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1999x-0415100542Routledge 1999. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 416 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. Routledge hardcover
1999x-0415117615Routledge 1999. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 431 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.00 inches. Routledge hardcover
19472117Harvard University Press. 1947. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Ex-library set with usual stamps call numbers and pockets. Text is clean of marks. Volume I is in good condition with half inch tear to cloth at top of spine and moderate edgewear to back board top edge. Bumping to corners. Volume II is in VG- or G condition with stamps on textblock deleted with black marker. Minor 1cm cut to cloth along edge of spine. Minor edgewear. Scuffing to boards. Text is clean of marks. Volume III: is in VG condition with stamps on textblock deleted with black marker. Scratches and scuffing to boards.; Volume 1: The District of Chiu-Chên during the Han Dynasty: General Considerations and Plates 1947. Vol. 2: The District of Chiu-Chên during the Han Dynasty: Description and Comparative Study of the Finds 1951. Vol. 3: The Ancient Dwelling Site of Dông-So'n Thanh-Hoá Annam : General Description and Plates 1957 vol. 3 Published at St-Catherine Press at Bruges.; 3 Volume Set; The expedition was conducted between the years 1934 and 1939 under the Auspices of the École Française D'Extrême-Orient the Museums of Paris & the Harvard Yenching Institute. The main historical significance of Dr. Janse's archaeological documents is to be found in the fact that they not only introduce to us the Chinese conquerors of what was to become Vietnam at the very moment when they were laying its foundations as a civilized nation buy they also reflect on Chinese culture and conditions even at home and may help to give us a clearer idea of what the Chinese were about the beginning of our era and what their quest was so far south of the Honanese cradle of their civilization. . Harvard University Press hardcover
1796398421796. The archive comprises: 1. Autograph letter signed "John Canning." Bifolium 13 x 8 1/4 inches 21 lines in fine Malay Jawi with Arabic opening formula docketed "Calcutta 10 Dec 1796"; octagonal red-wax armorial seal of the Canning family. Letter requests that local rulers receive Capt. Hogan "as our agent. to conclude a treaty advantageous to both sides" dated 22 Jumada II 1211 / 10 Dec 1796. 2. to 5. 4 Paper wrappers. English addresses in a copperplate hand & parallel Jawi headings each with intact Canning seal. Addressed to the Sultan of Magindanao King of Mempawah Borneo King of Bali Sultan of Borneo. 6. to 8. 3 Yellow-silk diplomatic covers. Golden satin sleeves with paper address bands in two languages; two remain unopened and sealed. Addressed to the Sultan of Johor unopened King of Sumbawa unopened Sultan of Sulu wrapper only. An exceptional archive uniting British Malay and Islamic manuscript traditions that captures the East India Company’s first concerted overtures to the island-states of Southeast Asia.<br/> <br/> Drafted in the wake of the Dutch East India Company's collapse and the French Revolutionary Wars this archive documents the East India Company's first concerted diplomatic overtures to the maritime courts of the Malay world. With Dutch control unraveling after the 1795 Batavian Revolution Britain saw a strategic opportunity to enter the lucrative Spice Island trade. Lacking on-the-ground alliances the Company turned to private initiative: Captain Michael Hogan an Irish-American merchant and former convict transport captain was enlisted as unofficial envoy aboard his ship Marquis Cornwallis. The diplomatic texts were composed by Captain John Goodall Canning then Harbour-Master of the port in refined court Malay using Jawi script the Islamic-inflected lingua franca of diplomacy from Aceh to Sulu. In keeping with regional tradition the letters open with Islamic invocation and florid honorifics followed by carefully phrased expressions of friendship and commercial intent. The surviving autograph letter fixes the date of the mission and declares its purpose: "to plant affection and concord and if Your Highness deem it good to enter with us into a compact benefiting both realms." After disembarking convicts in Port Jackson Sydney in February 1796 the Marquis Cornwallis passed northward through Torres Strait calling at New Guinea the Moluccas and ports across the Java Sea almost certainly delivering these and parallel documents en route. The silk wrappers signal the elevated diplomatic status of the messages which were meant to be presented in person by Hogan and opened only in the presence of the addressee. The present archive offers a rare and vivid glimpse into the hybrid ceremonial linguistic and political world of early modern Southeast Asia and into the improvisational diplomacy of the Company at the edge of empire. unknown
1919161811919. Maternity India Archive of 9 pieces from the League of Child Welfare and founded in 1919 by Frances Lady Chelmsford to ensure nationwide pre and post-natal care to women in India. In addition to 7 Typed Letters Signed by Chelmsford's assistants requesting and thanking donors for their contributions to the endowment there is an Autograph Letter Signed by Lady Chelmsford in 1920 to the royal family: "I wish to thank your Highness most warmly for your splendid contribution towards the endowment fund. Your Highness is always so generous to movements which have to their object the amelioration of the conditions of women and children." <br /> <br /> Also included is "Speech Delivered by her Excellency Lady Chelmsford" expressing her "desire to form an Association of all persons in India interested in matters which concerns health of the people especially of the women and children.threefold objec:<br /> 1Domestic sanitation <br /> 2 Education of mothers in all that concerns their own health and that of their children<br /> 3 Training of health visitors and nurses." <br /> <br /> At the time that this description is being written no copies are recorded in American institutions. OCLC search results are at best an estimate and can vary over time. Archive also includes 7 Letter to the donors. unknown
