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Alexander, K.C. AGRARIAN TENSION IN THANJAVUR. |
£10.00 |
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192pp. Index. Study into conflicts between cultivators and labourers. Very good in dw with loss to front panel. 1975 First edition, Hyderabad. |
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Anand, Mulk Raj (introduces and edits). SPLENDOURS OF KERALA. |
£24.00 |
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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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Anon. REPORT OF THE NEGAPATAM AND TRICHINOPOLY AUXILIARY OF THE WESLYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. |
£108.00 |
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c400pp. Annual mission reports bound together with leather spine and corners. A little slack and scuffed. Some contemporary notes on endpapers. 1886-1895, Trichinopoly and Madras. |
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Armstead, Christopher. PRINCELY PAGEANT. |
£12.00 |
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One time Mint Master, Superintendent of Stamps, Chief Electrical Engineer, Director of State Workshops, Warden of Weights and Measures and Currency Officer to His Exalted Highness The Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar. 248pp. Index. 32 b/w photographs and a map. Fine in fine dustwrapper.. 1987 First edition, Thomas Harmsworth. |
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Badami, Anita Rau. THE HERO'S WALK. |
£5.00 |
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359pp. Hero runs decaying family house in south India, his daughter is killed in Vancouver and her daughter returns to the family. Fine in fine dw. 2001 First, Bloomsbury. |
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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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Baliga, B.S.(preface) CATALOGUE OF MADRAS RECORD OFFICE PUBLICATIONS. |
£24.00 |
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13pp. Stapled booklet. List of published records from the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries. First issued in 1942. Very good. Annotation in ink. 1964 Government of Madras. |
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Barrett, Douglas. SCULPTURES FROM AMARAVATI IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. |
£24.00 |
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75pp. 4to. 48 plates of b/w photographs. Study of Buddhist stupa in South India. Fine in very good dw. 1954 First edition, The British Museum. |
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Bhagat, K.P. THE KERALA MID-TERM ELECTION OF 1960. |
£5.00 |
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The Communist Party's Conquest of New Positions 208 + xxviii pp. Index. Ex-university library Slack but otherwise very good. 1962 First edition, Popular Book Depot, Bombay. |
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Biddulph, Colonel J. STRINGER LAWRENCE. |
£45.00 |
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The Father of the Indian Army. 133pp. Index. Folding map and 5 b/w plates. In the original decorated dark blue cloth. With the bookplate of Herefordshire County Libraries and one rubber stamp mark. Very good indeed. 1901 First edition, John Murray. |
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Bouton, Marshall M. AGRARIAN RADICALISM IN SOUTH INDIA. |
£12.00 |
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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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Caldwell, Rev.R. LECTURES ON THE TINNEVELLY MISSIONS |
£35.00 |
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Descriptive of the Field, the Work and the Results with an introductory lecture on the State of Christianity in India. 134pp. In the original blue cloth. From a college library with rubber stamp mark on the title page and label removed fron front paste down. The author was a highly respected missionary whose statue still stands in Madras and who was the first to identify the Dravidian group of languages. Very good. 1857 Bell & Daldry. |
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Croker, B.M. THE COMPANY'S SERVANT. |
£8.00 |
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A Romance of Southern India. 320pp. Spine cloth faded and paper darkening but a sound copy. No date, 62nd thousand, Hurst & Blackett. |
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Dalrymple, William. WHITE MUGHALS. |
£12.00 |
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Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India. 580pp. Index. Illustrations in colour and b/w. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2002 First edition, Harper Collins. |
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Dodwell, H. (edits) THE PRIVATE DIARY OF ANANDA RANGA PILLAI, Dubash to Joseph Francois Dupleix, Governor of Pondichery, from 1736 to 1761. |
