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19061766London: Macmillan and Company 1906. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Octavo Ii 597pp. Blue cloth title in gilt on spine and front panel. Frontispiece portrait with tissue cover. Light wear to covers. Lord Curzon was the Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905. Introduction by Sir Thomas Raleigh. Macmillan and Company unknown books
5114INDIA. Manuscript. 4pgs. November 12 1863. N.p. A manuscript of a poem entitled “Revelry in India†copied out by and twice signed “E. N. Liseâ€. “Revelry in India by Capt Dobney Royal Bengal Fusileers sic We meet neath the sounding rafter And the walls around us are bare As they shout to Our Peals of Laughter It seems that the dead are there But stand to your glasses steady We drink to our comrades Eyes Quaff a cup to the Dead Already And Hurrah for the next that dies…Cut off from the land that bore us Betrayed by the land We find Where the brightest have gone before us And the dullest remain behind Stand Stand to your glasses steady It is all We have left to prize A cup to the dead already And Hurah for the next that dies.†The last page also contains the ending of a letter. Lise signed the end of the letter and also signed and dated the bottom of the last page upside down. This poem was much published in under a variety of titles and authors but it was most likely written by British-Indian civil servant William Francis Thompson 1808-1842. It appeared in Bengal Annual an East India Company publication in 1835. The manuscript is in very good condition with deep folds and discoloration. unknown books
1930321885India 1930. With 124 photographs most 3 x 4 inches a few 4 x 6 inches mounted on black album leaves some with corner mounted others tipped in. With four other photographs and four negatives loosely inserted. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Black cloth. Minor exterior wear. Photos fine and fresh. With 124 photographs most 3 x 4 inches a few 4 x 6 inches mounted on black album leaves some with corner mounted others tipped in. With four other photographs and four negatives loosely inserted. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Abum of travels of a party of western travellers in India with scenes of the Taj Mahal and the Ganges formal gardens and monasteries in Ladakh and many views of plains and mountain valleys. There are excellent photos of large mahseer taken by the three anglers two gentleman and a lady trout fishing and a large trophy tiger. Pictures of the campsites in Kashmir and accompanying shikaris and guides round out the record.<br/>Nicely composed and covering a variety of terrain and scenes with great sporting content. unknown books
29156INDIA TEMPLES OF SOUTH INDIA. Delhi: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 1960. 8vo. Wrappers. 52 pages plates. Spine chipped. unknown books
1865311412Madras: Lawrence Asylum Press 1865. Illustrated with 12 mounted albumen photographs captioned in ink. Text within braided rule borders. ii 65 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full black morocco spine with gilt rules boards with gilt roll borders ornamental cornerpieces titled in gilt on upper cover yellow endsheets with orange ticket Bound at the Lawrence Asylum Press within border. Some minor rubbing occasional foxing. Fine. Gift inscription on first blank "J. Michael with the kindest regards of J.C.H. July 17th 1875. Illustrated with 12 mounted albumen photographs captioned in ink. Text within braided rule borders. ii 65 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. UNRECORDED. Spectacular unrecorded privately printed hunting diary recounting a hunting expedition in Kerala southern India from 27 July to 22 September 1865 "the best shikar trip I have ever had". The narrator and his companion A.M.D. bagged 43 heads of eleven different types of big game including tiger bear elephant bison chettul and others with original albumen photographs mounted and captioned in a neat hand. <br/>The unnamed narrator mentions passing hunting parties one such Brown Jones and Robinson suggests that he read Trollope when the novel appeared as a serial in the Cornhill; the terrain around Hassanoor Ghaut was familiar to him for he had planted fruit trees and roses near a camp building; mention is made also of Hamilton Brooke and Faulkener hunting the area the previous year. This may be Douglas Hamilton who in 1892 published a long retrospective 'Records of Sport in Southern India'.<br/>The narrator buys prepared photographic plates from a departing hunter who had ordered them from the Patent dry Collodion Co. of Birmingham. The two hunters were accompanied by the dog Scamp chief among a pack that included Tinker and a plucky three-legged dog Pinko both killed by a panther and bearers of cowardly deportment save for the plucky Rajii who stood by when the narrator faced bear and elephant. At times the grass was too high for a man to get through easily.