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1824164820Bombay: Printed at the Courier Press by Shreecrustna Jagonathjee Prabhoo for the Honourable East India Company 1824. Regulating the "Bombay Buccaneers" the gendarmerie of the Gulf First and sole edition of the earliest maritime regulations printed in India detailing the day-to-day governance of the Bombay Marine the East India Company's navy. Rare with only two institutional locations recorded. Founded in 1612 and based successively at Surat and Bombay the Marine became a principal instrument of British expansion from the Red Sea to Southeast Asia supporting major campaigns against the Marathas the Mysore and Burmese states and - most prominently - the Wahabi Qasimi confederation in the Gulf. Its squadron played a decisive role in the 1809 and 1819 operations culminating in the General Treaty of Peace earning high praise from naval commanders and Governor Mountstuart Elphinstone. The Marine was equally important as a surveying body. These regulations illuminate the rigorous expectations placed on officers such as Blair McCluer Ross and Brucks whose coastal surveys from the Gulf to the China Seas underpinned British navigation for decades. The text formalizes command responsibilities shipboard discipline victualling and punishments and mandates systematic hydrographic surveying accompanied by 17 templates for logs and accounts. Issued under Henry Meriton superintendent and commander of the Gulf Squadron they reflect the Marine's transition into a permanently deployed regional force at a pivotal moment in Company rule. Quarto 269 x 210 mm. pp. iv 130. With 17 tables 5 of them folding. Neat 20th-century dark blue half calf spine gilt lettered longitudinally single blind rule to the spine and corners marbled boards. Light staining to the margins of the title page pale browning throughout but very good copy. Guillemette Crouzet Inventing the Middle East: Britain and the Gulf in the Age of Global Imperialism 2022; Charles Rathbone Low History of the Indian Navy 1613-1863 1877; William Monk "The Persian Gulf Squadron: British Hegemony in the Gulf" Qatar Digital Library. hardcover
121802Ajmere Rajputan-Malwa Railway Press 30th June 1890. . First edition; large 8vo 27 x 18 cm; large folding colour lithograph map to front folding milage table to rear small tear to map hinge; publisher's original printed wrappers frayed and with tears to spine but without any noticeable loss a very good copy; xxx 268 pp.<br /> Rare and unrecorded quarterly information and fare guide for the Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway B.B.C.I. and newly merged Rajputan-Malwa Railway from Bombay to Ferozepore Delhi Agra Kanpur Jodhpur and Khandwa via Ajmer. <br /><br />Printed by the Rajputana-Malwa Railway Press located in the famous Ajmer Workshops which would produce the first Indian steam locomotive just five years later in 1895 an obscure and little known press of which this copy is one of the few surviving publications testifying to its existence. The type faces and formats are enjoyably uneven and speak to the limited font that the press would have been able to utilise. Ajmer did have a mission press around the same time but there seems to be no mention of any change of name or proprietor and the mission press has no history of railway publications.<br /><br />The contents along with copious tables of the various lines and rates contain the extensive rules and regulations of the railways at the time which reveal a wealth of cultural information. Such tidbits include: concession fares for travelling cricket teams parcel charges for Bazaar supplies prices of ice boxes bicycle luggage rates 11 pages of regulations for transporting pets and livestock restrictions on imports of opium and more besides.<br /><br />Ajmer and its workshops stayed as the crux of the lines of the B.B.C.I. due to its situation at junction of changes in gauge. In 1889 the management of the metre gauge RajputanaMalwa Railway earlier known as Rajputana State Railway was taken over by the B.B.C.I. which previously operated only broad gauge lines. The map lithographed in London by W. & A. K. Johnston shows both lines and indicates the changes in gauge accordingly still with the tipped on slip naming the lines not yet open for traffic. This remains as evidence of the relatively short success of the independent railway business in India as the B.B.C.I. would be purchased by the government in 1905 and was fully nationalised in 1942.<br /> Ajmere, Rajputan-Malwa Railway Press, 30th June 1890. unknown
1698PHO-1906London, Chiswell, 1698. In-folio (310x210mm) relié plein veau époque, dos à nerfs, x, xiii, 427, xxiv pp., illustré d’un frontispice, de 5 planches hors-texte dont 3 dépliantes et de 3 cartes, plats détachés, petit trou page 81/82, manque de papier en marge page 80. Titre imprimé en rouge et noir. Fryer était un chirurgien au service de la compagnie des Indes Orientales, pendant 9 ans il voyagea extrêmement des côtes de Coromandel et malabar. Il décrivit les villes de Surat et Bombay le commerce et les coutumes de Madras et de la Perse. Très RARE. Folio, full period paneled calf, boards and free enpaper detached, x, xiii, 427, xxiv pp., illus. with engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, 5 engraved plates (3 folding) and 3 maps, one with printed overslip; title in red and black, woodcut illustrations in text.
