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1829222492London.: Smith Elder and Co. First Edition. 1829-1832. First edition. Rare. Two vols: <br>Vol I Engraved frontispiece large folding engraved map of Rajast'han hand-coloured in outline and laid-down on linen 29 engraved plates or tables three folding iii-xxx title dedication introduction contents lacks half-title ii list of plates 806 pp errata leaf; <br>Vol II Engraved frontispiece 22 engraved plates two folding iii-xxxii title dedication introduction lacks half-title ii list of plates 791 pp. <br>Two of the plates foxed four with marginal foxing images unaffected the list of plates in Vol I strengthened at the foot and p.329 with an archivally sealed tear no loss; contemporary half calf over marbled boards 31.5 x 25 cms quarto Vol I sympathetically re-backed endpapers renewed gilt-lettered title labels between gilt-ruled raised bands the remains of a library ticket to the head of Vol II speckled edges a good set of the rare first edition. <br>With the bookplate of Anthony Mactier Durris. A landmark illustrated work of British India; the rare first edition with a noteworthy provenance. Anthony Mactier 1773-1854 served as Registrar of the High Court in Calcutta before returning to Scotland in 1834 purchasing the Durris estate in 1837. At the time Tod's "Annals" was regarded as "the political officer's bible" see Charles Allen "Lives of the Indian Princes" 1985 p. 255 and shaped European and Indian perceptions of Rajput identity. . Smith, Elder, and Co. hardcover
1859224156New York.: J. H. Colton. 1859. Hand-coloured map 40 x 33 cms inset map "Continuation of British India" 12 x 9.3 cms showing Burma elaborate decorative burst border a few spots sheet age-toned inner margin a little chipped not affecting the map and small split in the outer margin no loss text "Farther India or Indo-China" from Colton's atlas on the verso an attractive map in good condition. Attractively hand-coloured map showing different districts presidencies and independent kingdoms with contrasting pastel pinks yellows greens and blues. Major Presidencies Bengal Bombay and Madras are shown alongside extensive detail on river networks the Himalayan range roads and early railway lines connecting major trading hubs. Published a year after the East India Company was stripped of its governing powers following the tumultuous events of the 1857 Indian Rebellion Sepoy Mutiny. This 1859 map is one of the very first American atlas sheets printed to reflect the formal establishment of direct British Crown rule the Raj. It illustrates a subcontinent transitioning from a corporate-held trade monopoly into the crown jewel of Queen Victoria's empire neatly delineating newly pacified administrative boundaries. . J. H. Colton unknown
1839223681London.: Smith Elder and Co. Cornhill. 1839. Engraved handcoloured frontispiece opposite the additional engraved title page sketch map and 7 other full-page illustrations one folding and 5 hand-coloured text illustrations 2 half-title xvii including both the engraved and printed title pages 283pp; original blind-stamped pebbled green cloth boards 23 x 14.5 cms re-backed mounting the original gilt-lettered backstrip endpapers renewed scant spotting the boards faded and the backstrip chipped at the foot with the neat inked inscription of a previous owner but in very good condition. Scarce. Pioneering account beautifully illustrated after sketches by the author. Marianne Postans travelled to India in 1833 with her husband Thomas Postans a Captain in the 15th Regiment of the Bombay Native Infantry where he was posted to Cutch Kutch the northwestern region of modern-day Gujarat. They both shared a deep interest in the people and traditions of India. Marianne's account attempts to describe the culture of the region its bards and bardic literature including specific songs and stories of Kutchi bards arts and crafts and agriculture and trade. She also describes in detail rituals such as infanticide and the practise of sati. <br>The beauty of the Rann awed her: “The distant aspect of the Runn resembles that of the ocean at ebb tide; and as some water always remains on it the refraction of light produces the most beautiful and mysterious effects decorating it with all the enchantments of the most lovely specimens of mirage whose magic power exerting itself on the morning mists indues this desert tract with the most bewitching scenes…”. . Smith, Elder and Co. Cornhill. hardcover