1941208861941. Archive of photographs and documents from the A.P. Mission City School in Ambala Punjab 1941-1942 documents girls' education within a missionary institution during the late colonial period and the Second World War. The material records classroom instruction extracurricular activity and community interaction alongside written accounts by an American missionary teacher Anita Gregson whose correspondence and annual report situate the school within wartime conditions and broader educational initiatives. The archive provides primary evidence of how girls' education was structured and experienced in northern India under British rule including literacy training vocational activity and the integration of local and missionary communities.<br /> <br /> Twenty two black and white and sepia photographs measuring approximately 2 x 3 to 3 x 5 inches many with handwritten or typed captions on verso likely by Anita Gregson; accompanied by one typed letter dated June 14 1942 and one annual report for the 1941-1942 school year. Photographs depict students in classroom settings including a "training class girl teaching a second grade nature study class" as well as scenes of recreation such as a badminton club for teachers and missionaries. Additional images show students engaged in craft work including one captioned "Achcheri. with her patch quilt" alongside views of village life in Punjab with oxen carts textile work and local architecture. Three photographs document refugees traveling toward Pakistan in the years following the Lahore Resolution. Gregson's letter references wartime uncertainty noting concerns about possible bombing in India while the annual report details financial strain fundraising efforts and adult literacy instruction for women.<br /> <br /> Created during a period of political tension and transition in British India when wartime mobilization coincided with growing nationalist movements and debates over independence the archive situates education within both imperial and local frameworks. The documentation of women's literacy and schooling aligns with broader efforts that contributed to gradual increases in female education prior to independence and the Partition of India. As a combined photographic and documentary record the material supports research into gender education colonial institutions and everyday life in wartime South Asia. Minor wear consistent with handling; manuscript and printed materials remain legible; overall very good condition. unknown
1943010675Kyaiklat Burma British India 1943. Handwritten. Very Good. Loose Leaf. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Correspondence from Chettiar in Tamil from IIL in English. 9 letters from Chettiar and IIL in manuscript and typescript; 10 pieces of correspondence from IIL on note cards with IIL letterhead; 1 IIL membership card for Chettiar. CONDITION: Overall Very Good old folds some splitting and tape repairs along folds of documents by IIL but Chettiar's letters largely free of wear or tear text legible throughout. All documents now housed in sleeves that are mounted onto backing but it remains easy to remove documents from enclosures. This collection contains English translations of Chettiar's letters presumably made by the previous owner who also wrote captions describing each piece of correspondence on their respective mounts. An evocative collection of correspondence document- ing an Indian nationalist organization's coercion of funds from a member of a prominent money-lending Burmese-Tamil family. These letters show the Indian Independence League's attempt to extort money from a wealthy man whom they had identified as being in a position to help "free India from bondage and for the maintenance of the Indian National Army." This was M.S.M. Somasundarum Chettiar a 63-year-old merchant who operated his business on Strand Road in Kyaiklat a town in the Pyapon District of Burma. A recent historical study by Suppiah and Raja on the Chettiar families of Burma suggests that Somasundaram was part of a "distinguished ethnic group comprising the business class among Malaysian Indian-Tamils" who made their fortunes by lending money to the Indian working class in Burma. The Chettiar ethnic group boasted "a centuries long tradition as an indigenous banking caste in South India" and thus due to a combination of "stringent business regulations during British colonialism in the Madras Presidency and economic opportunities in the newly opened British colonies in Southeast Asia" both the Indian working class in Burma and members of the Straits Settlement Chinese utilized "Chettiar agents in order to conduct bank transactions.in the middle of the nineteenth century." This reliance upon the Chettiar's services only increased by the turn of the twen- tieth century as the demand rose for rubber and tin made in Southeast Asia. As "local Chinese and Malays with only small and medium capital sources relied on loans from Chettiar agents to develop land plant rubber and open mines.Chettiar agents" became "known as the leading moneylenders" in late-colonial Burma. Somasundaram would thus have been part of a known community of capitalists "who accumulated capital for further expansion of their activities at the expense of the Indian working class." The Indian Independence League and the Indian