dutch West Indies Company designed to find new settlers for New Netherlands during the colony's final phase under the governorship of Peter Stuyvesant. Published as an appendix to A. Van Der Donck Beschryvinge van Nieuw-Nederlant in 1656 the same year as its first <br /> appearance.<br /> <p><p><br /> The ordinance stating the conditions for those who wish to settle in New Netherland the American Dutch colony. It was published at a time when the colony experienced a period of economic prosperity and was in need of new settlers to strengthen the Dutch positions in the area.<br /> <p>. Evert Nieuwenhoff unknown
1880187528Edinburgh.: J. Bartholomew. circa1880s. Map 40.2 x 30.4 cms with printed colour and outline hand colour in very good condition. Handsome map with colonial interests attractively coloured. . J. Bartholomew unknown
1945819981945. 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.<br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> 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
1333732880.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
189215638Thacker Spink & Co. Calcutta 1892. 8vo. Fifth Edition with a frontispiece original tissue guard present illustrated title and numerous illustrations a number full-page in the text; original blue pictorial cloth upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked in gilt and black bevelled boards black endpapers a remarkably bright fresh clean copy. With the trade ticket of Sizer of Felixstowe on front paste-down and 40pp publisher's illustrated catalogue dated January 1894 bound in at end. First published in 1883 this scarce work collects a series of papers first published in the newspaper 'Times of India'. Scarce especially in this condition. Thacker Spink & Co., Calcutta, hardcover
Parpola, MarjattaIn Pristine Condition. unknown
198422132ELos Angeles: Columbia Pictures 1984. First Edition. Paperbound 8 1/2†x 11†when folded into three panels. A special film program made by the studio for advance screenings of the film of the Oscar nominated film A Passage to India screenplay by David Lean based on the novel by E.M. Forster directed by David Lean starring Judy Davis Victor Banerjee Peggy Ashcroft James Fox Alec Guiness and Nigel Havers. The film won two Oscars: Best Supporting Actress Ashcroft and Best Music - Original Score Maurice Jarre and received nine more nominations; Best Picture Best Director Best Actress Davis Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Art Direction - Set Direction Best Film Editing Best Costume Design and Best Sound. It won three Golden Globes; Best Foreign Film Best Supporting Actress Ashcroft and Best Original Score. With two Golden Globe nominations; Best Director and Best Screenplay. Fine in printed wrappers. Columbia Pictures unknown
1334002487.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2025x-103263538XTaylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 282 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2020DBS-9781774072721Society Publishing 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
2020DBS-9781774072721Society Publishing 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
2020AME_9781774073681ARCLER PRESS 2020. UNKNOWN. Hardcover. New/New. ARCLER PRESS hardcover
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