MULLER, Max.
India What Can It Teach Us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University of Cambridge.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1896. A new edition.
8vo., orig maroon cloth, xx, 315, 24pp.ads. Ownership inscription o/w a fine copy.
India What Can It Teach Us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University of Cambridge.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1896. A new edition.
8vo., orig maroon cloth, xx, 315, 24pp.ads. Ownership inscription o/w a fine copy.
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NEWELL, H.A. (Lieut.-Col.) Three Days At Agra. An Illustrated Guide to Places of Interest, Including Fatehpur Sikri, With History and Map. Bombay: Thacker & Co., 1934. "Eighth Edition." (so stated). 8vo., orig. printed wrappers, 112pp. Fine.
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OSBORNE, Dennis.
India and Its Millions.
Philadelphia: Grant & Faires, 1884. First edition.
8vo., orig. cloth, 223pp. Some light wear to spine ends o/w a nice copy.
India and Its Millions.
Philadelphia: Grant & Faires, 1884. First edition.
8vo., orig. cloth, 223pp. Some light wear to spine ends o/w a nice copy.
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PATTERSON, George N.
Journey With Loshay.
New York: Norton, (1954). First edition.
Cloth, 248pp. Near fine in a lightly rubbed d/w.
An account of the author, a Scottish medical missionary, who lived among the Khamba tribe of Tibet.
Journey With Loshay.
New York: Norton, (1954). First edition.
Cloth, 248pp. Near fine in a lightly rubbed d/w.
An account of the author, a Scottish medical missionary, who lived among the Khamba tribe of Tibet.
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PENFIELD, Frederic Courtland.
East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan.
New York: Century & Co., 1907. First edition.
Tall 8vo., orig. dec. red cloth, xvii, 349pp. Light rubbing to spine ends o/w a nice copy of a pretty book.
Most of the book covers Ceylon (3 chapters), and India (5 chapters); there are also chapters on Hong Kong, Canton, Macao and Japan. The author had previously been the American Counsel-General to Egypt, 1893-1897.
East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan.
New York: Century & Co., 1907. First edition.
Tall 8vo., orig. dec. red cloth, xvii, 349pp. Light rubbing to spine ends o/w a nice copy of a pretty book.
Most of the book covers Ceylon (3 chapters), and India (5 chapters); there are also chapters on Hong Kong, Canton, Macao and Japan. The author had previously been the American Counsel-General to Egypt, 1893-1897.
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PHILLIPS, C. (Rev.)
Benares: The Stronghold of Hinduism.
London: Robert Culley, nd. (190-?)
Tall 8vo., orig. green pictorial cloth, 262, (2)pp.ads. E/papers browned o/w a near fine copy of a pretty book.
"A personal account of the author's visit to the city and his experiences with the people, food, disease, etc. He also provides a description of the temples in the city, sadhus on the river banks, etc. "
Benares: The Stronghold of Hinduism.
London: Robert Culley, nd. (190-?)
Tall 8vo., orig. green pictorial cloth, 262, (2)pp.ads. E/papers browned o/w a near fine copy of a pretty book.
"A personal account of the author's visit to the city and his experiences with the people, food, disease, etc. He also provides a description of the temples in the city, sadhus on the river banks, etc. "
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PRICHARD, ILTUDUS.
The Chronicles of Budgepore Or Sketches of LIfe In Upper India.
London: Richard Edward King, nd. (187-?)
8vo., orig. green cloth dec. in black, 344, 31pp.ads. Pages slightly yellowed o/w a near fine copy.
The Chronicles of Budgepore Or Sketches of LIfe In Upper India.
London: Richard Edward King, nd. (187-?)
8vo., orig. green cloth dec. in black, 344, 31pp.ads. Pages slightly yellowed o/w a near fine copy.
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ROBERTS, (Frederick) Field Marshall Lord Roberts of Khandahar. Forty-One Years In India From Subaltern To Commander-in-Chief. By...... London: Richard Bentley And Son, 1897. In two volumes. Fourth Edition (so stated on the verso of the halftitle of volume 1) Tall thick 8vo., orig. blue cloth with gilt decoration in the centre of the upper board, xx, 511; xii,522, 64pp.ads. One folding plate has a tape repair to the verso which is not on the back of the plan itself but rather on the portion attaching into the book; some light rubbing to spine ends and corners but in fact a better than very good but not quite near fine copy. "Lord Roberts has written a book that will attract, and indeed has already attracted, a very considerable amount of attention. He and his father spent nearly ninety years in India. Of these almost fifty belong to his father, while the remaining forty-one have been spent there by himself, and cover the periods of the Mutiny and the Second Campaign in Afghanistan, during which he made his own celebrated march from Kabul to Kandahar. The book is essentially a soldier's book, and ought to be read by every young ambitious soldiers who wishes to understand the secret success in the profession of arms...." (Scottish Review, April 1897, p.247)
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SARGENT, John. A Memoir of The Rev. Henry Martyn.......With an Introductory Essay and An Appendix by the American Editor. Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1833. Third edition. (from the 10th London edition, enlarged and corrected). 8vo., orig. cloth, paper spine label, (lx), (61)-466pp. Foxing throughout, some rubbing and wear a good copy. Travels in India and Arabia.
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SASTRI, Hirananda. A Guide to Elephanta. Delhi: Manager of Publications, 1934. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, 70pp. Very good. A guide to Elephanta and its caves and monuments.