1867949F37Bombay: The "Bombay Gazette" Press 1867-1868 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. Two vanishingly scarce consecutive editions of the 'Bombay Almanack and Directory' offering insight into life in the city in 1867 and 1868. Two very scarce first edition volumes being the 'Bombay Almanack and Directory' for the years 1867 and 1868.These are the eighteenth and nineteenth annual of this publication which is very scarce in all editions.These works provide a calendar of significant events taking place in each month of the year both for English and Indian residents of the city. An account of Hindu and Parsi festivals is also provided alongside tables of weights measures and coins.Also present are lists of customs tariffs and import tariffs lists of acts recently passed army lists civil lists and government dispatches.With the stamp of the Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom to each title page and a few further leaves of each volumes.The 1867 volume is rebacked with the original boards restored. Retaining the original endpapers.The 1868 volume is rebound in cloth with a small portion of the publisher's original front board laid down and endpapers renewed. This volume lacks the preliminary advertisement leaves.With thirty-six pages of advertisements to the rear of the 1867 volume and forty-eight pages to the rear of the 1868 volume. 1867 volume rebacked retaining the publisher's original boards and endpapers. 1868 volume rebound in cloth with endpapers renewed. Small portion of original front board laid down. Externally excellent. Internally firmly bound. Preliminary advertisements of 1868 volume removed. Library stamps to each title page to fore edge of 1868 text block and to further leaves of each volume. Pages lightly age toned to perimeters but generally clean. Very Good The "Bombay Gazette" Press hardcover
1839298234London: Richard Bentley 1839. Boards. Good-. 313 pp. Vol. 1. Lacks title on spine raised band leather spine is worn leather covers in good shape. Bookplate of the Duke of Roxburghe frontis piece plate has water stain on bottom corner slightly affecting the corner image.volume 2 287 pp leather covers smudged Richard Bentley hardcover
18367409Paris, Londres, St. Pétersbourg, Bellizard, Barthès, Dufour et Lowell, 1836. In-8 de [8]-290-[6] pages, plein velours de soie verte émeraude décoré d'un décors estampé figurant une femme avec une ombrelle, sous deux palmiers dans un paysage oriental, répété sur les deux plats, tranches dorées, gardes de papier argenté à motif floral.
190871119Bombay i.e. Mumbai: printed at the Government Central Press 1908. First edition 8vo pp. xii 340 2; frontispiece 11 plates plus 7 more plates at the back showing 11 illustrations; original brown cloth stamped in black and gilt; lightly rubbed else very good sound and clean. Early ownership signature of S. P. Hieb Sholapur. From the Preface: "These Notes kindly revised while the proofs were going through the press by Mr. R. B. Stewart M. A. I. C. S. Inspector-General of Police Bombay Presidency are an attempt to bring together and up to date in a practical form such information as is available respecting the methods and distinctive characteristics of the Criminal Classes belonging to the Bombay Presidency and of certain foreign Criminal Tribes visiting it for the purposes of crime . To ensure accuracy and fullness of interesting and useful detail Gazetteers Police Records Major Gunthorpe's Notes on Criminal Tribes experienced Police Officers and reliable 'informers' have been consulted and the information thus obtained sifted and subjected to verification." The illustrations show a number of the purported perpetrators their weapons and other criminalia. printed at the Government Central Press unknown
In-16 (mm. 175x115), 2 volumi, tela edit., pp. (6),CXX,240; (4),591 (numeraz. continua) + 64 di pubblicita’ dei Manuali Murray. L’opera e’ corredata da 3 carte geografiche f.t., di cui 2 più volte ripieg.: “Madras and the environs - Environs of Bombay - Town and fort of Bombay”. "Manca" la carta (inserita nella tasca al risg. del vol.) su Bombay. “Murray's Guide to Madras and Bombay Presidencies for 1859 is in many ways the first modern guide book to India. The work encompasses a vast and fascinating range of topics, including meticulous descriptions of acceptable dress codes for European males and females and an exposition on “the Manners of the Natives!” Today, the chief scholarly value of the book lies in its construction of Indian history, politics and culture from a 19th century European frame of reference”. "Rarissima edizione originale" di questa guida dedicata all’India e di cui furono pubblicate, sotto questo titolo, solo due parti: Madras e Bombay (cosi’ precisa la British Library). Solo il piatto anteriore di un vol. un po’ ammaccato, altrim. esempl. ben conservato.
