Bolts, William (1738-1808)MareMagnum
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Due volumi (opera completa) in legatura coeva in piena pelle bazzana con fregi e titoli dorati sul dorso, cornici a secco sui piatti, tagli rossi; 8vo cm12x17.5, pp XXXII 166 (2) [pagina 166 erroneamente numerata 199], VI 170; due antiporte incise, ampia carta del Bengala più volte ripiegata alla fine del primo tomo. Segnatura: []2 a8 b6 A-K8 L4, []6 A-K8 L5. William Bolts, commerciante e avventuriero olandese, fu al servizio della East India Company in Bengala fra il 1759 e il 1768, anno in cui giunse alla rottura con la Compagnia, che gli valse la deportazione e la perdita della fortuna accumulata. Quale testimone (e attore) della rapace colonizzazione inglese in Bengala pubblicò anonimamente, nel 1772, queste “Considerations on Indian Affairs” che conobbero grande fortuna internazionale (traduzioni in Francese, Tedesco, Italiano) e servirono a rafforzare le tesi critiche verso Compagnia delle Indie Orientali di Adam Smith e altri economisti e intellettuali europei. Prezioso e importante documento sul dominio inglese e sullo stato del subcontinente indiano alla fine del XVIII secolo, quest'opera mostra chiaramente l'intento critico già dalle antiporte, raffiguranti una l'autore allo scrittoio che osserva le truppe inglesi, l'altra alcuni locali ridotti in schiavitù dagli europei, sullo sfondo di un villaggio in fiamme. Seconda edizione francese, tradotta dal politico e storico Jean-Nicolas Démeunier, deputato negli Stati Generali del 1789 e Presidente della Costituente, poi funzionario durante il Direttorio e il Primo Impero; fuggito negli Stati Uniti durante il Terrore, con la consulenza di Thomas Jefferson scrisse numerosi articoli sull'America nell'Encyclopedie Panckoucke, portando avanti l'istanza antibritannica che anima anche quest'opera.
2 voll. in 24, pp. CXVII + 142; 270 con 1 tavola incisa a colori all'antip. Mancano le altre 3 tavole (fra le quali due ripiegate). Bellissima brossura editoriale stampata all'acq. Traduzione francese dal persiano del Viaggio in Persia di Abdoul Rizaq. Ottimo esemplare. Querard, La France litteraire ou dictionnaire bibliographique des savants, p. 529 e ss.
Milano, Fratelli Treves Editori, 1877. Opera contenente 303 incisioni e 80 tavole staccate dal testo (fuori testo). Volume unico. In folio, pp. 634 (con Indici), fotoincisioni in b/n n. t., veline di protezione, leg. con piatti in percall. verde, dorso in pelle verde a quattro nervi e titoli oro, piccole punte crema. Prima edizione italiana di questo resoconto di un viaggio in India, durato sei anni, a partire dal 1863. Iniziato a Bombay, il viaggio si snoda attraverso il Konkan, il Dekkan, Baroda, il Guzerate, Udeypur, il Rajputana centrale, Jeypore, Agra, Gwalior, il Bendelcund, il paese de' Gundi, la valle di Bhilsa, Bhopal, il Malwa, Delhi, il Pendgiab e l'Imalaya, il paese d'Audh, Benares, il Behar, il Bengala, da Calcutta a Punta di Galla. Normali fioriture e zone di ingiallimento (peraltro assorbite dalle veline), nell'insieme esemplare in bella legatura, pulito e ben conservato.
français In-8 de 364 pp.; broché à rabats de l'éditeur. Collection Du monde entier. Essais. Lég. rousseurs sur la couverture et la tranche.
A comprehensive guide to the history and lifestyle of the tiger, thekind of the Forest, including folklore and myths about this magnificent animal. More than 200 hundreds full colour, specially commissioned photographs of the Bengal Tiger plus stunning images of the tigers' co-predators and prey. Detailed information ont eh habitat and the range of all the species of tiger in the world.
