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1932188518Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1932. Fifth iteration of this important collection of treaties and deeds sanads granted to the rulers of Rajputana now Rajasthan. These cover the states of Jaipur Jodhpur and Bikaner including details on various projects such as the construction of the Jodhpur-Bikaner railway. Only 660 copies were printed and 6 are held in UK institutions. Aitchison 1832-1896 went out to India as a civil servant in September 1856 narrowly escaping a massacre at Hissar in 1857 before being stationed at Amritsar. In 1865 he took up administrative work in the Punjab where he was "extremely industrious and thorough in his work. He exercised a marked influence on successive governors-general who trusted him for advice" ODNB. He commenced a compilation entitled A Collection of Treaties Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries in 1862 and eleven volumes were issued by 1892. In 1882 he became governor-general of the Punjab where he advocated for the Indianization of the civil service. Copies of this volume in the UK are held by the British Library Oxford Cambridge King's College London National Library of Scotland and SOAS. Large octavo 256 x 180 mm. Tables in text. Contemporary khaki half cloth spine lettered in gilt low bands ruled in gilt brown cloth boards. Purple ink deaccession stamp on front pastedown. Light scuffs and tidemarks spine a little toned title page sometime stabilized in gutter with cloth tape rear inner hinge starting but sturdy: a very good copy. hardcover
1931188534Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1931. Fifth iteration of this important collection of treaties and deeds sanads granted to the rulers of the Bombay Presidency. The last chapter focuses on the "lapsed states" those annexed by the East India Company directly into British India. Only 640 copies were printed and 6 are held in UK institutions. Aitchison 1832-1896 went out to India as a civil servant in September 1856 narrowly escaping a massacre at Hissar in 1857 before being stationed at Amritsar. In 1865 he took up administrative work in the Punjab where he was "extremely industrious and thorough in his work. He exercised a marked influence on successive governors-general who trusted him for advice" ODNB. He commenced a compilation entitled A Collection of Treaties Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries in 1862 and eleven volumes were issued by 1892. In 1882 he became governor-general of the Punjab where he advocated for the Indianization of the civil service. Copies of this volume in the UK are held by the British Library Oxford Cambridge King's College London National Library of Scotland and SOAS. Large octavo 256 x 180 mm. Tables in text. Contemporary khaki half cloth spine lettered in gilt low bands ruled in gilt brown cloth boards. Deaccession stamp on front pastedown. Spine toned and a little soiled traces of old adhesive on corners title page sometime stabilized contents lightly toned at edges: a very good copy. hardcover
1930188541Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1930. Fifth iteration of this important collection of treaties and deeds sanads granted to the rulers of Madras and the Madras states. Notably they include the agreements made with other colonial powers specifically on supplying salt to French enclaves and the acquisition of the Coromandel Coast from the Dutch in 1825. Only 640 copies were printed and 6 are held in UK institutions. Aitchison 1832-1896 went out to India as a civil servant in September 1856 narrowly escaping a massacre at Hissar in 1857 before being stationed at Amritsar. In 1865 he took up administrative work in the Punjab where he was "extremely industrious and thorough in his work. He exercised a marked influence on successive governors-general who trusted him for advice" ODNB. He commenced a compilation entitled A Collection of Treaties Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries in 1862 and eleven volumes were issued by 1892. In 1882 he became governor-general of the Punjab where he advocated for the Indianization of the civil service. Copies of this volume in the UK are held by the British Library Oxford Cambridge King's College London National Library of Scotland and SOAS. Large octavo 256 x 180 mm. Tables in text. Contemporary khaki half cloth spine lettered in gilt low bands ruled in gilt brown cloth boards. Library stamps and deaccession stamps of the Legal Adviser's Department India Office on front free endpaper and title page. Spine toned boards marked soiled and with traces of old adhesive corners lightly rubbed contents clean: a very good copy. hardcover
