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    Adam, Colin Forbes.   LIFE OF LORD LLOYD. £5.00    
         318pp. Index. 8 b/w photographs. Introduction by Winston Churchill. Appointed as Governor of Bombay in 1918 and Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1940.   Very good. Spine faded.   1948 First, Macmillan.
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    Adiga, Aravind.   THE WHITE TIGER. £12.00    
         321pp. First printing of Booker Prize-winning first novel.   Fine in fine dw.   2008 First edition, Atlantic Books.
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    Ahmad, Aziz.   STUDIES IN ISLAMIC CULTURE IN THE INDIAN ENVIRONMENT. £16.00    
         311pp. Index. In Oxford dark blue cloth.   Very good in very good dustwrapper.   1964 First edition. Oxford University Press.
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    Ahmed, Monisha and Harris, Clare (edit).   LADAKH. £45.00    
      Culture at the Crossroads   124pp. Index. 4to. 9 essays on aspects of art, architecture and craft. Illustrated in colour and b/w.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   2005 First edition, Marg Foundation, Mumbai.
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    Ahuja, Naman P. (edits).   PHANIGIRI. £45.00    
      Interpreting an Ancient Buddhist Site in Telangana.   181pp. Index. $to. Card covers. 7 essaysillustrated in colour and b/w. Volume3 in series 'Emerging Perspectives on Heritage.   Fine.   2021 First edition, Marg Foundation, Mumbai.
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    Ahuja, Naman P. and Belfrage, Louise (edit).   A MEDIATED MAGIC. £55.00    
      The Indian Presence in Modernism 1880-1930.   181pp. Index.4to. 10 essays illustrated in colour and b/w. Traces Indian ideas in Western modernism.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   2019 First edition, Marg Foundation, Mumbai.
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    Alder, G.J.   BRITISH INDIA'S NORTHERN FRONTIER 1865-1895 £95.00    
      A Study in Imperial Policy   xiv + 392pp. Index. 3 maps. 56pp appendices and bibliography.   Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. An outstanding copy.   1963 First edition, The Royal Commonwealth Society, Longmans
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    Alder, Gary.   BEYOND BOKHARA. £38.00    
      The Life of William Moorcroft, Asian Explorer and Pioneer Veterinary Surgeon.   417pp. Index. 3 maps. Illustrations in b/w.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   1985 First edition, Century.
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    Anand, Mulk Raj (introduces and edits).   SPLENDOURS OF KERALA. £24.00    
         148pp. 4to. Ilustrated in colour and b/w. 12 illustrated essays on architecture, sculpture, painting and dance-drama.   Fine in very good dustwrapper.   1983 Reprint, Marg Publications, Bombay.
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    Anand, Mulk Raj et al.   HOMAGE TO KALAMKARI. £35.00    
         134pp. 4to. Textile binding. Not issued in dustwrapper. 14 essays on painted and printed cloths. Illustrated in colour and b/w. Cloth specially produced for binding this book   Fine. Owner's name.   1979 Reprint, Marg Publications, Bombay.
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    Anand, Mulk Raj.   THE HINDU VIEW OF ART. £22.00    
      With an Introductory Essay on Art and Reality by Eric Gill.   174pp. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated with plates in colour and b/w. First published in 1932   Very good in very good dustwrapper.   1988 Third edition, Lucas Publications.
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    Anon (Mrs Harris).   A LADY'S DIARY OF THE SIEGE OF LUCKNOW. £180.00    
      Written for the Perusal of Friends at Home.   191pp. Small 8vo. Fading signature on front endpaper In the original green cloth. Very scarce and very early US Mutiny publication. Published in London in 1858 by John Murray.   Very good. Ink spots in the margins of pp 11-15.   1858 First US edition, Henry Lyon & Company, New York
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    Archer, Mildred and Bastin, John.   THE RAFFLES DRAWINGS IN THE INDIA OFFFICE LIBRARY. £35.00    
         106pp. 4to. 38 drawings and watercolours each fully illustrated and annotated.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   1978 First edition, Oxford University Press, Kuala Lumpur.
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    Archer, Mildred and Lightbown, George.   INDIA OBSERVED. £12.00    
      India as viewed by British Artists 1760-1860.   160pp. Catalogue of exhibition at the V & A in 1982. A valuable basic work of reference on English artists of the period. In card covers.   Fine.   1982 First edition, Victoria & Albert Museu with Trefoil Books.