1884223672London.: Macmillan & Co. First Edition. 1884. Two volumes 8 full -page illustrations including 4 chromolithograph plates two photographic illustrations tipped in and two black and white steel engravings xxxiii 332pp; viii 350pp the final leaf unopened original azure linen cloth-covered boards elaborately gilt with a cover vignette and highly embellished spine gilt lettered extremities a trifle rubbed and bumped scant foxing a highly attractive copy in very good condition. Foundational work on the Parsis for a Western audience by influential Indian newspaper editor and adminstrator Dosabhai Framji Karaka 1829-1902. . Macmillan & Co. hardcover
1887215585London.: W. H. Allen & Co. Limited. First Edition. 1887. Two volumes. Two coloured folding maps coloured frontispiece in each volume profusely illustrated some plates in colour original tipped-in photographic portrait of Sir Salah Jung without the specimen handwriting two panoramic sketches from the Takht-I-Sulaiman. Volume I: xxvii 314pp; Volume II: viii 303pp. Original mint green cloth covered boards ruled and decorated in black spines lettered in gilt head of spine to Vol I strengthened cloth a little worn and dusty hinges tender but holding a few gatherings unopened top edges uncut a good set of this handsome first edition. With the book tickets of noted collector and bibliographer Benton L. Hatch and bookplates of Vernon Howard Californian bookseller and mountaineer in each volume. 22.5 x 14 cm. A descriptive illustrated guide and history drawn from the memoirs of British colonial administrator Sir Richard Temple 1826-1902 Governor of Bombay from 1877 to 1880 and from his extensive travels throughout Kashmir Sikkim and Nepal over almost thirty years. Edited by his Indian-born son Richard Carnac Temple an amateur anthropologist and in his later career Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. . W. H. Allen & Co., Limited hardcover
1813222916London.: John Murray. 1813. 10 hand coloured aquatints xiv 358pp ii Directions to the Binder lacks half title later half morocco red linen covered boards gilt-lettered spine 26.5 x 20.7 cms margins trimmed one plate with slight loss to the publisher's signature title page strengthened at the hinge small chip at the lower corner two leaves with short sealed edge tears text unaffected fifteen leaves stained at the gutter with loss to the inner margin of one plate final leaf with soft creases and a short sealed tear text unaffected the margins of the plates rather dusty and browned good condition. Firsthand account by Thomas Duer Broughton 1778-1835 a British army officer of the East India Company appointed military resident with the Mahrattas in 1802. Compiled from a series of letters to his brother Broughton's account includes detailed descriptions of festivals and ceremonies. Nine of the ten fine handcoloured plates are notable for being after sketches by Indian artist "Deen Alee". . John Murray. hardcover
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
1872195548New York.: Harper's Weekly. 23 November1872. Five engravings in three columns 23.5 x 10 cms; on a single newspaper leaf 28.7 x 40.8 cm unrelated text on the verso lower margin creased with a small central tear affecting the caption no loss the image sin very good condition. Engravings from Harper's Weekly in November 1872 all centred on the quinine production in Darjeeling. Production began in the 1860s from seeds sent by the famed botanist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. Quinine proved indispensable to British rule in India and they invested heavily in plantations to sure up supply.The anti-malarial was vital for colonial expansion "quinine coursed through the bloodstream of empire" Townsend Middleton "Becoming after: The Lives and Politics of Quinine’s Remains" in Cultural Anthropology Vol. 36 Issue 2 pp. 282-311 2014 although probably known more to the readers of Harper's Weekly as an essential for gin and tonic. <br> <br>The five engravings: <br>Foot-Bridge over the River Rungbee <br>Buttress of Suspension Bridge over the River Teestah <br>Cinchona Succirubra Thirty Feet High signed but indecipherable <br>Native of Sikkim <br>Cane Suspension Bridge over the Great Runjeet. . Harper's Weekly. unknown
