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1897219014London.: The India Office. 1897. xxviii 91pp. Black cloth covered boards lettered in silver on the spine housing the original report in paper wrappers front wrapper detached. Wrappers fragile but contents very good. 32 x 19cm. Short check list style listings of the correspondence of many locations of East India Company interest in India and beyond including: Borneo Celebes Ceylon China and Japan Dacca Egypt and Red Sea Java Persia and Persian Gulf St. Helena Siam Straits Settlements and Sumatra. . The India Office. hardcover
1899172124London : HMSO Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode 1899. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in gilt-blocked bucjram boards. Near fine copy in half aniline calf over buckram boards with R. G. Duff in gilt block; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Ex-libris copy with bookplates remaining ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 516 pages; Description: iii 516 p. : tabs. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Great Britain. India Office --Archives --Bibliography --Catalogs --Bengal India --Politics and government --Sources London : HMSO, Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode hardcover
189619986Philadelphia: Pearl Publishing Co. . 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Hinges professionally repaired ; Dark cloth boards with gilt pictorial design and gilt lettering. Nicely INSCRIBED 1989 by the grandson of the author. Detailed color map of Punjab in front. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs and sketches. The observations in this book go far beyond the work at the missionary. Chapters include topics on the Indian Postal System Theft and Murder Educational and Medical work native life etc. Extensive index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 413 pages . Pearl Publishing Co. 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
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
1859320421Calcutta: Thacker Spink & Co. printed by P.M. Craneburgh at the Bengal Military Orphan Press 1859. First edition. iv 244 viii pp. 8vo. Original blue ribbed cloth spine gilt bookplate to front pastedown of Sir Charles P. Hobhouse Bart. Bradford-on-Avon presentation inscription to title page. A fine copy. First edition. iv 244 viii pp. 8vo. Inscribed on the title page: "For Annie with the Author's love." This copy also formerly belonged to Sir Charles Parry Hobhouse 3rd Baronet of Westbury.<br /> <br /> A crisp copy recording the anonymous author's seven month's of exploring through South East Asia in 1851 and 1853. Departing 8 September 1851 the author who remains anonymous to this day spent four months travelling to Ceylon and Singapore before returning to Calcutta. In 1853 he set off again this time for a three month excursion to the Madras and Bombay Presidencies. There are vivid descriptions of Singapore Penang Malacca Madras Calcutta Bombay Bangalore and Candy as well as coffee plantations and Buddhist temples. The author spends quite some time travelling overland and describes an ascent of Pedro Tallagalla and Kilkamany and camping at Makoortie Peak. Despite the scarcity of this little book it did attract critical attention. A favourable notice appeared in the Calcutta Review which states that the author had "seen and noted down . as much as any one who had preceded or who has since followed him in the same track."<br /> <br /> The work concludes with an appendix in two parts the first being a table showing the route modes of transport ship rail bandy pony and the amount of time spent at each location. The second is titled "Hints for travellers" which concludes: "Travellers will find it wiser never to have coolies to their palanquins when they can procure bearers; never to go in palanquins when they can with safety from the sun ride; never ride down passes when they can walk and never to be discouraged by indifference or dissuaded by alarms from prosecuting any enterprise." There is nothing in the preface to explain the six year delay between the conclusion of his travel and the publication of the account.<br /> <br /> Exceedingly rare. No copies on OCLC or COPAC. The only other copy we know of is the Brooke-Hitching copy identically bound; the present copy is in superior condition. The Calcutta Review vol. 33. July-December 1859. Serampore: "Friend of India" Press 1859 pp. lxviii-lxxi Thacker, Spink & Co. (printed by P.M. Craneburgh at the [Bengal] Military Orphan Press) unknown
