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Allen, Charles (edits). A SOLDIER OF THE COMPANY. |
£15.00 |
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Life of an English Ensign 1833-43. Captain Albert Hervey. 226pp. Endpaper maps. Many illustrations of the period in colour and black and white. Signed by the editor on the title page, Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1988 First edition, Michael Joseph. |
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Anon (Moir, J.). TRANSACTIONS IN INDIA from the Commencement of the French War in Seventeen Hundred and Fify-Six to the Conclusion of the Late Peace in Seventeen Hundred and Eighty-Three. |
£250.00 |
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505pp. Excellent 20th century restoration with the original leather boards and an new leather spine with raised bands and red leather title. With the armorial bookplate of Sir John Francis Davis, donated by him to Clifton College with their 1873 library bookplate. No other library markings. Very good. Now a very tight clean copy. 1786 J.Debrett. |
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Ballhatchet, Kenneth. SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN WESTERN INDIA 1817-1830 |
£24.00 |
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335pp. Index. Portrait of Elphinstone as frontispiece. 1 folding and 1 other map. The integration of the Peshwa's territory into British India. Fine in very good dustwrapper. 1957 First edition, Oxford University Press. |
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Beaglehole, T.H. THOMAS MUNRO |
£21.00 |
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and the Development of Administrative Policy in Madras 1792-1818. 183pp. Index. Fine in very good dustwrapper. An outstanding copy. 1966 First edition, Cambridge University Press. |
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Bean, Susan S. YANKEE INDIA. |
£28.00 |
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American Cultural and Commercial Encounters with India in the Age of Sail 1784-1860. 288pp. Index. 4to. 119 illustrations in colour and 63 in b/w. Fine in complete dustwrapper with single nick to head of spine panel. 2001 First edition, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA and Mapin Books, Ahmedabad |
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Birdwood, Sir George. REPORT OF THE OLD RECORDS OF THE INDIA OFFICE |
£38.00 |
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with Supplementary Note and Appendices 316pp. 27pp index. 2 folding maps and illustrations in colour and b/w. Ex-library copy minimal markings. Interally clean and complete in original light blue boards now faded and grubby. 1891 Second Reprint, W.H.Allen & Co.. |
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Bowen, H.V. et al. MONSOON TRADERS. |
£18.00 |
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The Maritime World of the East India Company. 192pp. Index. 4to. Card covers. Colour illustrations throughout. Fine. 2011 Scala for the National Maritime Museum. |
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Bowen, H.V. et al. MONSOON TRADERS. |
£28.00 |
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The Maritime World of the East India Company. 192pp. Index. 4to. Colour illustrations throughout. Owner's bookplate. Fine hardback in fine dustwrapper. 2011 Scala for the National Maritime Museum. |
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Buchanan, Rev Claudius. CHRISTIAN RESEARCHES IN ASIA. |
£45.00 |
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with Notices of Translations of the Scriptures into Oriental Languages. 306pp. Firmly rebound in plain brown cloth. Account of the author's extensive travels through India and Ceylon visiting Christian Missions. He was Vice-Principal of the College of Fort William in Calcutta. Paper a little wavy but clean and largely unspotted. 1811 Fourth Edition, T.Cadell and W.Davies. |
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Carey, W.H. THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF HONOURABLE JOHN COMPANY; |
£126.00 |
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Being Curious Reminiscences illustrating Manners and Customs of the British in India during the Rule of the East India Company from 1600-1858. In 2 vols. 494, 464 + xxx pp. In original red-brown cloth. Compiled from years of researches from old newspapers and scarce volumes. Collection of detail mainly of Calcutta life. Sections on education, charities, art, buildings, gossip, science, amusements, law, the press and literature. Very good. 1906 and 1907 Reprint, R.Cambray & Co., Calcutta |
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Chatterton, E.Keble. THE OLD EAST INDIAMEN. |
£38.00 |
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308pp. A study of the Honourable Company's ships. 15 b/w illustrations. Very good. A nice copy. 1933 Rich & Cowan. |
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Collis, Maurice. FOREIGN MUD. |
£10.00 |