National Army were closely intertwined movements during WWII both led by Subhas Chandra Bose and governed by the Azad Hind Provisional Government in Exile.They worked to unite the Indian diaspora in Southeast Asia to support the cause of independence and sought military support from Japan to facilitate an armed wing for their movement. Primary source documentation of the Azad Hind government's activities is scant institutionally. We locate a scrapbook created by a member of the Indian National Army held at the Institute of Social Research in the Netherlands and a letter from Subhas Chandra Bose asking for a loan from the Hikari Kikan of Syonan held by the National Library Board of Singapore. This would be the only comparable collection held in North America.A rich collection of correspondence highlighting the conflicting poles between Indian diasporic wealth and Indian nationalists' aspirations for the nation's self-rule listing credit Pico Banerjee Peek A Boo Rare Books & Ephemera . unknown
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1908EJ5861Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing 1908. HB. Heavy card covers with dark brown backstrip brown lettering on front cover 8vo 29 pp. India Army Orders Simla the 17th August 1908 No. 466 Robert Scallon Major-General Adjutant General in India. Price 1s or 10 annas. Detailed account of the strength and equipment of a British Cavalry Regiment in India at the beginning of the twentieth century. Contents include established strength regimental equipment and supplies by the Ordnance Department supplies by the Supply and Transport Corps supplies by the Military Works Services or the Public Works Department supplies by the Medical Store Department and supplies by other departments and by local purchase. Ex-General Staff Library War Office with stamp dated 16 Nov. 1908. Library stamps both on title page and front cover no marks in text binding tight. Covers show minor soiling. Scarce title. Book condition VG-. Superintendent Government Printing unknown
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118830Paris. De l'Imprimerie Royale 1770. 4 pages. Mouillure angulaire. 275x21 Cm. Broché. Publié en 1770 cet arrêt du Conseil d'État du Roi constitue un document essentiel pour comprendre la régulation du commerce français au XVIIIe siècle en particulier concernant les marchandises en provenance de l'Inde. À une époque où la France cherchait à étendre son influence commerciale et coloniale ce texte révèle les mécanismes administratifs et fiscaux mis en place par l'autorité royale pour contrôler et bénéficier de ce commerce lucratif. Compagnie des Indes. Paris. De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1770. unknown
1998x-0275959716Praeger Pub Text 1998. Hardcover. New. 266 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. Praeger Pub Text hardcover
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199828919Westport Connecticut U.S.A.: Praeger Pub Text. New. 1998. Hardcover. 0275959716 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED - Description: "Providing legal analysis and touching upon social history and art history themes this work offers an objective review of five art trials. Spanning the last 20 years specific areas of law are examined with each trial: First and Fifth Amendments copyright law contract law valuation of art and misrepresentation. Art outside of the legal vacuum has been embroiled in a battle initiated by social conservatives to promote decency. Three trials involving this struggle and the National Endowment of the Arts are analyzed. The valuation of art is examined in the context of Andy Warhol's estate and copyright law is considered because of the appropriation of contemporary images by Jeff Koons. Although each trial is reviewed distinctly all are interwoven to present major issues relating to contemporary art." -- with a bonus offer-- . Praeger Pub Text hardcover
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201541 Great Russell Street London WC1 7 May 1931 -1932. Bookseller Oriental and India. All eight items with fold marks but good condition. They relate to the publication of Sir John Marshall's ed. "Mohenjodaro and the Indus Civilisation" 3 vols. 1931 described by Probsthain himself in Andrew Block's "A Short History of the Principal London Antiquarian Booksellers" 1933: "My largest work . . . has for its subject the discovery of most ancient India . . . edited by Sir John Marshall Director-General of Archaeology in India. It will prove a lasting work both on account of its disclosure and of the very careful work by the Archaeological Survey of India." TLS "It gives me great pleasure to send you my own proof copy of your chapter on the Indus Script and shall be glad if you will kindly make any alterations which you have in mind on this copy. They will be transferred to your own proof when it has been returned to me by Sir John Marshall. . . return of chap.23 to above address". With: Typed Letter Signed one page 4to Sir John Marshall to Probsthain Dec. 1931 suggesting that a photograph of himself might be useful in the publicity of the book due out the following week and he encloses some for that use; 3 samples of the blurb for the book one page each 8vo typescript; the supplement to the Contractual Agreement re. the book between Probsthain and the Secretary of State for India in Council one page folio bifoliate summary printed on its verso signed by Probsthain and Sir Bhupendra Nath Mitra and witnesses; and draft of the actual Agreement with substantial ms. corrections and additions in Probsthain's hand 3pp.; TLS one page folio from Zoological Survey of India 17 March 1932 giving thanks for his copy complimenting particualrly the reproductions of photographs. 41 Great Russell Street, London, WC1, 7 May 1931 [-1932]. unknown