1844223122London.: J. Hatchard and Son. 1844. Two volumes hand-coloured chromolithograph portrait frontispiece to each volume 30 plates including 6 botanical plates in the second volume lacking the tissue guards: xii 475 pp ; vii List of Illustrations 459 pp; contemporary half calf spine gilt-ruled between compartments raised bands gilt lettered title labels edges fully gilt 23.5 x 16 cms professionally re-backed mounting the original spine corners a little rubbed and bumped title and frontispiece to each volume rather spotted and affecting a number of the plates some age toning but a good handsome copy. Sir William Henry Sleeman 1788–1856 was a British soldier and administrator in India and "his most memorable achievement was an exposure of the practices of the thugs an organised fraternity of professional murderers.In February 1839 additional duties being assigned to his office he became commissioner for the suppression of Thuggi and dacoity. During the next two years he was actively engaged in investigating and repressing criminal organisations in Upper India. During 1826 and 1835 over fourteen hundred thugs were hanged or transported for life." DNB. At the time of writing Sleeman was political resident in Gwalior. His readable observations touch on a myriad of subjects and places and illustrate many facets of Indian life including suttee witchcraft influence of electricity on vegetation corn dealers the Kohinoor diamond transit duties Delhi Indian Police and military discipline. . J. Hatchard and Son hardcover
1813222915London.: Edward Orme. 1813. 20 hand coloured aquatint plates 149pp x Index including the Half Title and List of Plates; contemporary half calf over marbled boards spine gilt-lettered in compartments marbled edges 28.2 x 22 cms the first plate a trifle spotted with a small chip from the bottom margin slight age-toning and minor spotting in very good condition. Scarce suite of finely hand coloured aquatints depicting domestic colonial life in British India: the Europeans at their leisure attended by Indian servants. Doyley's compositions are often quietly satirical: Plate IV "A Gentleman Dressing Attended by His Head-Bearer and Other Servants" shows a young man in his gown relaxed seated and reading while an Indian servant washes his feet another in the background pours his drink and yet another makes his bed all overseen by the "Head-Bearer". The artist Charles Doyley was illustrating and observing a world in which was an intimate participant he had been born in India into a family that had long served in India himself serving as a member of the Bengal Civil Service from 1797 to 1838. <br> <br>Abbey Travel 435; Tooley 185 . Edward Orme. hardcover
1889002014No Place: No Publisher 1889. Cabinet card of a Regimental boxing match in India approximately 165mm x 105mm in size dated 1889 to reverse. Image faded pin hole to either end where once pinned up slightly rubbed. Reverse has notes in ink 'From Joseph Theodore O'Brien to his affectionate chum Edward Perkins Ramplu India 20th February 1889 for Rs 150 37 rounds'. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 32mo Oblong. Cabinet Card. No Publisher Paperback
1841AQ32634Calcutta: Printed at the Baptist Mission Press 1841. 35pp 1. Bound with: Drop-head title: List of members of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India. January 1st 1841. Calcutta. Bishop's College Press 1841. 2 23pp 1. 8vo. Modern brown cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Two early manuscript corrections to first mentioned work title and drop-head title. The second located copy of the annual report of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India for the year 1840 together with a contemporary list of members printed at the Baptist Mission Press at Calcutta which operated from 1818 until the 1970s. The Society was founded by orientalist and missionary William Carey 1761-1834 in 1820. The report records the progress of the work done by the society including efforts to promote and improve cotton cultivation in the country the introduction of a new species of mulberry plant the promotion of tea culture in Assam and revision of discriminating duties on rum and tobacco. OCLC and COPAC record copies of each work at a single location BL. . First edition. Printed at the Baptist Mission Press hardcover