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SHIPP, Lieut. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp, Late A Lieut. In His Majesty's 87th Regiment. Written By Himself. A New Illustrated Edition. With an Introduction by H. Manners Chichester. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1890. "New Illustrated Edition." (reprint of the second edition of ,1843, first published in 3 volumes, 1827.) Presentation copy from the publisher. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, 386pp. Inner hinges cracked, wear to spine ends, a good copy only. This account is mainly about Shipp's service in India; under Lord Lake fighting against the Mahrattas. He was "one of the stormers at the capture of Deig in 1804 and led the forlorn hope of the storming column in three out of four desperate, but unsuccessful, assaults on Bhurtpore in 1805. He later served with the 87th in the second campaign of the Ghoorkha War, and served at the siege of Hattrass and was involved in the Mahratta and Pinaree War of 1817-18. Shipp was later court martialled over what appears to be an unpaid debt. Shipp also travelled in South Africa.
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SHOUMATOFF, Linda and Nicholas. Around the Roof of the World. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, (1996). First edition. Cloth, 237pp. Fine in d/w. The high mountain world of Asia; including Western Tibet, Hunza, Kokhistan, Chang Tang, and the Fadchenko Glacier.
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SMYTHE, F.S.
Kamet Conquered.
London: Gollancz, (1933). Reprint.
Cloth, 420pp. Spine faded o/w very good in a chipped and worn d/w.
Kamet Conquered.
London: Gollancz, (1933). Reprint.
Cloth, 420pp. Spine faded o/w very good in a chipped and worn d/w.
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STACTON, David.
A Ride on a Tiger. The Curious Travels of Victor Jacquemont.
London: Museum Press, (1954). First edition.
Cloth, 222pp. Near fine in d/w with chips at spine ends and corners.
Jacquemont whose friends included Lady Morgan, Stendhal, Merimee and others went to India on a scientific mission. Jacquemont arrived in India penniless but charmed his way to the top of administrative circles and soon became an adroit and successful adventurer.
A Ride on a Tiger. The Curious Travels of Victor Jacquemont.
London: Museum Press, (1954). First edition.
Cloth, 222pp. Near fine in d/w with chips at spine ends and corners.
Jacquemont whose friends included Lady Morgan, Stendhal, Merimee and others went to India on a scientific mission. Jacquemont arrived in India penniless but charmed his way to the top of administrative circles and soon became an adroit and successful adventurer.
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STOKES, Brummie.
Soldiers and Sherpas A Taste for Adventure.
London: Michael Joseph, (1988). First edition.
Cloth, 250pp. Fine in d/w.
Story of Stokes assault on Everest.
Soldiers and Sherpas A Taste for Adventure.
London: Michael Joseph, (1988). First edition.
Cloth, 250pp. Fine in d/w.
Story of Stokes assault on Everest.
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STONOR, Charles. The Sherpa and the Snowman. London: Hollis & Carter, (1955). First edition. Cloth, xii, 209pp. Spine ends rubbed o/w a nice copy in a chipped d/w. Five months of wandering in the mountains of Nepal in search of the "yeti."
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TAYLOR, William. Four Years' Campaign In India. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1876. 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xvi, 416pp. Name, inner hinge cracked, some scattered foxing, some rubbing to spine ends and corners but still near fine. An account of the author's "four years and seven months" in India and includes chapters on Lucknow; Cawnpore; Panahpore; Bareilly; Bombay; The Maratti Missioni; Other English Mission Work; New Outposts; the Methodist Church in Bombay; Pramji Cawasji Hall; Invitation to Poona; the Siege of Poona; Calcutta; and Madras.
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THOMAS, Lowell.
Seeing India With Lowell Thomas.
New York: Saalfied, (1936). First edition.
Sm.4to., orig. cloth backed pictorial paper boards, 108pp. Touch of rubbing to spine ends o/w fine.
A well illustrated account of India aimed at young readers.
Seeing India With Lowell Thomas.
New York: Saalfied, (1936). First edition.
Sm.4to., orig. cloth backed pictorial paper boards, 108pp. Touch of rubbing to spine ends o/w fine.
A well illustrated account of India aimed at young readers.
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THORNTON, Edward.
The History of The British Empire In India.
London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., 1841-1843. In six volumes. First edition.
Tall 8vo., cont. green half morocco, marble boards, gilt. Volume 6 is lacking the titlepage and table of contents, there are signatures covering the verso of the front free e/paper and the recto of the facing blank of volume one, no doubt the book was presented as a gift with those involved signing o/w a near fine copy of this history of British India.
"Edward Thornton [1799-1875] Thornton was at East India House from 1814 to 1857, and was head of the maritime department from 1847. Among his publications were gazetteers of the territories held by the East India Company and the 'countries adjacent to India on the North-West', and a six-volume "History of the British Empire in India" (1841-5)" (ODNB).
The History of The British Empire In India.
London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., 1841-1843. In six volumes. First edition.
Tall 8vo., cont. green half morocco, marble boards, gilt. Volume 6 is lacking the titlepage and table of contents, there are signatures covering the verso of the front free e/paper and the recto of the facing blank of volume one, no doubt the book was presented as a gift with those involved signing o/w a near fine copy of this history of British India.
"Edward Thornton [1799-1875] Thornton was at East India House from 1814 to 1857, and was head of the maritime department from 1847. Among his publications were gazetteers of the territories held by the East India Company and the 'countries adjacent to India on the North-West', and a six-volume "History of the British Empire in India" (1841-5)" (ODNB).
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ULLMAN, James Ramsay.
Kingdom of Adventure: Everest. A chronicle of man's assault on the earth's highest mountain narrated by the participants and with an accompanying text by...
New York: William Sloane, (1947).
Cloth, 411pp. A nice copy in a very good d/w.
Kingdom of Adventure: Everest. A chronicle of man's assault on the earth's highest mountain narrated by the participants and with an accompanying text by...
New York: William Sloane, (1947).
Cloth, 411pp. A nice copy in a very good d/w.
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