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Archer, Mildred and Bastin, John. THE RAFFLES DRAWINGS IN THE INDIA OFFFICE LIBRARY. |
£35.00 |
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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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Aris, Michael. THE RAVEN CROWN. |
£35.00 |
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The Origins of Buddhist Monarchy in Bhutan. 160pp. 4to. 106 remarkable black and white photographs fully annotated. Fine in fine dustwrapper..Owner's name on endpaper 1994 First edition, Serindia. |
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Baden-Powell, Captain R.S.S. PIG-STICKING OR HOG-HUNTING. |
£58.00 |
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A Complete Account for Sportsmen; and Others. 312pp. Index. 42 of the author's humorous drawings, including 4 plates in colour. The illustrations were new to this edition. In the original green cloth which is slightly faded. Very good. An excellent copy without inscriptions of labels. 1924 revised and enlarged edition, Herbert Jenkins. |
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Baker, C.J. and Washbrook, D.A. SOUTH INDIA: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL CHANGE 1880-1940. |
£12.00 |
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238pp. Index. Very good. Front hinge slack. 1975 First edition, Macmillan, India |
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Barker, A.J. THE VAINGLORIOUS WAR 1854-56. |
£26.00 |
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348pp. Index. 4 maps and 24 b/w illustrations. A history of the Crimean War. Owner's name neatly written on front endpaper. Otherwise fine in fine dustwrapper. An outstanding copy. 1970 First edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. |
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Bayly, C.A. EMPIRE AND INFORMATION. |
£18.00 |
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Intelligence gathering and social communication in India 1780-1870. 412pp. Index. Paperback edition. Issued in 'Cambridge Studies in History & Society'. Fine. Owner's name on endpaper. 1999 Cambridge University Press. |
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Caroe, Olaf and Howell, Evelyn (translate). THE POEMS OF KHUSHHAL KHAN KHATAK. |
£32.00 |
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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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Daly, Major H. MEMOIRS OF GENERAL SIR HENRY DERMOT DALY. |
£50.00 |
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Sometime Commander of Central India Horse, Political Assistant for Western Malwa etc. 388pp. Index. 2 folding maps. 23 b/w plates. Much on his Mutiny experiences. He was recommended for the V.C. in the capture of Delhi. Ex public library copy. A little rubbed and slack but clean and complete. 1905 First edition, John Murray. |
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Dani, Ahmad Hasan. PESHAWAR. |
£45.00 |
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Historic City of the Frontier. 253pp. Index. 3 folding maps. 29 plates. The author was Professor of Archaeology at the University of Peshawar. Very good in complete dustwrapper without lettering on spine panel. Owner's name. 1969 First edition, Khyber Mail Press, Peshawar. |
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Farrington, Susan Maria. PESHAWAR CEMETERY. |
£16.00 |
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North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. 195pp. Card covers. Nearly 900 graves plotted and inscriptions recorded. Notes and analysis on the causes of death. 8pp sketch maps. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Fine. 1988 First edition, BACSA. |
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Farrington, Susan Maria. PESHAWAR. |
£16.00 |
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Monumental Inscriptions II. 159pp. Card covers. A full record of the military cemetery and the inscriptions from the two churches. Fine. 1991 First edition, BACSA. |
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Farrington, Susan Maria. RAWALPINDI: CEMETERIES AND CHURCHES. |
£16.00 |
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294pp. Map. 40 illustrations and plans. A full record of memorials and inscriptions. Card covers. Fine. 1995 First edition, BACSA. |
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Fielding, Nick. TRAVELLERS IN THE GREAT STEPPE. |
£10.00 |
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From the Papal Envoys to the Russian Revolution. xiv + 318pp. Index. Illustrations in colour and b/w. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2020 First edition, Signal Books, Oxford. |
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Flinders, Stuart. CULT OF A DARK HERO. |
£12.00 |
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Nicholson of Delhi. 231pp. Index. Card covers. Fine. 2018 Bloomsbury Academic. |
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Forrest, G.W. (edits). THE INDIAN MUTINY. |
£120.00 |
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Selections from the Letters and Other state Papers Preserved by the Military Department of the Government of India 1857-1858. In 3 vols: xxxii 507pp; xv 415pp; xxxii 651pp. Index. Maps (many folding), plans and portraits. Facsimile reprints of 1904 and 1912 originals. Near-fine as issued without dustwrappers. Minor bruising to some corners. 2001 Asian Educational Services, New Delhi. |
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Garwood, Jennifer (introduces). THE SOUTH PARK STREET CEMETERY CALCUTTA. |
£10.00 |
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28pp. Card covered stapled booklet. Colour photographs. Very good. 1997 Third edition, Calcutta. |