1929188537Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1929. Fifth iteration of this important collection of treaties and deeds sanads granted to the rulers of Hyderabad and Mysore collated by an "extremely industrious and thorough" civil servant who would later become governor-general of the Punjab. Only 650 copies were printed and 6 are held in UK institutions. Large octavo 256 x 180 mm. Tables in text. Contemporary khaki half cloth spine lettered in gilt low bands ruled in gilt brown cloth boards endpapers renewed. Marginal pencil and ink sidelining deaccession stamp on front free endpaper recto inscribed "Solicitor India Office S.W.!" on front pastedown. Spine toned short splits along joints at ends but stable boards marked and lightly refurbished at corners occasional finger-soiling in margins: a very good copy. hardcover
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1931466334Calcutta : Government of India Central Publication Branch 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy bound in half leather over tan cloth boards; spine gilt-blocked with raised bands. Rear lower corner slightly abraded; joints and endbands rubbed. Endpapers lightly foxed; the initial and final leaves are similarly foxed and the text block is cracked at both locations with binding holding secure on both sides. Text remains otherwsie tight and clean; a well-preserved example overall. Physical description; xxii 419 xxv pages ; 25 cm. Notes; Revised and continued up to 1929. Compiled by C. U. Aitchison under secretary to the Govt. of India in the Foreign Dept. Subjects; Treaties. Engagements. Sanads. India. Great Britain. Foreign relations. Politics and government. 18th century. 19th century. 20th century. Calcutta : Government of India Central Publication Branch hardcover
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19682111902154610086Inoueshoten 1968. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B5 Inoueshoten paperback
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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
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17921325<p><strong> NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS</strong></p><p><strong>GOWER Richard Hall in the </strong><strong>India</strong><strong> Service. </strong><em> A Description of several instruments for Measuring a Ship's Way through the Water By.With an Account of his Patent Perpetual Log and how the same principle may be applied to shew the absolute velocity of the Wind and the depths of the Sea. </em>8vo modern cloth backed marbled boards half-title title 5-32 2 copper engraved plates. London: Printed for the Author 1792. </p><p>First Edition of author's rare first nautical work with the half-title. <strong>ESTC </strong>locates two copies in England BL & NMM and two copies in this country BA & NYPL. Gower fl. 1767-1833 a sea captain and naval architect "had been shocked by the low standard of navigation which he found in the convoy which took him to the East Indies.He devised a patent log part of the workmanship being entrusted to Alexander Grant and the sole rights of sale vested in Messrs Gilbert & Wright of 148 Leadenhall Street. He refers to "the indefatigable Mr. Stancliff' as cutting the scale on his optical instrument with his dividing machine. He then tried the instrument out with John Adams a mathematical teacher of Edmonton who has been identified as a reviser of textbooks for Mount and Page the chart-sellers."-Taylor <em>The Mathematical Practitioners of Hanoverian </em><em>England</em><em> 1714-1840 </em>#840. "In 1787 he devised an instrument which measured a vessel's way through the water with greater accuracy than had previously been possible."-<strong>O</strong><strong>DNB</strong><strong>.</strong> The followng year he wrote <em>A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Seamanship </em>which long remained a standard work. We trace no copies at auction. 84574</p> The Author
1973316514Middletown: Wesleyan University Press 1973. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated with twelve color plates and thirty-nine monochrome plates including the frontispiece. 4to maroon cloth top edge gilt board slipcase. 1 page creased. Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press 1973. Second edition. Revised from the original 1935 edition. Near fine.<br/> <br/> Number 143 of four hundred thirty-five copies prepared for subscribing members of India House.<br/> <br/> Wesleyan University Press unknown
19731373067Middletown Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press 1973. Second Edition Limited Edition: 286/435. Hardcover. Quarto xliv 144 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good minus Slipcase. Slip case is burgundy and book spine is burgundy with gilt lettering. Slipcase has minor staining and some rubbing. Boards have some rubbing and a library identification on the spine. Ex-Library. NOTE: Shelved in Room A Oversized. 1373067. Special Collections. Wesleyan University Press hardcover