<br/>Notably the hunter describes many photographic incidents including how the frontispiece "The Tiger's Siesta" came to be made. One day D. encountered a a tigress atop the head of a young elephant and shot her despite the commotion. The young elephant ran off. The next day going to photograph the tigress the narrator was charged by a herd of elephants. He shot an elephant cow and they moved on to photograph the elephant "taking the tigress with us. The men who carried her threw her body into the elephants arms and it looked so strange the tigers mouth being curiously drawn up as if she were laughing that I thought I would try a picture in that position.". UNRECORDED in all the usual references and catalogues Lawrence Asylum Press unknown books
4503MAHTAB CHAND 1820-1879. Chand was the Rajah prince or noble ruler of Burdwan an estate in Bengal India. Document. 8 ¼†x 5 ¼â€. 1846. Burdwan. A dinner invitation from the Rajah of Burdwan. The partially-printed invitation is addressed to a couple and invites them to “Dinner … and an Exhibition of Fire Works†on May 11 1842. The invitation reads “The Rajah of Burdwan†on the top. Burdwan is a city in West Bengal India. It became the seat of an Indian noble leader rajah in the Seventeenth Century and remained so until the dissolution of British rule in the Twentieth Century. The Rajah of Burdwan in 1846 was Mahtab Chand. The document printed on thin pink paper is in good condition with a vertical fold. unknown books
20041337181New York: Hatch-Billops Collection Inc 2004. Softcover. Octavo; VG-/paperback; black spine with white and blue text; second edition; this volume only; covers show slight scratches to exterior; mildly rubbed edges; intact covers; text block exterior edges show slight wear; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; pp 175; arts - Biography. 1337181. FP New Rockville Stock. Hatch-Billops Collection, Inc unknown books
1997166617Oakland: Cultural Arts Division 1997. Paperback. 48p. 11x8.5 inches landscape layout photos biographical sketches very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Honorees include Lucha Corpi Larry Clark and Ishmael Reed. Cultural Arts Division paperback books
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 books
200245000New York: Art Today 2002. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy with faint crease. Unpaged 4 pp. Illus. with color reproductions. Sq. 8vo. An exhibition from Friday 21 June to Sunday 14 July 2002. Art Today unknown books
262995Northern California 193-. Four-panel brochure 3.25x6.25 inches very good. Dated by a mention of the Lindsay Commission On Christian Higher Education In India. Includes a piece by Nobel Prize winner Arthur Compton on the importance of Christian colleges in India a list of the colleges including those in Lahore this pre-dating the split and officers of the Northern California Advisory Committee. unknown books
1767WRCAM47669Paris: Louis Cellot 1767. 23pp. Quarto. Stitched as issued. Minor foxing. Very good. The case of Charles-Joseph Patissier Marquis de Bussy against the directors of the French East India Company. De Bussy insists that he has already paid his accounts with the Compagnie - prior to their asking - while they maintain that he owes some 800000 rupies. The Marquis de Bussy would go on to be the Governor General of the French colony of Pondicherry from 1783 to 1785. Only three copies in OCLC. Louis Cellot unknown books
1769WRCAM47671Paris 1769. 250pp. Quarto. Contemporary marbled wrappers stitched. Spine lightly worn and faded. Minor foxing to first and last leaves. Very good plus. Jacques Necker 1732-1804 was serving as a director of the French East India Company when he penned this rebuttal to the MÉMOIRE of Abbe Morellet. Morellet had argued against the Compagnie's trading monopoly which Necker here defends. Necker would become Finance Minister under Louis XVI until the French Revolution. unknown books
1787WRCAM47668Amsterdam & Paris 1787. 2140pp. Quarto. Contemporary blue wrappers stitched. Spine with some wear and chipping. Minor scattered foxing. Near fine. Untrimmed. Mémoire of the French East India Company freshly reconstituted in 1785 after its liquidation in 1769. The text includes figures on investor shares and the business of the Company. Seven copies are listed in OCLC. unknown books
1790WRCAM47670Paris: Didot 1790. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Minor soiling. Very good. Untrimmed. Brief work cautioning against too much freedom of trade with the East Indies. Three copies in OCLC at the John Carter Brown Library and the national libraries of France and Australia. Didot unknown books