£750.00 |
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Volumes 7-11: April 1750 - Dec 1759 465, 478, 443, 428 and 488pp. Index to each volume. In the original standard green cloth. 'Translated from the Tamil by order of the Government of Madras'. Very good. An excellent set. A little spotty colour loss to Vol VII. 1919-1927 Government Press, Madras. |
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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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Dykes, James William Ballantyne. SALEM, AN INDIAN COLLECTORATE. |
£160.00 |
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495pp. Very scarce account of British administration in South India. Recased with the original brown boards and a new cloth spine. Very good. 1853 First edition, W.H.Allen. |
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Frere, M. OLD DECCAN DAYS |
£13.00 |
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or, Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India. 300pp. Introduction by Sir Bartle Frere and illustrations by C F Frere. In 19th century binding with leather spine and corners. Front hinge weak. 1870 Second Edition, Murray. |
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Frere, Mary. OLD DECCAN DAYS |
£7.00 |
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or Hindu Fairy Legends current in Southern India. Collected from Oral Tradition. Indian traditional stories collected and annotated. Introduction by Sir Bartle Frere. 224pp. Boards rubbed and binding slack. 1889 Fourth edition revised, John Murray. |
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Gollings, John (photographs). CITY OF VICTORY. |
£22.00 |
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Vijayanagara, the Medieval Capital of Southern India. 118pp. Index. 4to. Superb b/w photographs with long essay and detailed plans and descriptions of the buildings. Presentation inscription. Otherwise fine in fine dw. 1991 First edition, Aperture, New York. |
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Gopalan, A.K. KERALA PAST AND PRESENT. |
£18.00 |
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128pp. Index.2 maps and photographs in b/w. From the perspective of the newly elected communist government. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper. 1959 First edition, Lawrence and Wishart. |
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Government of Madras. CATALOGUE OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. |
£10.00 |
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110pp. 4to. Very good. 1968 Government of Madras. |
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Government of Madras. GAZETTEER OF THE NELLORE DISTRICT BROUGHT UP TO 1938. |
£45.00 |
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A Volume. 378pp. Very good indeed in the original cloth. 1942 Government Press, Madras. |
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Gravely, F.H and Rangachari, Diwan Bahadur K. THE THREE MAIN STYLES OF TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE RECOGNIZED BY THE SILPA-SASTRAS. |
£10.00 |
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Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Vol III Part 1. 26pp. 4to. Stapled booklet. Paper covers. Index. 2 plates of b/w drawings. Very good. In the original wrappers as issued. Rusting to staples. 1962 India Press, Madras. |
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Gravely, F.H. AN OUTLINE OF INDIAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE. |
£10.00 |
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Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Vol III Part 2. 20pp. 4to. Index. Stapled booklet. Paper covers. 2 plares and drawings. Very good.In the original wrappers as issued. 1960 Reprint, Government of Madras., Madras. |
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Hall, Maurice. WINDOW ON GOA. |
£10.00 |
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A History and Guide. 214 double-column pp. 13 maps. Many colour illustrations. Index. Fine hardback in fine dustwrapper. 1992 First edition, Quiller Press. |
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Harding, Georgina. TRANQUEBAR. |
£5.00 |
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A Season in South India. 205pp. Tranquebar is a former Danish settlement on the Coromandel coast where the author spent a winter. Fine in fine dustwrapper.. 1993 First edition, Hodder. |
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Hatch, W.J. THE LAND PIRATES OF INDIA. |
£55.00 |
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An Account of the Kuravers a Remarkable Tribe of Hereditary Criminals their extraordinary skill as Thieves cattle-lifters and Highwaymen and their manners and customs. 272pp. Index and folding map. 23 plates. Study of the South Indian caste. Very good indeed. Armorial bookplate. 1928 First edition, Seeley Service. |