1837ABC_46027London Calcutta etc.: various publishers 1837. Half calf with marbled sides and lettering in gold on spine or cloth with marbled sides and a spine label. 8vo. Some illustrated with plates and maps. 107 volumes many containing multiple articles. Handsomely bound extraordinary collection of important scientific journal articles by 19th and 20th century Western explorers of Afghanistan Central Asia China the Himalayas India including Assam Bengal Kashmir and Punjab Karakoram Pakistan including Sindh and Tibet with content covering anthropology archaeology exploration geography geology glaciology history language and grammar mountaineering and politics. At the time these were the far outskirts of the world for Western science where a lot was yet to be learned. Often the maps in these journals are the first modern maps of such regions and findings were the first to be scientifically published.Generally in very good condition.Please inquire for a full list of contents. various publishers, hardcover
1804204074London.: Edward Orme. 1804 but circa1834. Handcoloured aquatint engraving 29.6 x 37.5 cm platemark; 41.2 x 58.6 cm sheet very good clean condition. A beautifully executed aquatint from the series "Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore" by James Hunter first published in "A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India" by Francis William Blagdon in 1805 the engraving is dated on the plate June 4 1804. This copy is from a subsequent edition the sheet watermarked "Whatman Turkey Mill 1834" see Abbey 425. . Edward Orme. unknown
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
1822ABC_49460Aboard the Winchelsea written and drawn at sea 1822. Contemporary half gold-tooled brown calf marbled paper sides each volume with a different marbled paper the journal volume with marbled endpapers. 8vo. The two sketchbooks contain a total of ca. 100 pages of sketches of ships done in pencil including 1 page containing signal flags in colour. 3 volumes. With: Two sketchbooks with pencil drawings of ships. A neatly-written and illustrated sea journal kept by James Dudman the second mate on board the East India Company's ship Winchelsea during a 1822-23 voyage to India. Launched in 1803 the Winchelsea was already a veteran East Indiaman this being her ninth voyage - she made a total of eleven voyages for the EIC before she was broken up in 1834. On the present voyage commanded by Captain William Adamson she carried 592 people including the 17th and 44th Regiments of Foot and detachments of the King's and EIC's soldiers and a number of women and children. The sea journal volume is accompanied by two additional volumes by Dudman containing pencil sketches of unidentified masted sailing vessels.The Winchelsea's journey from its departure at Blackwall Dock on April 24 1822 to its arrival in Bengal and eventual return to England via St. Helena and The Downs on May 24 1823 reflects the extensive maritime routes integral to British imperial dominance. The ship's role in transporting personnel and cargo exemplifies the strength of the EIC's logistical network sustaining Britain's colonial and economic interests in India. The journal with its careful record-keeping offers an intimate glimpse into the daily operations experiences and extraordinary events encountered by the second mate aboard an East Indiaman during Britain's height of imperial expansion.The journal written in Dudman's beautiful scribe-like handwriting opens with an entry dated 24 April 1822 at Blackwall Dock where the voyage started "bound for Bengal." The next few pages contain a detailed listing of the people on board beginning with the ship's company of 122 men with names followed by the troops on board: "List of a detachment of His Majesty's Troops belonging to the 44th Regt. of Foot on board the Honable. Company's Ship Wincelsea for Bengal" comprising name and rank of 367 men followed by the names of 42 women on board as well as the name and age of 57 children on board including 3 who died at sea plus 4 additional passengers.At Saugur meaning Sagar Island they took on board further passengers duly noted in an additional "List of H.M. 17th Regiment of Foot with the Women and Children accompanying them. Embarked on board the Honble. Company's ship Winchelsea at Saugur New Anchorage for England."Beyond the usual records of position winds weather and other ships Dudman includes interesting notes on unusual occurrences. Perhaps the most fascinating event was recorded on February 10 1823: a major earthquake off the coast of India experienced by the Winchelsea: "At 10 minutes past 1 PM every one on board was greatly alarmed at the singular feel of the ship which was in a violent trembling motion as if the ship was grazing over a rocky shoal and a loud rumbling noise similar to the roll.g! of a Bull quickly along the deck this very singular seuration lasted certainly not less than a minute those below ran on deck to enquire the cause and those below the poop below to ask the same question. I