1788WRCAM47799Paris 1788. 103124pp. plus folding letterpress table. Quarto. Contemporary blue paper wrappers stitched. Minor wear and soiling. Near fine. Memorial of the French East India Company freshly reconstituted in 1785 after its liquidation in 1769. Twenty-four pages of tables provide a detailed accounting of the Compagnie's commercial activities from 1769 through 1777 while the text advocates the importance of the Compagnie and details its further activities to date. Fewer than ten copies are located in OCLC. unknown books
1787WRCAM47797Paris 1787. 434pp. Quarto. Contemporary blue wrappers stitched. Minor wear. Near fine. Memorial of the French East India Company freshly reconstituted in 1785 after its liquidation in 1769. Here they justify their proposed exclusive trade privileges. unknown books
1790WRCAM47672Paris 1790. 28pp. Quarto. Contemporary blue wrappers stitched. Internally clean. Near fine. Memorial of the French East India Company justifying the need for their trade privileges and exclusivities. Fewer than ten copies in OCLC. unknown books
1764WRCAM47798Paris 1764. 275pp. Quarto. Contemporary marbled wrappers stitched. Very minor soiling and wear. Near fine. A defense of the Sieur de la Selle and an account of his service with the Compagnie des Indes in India during the Seven Years' War. Only one copy located in OCLC at the Bibliothèque Nationale in France. unknown books
1724WRCAM40673Paris 1724. 7pp. Quarto. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree "concerning the customs declarations to be made by the ships le Bourbon la Diane l'Argonaute & l'Athalante whose cargo included pepper wild cinnamon aloes rhubarb and cotton and muslin fabrics imported from the colonies" - Maggs. Wroth records only two copies at NYPL and the John Crerar Library; OCLC adds two more at Harvard and the John Carter Brown Library. Scarce. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-1794 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 1066. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 300 this copy. OCLC 84632312. unknown books
1723WRCAM40668Paris 1723. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Light dampstaining and soiling. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree pertaining to the rights of the Compagnie des Indes regarding taxes in New France. In 1721 the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized after the Mississippi Bubble burst. Wroth records only the copy at NYPL and OCLC adds two more at Harvard and the John Carter Brown Library. Rare. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 991. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 258 this copy. unknown books
1770WRCAM51541Paris: P.G. Simon 1770. 4pp. Quarto. Dbd. Leaves almost separated at the fold scattered light foxing. Good plus. A 1770 French royal decree concerning the liquidation of the Compagnie des Indes. The articles of the decree examine the assets of the company in the years after the French and Indian War allocate funds and set forth a payment schedule with a view towards transferring the company's property to state control. Another royal decree the previous year had ordered the company to be liquidated. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 1807. BELL F1020. P.G. Simon unknown books
1762239716London: Printed for J. Brotherton in Cornhill; and sold by R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall and T. Waller in Fleet Street 1762. First edition. 4 71 pp. Errata slip tipped to blank verso of second leaf. LACKING folding diagram. 1 vols. 4to. Removed. First two leaves detached. First edition. 4 71 pp. Errata slip tipped to blank verso of second leaf. LACKING folding diagram. 1 vols. 4to. Dunning's brilliant defence of the British East India Company against charges brought by the Dutch marked the beginning of his career as barrister and politician. " . of Dunning's great distinction as a lawyer there is no doubt. The obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine referred not purely conventionally to his 'amazing powers' . Shelburne wrote that 'all parties allowed him to be at the head of the bar . The only doubt was whether he excelled most at equity or common law. There was none as to anybody's coming up to him in either' . " ODNB. Kress 6007; Goldsmith 9776; Higgs 2737; ESTC T97097 Printed for J. Brotherton, in Cornhill; and sold by R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, and T. Waller, in Fleet Street unknown books
178755010London: Printed for J. Derbett 1787. vi 1 21 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Later brown cloth. vi 1 21 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Printed for J. Derbett unknown books
160319hardcover. 82pp. Tall thin 8vo red cloth. Farnborough: Gregg 1968. Fine. A facsimile of the 1621 edition.<br/><br/> unknown books
