Cannon, Richard. HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE TWELFTH, OR THE EAST SUFFOLK, REGIMENT OF FOOT | £126.00 | |||||
containting an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685 and of its subsequent services to 1847. 103pp. 4 full-page plates in colour, 2 of uniforms, I of an attack on Gibralter and I of the storming of Seringapatam. In the original red cloth. Very good indeed. A lovely copy. Modern bookplate. 1848 First edition, Parker, Furnivall & Parker. | ||||||
Haley, Arthur H. OUR DAVY. | £12.00 | |||||
General Sir David Baird (1757-1829). 175pp. Card covers. Baird was prisoner of Hyder Ali and served at Seringapatam - later in Egypt and Spain. Owner's bookplate and address label. Otherwise fine. No date (c2000), Bullfinch, Liverpool. | ||||||
Howell, David C.J. WAR WITHOUT PITY IN THE SOUTH INDIAN PENINSULA 1798-1813. | £24.00 | |||||
The Letter Book of Lieutenant-Colonel Valentine Blacker. 192pp. Index. Card Covers. Fine. 2018 Helion and Company. | ||||||
Hyduri, Neshani. HISTORY OF TIPU SULTAN: | £16.00 | |||||
being a Continuation of the Neshani Hyduri by Mir Hussain Ali Khan Kirmani. 186pp. Translated from the Persian by Col.W.Miles. Very good in rubbed and fading dustwrapper. Small ownership label. 1980 Aziz Publishers, Lahore. | ||||||
Ingram, Edward (edits). TWO VIEWS OF BRITISH INDIA. | £12.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
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. | ||||||
Michaud, J. HISTORY OF MYSORE UNDER HYDER ALI AND TIPPOO SULTAN. | £14.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
Monson, Lord and Gower, George Leveson. MEMOIRS OF GEORGE ELERS, Captain in the 12th Regiment of Foot (1771-1842) to which are added Correspondence and Other Papers with Genealogy and Notes. | £85.00 | |||||
324pp. Index. Frontispiece (loose), 1 colour plate and folding map. A very gossipy memoir of early 19th century army life in India with quarrels, duels and courts-martial. He came up too late for Seringapatam and seems to have largely avoided enemy engagement. Very good. 1903 First edition, William Heinemann. | ||||||
Philips, C.H.(edits). THE CORRESPONDENCE OF DAVID SCOTT | £5.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
Taylor, Colonel Meadows. TIPPOO SULTAUN. | £30.00 | |||||
A Tale of the Mysore War 459pp. Novel. Bound in dark blue cloth with red and gold decoration. Very good. No date (c1910), Kegan Paul. |
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