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India - Illustrated:

Majumdar Purna Ch. . THE MUSNUD OF MURSHIDABAD (1704-1904) BEING A SYNOPSIS OF THE HISTORY OF MURSHIDABAD FOR THE LAST TWO CENTURIES TO WHICH ARE APPENDED NOTES OF PLACES AND OBJECTS OF INTEREST AT MURSHIDABAD
Murshidabad 1905 1st Saroda Ray. Hardcover. Small octavo, 322pp., photo illustrations, index, attractive silken lime green textured cover cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front. Near VG, light cover wear, front hinge cracking, some browning of initial and final pages. New clear mylar cover. Rare. (a53026)
$300.00 Elliot, Sir Henry M. . MEMOIRS ON THE HISTORY, FOLK-LORE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE RACES OF THE NORTH WESTERN PROVINCES OF INDIA; BEING AN AMPLIFED EDITION OF THE ORIGINAL SUPPLEMENTAL GLOSSARY OF INDIAN TERMS (2 volume set, complete)
London 1869 Trubner. Edited, revised and re-arranged by John Beames. Much on detailed information on Hindu caste system, revenue collection, rural life, customs, rites and superstitions. High quality scholarly study-recommended. 2 volumes. Octavo., 386pp., 4 fine color maps (3 of which are large foldout maps), 2 litho plates, original red cloth hardcovers. Small library blind stamp on title page and on one text page in each volume. Faint residue of numbers at heel of each spine. Good, inner hinges cracked, small chip along outer hinge of Volume 1. Text clean and bindings secure. Two volume set: (a61421)
$290.00 (india) . DARJEELING AND ITS MOUNTAIN RAILWAY, A GUIDE AND SOUVENIR PUBLISHED BY THE DARJEELING-HIMALAYAN RAILWAY CO.
1921 1st Darjeeling-Himalyan Railway. Sm.4to., 106pp., photo illustrations, maps, bright salmon cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on front. VG, some light cover wear and light cover staining. The Very Scarce first edition. (a61541)
$165.00 Burnes, James . A NARRATIVE OF A VISIT TO THE COURT OF SINDE; A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF CUTCH, FROM ITS FIRST CONNEXION WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN INDIA TILL THE CONCLUSION OF THE TREATY OF 1819; AND SOME REMARKS ON THE MEDICAL TOPOGRAPHY OF BHOOJ
Edinburgh 1831 (first edition Bombay 1829) Robert Cadell. Hardcover. Octavo (22x14x2 cm) , 253pp., errata, two large foldout maps, one folding genealogical table, artfully rebound in 20thc binding in full green cloth with mounted red leather spine label and marbled page ends. Good , slight occasional light foxing in text, frontis map has a few short closed tears on fold lines (one tiny piece of tape at one corner) and one 4 inch closed tear on back panel (no loss), second map has some spliting along fold lines. No ownership marks. Classic work. Very Scarce. (a64502)
$1200.00(archeology). ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF HIS EXALTED HIGHNESS THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS 1919-20
Calcutta 1922 Baptist Mission Press. Sm.folio, 32pp., photo illustrations and floor plans of Indian architecture, monuments and artwork, 6 plates, 3/4 green cloth with printed paper covered boards. Indian library stamp on back of last page. VG. (a66965)
$95.00(archeology). ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF HIS EXALTED HIGHNESS THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS 1931-33
Calcutta 1935 Baptist Mission Press. Sm.folio, 110pp., photo illustrations and floor plans of Indian architecture, monuments and artwork, 7 plates, 3/4 green cloth with printed paper covered boards. Indian library stamp on rear of final page. VG. (a66966)
$95.00(archeology). ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF HIS EXALTED HIGHNESS THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS 1935-36
Calcutta 1938 Baptist Mission Press. Sm.folio, 79pp., photo illustrations and floor plans of Indian architecture, monuments and artwork, 15 plates, wraps. Library label on rear pastedown. Near VG. (a66970)
$95.00(archeology). ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF HIS EXALTED HIGHNESS THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS 1927-28
Calcutta 1930 Baptist Mission Press. Sm.folio, 55pp., photo illustrations and floor plans of Indian architecture, monuments and artwork,10 plates, some in color, wraps. Library label on rear pastedown. Good plus, later spine. (a66971)
$95.00(archeology). ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF HIS EXALTED HIGHNESS THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS 1920-21
Calcutta 1923 Baptist Mission Press. Sm.folio., 40pp., photo illustrations and floor plans of Indian architecture, monuments and artwork, plates, 3/4 green cloth hardcover with printed paper covered boards. Library label on rear pastedown. VG. (a66972)
$95.00(archeology). ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF HIS EXALTED HIGHNESS THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS 1936-37
Calcutta 1939 Baptist Mission Press. Sm.folio., 86pp., photo illustrations and floor plans of Indian architecture, monuments and artwork, 20 plates, original printed wraps. Library label on final verso. VG. (a66989)
$95.00(archeology). ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF HIS EXALTED HIGHNESS THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS 1925-26
Calcutta 1928 Baptist Mission Press. Sm.folio., 54pp., photo illustrations and floor plans of Indian architecture, monuments and artwork, 18 plates, 3/4 green cloth hardcover with printed paper covered boards. Library label on rear pastedown. VG. (a66990)
$95.00(archeology). ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF HIS EXALTED HIGHNESS THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS 1930-31
Calcutta 1933 Baptist Mission Press. Sm.folio., 55pp., photo illustrations and floor plans of Indian architecture, monuments and artwork, 10 plates, 3/4 green cloth hardcover with printed paper covered boards. Library label on rear pastedown. VG plus. (a66991)
$95.00(archeology). ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF HIS EXALTED HIGHNESS THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS 1927-28
Calcutta 1930 Baptist Mission Press. Sm.folio., 55pp., photo illustrations and floor plans of Indian architecture, monuments and artwork, 13 plates, 3/4 green cloth hardcover with printed paper covered boards. Library label on rear pastedown. VG plus. (a66992)
$95.00 Ballantine, Henry . ON INDIA'S FRONTIER; OR NEPAL THE GURKHAS' MYSTERIOUS LAND
NY 1895 1st Selwin Tait. Octavo, 102pp., frontis map, photo illustrations, hardcover. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked, spine ends and corners frayed. Scarce. (a69691)
$145.00 Grey, Edward (editor) . THE TRAVELS OF PIETRO DELLA VALLE IN INDIA FROM THE OLD ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF 1664 BY G. HAVERS 2 VOLUME SET (COMPLETE)
Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition. Edited with a life of the Author, an introduction and notes by Edward Grey. Hardcover. Octavo, illustrations, maps, blue grey cloth. Near Fine, no DJs. 2 volumes. (a70708)
$135.00