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Being an account of the Opium Imbroglio at Canton in the 1830s and the Anglo-Chinese War that followed. 319pp. Index. 24 b/w illustrations and 5 maps. The East India Company defends its trade in opium. Yellow boards slightly soiled as usual. Otherwise very good. 1952 Second impression Faber |
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Dalrymple, William (edits). FOTGOTTEN MASTERS. |
£25.00 |
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Indian Painting for the East India Company. 192pp. 4to. Wallace Collection exhibition with all items illustrated in colour. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2019 First edition, Philip Wilson. |
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Dodwell, Henry THE NABOBS OF MADRAS. |
£35.00 |
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263pp. 6 b/w plates. European life in 18th century Madras. Spine cloth faded, Internally very good. 1926 First edition, Williams and Norgate. |
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Dreaper, James. PITT'S GALLANT CONQUEROR. |
£12.00 |
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The Turbulent Life of Lieutenant General Sir William Draper. 258pp. Index.15b/w illustrations. He commanded the British capture of Manila in 1762. Near-fine in fine dustwrapper. 2006 First edition, I.B.Tauris. |
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Edwardes, Michael. THE BATTLE OF PLASSEY. |
£5.00 |
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and the Conquest of Bengal. 167pp. British Battles Series. Very good indeed without the dustwrapper. 1963 First edition, Batsford.. |
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Edwardes, Michael. THE NECESSARY HELL. |
£15.00 |
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John and Henry Lawrence and the Indian Empire. 213pp. Index. 8 b/w illustrations. Very good indeed in dustwrapper with some loss to bottom of spine panel. 1958 First edition, Cassell. |
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English, Barbara. JOHN COMPANY'S LAST WAR. |
£12.00 |
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192pp. 20 b/w illustrations and 5 maps. Outram's 1856 campaign in Persia. Very good in very good dw with faded spine panel. 1971 First edition, Collins. |
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Firminger, Walter Kelly. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE BENGAL PORTION OF 'THE FIFTH REPORT'. |
£14.00 |
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356pp. Index. Facsimile reprint of 1917 original. Account of the establisment of Company administration in Bengal. Very good. 1977 Today and Tomorrow, Delhi. |
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Forrest, Denys. THE ORIENTAL. |
£10.00 |
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Life Story of a London Club. 240pp. Index. 28 b/w illustrations. History of the West End club founded in 1824 for servants of the East India Company. Very good in rubbed dustwrapper.. 1968 First edition,Batsford. |
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Fortune, Robert. A JOURNEY TO THE TEA COUNTRIES OF CHINA. |
£12.00 |
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With a Short Notice of the East India Company's Tea Plantations in the Himalaya Mountains. 398pp. Facsimile reprint of 1852 original. 16 illustrations and a map. Fortune returned from China with more than twenty thousand tea plants for the Himalayan estates. In card covers. Fine. 1987 Mildmay. |
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Foster, Sir William. ENGLAND'S QUEST OF EASTERN TRADE. |
£12.00 |
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355pp. Index. 13 maps. 16th and 17th century voyages and commercial penetration. First published in 1933. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1966 Reprint A & C.Black. |
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Furber, Holden. BOMBAY PRESIDENCY IN THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. |
£24.00 |
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Heras Memorial Lectures 1962. 76pp. Index. Very good indeed in dustwrapper with some chips and slight loss. 1965 First edition, Asia Publishing House. |
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Ghosh, Suresh Chandra. THE SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE BRITISH COMMUNITY IN BENGAL 1757-1800. |
£45.00 |
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205pp. Index. Very good indeed. 1970 First edition, E.J.Brill, Leiden. |
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Glendinning, Victoria. RAFFLES AND THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY 1781-1826 |
£10.00 |
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349pp. Index. 40 illustrations in colour and b/w. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2012 First edition, Profile Books. |
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Gordon, Stewart. MARATHAS, MARAUDERS AND STATE FORMATION IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY INDIA. |
£35.00 |