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    Archer, Mildred.   COMPANY PAINTINGS. £35.00    
      Indian Paintings of the British Period.   240pp. Index. 4to. 152 illustrations in colour and 7 b/w. Catalogue of 2,600 items in the Victoria and Albert Museum.   Inscription on endpaper. Otherwise fine in fine dustwrapper..   1992 First edition, V & A.
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    Baker, C.J. and Washbrook, D.A.   SOUTH INDIA: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL CHANGE 1880-1940. £12.00    
         238pp. Index.   Very good. Front hinge slack.   1975 First edition, Macmillan, India
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    Barr, Pat and Desmond, Ray.   SIMLA. £35.00    
      A Hill Station in British India.   108pp. 4to landscape. 46pp text and 59pp of plates of photographs of 19th century Simla.   Fine in near-fine dustwrapper.   1978 First edition, The Scolar Press.
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    Bazm-I Aakhir.   THE LAST GATHERING. £10.00    
      A Vivid Portrait of Life in the Red Fort.   104pp. First published in 1885. The Delhi court of the last Mughal emperor.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   2021 Roli Books, New Delhi.
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    Beattie, Hugh.   IMPERIAL FRONTIER. £35.00    
      Tribe and State in Waziristan.   352pp. Index. How the British sought to manage the Pashtun groups in the nineteenth century.   Fine in laminated pictorial boards.   2002 First edition, Curzon Press.
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    Beg, Aziz.   SEVENTEEN SEPTEMBER DAYS. £28.00    
         297pp. A Pakistani account of the 1967 war with India.   Very good in unlettered boards   No date (Preface dated 1967), revised edition, Lahore.
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    Bird, Tim and Marshall, Alex.   AFGHANISTAN. £8.00    
      How the West Lost its Way.   303pp. Index.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   2011 First edition, Yale University Press.
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    Blochmann, H (translates).   THE A IN-I AKBARI BY ABU 'L-FAZL ALLAMI. £25.00    
      Volume 1.   741pp. Index. Folding genealogical table.   Very good.   1977 Reprint, Oriental Books, New Delhi.
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    Boardman, Peter.   THE SHINING MOUNTAIN. £12.00    
      Two Men on Changabang's West Wall.   192pp. Index. 12 photographs in colour and 15 in b/w.   Very good in chipped dustwrapper. Spotting to top edge.   1978 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton..
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    Boulnois, L.   THE SILK ROAD. £12.00    
         250pp. Index. 39 b/w illustrations and 11 maps. Translated from thr French.   Very good in very good dustwrapper. Neat inscription on front endpaper   1966 First English edition, Allen & Unwin.
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    Bouton, Marshall M.   AGRARIAN RADICALISM IN SOUTH INDIA. £12.00    
         327pp. Index. Focus on the district of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu from 1940-1972.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   1985 First edition, Princeton University Press.
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    Cadell, Sir Patrick.   HISTORY OF THE BOMBAY ARMY. £85.00    
         362pp. Index. 2 coloured illustrations and 11 maps.   Spine cloth slightly rubbed and stain to the fore-edge. Otherwise a very good copy.   1938 First edition, Longmans, Green & Co..
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    Caine, W.S.   PICTURESQUE INDIA. £75.00    
      A Handbook for European Travellers.   624pp. Many engraved illustrations. All edges gilt. With large colour-printed folding map of India in 2 sheets. In elaborately decorated boards. Illustrations drawn by John Pedder, H.Sheppard Dale and H.H.Stanton.   Very good. A little colour loss to the edges of the boards but internally a clean, bright copy. Slight tear to the fold of one map.   1891 George Routledge & Sons.
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    Cameron, Nigel.   HONG KONG: THE CULTURED PEARL. £12.00    
         281pp. Index. Illustrations in colour and b/w.   Very good indeed in dustwrapper with slightly faded spine panel.   1978 First edition, Oxford University Press, Hong Kong.
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    Caroe, Olaf and Howell, Evelyn (translate).   THE POEMS OF KHUSHHAL KHAN KHATAK. £32.00    
         98pp. Pushtu text with facing English translations of 17th century Pathan warrior poet.   Very good in chipped dustwrapper..   1963 The Pashto Academy, University of Peshawar.
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    Carstairs, R.   THE LITTLE WORLD OF AN INDIAN DISTRICT OFFICER. £75.00    
         381pp. Folding map. Served in the ICS from 1873 -1903 in various Bengal districts. The author describes his experiences and seeks to improve the rural administration in which he spent his career.   Very good. An excellent copy.   1912 First edition, Macmillan.
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