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Hill, S.C. YUSUF KHAN. |
£32.00 |
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The Rebel Commander. 320pp. Index. 7 maps and plans. Fighting for the English in 18th century South India and then hanged by them. A little grubby but otherwise very good. 1914 First edition, Longmans Green. |
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Hiney, Tom. ON THE MISSIONARY TRAIL. |
£5.00 |
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The Classic Georgian Adventure of Two Englishmen Sent on a Journey Around the World, 1821-29. 367pp. Index. 20 illustrations and 6 maps. A deputation from the 'London Missionary Society'. Long chapter on visits to the missions in Bengal and South India. Fine in fine dw. 2000 First edition, Chatto & Windus. |
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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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Hudson, D.Dennis. PROTESTANT ORIGINS IN INDIA. |
£13.00 |
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Tamil Evangelical Christians, 1706-1835. 220pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2000 First edition, The Curzon Press. |
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Indian Railways. PLACES OF INTEREST ON SOUTHERN RAILWAYS. |
£12.00 |
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80pp. Paper wrappers. Gazetteer of places in South India with smudgy b/w photographs and an index relating each to rail connections, with stations and distances, 'Hints to Passengers regarding Transport, Waiting Rooms and Retiring Rooms facilities'. A little edge-rubbed but holding together well. No date (1950s?) Madras. |
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Isaac, John and Jeannette. COORG. |
£14.00 |
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The Land of the Kodavas. 114pp. Landscape. Short text and 97 excellent colour photographs. Map. Printed in Singapore. Fine apart from owner's name. 1995 First edition, BCK Plantations, Coorg. |
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Jeffery, Mary Pauline. IDA S. SCUDDER OF VELLORE. |
£18.00 |
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138pp. 28pp of b/w photographs. Very good. Front endpaper removed. No date (1939), Wesley Press, Mysore. |
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Jeffery, Pauline. IDA S. SCUDDER OF VELLORE. |
£13.00 |
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226pp. Many b/w photographs. Very good. No date, Wesley Press, Mysore. |
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Jones, E.M. POEMS OF SOUTH INDIA. |
£9.00 |
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47pp. Illustrated with 14 watercolours by P.J.Crowle. Written on the wrapper and the title page 'Ethel Margaret Jones, nee Taylor'. Very good indeed in chipped dw. No date (1930s?) Madras. |
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Khullar, Rupinder (photographs). THE SPLENDOUR OF SOUTH INDIA. |
£10.00 |
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112pp. 4to. Short text by S.Muthiah. 120 colour photographs. Fine in fine dw. 1992 First edition, UBSPD New Delhi. |
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Koder, S.S. KERALA AND HER JEWS. |
£25.00 |
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A Paper Read by Mr.S.S.Koder before the Kerala History Convention on 18-5-1965. 8pp. Stapled booklet. Light card wrappers. Printed on light green paper. Staples rusting but otherwise very good indeed 1965 privately published. |
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Kutty, Madhavan. THE VILLAGE BEFORE TIME. |
£10.00 |
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180pp. Card covers. Novel set in Kerala and translated from the Malayalam. Fine. 2000 India Ink, New Delhi. |
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Law, John. MODERN HYDERABAD (DECCAN). |
£24.00 |
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159pp. Card covers. Facsimile reprint of 1914 original. From the library of Sir Roy Strong with his bookplate. Fine. No date (recent) Lightening Source. |
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Lawson, Charles Allen. BRITISH AND NATIVE COCHIN. |
£12.00 |
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176pp + tables of data. Facsimile reprint of 1861 original. Ink marks on spine. Otherwise fine. 2001 Asian Educational Services, New Delhi. |
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Lawson, Sir Charles. MEMORIES OF MADRAS. |
£35.00 |
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313pp. Index. 33 illustrations. Eighteenth and early nineteenth century people and events. Indian rebinding. Internally sound but spine rubbed. 1905 First edition, Sonnenschein. |
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Ling, Catherine F. SUNRISE ON THE NILGIRIS. |
£10.00 |