23570Pelham Richardson London1844. 4th edition Hand-coloured lithographic frontispiece and additional pictorial title & 24 hand-coloured litographic plates folding map at rear. Large 8vo10 x 6 3/4 inches pages xvi:359. Original crimson blindstamped cloth blocked in gilt with vignettes of lion giraffe gnu and elephant & ostrich. to spine & upper cover. From the Library of the book collector C. J. Anstruther of the 17th Lancers with his armorial bookplate. Three inch split at head of upper joint and half inch split as base base of spine rubbed. Generally very clean within.This is the first edition to contain the full complement of hand colored plates and the two extra chapters. Considered a cornerstone title essential in any African sporting library. Harris provides through both his narrative and the wonderful lithographic plates a look at some of the fauna and indigenous peoples of the region. This work is regarded as the first work concerning the hunting of game animals in Africa -- the first published African Safari. Pelham Richardson, London,1844. hardcover
109403Paris, Librairie Hachette et Ie, 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 1875, 1 volume in-folio de 345x265x60 mm environ, 1f.blanc, faux-titre, frontispice, titre en rouge et noir, 807 pages, 1f. blanc, reliure signée Souze, demi chagrin rouge et cartonnage avec décor à la plaque noir et or sur les plats et le dos, gardes marbrées, tranches dorées. Ouvrage contenant 317 gravures sur bois dessinées par nos plus célèbres Artistes et six Cartes (5 hors texte et une dans le texte). Des rousseurs (fortes par endroits), plis sur la première garde blanche et la page de faux-titre, restauration sur la première garde blanche, déchirure sans manque dans la marge des pages : 323 à 326 et 467, cuir un peu sali et ors ternis sur le dos. Les gravures contenues dans ce volume ont été dessinées sur bois d'après les photographies et les croquis de l'auteur par MM. A. Allongé - A. De Bar - Emile Bayard - Ph. Benoist - H. Catenacci - Hubert Clerget - A. Duvivier - J. Gaildrau - A. Marie - G. Moynet - A. De Neuville - P. Philippoteaux - A. Rixens et H. Théond.
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.
122563Bombay Thacker & Co. c.1914. . Landscape 8vo 18 x 24 cm; 24 mounted photographs with captions; publisher's original stab-stitched limp canvas wrappers printed labels to upper cover wrappers a little frayed with a few chips a very good copy well preserved internally.<br /> A charming collection of phtographs of Mumbai Bombay as it was at the start of the twentieth century largely focussing on the civic buildings and hotels including the High Court University Clock Tower the Bombay Museum Victoria Station the General Post Office Crawford Market the Taj Mahal Hotel Waterloo Mansions the Great Western Hotel and others.<br /> Bombay, Thacker & Co., [c.1914]. unknown
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION (aside from recent reprints) OF THIS EARLY AND IMPORTANT BIOGRAPHY OF AN INDIAN (from Calcutta) BY AN INDIAN (from Bombay). xxi, 386 pp. Printed on good wove paper. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with paper spine-label. A bit of wear and spotting to binding, internally FINE AND BRIGHT. A pristine example of a rare and important book.
19376189Bombay: Bombay Vaibhav Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine faded. ; 8 consecutive years 1936-1943. Pagination: iv 108; iv 96; iv 105 1; iv 76; iv 128; iv 92; ii 68; ii 128. Red half-cloth binding. Each issue is arranged both by author and by subject followed by a smaller section of fiction arranged by author and by title. The majority of titles added each year were recently published although some earlier acquisitions also feature in the lists e.g. George Francis White's "Views in India" 1838 acquired in 1936. It is interesting to read the lists of contemporary fiction both well known titles such as Crime Club novels and Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not" 1937 acquired in 1938 alongside other authors now in varying degrees of obscurity.; 8vo . Bombay Vaibhav Press hardcover
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.
1853PHO-1002Paris, Imprimerie Administrative de Paul Dupont, 1853/55, 2 Volumes In-4 (270x225), premier tome et première partie du second tome. XXIII, 598pp, 1ff, Ap.-211,XXXIX; IV, 328 pp, Ap.-36 .Reliure en demi-percaline noire, dos lisse avec titre et tomaison, tranches bleues , accroc à la coiffe ,déchirure au dos, petite mouillure claire en début du tome 2 .
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. The lower right corner of the front board a bit bumped, not affecting text block at all. This is an illustrated history of the celebrated Taj Hotel in Mumbai, known simply as the Taj. It was first established in 1903 and quickly gained a reputatation as India's finest hotel. This book is full of archival or vintage photographs of the hotel in its' heyday. Lots of color photographs of the hotel both exterior and interior shots of rooms, and the many public areas. It also tells the story of the rebuilding of the hotel after the 2008 terrorist attack. 13" high X 11" wide, 336 pages.Scarce. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
685in 8 carré demi-chagrin marron à nerfs,titre doré, Faux-titre,titre en noir et rouge,242 pages,un feuillet placement des gravures. 1ff table des matières. 9 dessins de l’auteur,6 phototypies,1 itinéraire dépliant.Société Anonyme de publications périodiques 1886.non rogné.Belle édition Sur papier de Hollande(semble-t-il)non justifié.Ex libris. Edition originale(Pondichéry-Calcutta-Darjeeling-Delhi -Lahore-Bombay..)