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223pp. Index. Owner's name on front endpaper. Otherwise fine in fine dustwrapper. 1994 First edition, Oxford University Press. New Delhi. |
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Grier, Sydney C. (Hilda Gregg). IN FURTHEST IND. |
£12.00 |
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The Narrative of Mr.Edward Carlyon of the Honourable East India Company's Service. Novel in the form of his account of his journey to the court of the Great Moghul, written in 1697. Very good indeed. 1894 First edition, Blackwood, Edinburgh. |
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Haley, Arthur H.(edits). THE MUNRO LETTERS. |
£10.00 |
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119pp. Letters of Lieutenant Innes Munro, 71st Regiment, from India 1779-80. Fine in laminated boards. No date (c1980) Bullfinch, Liverpool. |
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Hamilton, Alexander, (Foster, Sir William (edits), A NEW ACCOUNT OF THE EAST INDIES BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON. |
£48.00 |
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xxxvii + 225pp. 2 vols in 1. Index. 5 illustrations and 3 folding maps. Introduction and notes. Lavish facsimile reprint of 1930 Argonaut Press edition. Early 18th century Indian Ocean voyages. Very good indeed. A lovely copy. 1970 Reprint, N, Israel, Amsterdam and Da Capo Press, New York. |
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Hennessy, Maurice. THE RAJAH FROM TIPPERARY. |
£18.00 |
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183pp. Index. 15 illustrations and 2 maps. Story of George Thomas, 18th century adventurer who became ruler of Hariana. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. 1971 First edition, Sidgwick & Jackson. |
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Henty, G.A. WITH CLIVE IN INDIA. |
£15.00 |
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378pp. In original decorated cloth. Very good. A clean, bright copy. No date (c1905), Blackie and Son. |
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Hervey, Captain Albert. A SOLDIER OF THE COMPANY. |
£14.00 |
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Life of an English Ensign 1833-43. 226pp. Endpaper maps. Many illustrations of the period in colour and black and white. Edited and introduced by Charles Allen and signed by him. Fine in very good dw. 1988 First edition, Michael Joseph. |
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Hervey, Captain Albert. A SOLDIER OF THE COMPANY. |
£14.00 |
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Life of an English Ensign 1833-43. 226pp. Endpaper maps. Many illustrations of the period in colour and black and white. Edited and introduced by Charles Allen. Fine in fine dw. 1988 First thus, Michael Joseph. |
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Hickey, William. MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM HICKEY. |
£40.00 |
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1749-1809. In 4 volumes each indexed. 347, 406, 403, 512pp. Gossipy tales of eighteenth century India and Calcutta social life. In the original dark blue cloth. The first vol is a much earlier printing than the others so they do not match exactly. All are tight and clean in very good condition.without labels, stains or inscriptions. 1919 (vol 1), 1950 (vols 2, 3 & 4) Reprints, Hurst & Blackett |
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Hickey, William. MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM HICKEY. |
£10.00 |
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447pp. Index. Single volume edition edited by Peter Quennell. The abridgement is achieved by leaving out repetitious passages and ending after the most interesting period of his life. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1975 New edition, Routledge & Kegan Paul. |
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Howell, David C.J. WAR WITHOUT PITY IN THE SOUTH INDIAN PENINSULA 1798-1813. |
£24.00 |
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The Letter Book of Lieutenant-Colonel Valentine Blacker. 192pp. Index. Card Covers. Fine. 2018 Helion and Company. |
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Ingram, Edward (edits). TWO VIEWS OF BRITISH INDIA. |
£12.00 |
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The Private Correspondence of Mr Dundas and Lord Wellesley 1798-1801. 344pp. Index. Correspondence between the Board of Control in London and the Governor-General of Bengal. Much on relations with Tipu, Hyderabad, The Marathas Fine in fine dustwrapper. No date (Preface dated 1969) Adams & Dart. |
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James, Lawrence. RAJ. |
£12.00 |
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The Making and Unmaking of British India. 722pp. Index. 8 maps. 59 illustrations. Fine in fine dw. 1998 St Martin's Press, New York. |
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Kaye, M.M.(edits). THE GOLDEN CALM. |
£10.00 |