was in the round house at the time when it comen'd. The noise appeared to me as coming along the quarter deck and instantly over the poop the sea was smooth and the day clear. I looked out at the stern windows but saw no appearance of any shoal which I certainly would have done had such existed. The water being very clear and the ship not going more than 2 knots I cannot account for this very singular phenomenon in any other way than its being the shock of an Earthquake".The voyage journal of the Winchelsea during its 1822-23 journey to Bengal provides valuable insight into the maritime operations of the EIC its commercial and colonial reach and the strategic importance of British trade with India in the early 19th century. As a veteran East Indiaman the Winchelsea was part of the vast trading network that connected Britain with the Indian subcontinent transporting soldiers goods and passengers under the auspices of the EIC which functioned as both a commercial enterprise and a colonial governing force.The journal volume contains the typographic book plate of Mr. Jas. Dudman on the front pastedown and a manuscript inscription in ink on the first flyleaf by Lumsden Dudman who was married to Mary Anne Shirreff "Joseph H. Shirreff from L.S. Dudman Xmas 1892" one of the sketchbooks contains a manuscript inventory list in Greek of goods for sale on the first flyleaf and one of the sketchbooks with ownership signature "L: Dudman / Sept. 27 1836" likely Rev. Lumsden S. Dudman perhaps a brother of James Dudman. Some general wear to the leather spines and corners of the boards of the volumes occasionally foxed but overall internally clean. Overall in good condition. unknown
18790009094London: John Murray 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo; cxxvii 444 12 pages blue cloth <br/><br/>Burton's contributions occupy the first 190 pages. Also Prof. George Rolleston's lecture to the RGS an early ecology talk "The Modifications of the External Aspects of Organic Nature produced by Man's Interference". " I propose . to notice a few of the many alterations produced by disforesting in our own and other countries". John Murray hardcover
189848651London: S.W. Partridge 1898. 8vo. 320 pp. Frontisp. Contemporary full red calf prize binding raised bands on spine gilt decoration gilt dentelles gilt lettering on front cover gilt & green morocco spine label marbled fore-edges & endpapers minor edgewear rubbing to fore-edges very slight bumping to corners still a VG copy presented to H.I. Marriner as Prize for Latin Form I from The Old Ride School Branksome Park Bournemouth which was located in Martello Road between Branksome Park and Canford Cliffs. Second printing prize binding of this third volume in the Romance of Colonization series. S.W. Partridge, hardcover
1891173786London.: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1891. Large folding map 64.7 x 71.7cm map size 67.5 x 100cm sheet size with railway gauges highlighted in original colour three small tears without loss along the folds and two longer fold tears strengthened on the verso without loss the left margin of the sheet chipped with some overall toning but a striking map in good condition. Impressive large map from the exhaustive Survey of India with the burgeoning railway network highlighted in attractive detail. A lengthy gazetteer listing "Principal centres of traffic showing goods and passenger traffic separately and combined" is printed either side of the map. . [Her Majesty's Stationery Office]. unknown
189221075Cincinnati: Cranston & Curts. 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Small white stain on front board. Front hinge has a bit of play. Light spotting to edges. ; Frontispiece of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in India. A detailed account of a long time missionary to India. The first part of the book discusses many religions in the countries and the second part is dedicated to the different provinces of India ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 562 pages . Cranston & Curts hardcover
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
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
1845biblio308<p><i>Fisher Son & Co. The Caxton Press Angel Street St. Martin's-Le-Grand London. 1845-47 Two volumes. Quarto. First editions. 128pp. Engraved half title engraved frontispiece plate 50 further engraved plates; Engraved half title e</i><i>ngraved frontispiece plate 47 further engraved plates 104pp. The 99 plates </i><i>are by Turner Stanfield Prout Cattermole Roberts and Allom. Contemporary half maroon morocco spines in six compartments with raised bands gilt double rule emphasis and gilt lettering. Marbled boards. Top edges gilt other edges untrimmed. Silk bookmarks. Some variable spotting/foxing. A very attractive set.</i></p><p><i><b>Provenance</b>: Armorial book plate of Fothergill to fep of each volume.</i></p> Fisher, Son & Co., The Caxton Press, Angel Street, St. Martin’s-Le-Grand hardcover