1898510408Oxford University Press American Branch 1898. Leather. NEAR FINE. 48mo 2.75.4' xl 582pp. Fine binding on India Paper with Smyth-sewn binding in pebbled calfskin with ironed calfskin liner all edges art gilt gilt stamped spine lettering and black place ribbon. Owner's name and inscription to front flyleaf d. 1914 some very trivial rubbing to the spine ends ELSE FINE an exceedingly clean and sharp copy with no signs of wear. An uncommonly nice survival for a devotional book. Although this is listed as the American Branch with New York address we suspect this copy was printed in the UK at the Oxford Bible Press--the fine India paper has the distinct feel of the Wolvercote Mill paper that distinguishes Oxford's India Paper Bibles of this era. Oxford University Press American Branch unknown
1900100865c. 1900. 54 diapositive glass lantern slides 3-1/4 x 4 and 3-1/4 x 3-1/4 inches six hand-colored bound at edges with gummed paper or metal frame some with manufacturer's printed label and manuscript caption; a few with hairline cracks. Housed in contemporary wooden box with lid. A varied collection of ethnographic and architectural scenes largely from Northern India with a few of Ceylon Sri Lanka tea production. Some of the locations include Darjeeling Mumbai Bombay Kakinada Elephanta Caves Mumbai Calcutta including many of the Hooghly River Dehli Sinla Ceylon Kashmir as well as one scene of European tourists scaling pyramids in Egypt. The collection appears to have been gathered from various sources with plates manufactured by T.H. McAllister New York William Garrison Reed Boston J. Moore Birmingham and William H. Rau Philadelphia. unknown
182676418Paris 1826. 8vo. Nyere lysebrunt helskinnbind med tittelfelt i rødt skinn. Bundet med begge de originale omslagene. 3 1 blank iii 1 blank 288 s. Med 2 kolorerte foldekarter og 19 kolorerte litografier. 8vo. More recent full calf tile in red leather. Bount with the original wrappers. 3 1 blank iii 1 blank 288 pp. Two coloured folding maps and 19 coloured lithographs. Imprimé par autorisation du Roi à l’Imprimerie Royale. Fransk. <br/><br/><em>Colas 2208. Lipperheide 1584. Blackmer 1204. Abbey Travel 350. Materien svakt plettet. Litografiene med kraftige farver.Louis Pantaléon de Noé 1728-1816 fransk-kreolsk offiser.Internally some staining. The lithographs being beautifully coloured.Louis Pantaléon de Noé 1728-1816 French-creole officer. </em> hardcover
181676421Bristol 1816. 8vo. Samtidig skinnryggbind med opphøyde ryggbånd ryggforgyllng marmorerte dekler. 158 s. 8vo. Contemporary half calf raised bands spine gilt marbled boards. 158 pp. Printed and sold by Philip Rose. Engelsk. <br/><br/><em>Ikke i Sabin. Uten portrettet.Not in Sabin. Lacking portrait. </em> hardcover
183969956Stockholm 1839. 8vo. Samtidig skinnryggbind med ryggforgylling. Marmorerte dekler. 6 291 7. Med to foldekarter. Tryckt hos P. A. Norstedt & Söner Svensk. <br/><br/><em>Det ene kartet med rift. </em> unknown
18404574Pawtucket R.I.: Published by William and Robert Adams 1840. First American Edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth. A very nice copy. First American Edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Mr. Thompson a representative of the "British India Society" preached an end of the cotton trade between England and America in favor of trade between India and England in this commodity. Mr. Garrison lauds this approach as an end of slavery in the U.S.A. <br/><br/> Published by William and Robert Adams hardcover
1898318005London: Chatto & Windus 1898. First edition. xxviii 210pp 32 Illus. 8vo. Three quarters polished brown modern mottled calf. Fine. First edition. xxviii 210pp 32 Illus. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus unknown
1900316898London: Macmillan and Co 1900. New Edition in One Volume. With 42 Illus. ii 601pp. 8vo. Bound in three quarters mottled brown calf and marbled boards green leather title label. Fine. New Edition in One Volume. With 42 Illus. ii 601pp. 8vo. Macmillan and Co unknown
1876318010London: T. Nelson & Sons 1876. viii 9-319pp. 12mo. Modern three quarters mottled calf. Fine. viii 9-319pp. 12mo. <br/><br/> T. Nelson & Sons unknown
1871316630London: Strahan & Co 1871. Illus. 376 4 adspp. 8vo. Half modern mottled brown calf green title label. Fine. Illus. 376 4 adspp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Strahan & Co unknown