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An English Lady's Life in Moghul Delhi. 220pp. Reminiscences of life before the Mutiny, lavishly illustrated with many full-page colour reproductions of pages from `The Dehlie Book' commissioned by Sir Thomas Metcalfe from the best local Indian artists including a six page fold-out of a Moghul procession. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1980 First edition, Webb & Bower. |
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Laurie, Colonel W.F.B. SKETCHES OF SOME DISTINGUISHED ANGLO-INDIANS. |
£45.00 |
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420pp. Index. In the original green decorated cloth. With the bookplate of the Royal United Service Institution. Short biographies of over 30 British soldiers and administrators Front hinge slack and binding rubbed. 1887 New Edition Revised and Enlarged, W.H.Allen & Co.. |
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Lee-Warner, William. THE LIFE OF THE MARQUIS OF DALHOUSIE. |
£25.00 |
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In two volumes. 446pp, 450pp. Index. Originally published in 1904. Governor-General 1848-1856. Fascsimile reprint. Fine in transparent wrappers. 1972 Irish University Press, Shannon. |
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Macdonald, John . TRAVELS (1745-1779). |
£16.00 |
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Memoirs of an Eighteenth Century Footman. 256pp. Index. 8 b/w plates. The original 1790 text is edited and introduced by John Beresford. Macdonald was in India 1769 - 1773. Very good. Front hinge slack. 1927 First edition, Broadway Travellers edition, Routledge. |
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Malcolm, John. MALCOLM: SOLDIER, DIPLOMAT, IDEOLOGUE OF BRITISH INDIA. |
£18.00 |
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641pp. Index. 12 maps. Illustrations in colour and b/w. Biography of East India Company administrator. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2014 First edition, John Donald, Edinburgh. |
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Malleson, Colonel G.B. LORD CLIVE. |
£76.00 |
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The Founders of the Indian Empire. 516pp. Index. Portrait. 4 maps (3 folding). In the original black cloth. Very good indeed. An outstanding copy. Old library bookplate but no other library markings. 1882 First edition, W.H.Allen. |
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Malleson, Colonel G.B. HISTORY OF THE FRENCH IN INDIA |
£86.00 |
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from the Founding of Pondichery in 1674 to the Capture of that Place in 1761. 614pp. Index. 3 maps, 1 folding. In the original green cloth. Very good indeed. An outstandingly bright copy without stains, inscriptions or foxing. 1893 New revised edition, W.H.Allen. |
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Masani, Zareer. MACAULAY. |
£15.00 |
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Pioneer of India's Modernization. xv + 269pp. Index. Fine in near-fine dustwrapper. 2012 First edition, Random House India. |
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McLaren, Martha. BRITISH INDIA AND BRITISH SCOTLAND 1780-1830. |
£16.00 |
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Career Building, Empire Building and a Scottish School of Thought on Indian Governance. 307pp. Index. Study of Munro, Malcolm and Elphinstone, their ideas and their careers in the East India Company. From the library of the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 2001 First edition, University of Akron Press, Ohio. |
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McLaren, Martha. BRITISH INDIA AND BRITISH SCOTLAND 1780-1830. |
£20.00 |
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Career Building, Empire Building and a Scottish School of Thought on Indian Governance. 307pp. Index. Study of Munro, Malcolm and Elphinstone, their ideas and their careers in the East India Company. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2001 First edition, University of Akron Press, Ohio. |
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Mill, James. THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA,. |
£450.00 |
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In 6 vols. 450, 463, 571, 508, 546 and 631pp. Index in vol 6. Large folding maps: in Vol1 (a little torn and spotted) of Eastern Persia, Afganistan etc. In Vol 3 of Hindoostan in colour by J. Arrowsmith. Excellent 20th century restoration with the original leather boards and new leather spines with raised bands and red leather titles. A most attractive and beautifully restored set, Some mainly very light spotting. Without labels, inscriptions or rubber stamp marks. 1820 Second edition, Baldwin, Cradock and Joy. |
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Misra, B.B. THE INDIAN MIDDLE CLASSES. |
£10.00 |
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Their Growth in Modern Times. 438pp. Index. A study from late-Mughal times to 1947. Some light margin marking in pen, otherwise very good in chipped dw. 1961 First edition, Oxford University Press. |
