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18358652<p>First edition. Octavo. Descriptive account by Rev. Hobart Caunter. 22 engravings from original drawings by William Daniell. 263 pages 4 pages of advertisements. Original gilt and blindstamped dark brown morocco spine with gilt stamped design of a palm tree and camel covers with gilt stamped vignette of 3 men riding on an elephant surrounded by blindstamped border of intertwined snakes a.e.g. rubbing to extremities. Very good. No foxing. Binder's ticked of F. Westley. Bookplate of H. Scofield and C.W. Nicolay with Nicolay's ink signature dated 1835.</p> Bull and Churton hardcover 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
1854511391854. London: Printed by J.H. Cox 1854. 3 vols. London: Printed by J.H. Cox 1854. 3 vols. India. East India Company. Clarke Richard Compiler. The Regulations of the Government of Fort William in Bengal In Force at the End of 1853; To Which are Added the Acts of the Government of India in Force in that Presidency. With Lists of Titles and an Index. Prepared Under the Authority of the Hon. The Court of Directors of the East-India Company. London: Printed by J.H. Cox 1854. 3 volumes. Quarto 8-1/2" x 10-1/2". Recent cloth gilt titles to spines endpapers renewed. Brief annotations in a few places interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Small inkstamps to title pages. $750. Only edition. With a detailed analytical digest. Established by a Royal Charter in 1600 the British East India Company was granted a 21-year monopoly on all trade in the East Indies. Based in a series of fortified manufacturing and trading centers most notably Fort William in Bengal Fort St. George in Madras and the Bombay Castle the company evolved from a commercial venture to one that virtually ruled India as it acquired governmental legal and military functions. It was dissolved in 1858. Produced as an official record these volumes are a compilation of all regulations from 1793 to 1853 in force at Fort William. OCLC locates 6 copies. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School I:395. unknown books
19669668New York: Vantage Press 1966. 1st edition. INSCRIBED presentation copy. Lt orange cloth binding. Dust jacket. NF/VG. 95 1 blank pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Story of the author's stay travels in India and stay with the Raman. Inscribed by Angelo on the ffep dated 1968. Vantage Press hardcover books
185315279London: Saunders & Stanford; Manchester: Simms & Diham 1853. Small 8vo. 40 pp. <br><br>In the society's series: "India reform" this being number 9. Library of Congress attributes authorship to John Sullivan. Condemnation of British assumptions that regarded native rule as evil and wrong. Uncommon. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC 2I1607 & 2I1608 for the series. Removed from a nonce volume. Good condition. Saunders & Stanford; Manchester: Simms & Diham unknown books
1976306083Washington D.C.: Embassy of India 1976. First edition. 222 pp. 4to. Original blue silk-covered boards dust jacket. Front hinge over-opened some minor edgewear to jacket. First edition. 222 pp. 4to. Inscribed to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. INSCRIBED by the author to then Secretary of State Cyrus Vance 1917-2002. Vance occupied the post 1977-1980 succeeding Henry Kissinger. He accompanied President Carter on his historic visit to India in January 1978 a few months before this inscription which culminated in the Delhi Declaration in which the two nations made a strong commitment to global diplomacy and human rights. The visit was crucial in restoring good relations with India following Nixon's tilt toward Pakistan in 1971. Kamath was Washington correspondent for the Times of India from 1969 to 1978. Embassy of India unknown books
1798319520London: Henry Hughes 1798. First edition. Folding map frontispieces plates. xv 263 9 index; x 374 12 pp. 2 vols. 4to 11 x 9 inches. Contemporary full tan calf rebacked retaining original boards lower corner of Vol. I repaired. 19th-century ownership inscriptions to first blanks 1-inch tear to map near mount some thumb soiling and scattered spotting. First edition. Folding map frontispieces plates. xv 263 9 index; x 374 12 pp. 2 vols. 4to 11 x 9 inches. "This tireless naturalist and antiquary reached out to the ends of the world to gather in knowledge" Cox. <br/>These are volumes one and two on India and Ceylon of an intended 14-volume series entitled "Outlines of the Globe." Welshman Pennant died in 1798 the year of publication and only two more volumes China and Japan were published after his death by his son. ESTC T145966; Cox I p. 307 Henry Hughes unknown books
19049958London: Heinemann 1904. Second impression the same year as the first. 8vo pp. 301. Bookplate a good tight copy. The author was a disciple of Swami Vivekananda and brought to the study of Indian life and literature a sound knowledge of Western education and social science. Heinemann unknown books
197425623New Delhi: Government of India Ministry of Education & Social Welfare Department of Social Welfare 1974. First Edition. Quarto 27.5cm.; contemporary black simulated cloth spine lettered in silver; 4xiv480pp.; tables and charts throughout. Hinges reinforced with cloth tape American distributor's address label mounted to title page verso obscuring original distribution information else About Fine. Study of women's rights since the country gained independence in 1947 published to coincide with the 1975 International Women's Year. Government of India, Ministry of Education & Social Welfare, Department of Social Welfare unknown books
1980181775Bombay: Marg Publications 1980. Hardcover. G/G- book shows minor shelf wear and spine crease previous owner's nameplate on front page all pages clear and intact - dust jacket is worn but still protective with small tears to top and bottom. Beige cloth boards with color illustration and red paper spine with gold gilt lettering beige and color illustrated dust jacket with black lettering 145 pp. both color and bw illustrations throughout. "Treasures of Indian Textiles from the Calico Museum Ahmedabad brings to view some of the finest fabrics woven spun painted and printed in our land through the centuries. These marvels of the hand and the heart collected from all parts of India with taste and discrimination in a centre where the tradition of cloth-making has survived till this day charm the visitor's eye through the variety of kalakaris pichhavais patolas tent canopies and precious brocades. We have taken care to show the relationship between the costumes and the cloths in which the apparels were made. And what is revealed is the love of dignity of our men and women through the ages their sense of pleasure in decoration of the body and the heightenings they desired in color and form. Ans we are fascinated by the genius of the peasant-artisans who made these fabrics." - dust jacket descriptions. Marg Publications hardcover books
194828350Washington DC: Government of India Information Services n.d. ca. 1948. First Edition. Octavo 21cm.; original pale grey pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 16pp. Wrapper extremities a bit worn and toned else Very Good and sound. Critique of the United States government's failure to act upon South African apartheid's treatment of its Indian population. Government of India Information Services unknown books
1766WRCAM47802Paris 1766. 2220pp. plus large folding map. Large folio. Stitched. Minor soiling and foxing. Very good. Defense of the Comte de Lally for his actions in India during the Seven Years' War. This is one of two versions authored by him. Lally head of the French expedition to India reached Pondichery in 1758. Though capable he was incredibly unpopular and fell into a series of events which proved fatal to his career and his person. He was unsuccessful in the Siege of Madras beaten at the Battle of Wandiwash and eventually capitulated from the siege of Pondichery. Taken prisoner by the British he returned to France on parole and was imprisoned for two years before being put on trial and executed. This is his last defence published shortly thereafter or perhaps immediately preceding. A publisher's note is dated April 14 and Lally was executed May 6. The map shows the Indian subcontinent and Madagascar. 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
192325352New York: B. W. Huebsch Inc 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good . Hardbound octavo. 1199 pp. Exceptionally clean and well-bound copy of this rare early text by Gandhi. Very minor shelfwear. Gilt printing on front panel and spine unflecked and still quite bright. 64 pp introduction by Babu Rajendra Prasad Secretary Indian National Congress. B. W. Huebsch, Inc hardcover books