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 | ||||||
Ballhatchet, Kenneth and Harrison, John, (edit). THE CITY IN SOUTH ASIA. | £12.00 | |||||
Pre-Modern and Modern. xiii + 342pp. Studies of Delhi, Murshidabad, Lucknow, Dacca, Allahabad, Calcutta and elsewhere. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1980 First edition, The Curzon Press. | ||||||
Crooke, W (edits). OBSERVATIONS ON THE MUSSULMAUNS OF INDIA | £25.00 | |||||
Descriptive of their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions made during a Twelve Year Residence in their Immediate Society by Mrs Meer Hassan Ali. 442pp. Index. Facsimile reprint. The author was the English wife of a Lucknow noble and was in India from 1816-28. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper. 1973 Reprint, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Edwardes, Michael. A SEASON IN HELL. | £24.00 | |||||
The Defence of the Lucknow Residency. 330pp. Index. Bibliography. 20 illustrations. Fine in very fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy . 1973 First edition, Hamish Hamilton. | ||||||
Forbes-Mitchell, William. THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. | £10.00 | |||||
159pp. His Mutiny memoirs retitled. Edited with a introduction by Michael Edwardes. Fine in slightly worn slipcase. 1962 Folio Society. | ||||||
Harris, Mrs. A LADY'S DIARY OF THE SIEGE OF LUCKNOW. | £55.00 | |||||
Written for the Perusal of Friends at Home. 211pp. Small 8vo. In the original brown cloth Binding cracked and slack but a complete copy. Slight loss to head of spine but boards otherwise very good. No spotting or stains. 1858 New edition, John Murray. | ||||||
Inglis, the Honourable Lady. THE SIEGE OF LUCKNOW. | £58.00 | |||||
A Diary. 240pp. In the original blue cloth. Senior lady in the garrison. Two private library rubber stamp marks but no external library markings. A little loss and slight split to cloth at head of spine. Otherwise very good. 1892 First edition, Osgood. | ||||||
Innes, Lieut.-General McLeod, R.E., V.C. LUCKNOW AND OUDE IN THE MUTINY. | £190.00 | |||||
A Narrative and a Study. 355pp. 5 folding maps. 8 plates of drawings made by the author, who was an engineer, of the Residency buildings. In original red cloth. This revised edition has an excellent 15pp double column index not present in the first edition Very good indeed. An outstanding copy. 1895 New and Revised edition, A.D.Innes. | ||||||
Jasanoff, Maya. EDGE OF EMPIRE. | £12.00 | |||||
Conquest and Collecting in the East 1750-1850. 504pp. Index. 49 b/w illustrations. A brilliant analysis of cross-cultural lives in India and Egypt. Much on Lucknow and Seringapatam. Fine in fine dw. 2005 First edition, Knopf, New York. | ||||||
Jones, Capt. Oliver J. RECOLLECTIONS OF A WINTER CAMPAIGN IN INDIA 1857-58. | £18.00 | |||||
17 full-page tinted plates. Facsimile of 1859 original. Service in the Mutiny campaign at Lucknow. Fine in fine dw. 1989 First thus, London Stamp Exchange. | ||||||
Narain, Kirti. PRESS, POLITICS AND SOCIETY: UTTAR PRADESH 1885-1914. | £13.00 | |||||
302pp. Index. The role of Indain language newspapers in the develompent of nationalist ideas. Fine in fine dw. 1998 First edition, Mahohar, New Delhi. | ||||||
Rees, L.E. Ruutz. A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE SIEGE OF LUCKNOW. | £95.00 | |||||
By one of its Surviving Defenders. 380pp. In original red cloth. Folding map of Lucknow. Very good indeed. An excellent copy without labels, inscriptions or stains. 1858 Second edition, John Murray. |
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