18933075751893. 193 original albumen prints ranging in size from 180mm x 260mm to 239mm x 290mm mounted on card most captioned in ink in English in a fin-de-siècle Vienna hand; approx. 60 with small printed captions mounted to boards; 8 photographs untitled. 2 vols. Oblong 4to. Housed in two contemporary morocco backed cases stamped in gilt "Indien" on spine and upper covers with third box to match. Some occasional bowing of boards photographs fine and well preserved with exception of a stock image of the Taj Mahal lightly faded and some soiling to the mount. 193 original albumen prints ranging in size from 180mm x 260mm to 239mm x 290mm mounted on card most captioned in ink in English in a fin-de-siècle Vienna hand; approx. 60 with small printed captions mounted to boards; 8 photographs untitled. 2 vols. Oblong 4to. Group of 193 original albumen print photographs documenting the Indian portion of the world tour of Archduke Franz-Ferdinand of Austria 1863-1914. This official voyage of the Archduke lasting from December 1892 to October 1893 had explicit diplomatic ethnographic and scientific aims as well as an unspoken goal of permitting the Archduke to recover his health after a diagnosis of tuberculosis. The royal party traveled aboard the imperial cruiser Kaiserin Elisabeth the most modern vessel of the Austrian fleet. They spent two weeks in Ceylon now Sri Lanka before arriving in India in mid-January 1893. The party spent two-and-a-half months in India before touring Nepal returning briefly to Calcutta to embark for Singapore at the end of March. The world tour continued with visits in Australia the Pacific Islands Japan Canada and the American West before the Archduke sailed from New York to Le Havre.<br /> The Archduke's stay in India included diplomatic engagements military reviews and a formal visit to the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad who was in late Victorian times the richest man in the world. The Archduke was put up in the Nizam's Bashir Bagh palace. The Archduke also spent considerable time hunting hawking pigsticking bagging some 20 tigers and leopard antelope sambhur black buck and just about every other beast of the chase in Ceylon he had hunted elephant. Franz-Ferdinand was a devoted hunter whose lifetime game bag exceeded 200000 animals; on the world tour his entourage included a huntsman and his taxidemist Eduard Hodek 1858-1929 who was also the Archduke's photographer and boon companion. The itinerary of the Archduke's travels permits the close dating of many of the photographs and events of the trip. A detailed list of the photographs is available. An exhibition in Vienna in 1894 publicized the collections made by the Archduke during his world travels and his diary was published as Tagebuch meiner Reise um die Erde in two volumes 1895-6. Upon the death of his father in 1896 Franz-Ferdinand became the heir to the Austrian throne. His assassination at Sarajevo in 1914 proved the spark that sent Europe and the world into war.<br /> The photographs document a wide range of subjects both formal and informal including views of the Archduke's activities grand receptions by the Nizam of Hyderabad military reviews sporting and equestrian events topographical vistas palace scenes as well as ethnographic and hunting images including substantial game bags. Many of the formal photographs of events in Hyderabad were taken by Lala Deen Dayal 1844-1905 noted court photographer to the Nizam and the first Indian photographer to gain international recognition for his work as a pioneer of photography in India only a few bear his studio stamp; but the images are identified in Höfer. Some of the views of and around Calcutta are from Samuel Bourne or Bourne and Shepherd.<br /> A spectacular visual record of 1890s India the opulence of the court of Hyderabad and sporting episodes in the life of Franz-Ferdinand. Regina Höfer Imperial Sightseeing: Die Indienreise von Erzherzog Franz-Ferdinand von Österreich-Este Vienna Museum für Völkerkunde Wien 2010 unknown
1847316972New York: William H. Colyer 1847. First Edition. Frontis. 209pp. Bound in full modern mottled brown calf. Fine. First Edition. Frontis. 209pp. Huntress 166 William H. Colyer unknown
186130491033 Norland Square Notting Hill 1861. 4pp. 12mo. Old folds. 4pp. 12mo. Born in Bombay in 1799 Duncan was the illegitimate son of the Governor of Bombay. Duncan's father's wealth enabled him to pursue a literary life and he published regularly from 1825-57. <br /> <br /> He summarises the work thus: "The object of this book is to enable those who have never studied India to acquire a knowledge of its institutions with the best possible expenditure of time." A book on India would be seemingly inevitable for a writer with his background yet the work described here was seemingly never published. unknown