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Mo, Timothy. AN INSULAR POSSESSION. |
£7.00 |
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593pp. Opium wars in the East India Company factories in south China. Fine in fine dw. 1986 First, Chatto. |
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Morris, Henry. THE GOVERNORS-GENERAL OF INDIA. |
£24.00 |
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Volume I. First series. 189pp. In the original olive cloth. Engraved portraits of each of the first six Governors-General to 1823 Very good indeed, 1907 First edition, The Christian Literature Society for India. |
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Morse, Hosea Ballou. THE CHRONICLES OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY TRADING TO CHINA 1635-1834. |
£290.00 |
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Complete in 5 vols. xxii 305, 435, 388, 425 and 196pp. Vol 5 was first published three years after the others as 'Supplementary 1742-74' Appendices to each volume. Index. High quality facsimile edition of 1926 original In dark blue cloth. Very good indeed. A lovely set. 2007 Global Oriental. |
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Nair, P.Thankappan (edits). PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY 1801-1816. |
£55.00 |
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Volume 2. 947pp with 43pp index. Includes short biographies of 349 members of the Society. Signed by the editor on the title page. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1995 First edition, Calcutta. |
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Nair, P.Thankappan (edits). PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY 1817-32. |
£95.00 |
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Volume 3, Books I and II. Two volumes. 2,198pp with 111pp index. Includes 107pp of biographical sketches of the members of the Society. Signed by the editor on the title page. Very good in very good dustwrappers. 1996 First edition, Calcutta. |
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Napier, Priscilla. I HAVE SIND. |
£28.00 |
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Charles Napier in India 1841-1844. 327pp. Index. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1990 First edition, Michael Russell, Salisbury. |
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National Army Museum. THE VICTORIA CROSSES AND GEORGE CROSSES OF THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND INDIAN ARMY 1856-1945. |
£14.00 |
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47pp. 9 plates. Card covers. 9 full-page b/w illustrations. Very good. Owner's name. 1962 First edition, National Army Museum. |
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Orme, Robert ON THE GOVT. AND PEOPLE OF INDOSTAN. |
£14.00 |
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94pp. Extracts from 'Historical Fragments of the Mogul Empire' published in1805. 43pp on the establishment of the English trade at Surat. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1971 Pustak Kendra, Lucknow. |
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Parkinson, C.Northcote. TRADE IN THE EASTERN SEAS 1793-1813. |
£55.00 |
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435pp. Index. 8 b/w plates and 2 maps. Very good . An excellent copy. 1937 First edition, Cambridge University Press. |
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Parry,J.H. TRADE AND DOMINION. |
£15.00 |
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The European Overseas Empires in the Eighteenth Century. 409pp. Index. 90 b/w illustrations. Very good indeed in fine dustwrapper. An outstanding copy. Owner's name. 1971 First edition, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. |
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Philips, C.H.(edits). THE CORRESPONDENCE OF DAVID SCOTT |
£5.00 |
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Director and Chairman of the East India Company Relating to Indian Affairs 1787-1805. Volume 2 only (of 2). 229pp. Near-fine. Largely uncut. 1951 First edition, Royal Historical Society. |
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Roberts, P.E. HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA UNDER THE COMPANY AND CROWN. |
£22.00 |
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625pp. Index. 14 maps. Owner's bookplate and address label. Otherwise very good indeed. 1930 Second impression, Oxford University Press. |
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Scott, W.R. THE CONSTITUTION AND FINANCE OF ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND IRISH JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES TO 1720. |
£550.00 |
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Complete in 3 vols, lvi + 488, 504 and 563pp. Index to each volume. In the original black cloth. Top edges gilt. Very good indeed. A lovely set. A little very light spotting. 1912 First edition, at the University Press, Cambridge |