84pp.+ 8pp.ills.hors-texte + 1 carte dépliante, br.orig., dans la série "Collection nationale"
40 pages. Features: 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse); 7th Light Cavalry; 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry; The Royal Deccan Horse (9th Horse); 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force); Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (11th Frontier Force); Same Browne's Cavalry (12th Frontier Force); 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers; Dress Regulations for the Indian Calvalry, Indian Army Regulations, Volume VII, 1913; Duke of Cambridge receiving Native Officers of the 9th Bengal Lancers, Malta, 1878; 2nd Bengal Lancers. Undated but appears to be circa 1985. Somewhat above-average external wear. Bit of writing on front cover. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
Rosemary Crill discusses the indigenous tradition of tie-dyeing for local use; followed by Veronica Murphy's pioneering study of the Bengal export trade in tie-dyed handkerchiefs. Very well illustrated with 174 colour, 14 black and white illustrations and map. 206 pages. Dust jacket has rubbing on surfaces and light creases on edges, small nick at top of spine. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
Pages 266-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Poll Chunk's Son - a story from the hills of Kentucky; The Ivory Raiders - part 1 of a tale fromm the Turkanaland district of Central Africa on the western shores of Lake Rudolf where Major H. Rayne deals with Swahili elephant poachers and Turkana warriors; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - a mysterious Fijian monster; In the Wilds with a Camera - Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson take photos in the interior of British East Africa; The Land Sharks - criminal buying and selling of land in Canada; In Quest of the Unknown - part 3 of F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' adventures amoung the Chucunaque Indians; James Watson - Human Tiger - a remarkable American crime; An Eviction in Patagonia - a rich man attempts to drive away the cattle of a squatter; My Jungle Jaunts - part 1 of an Englishwoman's experiences in Burma, with nice photos; The Blue Powder - bewitching a District Commissioner in Nigeria; The Sea-Villages of Humboldt's Bay - photo-illustrated article on this Dutch New Guinea area; The Mad Jackal - how a homesick Pathan soldier in Mesopotamia got himself sent back to India; Imprisoned in a hollow tree - Harry Comstock spent horrible days and nights inside a tree in Bexar County, Texas; The Tiger I didn't Get - Movie star Tom Mix recounts an adventure that befell him while tiger-shooting in Bengal; Nice one-page General Electric ad with illustration of new street lighting in Nagoya, Japan; One-page photo-illustrated ad for Hobart Bradstreet of Chicago. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 102-196 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mutiny of the "Ziba" (part I) - a brutal captain and mates are murdered by their crew; Among Head-Hunters and Cannibals - great photo-illustrated article on some of the experiences of Captain W. Sinker who for years cruised the South Sea Islands in command of the Melanesian Mission steamer "Southern Cross"; The Rivals - two men were in love with the same lady; The Bluffing of Din Mahomed - a rascally Indian postal worker is brought to justice; The Runaway Train - story from a branch line of the C. and N.W.R.R. in Nebraska; My Adventures in Sarawak (part III) - adventures of the Rajah's bride amongst 'the lovable little people'; Hona's "Tapu" - what happened to to men who attempted to brave the curse of a Maori chief upon a rich gold-reef; An Unlucky Ride - in New Zealand a man sets of on a perilous 120 mile journey to see his lady, only to arrive late and offend her; Our Travels in Safari-land (part I) - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porch) travels through British East Africa; The Night-Watchman's Story - an 1885 tale from the steamer 'Bengal Tiger' shipping from Paducah, Kentucky, as told by Ernest Prentis; Penelope Visits Finland - holiday jaunts to the 'Land of a Thousand Lakes"; Parker's Lesson - a 1913 story of a young man from Cambridge who went to Nigeria with ideas of how the natives should be handled; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
cii, 513 pages. Index. Numerous illustrations. Round stamp with "Headquarters 73 BRIT INDEP BDE" on front pastedown, title page, and end pastedown. Gutter cracked between pages 510/511. Cover corners bumped and a little worn. Spine bumped top and bottom.
157 pages. Chronology. Bibliography. Black and white plates. English adaptation of the Bengali "Palasir Yuddha" - the real story of modern Bengal. Moderate wear to unmarked book. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
Features: One page photo of two Canadian-built submarines at dockside; Anzac gunners at work; The Black Watch on the march; The 27th Bengal Infantry Regiment; Washing day aboard a French prison ship; Her Majesty the Queen inspects East-End street rolls of honour; With the British troops at Salonika; Two-page photo of a massive British gun at the moment of firing; Italy's Victorious Advance; Crippled Austrians practising walking with artificial limbs; Air-torpedo in a gun; Short range pieces effective for trench bombards; Sir Charles Wakefield entertains wounded soldiers - and General Mackintosh - at The Karsino, Hampton Court. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
Large 8vo (230 x 140 mm), [2], vi, [18], 174, 204, 10, xv, [1], iii, [1]pp., one folding table, some light worming to blank upper margin of title page, a couple of closed tears to title, some light browning to text, cont. red half calf, rubbed, lower board with minor working which runs through to the lower blank margin of final 4 leaves. Provenance: Ownership signature in ink of "Geo. Richardson, Calcutta, May 10, 1818."
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; red cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. SCARCE.
Lahore, W. Ball, 1889, voll. 3, in-8, tela coeva, cartelli (con mancanze) al dorso, pp. LXXII, 2409. Minime tracce d'uso alla coperta.
8vo., First Edition. with 24 plates (2 double-page) on 16, and 5 maps (2 double-page) in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately sunned at backstrip and rubbed at fold-ins. Published in Batsford's much sought-after British Battles series.
Literary Contributions by Harold Begbie, Walter Besant, Guy Boothby, F. C. Burnand & John Strange Winter. With 31 full page plates. Not paginated. Covers worn and browned around edges. Previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper.