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The Story oif the Todas. 60pp. Pictorial card covers 17 sepia photographs. Missionary work from 1904. Frontispiece loose. Otherwise very good. No date (1030s?), The Zenith Press. |
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Lloyd, Barbara (photographs). THE COLOURS OF SOUTHERN INDIA. |
£13.00 |
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160pp. Card covers. 145 colour photographs. Fine. 1999 Thames & Hudson. |
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Logan, W. MALABAR. |
£75.00 |
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In 2 vols. 759pp and volume of appendices. 14 folding maps and index in Vol 1. In the original, now faded, blue cloth. First published in 1887. Very good apart from a few stains and slight worm marks on the boards. 1951 Reprint, Government Press, Madras. |
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Logan, W. MALABAR. |
£125.00 |
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In 3 vols. 759pp and 2 volumes of appendices.14 folding maps and index in Vol 1. In the original, now faded, blue cloth. The third volume is 'A collection of Treaties, Engagements and other papers of importance'. First published in 1887. Very good apart from a few stains and slight worm marks on the boards. 1951 Reprint, Government Press, Madras. |
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Loti, Pierre. INDIA. |
£5.00 |
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283pp. Translated from the French. Long chapter on Travancore. Ex-college library with spine label. Very good. 1929 Sixth edition, Werner Lawrie. |
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Luther, Narendra. HYDERABAD. |
£16.00 |
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A Biography. 4233pp. Paperback edition revised and updated. 14 b/w illustrations. Index. From the library of Sir Roy Strong with his bookplate. Fine. 2012 Oxford University Press, New Delhi. |
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Luther, Narendra. HYDERABAD. |
£22.00 |
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A Biography. 423pp. 14 b/w illustrations. Index. Fine in pictorial boards. 2006 Oxford University Press, New Delhi. |
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Luther, Narendra. HYDERABAD. |
£22.00 |
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Memoirs of a City. 431pp. Index. Very good in very good dw. 1995 First edition, Sangam Books. |
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Map. INDIA (SOUTH SHEET); BURMA AND STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. |
£28.00 |
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Mounted on cloth in cloth covers with tie fastening. 65 x 55cms. Plans of Bombay and Madras in lower margin. Colour printed showing Headquarters or Chief towns of districts. Very good. No date (1930s?) George Philip and Son Ltd. |
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Massie, J.W. CONTINENTAL INDIA. |
£30.00 |
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Travelling Sketches and Historical Recollection. Volume 2 (of 2) only. Bound in later plain red cloth. Public school library bookplate. This volume describes travels visiting missions in South India. Very good. 1840 Thomas Ward & Co. |
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Menefee, Selden. THE PAIS OF MANIPAL. |
£13.00 |
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249pp. Index Photographs in b/w. Family biography of South Indian doctor, philanthropist and medical educator. Fine in near-fine dw. 1969 First edition, Asia Publishing House. |
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Michaud, J. HISTORY OF MYSORE UNDER HYDER ALI AND TIPPOO SULTAN. |
£14.00 |
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196pp + 58pp, appendices. Smudgy reprint of 1926 English translation of 1801-9 French original. Very good. Owner's name. 1985 Asian Educational Services, New Delhi. |
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Michell, George (edits). LIVING WOOD. |
£38.00 |
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Sculptural Traditions of South India. 208pp. 4to. 119 illustrations in colour and b/w. Essays relating to exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery. Very good indeed in complete dustwrapper a little chipped at top edge. 1992 First edition, Marg Publications, Bombay. |
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Michell, George (edits). ETERNAL KAVERI. |
£65.00 |
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Historical Sites along South India's Greatest River. 124pp. 4to. 7 illustrated essays. Colour photographs by Clare Arni. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1999 First edition, Marg Publications, Mumbai. |
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Mokashi, D.B. PALKHI. |
£10.00 |
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An Indian Pilgrimage. 291pp. Index. Card covers. 8 colour photographs and a map. A vivid account of the Warkan pilgrimage from Alandi to Pandharpur on foot. Translated from the Marathi. Fine. 1987, State University of New York. |