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Shaw, Graham. PRINTING IN CALCUTTA TO 1800. |
£5.00 |
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A Description and Checklist of Printing in Late Eighteenth Century Calcutta. 249pp. Fine. 1981 First edition, The Bibliographical Society. |
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Sinha, N.K. HAIDAR ALI. |
£35.00 |
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Volume 1 1721-1779. 294pp. Index. Light marginal marks and notes in pencil. Very good in darkening dustwrapper. 1941 First edition, for the author, Calcutta. |
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Srinavasachari, Rao Bahadur C.S. ANANDA RANGA PILLAI. |
£18.00 |
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The 'Pepys' of French India. 512pp. Facsimile reprint. Map. A critical edition of remarkable eighteenth century diaries kept by Indian businessman who acted for the French in Pondicherry. Very good. 1991 Asian Educational Services. |
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Srinavasachari, Rao Bahadur C.S. ANANDA RANGA PILLAI. |
£25.00 |
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The 'Pepys' of French India. 512pp. A critical edition of remarkable eighteenth century diaries kept by Indian businessman who acted for the French in Pondicherry. Corners worn. Spotted colour loss to boards. Some worm holes mainly to early and late pages not affecting the text. 1940 First edition, Varadachary & Co.,Madras. |
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Sutton, Jean. LORDS OF THE EAST. |
£22.00 |
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The East India Company and its Ships. 176pp. Index. Many b/w illustrations. 10 detailed appendices. Fine in fine dw. 1981 First edition, Conway Maritime Press. |
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Taylor, Stephen. STORM AND CONQUEST. |
£10.00 |
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The Battle for the Indian Ocean, 1809. 380pp. Index. 37 illustrations, some in colour. How the Royal Navy drove the French from their Indian Ocean island bases. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2007 First edition, Faber and Faber. |
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Teignmouth, Lord. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE, WRITINGS, AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR WILLIAM JONES. |
£240.00 |
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531pp. Portrait frontispiece. In 19th century binding with leather spine and corners. The spine is elaborately decorated with owner's initials (G.B.) and raised bands. The boards are of stiff card now rubbed with the surface gone in places. Bookplate. Very good. Binding strong and paper clean. 1804 First edition, John Hatchard. |
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Trotter, Captain L.J. WARREN HASTINGS. |
£10.00 |
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`The Rulers of India' series. 219pp. Index. Corners rubbed and front hinge slack. 1890 First edition, Clarendon Press. |
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Trotter, Captain L.J. WARREN HASTINGS. |
£14.00 |
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`The Rulers of India' series. 219pp. Index. In the standard blue cloth. Very good. 1897, Clarendon Press, Oxford. |
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Trotter, Lionel. WARREN HASTINGS: A BIOGRAPHY. |
£16.00 |
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302pp. Index. In brown cloth Very good indeed. An outstanding copy No date (c1909), Everyman Library, Dent. |
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Weitzman, Sophia.. WARREN HASTINGS AND PHILIP FRANCIS. |
£75.00 |
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400pp. Index. 2 plates and a map. Based on the papers of Sir Philip Francis, Hasting's opponent and enemy in India and England. They fought a duel in 1780. Very good indeed. Presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author. 1929 First edition, Manchester University Press. |
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Wheeler, J.Talboys. HANDBOOK TO THE MADRAS RECORDS |
£85.00 |
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being a report on the public records preserved in the Madras government office previous to 1834. xx + 48pp. In the original brown cloth. Very good indeed. 1907 Government Press, Madras. |
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Wheeler, Patrick. RIBBONS AMONG THE RAJAHS. |
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A History of British Women in India before the Raj. 246pp. Index. 29 b/w illustrations. Fine hardback in fine dustwrapper. 2017 First edition, Pen & Sword History. |
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Yazdani, Zubaida. HYDERABAD DURING THE RESIDENCY OF HENRY RUSSELL 1811-1820. |
£25.00 |
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141pp. Folding map. Very good indeed. 1976 First edition, Oxford University Press for the author. |
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