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Gowing, T. A SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE |
£28.00 |
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or a Voice from the Ranks Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. 494pp. In original decorated cloth. All edges gilt. 17 plates. Service in the Crimea, Mutiny campaign and Afghanistan. Much detail from the point of view of a non-commissioned officer. Amateur repair to front hinge and mess where a private library label has been partly removed. Internally clean and complete. 1886 Revised edition, Nottingham, for the author. |
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Harfield, Alan. MEERUT. |
£24.00 |
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'The First Sixty Years (1815-1875)' and 'The Cantonment Cemetry (1876-1939)'. In 2 vols. 346 and 210pp. Indexed account of the cemeteries. Fine. 1992 and 1999, BACSA. |
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Harfield, Alan. MEERUT. |
£24.00 |
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'The First Sixty Years (1815-1875)' and 'The Cantonment Cemetry (1876-1939)'. In 2 vols. 346 and 210pp. Indexed account of the cemeteries. Fine. 1992 and 1999, BACSA. |
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Hewson, Eileen. GUWAHATI WAR CEMETERY, ASSAM, INDIA. |
£15.00 |
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50pp. Card-covered stapled booklet. Fine. 2007 Kabristan Archives. |
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Holmes, T.Rice. HISTORY OF THE INDIAN MUTINY |
£48.00 |
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and of the Disturbances which Accompanied it among the Civil Population. 659pp. With 5 folding maps and 6 plans. Taylor describes this as `the standard one volume work'. University of London bookplate stamped 'withdrawn'. In the original red cloth. Very good. An excellent copy. No external library marks. 1898 Fifth edition revised throughout and slightly enlarged. Macmillan. |
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Johson, Major W.T. TWELVE YEARS OF A SOLDIERS LIFE. |
£180.00 |
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215pp. Edited by his widow from his letters. He was in India from 1846. Service in The Crimea, Persia and the Mutiny. 'Billy' Johnson was at Rugby under Thomas Arnold, absorbing his values and learning to write well. Good shikar accounts. Home in poor health in 1858. Very good. An excellent copy. Heraldic bookplate and signature in Victorian hand. 1897 First edition, A.D Innes & Co.. |
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Lambrick, H.T. SIR CHARLES NAPIER AND SIND. |
£95.00 |
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402pp. Index. 2 folding maps. In dark blue cloth. The author had an ICS career in Sind prior to 1946. Very good indeed in like dw. An outstanding copy. 1952 First edition, at the Clarendon Press, Oxford. |
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Lattimore, Owen. STUDIES IN FRONTIER HISTORY. |
£45.00 |
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Collected Papers 1929-58. 565pp. Index. Very good in very good dustwrapper. An excellent copy. 1962 First edition, Oxford University Press. |
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Lloyd-Jones, Robin THE SUNLIT SUMMIT. |
£16.00 |
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The Life of W.H.Murray. xxvi + 358pp. Index. 32 b/w photographs ane 18 in colour. Foreword by Roberty Macfarlane. Fine hardback in fine dustwrapper, 2113 First edition, Sandstone Press, Dingwall. |
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McGuire, R.E. BURMA: REGISTER OF EUROPEAN DEATHS AND BURIALS. |
£35.00 |
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In 2 vols. The second volume is a supplement. Card covers. Fully indexed. Fine. 1983 and 1987, BACSA. |
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McKay, Alex. TIBET AND THE BRITISH RAJ. |
£38.00 |
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The Frontier Cadre 1904-1947. 293pp. Index. 9 b/w photographs. The lives ot British Political Officers such as Bailey, Bell, Gould and Richardson. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1997 First edition, Curzon. |
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Mead, Henry. THE SEPOY REVOLT: its Causes and its Consequences. |
£120.00 |
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398pp. Appendix on the Gagging Act. In the original brown cloth.. This is said to be the earliest of all Mutiny publications. 'We have been severely punished' for 'the cruelty, oppression and measureless folly of our rule'. Describes the events and proposes a remedy through political change. Subscription library label on front endpaper. No other library marks. Hinges a littlre slack but holding well. Very good. Contents very clean and bright. Slight spots of colour loss to boards. 1857 First edition, John Murray. |
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Military Correspondent of the Times. THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST 1904-1905. |
£24.00 |
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656pp. Index. 12 portraits and 18 maps mailly folding. With the armorial bookplate of Major-General Sir Edward Sinclair May. A very detailed account of the Russo-Japanese War. Internally clean and complete but hinges slack and head of spine frayed. 1905 First edition, John Murray. |
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Morse, Belinda. CALAMITY AND COURAGE. |
£12.00 |
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A Heroine of the Raj. 139pp. Index. Illustrated in b/w and colour. The story of Ethel Grimwood and the uprising in Manipur, Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2008 First edition, The Book Guild, Brighton |
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