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Morris, Brian. FOREST TRADERS. |
£10.00 |
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A Socio-Economic Study of the Hill Pandaram. 219pp. Index. Study of Kerala hunter-gatherers. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. 1982 First edition, The Athlone Press. |
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Nair, D.Appukuttan and Paniker, K. Ayyappa. (edit) KATHAKALI: THE ART OF THE NON-WORLDLY. |
£28.00 |
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203pp. 4to. 8 essays Illustrated with many colour photographs. Owner's name. Otherwise fine in fine dw. 1993 First edition, Marg Publications, Bombay. |
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Nair, G.Gopalan. WYNAD. |
£16.00 |
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Its People and Traditions. 164pp. Index. Facsimile reprint of 1911 original. Fine. 2000 Asian Educational Services, New Delhi. |
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Nambiar, P.K. CENSUS OF INDIA 1961. |
£45.00 |
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Madras: Part V: C - Todas. 147pp. 4to. 2 maps, 61 tables, 38 photographs mainly in colour. A study of all aspects of Toda life and culture. Stiff card wrappers and unlettered cloth spine. Very good indeed. 1965 Madras. |
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Nambiar, P.K. CENSUS OF INDIA 1961. |
£45.00 |
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Madras: Part V: B - Ethnographic Notes on the Scheduled Tribes. 268pp. 4to. Maps, Tables, drawings and photographs in b/w. Chapters on the life and culture of Muduvars, Kadars, Kanis or Kannikars, Mala Malasars, Paniyans, Palliyans and Mullu Kurumbars. Stiff card wrappers and unlettered cloth spine. Very good indeed. 1964 Madras. |
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Nambiar, P.K. And Krishnamurthy, N. CENSUS OF INDIA 1961. |
£55.00 |
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Madras: Part XI: D - Temples of Madras State. 1. Chingleput District and Madras City. 278pp. 4to. 8 maps, plans 19 sketches and 284 photographs in b/w. Each temple located and described. Stiff card wrappers and unlettered cloth spine. Very good indeed. 1965 Madras. |
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Nambiar, P.K. And Krishnamurthy, N. CENSUS OF INDIA 1961. |
£25.00 |
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Madras: Part I: A (i): General Report. 451pp. Index. 4to. 22 maps, 8 graphs and charts. Stiff card wrappers and unlettered cloth spine. Covers the whole of the former Madras State. Very good indeed. 1966 Madras. |
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Nayeem, Dr.M.A. THE SPLENDOUR OF HYDERABAD. |
£45.00 |
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400pp. Index. 4to. Nearly 600 archive photographs, Further photographs in colour. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. 2002 First edition, Hyderabad Publishers. |
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Newell, Lt.-Colonel H.A. MADRAS. |
£18.00 |
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The Birth Place of British India. An Illustrated Guide with Map. 138pp. Small 8vo. Folding map. 6 b/w photographs. Card covers. Very good. 1919 Madras Times. |
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Panter-Downs, Mollie. OOTY PRESERVED. |
£24.00 |
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A Victorian Hill Station in India. 134pp. 13 b/w photographs. Fine in very good dustwrapper. A lovely copy. 1967 First edition, Hamish Hamilton. |
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Panter-Downs, Mollie. OOTY PRESERVED. |
£14.00 |
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A Victorian Hill Station in India. 134pp. 13 b/w photographs. Very good in slightly chipped dustwrapper. 1967 First edition, Hamish Hamilton. |
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Paul, F.V.N. THE CROSS OVER COROMANDEL. |
£5.00 |
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A Brief History of St Paul's Cathedral, Chennai. 78pp. Card covers. Lists of burials, bishops and trustees. Presentation copy inscribed by the author. Fine. 2004 for the author, Chennai. |
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Penny, F.E. ON THE COROMANDEL COAST. |
£45.00 |
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358pp. Index. In the original green cloth. Boards slightly rubbed but internally very good indeed without inscriptions or foxing. 1908 First edition, Smith, Elder & Co.. |
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Penny, Mrs. Frank. FORT ST. GEORGE, MADRAS. |
£58.00 |
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A Short History of our First Possession in India. 244pp. Index. 22 b/w plates, mainly from the author's drawings. Very good. Spine faded. 1900 First edition, Swan Sonnenschein |