109293A Paris, Chez Lavillettte et Comp. Libraires, rue Sandré-des-Arcs, N° 46, 1801, 1 volume in-12 de 195x130x30 mm environ, 1f.blanc, 3ff. (faux-titre, titre, avertissement), 288-111 pages, 1f.blanc, demi-basane fauve, avec coins en parchemin crème, titres dorés sur dos lisse, tranches mouchetées de rouge. Deuxième Edition traduite par L.M. LANGLES et F.J. NOEL. Cartonnage frotté, galeries et trous de ver sur le cuir, quelques rousseurs et pages brunies.
1798PHO-1147Paris, Crapelet, 1798. 2 volumes in-18 de : I/ cxxxi pp.-142-1 ff, 2 planches sur double page ; II/ 2 ff.-268 pp.-3ff., 2 planches , relié plein basane havane racinée époque, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison rouge, roulette et filet doré bordant les plats, tranches jaspées (défauts dont manque au pied d'un dos, des coins émoussés)
Features: The rise and fall of the VNAF - the rise and fall of the South Vietnamese Air Force, from 1951 to 1975; America's Spitfires - the USAAF was second only to the RAF as a major operator of the Supermarine Spitfire - a review of their operational history in American service; The RAF in Greece - 1940/41 - the fulfillment of Britain's treaty obligations; CW-21 - the St. Louis Lightweight - the story of the relatively unknown Curtiss-Wright CW-21 fighter in WWII; Sixes and Sevens - completing the story of the 4-engined Douglas transport family, begun in AE/15 - the DC-6 and DC-7; The Blenheim in Yugoslavia - two successful years of Blenheim operations in Yugoslavia were followed by eight days of disaster in 1941; F13 - the Pioneer from Dessau - first flown in 1919, the Junkers F 13 was still serving after WWII; Armstrong Whitworth's Flying Wings - Laminar flow research and boundary layer control, as applied to the A.W.52 flying wings; Walrus - amphibious angel of mercy - designed by Reginald Mitchell; PR Flying and the Spitfire - an account of war-time photographic reconnaissance operations in the Middle and Far East; "Britain Captures Schneider Trophy" - this 1931 headline summed up the culmination of an 18-year endeavour; The MiG Killers of Korea - the North American F-86 Sabre achieved the greatest success in air-to-air combat; Fokker's D VIII - the reluctant Razor - the world's first operational cantilever-winged fighter; Caught by the wing-tip - C.E. 'Bud' Anderson's experiences as a test pilot in the wing-tip coupling experiments; Bombay - Pegasus Draught, Bristol Dray - the flying characteristics and operational career of the Bristol Bomber-transport; Quest for Altitude - The First Generation MiGs - a comprehensive account of the first fighters to bear the MiG appellation; Return of the Razorbacks - the restoration and flight demonstrations of the only Allison-engined Mustangs now extant; A seversky in the Spanish War - the SEV-3; Stratocruiser - ending an airline era - the role of the Boeing Stratocruiser in post-war air transport evolution; Destination - Disaster - how 8 new Saab B 18Bs of the Swedish Air Force met their doom, and how they came back; Estonian Air Power, 1918-1945. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A lovely copy. Book
42958310like new. unknown
Very Good English Original bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. Many b/w plates. [xii], 340 p., 1 folding huge map. A tour through the famine districs of India.
18930012691893 Tours, Mame, 1893. Grand in-quarto (215 X 300 mm) percaline rouge de l'éditeur, plaque polychrome d'après SOUZE sur le premier plat, dos lisse orné de même, tranches dorées ; 398 pages. Quelques rousseurs très éparses, plus marquées aux feuillets de faux-titre et d'appendice et de table in fine, quelques traces de décoloration au premier plat, tout à fait acceptables.
In 8, pp. 428 + (4). Centinaia di ill. fot. anche a piena p. Intonso. Br. ed. Seconda edizione, la prima era stata pubblicata nell'anno precedente. Mons. Zaleski fu delegato apostolico in India, Spagna e Inghilterra. In quet'opera espone con dovizia di particolari le caratteristiche etnografiche alle quali pone a corredo un ricco apparato fotografico. Zalenski segui' Monsignor Agliardi come suo segretario