32,5x21 cm; (4), III, (3), 143, (1), XLV, (3) pp. Legatura in mezza tela con piatti in cartoncino con titolo, stemma e cornice xilografica in nero ai piatti. Importantissima pubblicazione per conoscere la storia del Bengala e del commercio inglese in questo paese negli anni 1877-1878. Rarissimo, Tra gli argomenti trattati: commercio interno di Calcutta; di Behar; frontiere commerciali tra Bengal e le altre province dell'India britannica; cibo e grano, tessili, semi oleosi e manufatti europei. Copia in buone condizioni. VERY RARE. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY.
pp. xiv, 339, 8 [Publisher's catalogue] + Portrait Frontis of an Apache-Navajo chief. Slight age staining. Slight damp staining top of Publisher's catalogue. Inked ownership of Roland D. Sawyer, Ware, MA (an author; and Massachusetts Socialist and Democratic political figure). 12mo. Original full embossed purple cloth binding, lettered in gold. Spine and top edges of boards faded. Extremities worn with slight loss at head of spine. Contemporary Science Series edited by Havelock Ellis. This interesting work includes extensive articles on: the Plains Indians; the Apaches; the Western Inoits of Alaska and the Arctic; as well as Natives of India and Bengal. Also interesting is the piece on the Nairs or Nayar - martial nobility, similar to the Samurai of Japan, and figure prominently in the history of Kerala in Southern India. LOC W16 RT FRONT STACK
3 voll. in 8 (cm 16 x 23 circa), pp. 379 con ritratto all'antiporta; 270 con tavola in fototipia all'antiporta; 352 con 1 tavola fuori testo all'antiporta. Tutta tela editoriale con scritte oro al piatto anteriore (per il volume II e III). Il I volume presenta una legatura difforme in mezza tela con angoli. Dedica manoscritta alla prima carta bianca del II volume. Il I volume presenta una gora non estesa al margine esterno bianco delle pagine. Usuali bruniture della carta. Edizione originale di questa relazione di viaggio in India. De Gubernatis attraverso' l'India Centrale, Meridionale, Ceylon. Fu nel Bengala, Punjab e Cashmir. De Gubernatis, inizialmente latinista, compi' studi in sanscrito a Berlino. Fu in seguito docente di sanscrito e glottologia comparata a Firenze. Edizione molto rara a trovarsi completa dei tre volumi.
13 vols. in one, folio, contemporary half calf, upper joint cracked but holding, rubbed, morocco labels. 1. Copy of a Minute of Sir John Shore,.... late Governor General of Bengal; detailing the measures adopted in Oude, which led to the deposition of Vizier Ally, and placing on the throne the Nabob Saadut Ally,.... [18 other papers], [4], 71, [1] pp. 2. Such Extracts of the Letter from the Governor-General in Council at Bengal,.... as relate to the Continuance of a Part of the Company's Troops in the Territories of the Nabob Vizier at Futtyghur;.... [15 other papers], 44 pp. Supplement 2. to No. 3. Rajars of Sasnee and Bidjeghur, and of Cutchura and Titteah. 271-302 pp. 5. No.6. - Copy of all Communications to the Secret Committee or Court of Directors, by the Governor General; respecting the Nabob Saadut Ally, previous to, or after, the Conclusion of the Treaty of Lucknow in 1801;.... with large folding map, 41, [1] pp. 6. Copy of a Treaty concluded between the Marquis Cornwallis, then Governor General of India, and the late Vizier Afoph ul Dowlah; in 1787.... [7 other papers], 19, [1] pp. 7. Copies and Extracts of such Proceeding of the Governor General in Council, as regard the Claims of Individuals on the late or present Nabob of Oude,.....29, [1] pp. 8. Account of all the Sums of Money which have been paid, by the East India Company, into His Majesty's Exchequer.... [8 other papers], 49, [1] pp. 9. A List of all Pensions payable by the East India Company:- and, a Return of all Sums of Money granted by way of Gratuity,... 13, [1] pp. 10. Copies of Covenants entered into by the Servants of the East India Company; and the Orders issued to their Servants relative to Loans from the same, to the Princes of India and Natives thereof. 20 pp. 11. Copies of Letters from Lord Cornwallis to the Court of Directors and Secret Committee, dated 1st August 1805;.... [2 other copies of letters], 15, [1] pp. 12. Return of the 1st, Order of.... the House of Commons of 18th April 1806, which requires, "Copy of a Treaty between Affuf ul Dowlah and the late Nabob of Furruckabad, and guaranteed by the Marquis Cornwallis, in 1787.", [15 other papers], 30 pp. 13. Extracts of Letters, &c. received from the Presidency of Bombay; relative to the Sum of Bombay Rupees 31,25,944,.... said to be Money lent to the Guicowar., 7, [1] pp. 14. Copies of all Applications to the Court of Directors by any Claimants on the late or present Nabob of Oude, with the Decision of the Court of Directors,.... 7, [1] pp.
Saint-Clément-de-Rivière, Fata Morgana, 1976. In-8 broché, couverture à rabats, 67 pp. Un des 300 ex. sur vergé teinté. TB état.
[London], [Geological Society], [1822], in-8 grande, legatura coeva in piena tela, pp. numerate da 131 a 140. Stralcio dalle "Transactions of the Geological Society" di Londra.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Yellowing pages. 362 pages.