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Penny, Mrs. Frank. FORT ST. GEORGE, MADRAS. |
£28.00 |
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A Short History of our First Possession in India. 244pp. Index. 22 b/w plates, mainly from the author's drawings. In the original dark blue cloth. Ex-library copy with minimal internal markings but spoiled by a stain on the spine cloth where a label has been removed. Very good internally. 1900 First edition, Swan Sonnenschein |
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Price, Sir J.Frederick (edits and translates). THE PRIVATE DIARY OF ANANDA RANGA PILLAI, Dubash to Joseph Francois Dupleix, Governor of Pondichery, from 1736 to 1761. |
£49.00 |
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Volume 1: 1736 to 1746. 445pp. Index. Portrait frontispiece. In the original green cloth. Some spotty colour loss to boards. Ex-library. Damage has been caused by removal of library label and rubber stamp marks. Frontispiece damaged. Contents otherwise sound. 1904 Government Press, Madras. |
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Rajan, K.V. Soundara. TAMIL NADU AND KERALA. |
£21.00 |
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The Art of South India. 218pp. Index. 18 figures (mainly plans and sections) and 50 b/w photographs. Owner's name. Otherwise very good. 1978 First edition, Sundeep Prakashan, Delhi. |
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Raman, Afried. BANGALORE MYSORE. |
£5.00 |
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A Sangam Guide. 216pp. Small 8vo. Card covers. 59pp of excellent street maps in colour from the Survey of India. Index to maps. Very good. Owner's name. 1994 First edition, Sangam Books. |
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Rangachari, Diwan Bahadur K. THE SRI VAISHNAVA BRAHMANS. |
£28.00 |
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Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Vol II Part 2. 158pp. 4to. Card covers. Index. 12 plates of b/w photographs. Very good indeed. In the original wrappers as issued. 1931 Government Press, Madras. |
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Rao, C. Hayavadana (edits). MYSORE GAZETTEER. |
£140.00 |
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Complete in 5 volumes in 8 books. Vol 1: Descriptive 493pp; Vol 2: Historical (in 4 parts) , 3206pp; Vol 3: Economic, 436pp; Vol 4: Administrative, 800pp; Vol 5: Gazetteer, 1496pp. Index to each of the 5 vols. There is no map at the end of the last volume. Internally sound and complete but bindings slack, boards marked, corners worn and some worm damage to 2 books affecting the covers most. 1927-1930 New edition, Govermment Press, Bangalore. |
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Roberts, Joe. THREE-QUARTERS OF A FOOTPRINT. |
£5.00 |
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Travels in South India. 283pp. Fine in fine dw. 1994 First. |
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Robinson, Thomas. THE LAST DAYS OF BISHOP HEBER. |
£40.00 |
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355pp. Includes a journal of a journey (in 1825-26) through South India with the bishop. First printed in Madras. Very good in later binding with unlettered spine. 1831 Third London edition, Robert Jennings & William Chapman London. |
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Rotary Club of Mahableshwar. MAHABLESHWAR. |
£10.00 |
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A Nature's Gift. Tourist Information Guide. 48pp of text. Pocket size. With 9 colour illustrations (detachable as postcards) and many advertisments for local shops and hotels. Folding sketch map. Very good. 1995 Third edition. |
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Sastri, K.A.Nilakanta. A HISTORY OF SOUTH INDIA from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. |
£18.00 |
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xiv +521pp. Index. 7 maps. Very good. 1971 Oxford University Press, Bombay. |
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Schwartz, C.F. REMAINS OF THE REV.C.F.SCHWARTZ, Missionary in India. |
£55.00 |
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Consisting of his Letters and Journals with a Sketch of his Life. 316pp. Eighteenth century mission in Tritchinapoly. Bound in black cloth with paper spine label. Very good. Corners worn but binding firm. Bookplate of Baptist Mission House Library and library reference written on front endpaper. No other library marks. 1823 First edition, Hatchard and Son. |
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Shields, Nancy K. (edits). BIRDS OF PASSAGE. |
£14.00 |
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Henrietta Clive's Travels in South India 1798-1801. 328pp. Index. Edited journals of the independent-minded wife of the Governor of Madras and her travels with her daughters. Fine hardback in very good dustwrapper. 2009 First edition, Eland. |