1893ADndLTD.32Brisbane: Warwick & Sapsford Printers 1893. 1893. 8vo. pp. 152 xxvi ads. 3 coloured maps 2 double-page 15 plates 1 full-page tinted & numerous text illus. 3 tipped-in ads. ads on enleaves. stiff cloth-backed illus. wrs. wrs. creased stained & detached spine perished out leaves embrowned. Sixth Edition so noted on upper cover. See Ferguson 7424. Hardcover. Brisbane: Warwick & Sapsford, Printers, 1893. Hardcover
1899317966London: James Nisbet 1899. Illus.xiii 1 354 adspp. 8vo. Bound in three quarters mottled brown calf and marbled boards. Fine. Illus.xiii 1 354 adspp. 8vo. <br/><br/> James Nisbet hardcover
1807122432Calcutta: Star Press 24 January 1807. Haunting piece of Company-rule ephemera announcing the funeral of William Townsend Jones c.1757-1807 attorney on the council of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William the highest court of British India from its foundation in 1774 until 1862. Jones's name is now usually connected with his indictment in December 1789 for flogging to death one Sheriut Allah the brother of his durwan gate-porter whom he suspected of stealing one of his dogs which was "an unlikely crime for a Muslim" Franklin. He was acquitted by the Supreme Court who concluded that Sheriut Allah had died by suicide by eating opium. The affair arose only two years after the impeachment of Warren Hastings in 1787 whose fall from grace had begun with a similar miscarriage of justice involving the execution of a native East India Company administrator Nandakumar. Jones is also a recurring character in the recently published diaries of Calcutta surveyor and builder Richard Blechynden 1759-1822 which reveal that he was also rumoured to have killed another of his servants his mater sweeper. The undertaker Peter Lindeman 1771-1856 of Scottish descent worked from premises at 144 Durrumtollah; from 1803 the Calcutta Missionaries held services in his house on Cossitollah Street until the completion of a new chapel at Lall Bazar in 1809 of which he became a trustee. Single sheet of laid paper 130 x 139 mm printed on one side. Mourning border motif of urn on an altar. Contemporary signature "T. R. R" on verso shaved; the leaf sometime removed from an album or mount adhesive markings and 3 strips of adhesive paper verso 3 faint creases from folding minute hole to one intersection of folds. In excellent condition. Franklin "Orientalist Jones": Sir William Jones Poet Lawyer and Linguist 1746-1794 pp. 300-1; Robb "Memory Place and British Memoirals in Early Calcutta" in Rashkow et al. eds Memory Identity and the Colonial Encounter in India online accessed 4/11/2017; see further Robb ed. Sex and Sensibility: Richard Blechynden's Calcutta Diaries 1791-1822 online. unknown
1876AQ21543London: s.n. 1876. Single leaf handbill. Numerous horizontal and vertical folds manuscript docket title to margin lightly creased and dust-soiled. An apparently unrecorded handbill advertising the services of London-based India Rubber mat and tyre manufacturers Frederick Bird & Co. . Dimensions 220 x 280 mm. [s.n.] unknown
1853911681853. House of Commons London. 1853. Tall sl. narrow hardback bound in plain dark moss green cloth. xviii 275 pages; vi 141 pages. hardcover
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
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
1826AA1372Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1826. First. Very Good. A very good copy of this scarce study of the origins of English words Rebound in brown cloth with gilt titles on spine Ex-library but other than the gilt accession number at the base of the spine and slight paste residue on the ffep there are no other indications of its library ownership Binding is quite tight and sound There is an ink inscription on a fly leaf from the author's son Major later Major General Thomson dated Montreal 1842 and a vintage newspaper clipping about English word usage is affixed to the same page Text is age darkened There are a few minor pencil and ink annotations throughout and on the rear fly leaf but no other marks or damage to text at all A nice copy of a very uncommon volume there were recently fewer than a dozen copies found on OCLC<br /> <br /> Major-General Francis Ringler Thomson R E 1794-1863 was the son of the author He joined the Royal Engineers in 1812 and served many assignments in France and across the Empire including Ceylon Gibraltar Canada and Malta A Major in Canada when he inscribed this book in 1842 he continued to rise through the ranks and was eventually promoted to Major General in 1856 Unpaginated but approx 200 pp. Oliver & Boyd unknown