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Shields, Nancy K. (edits). BIRDS OF PASSAGE. |
£10.00 |
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Henrietta Clive's Travels in South India 1798-1801. 328pp. Index. Paperback edition. Edited journals of the independent-minded wife of the Governor of Madras and her travels with her daughters. Fine. 2016 Eland. |
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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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Somalay. PALANI. |
£10.00 |
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The Hill Temple of Muruga. 80pp. Card-covered stapled booklet. Colour photographs on wrappers. Very good. No date (c1970) Arul Migu Dhandayuthapani Swami Temple. |
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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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Strickland, Rev W. and Marshall, T.W.M. CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN SOUTHERN INDIA TO 1865. |
£57.00 |
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24Opp. History of the Jesuit Madura Mission. One private library rubber stamp mark. Otherwise very good. 1865 First edition, Longmans, Green. |
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Sundkler, Bengt. CHURCH OF SOUTH INDIA. |
£10.00 |
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The Movement towards Union 1900-1947. 457pp. Bibliography and index. Very good in chipped dw. Boards a little bowed. 1954 First edition, Lutterworth Press. |
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Waghorne, Joanne Punzo. THE RAJA'S MAGIC CLOTHES. |
£25.00 |
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Re-Visioning Kingship and Divinity in England's India. 285pp. Index. A study of British imperialism and the small South Indian State of Pudukkotta from 1858-1947. Based on the Palace Records. 93 photographs in colour and b/w. Fine in fine dw. 1994 First Pennsylvania State University Press. |
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Watson, Adam. THE WAR OF THE GOLDSMITH'S DAUGHTER. |
£12.00 |
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237pp. Index. 13 illustrations and 3 maps. 15th Century Moslem conquests in South India. Fine in very good dw. 1964 First edition, Chatto & Windus. |
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Watson, Adam. THE WAR OF THE GOLDSMITH'S DAUGHTER. |
£5.00 |
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237pp. Index. 13 illustrations and 3 maps. 15th Century Moslem conquests in South India. Fine 1964 First edition, Chatto & Windus. |
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Watson, Adam. THE WAR OF THE GOLDSMITH'S DAUGHTER. |
£10.00 |
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237pp. Index. 13 illustrations and 3 maps. 15th Century Moslem conquests in South India. Very good in very good dw. Corner cut from front endpaper. 1964 First edition, Chatto & Windus. |
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Weeks, Stephen. DECAYING SPLENDOURS. |
£10.00 |
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Two Palaces: Reflections in an Indian Mirror. 104pp. Englishness in Ooty and Bangalore. Based on BBC talks. Many good photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper.. 1979 First edition, BBC. |
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Weeks, Stephen. DECAYING SPLENDOURS. |
£5.00 |
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Two Palaces: Reflections in an Indian Mirror. 104pp. Englishness in Ooty and Bangalore. Based on BBC talks. Many good photographs. Very good in very good dw. Inscription. 1979 First edition, BBC. |
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Weeks, Stephen. DECAYING SPLENDOURS. |
£10.00 |
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Two Palaces: Reflections in an Indian Mirror. 104pp. Englishness in Ooty and Bangalore. Based on BBC talks. Many good photographs. Owner's bookplate and address label. Otherwise fine in fine dw. 1979 First edition, BBC. |
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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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Wood, Michael. THE SMILE OF MURUGAN. |
£5.00 |
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247pp. 53 annotated colour photographs. Travels through Tamil Nadu exploring temple and popular culture. Fine in fine dw. 1995 First edition, Viking. |
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Woodcock, George. KERALA. |
£15.00 |
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A Portrait of the Malabar Coast. 323pp. Index. 41 b/w photographs. Correspondence with the author about the book loosely inserted. Very good in like dw. Owner's name. 1967 First edition, Faber. |
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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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