£882
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 725
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Wilson, John. History of the Suppression of Infanticide in Western India, under the Government of Bombay. Bombay: Smith, Taylor and Co., 1855. First edition, 8vo, contemporary red morocco gilt (probably a native binding), rebacked with original spine laid down, moiré silk doublures, gilt edges, half-title, advertisement leaf, pp. 234-5 stained, pp. 235/6 upper fore corner torn away;
Kincaid, C. A. The Outlaws of Kathiawar and Other Studies. Bombay: Times Press, 1905. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth lettered in gilt, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page, edges untrimmed, occasional spotting;
Baker, Sir Samuel W. The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. First edition, 8vo, c.1900 half morocco, half-title, 6 colour lithographic plates with tissue-guards, bookplate of Raja Ambikeshwar Pratap Singh Mankapur, joints rubbed, manuscript label pasted to foot of spine, worming to rear board, contents toned, occasional spotting, damp-staining to gutter of frontispiece, small marginal worm-track towards rear [Czech, Asia, p. 19: 'a cornerstone in the Asian big-game hunting library'];
Johnson, Daniel. Sketches of Indian Field Sports. London: for the author, 1827. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf, rebacked and relined retaining section of original spine, engraved frontispiece, 4 lithographic plates, retaining publisher's slip, binding worn, spotting and browning, frontispiece offset, manuscript numerals to title-page;
Andrew, W. P. Memoir of the Euphrates Valley Route to India; with Official Correspondence and Maps. London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1857. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, recased and relined, half-title, folding colour map, 3 + 7 pp. advertisements, inscribed on retained front free endpaper 'The Right Honble Edward [?] MP from the author';
Latif, Syad Muhammad. Agra Historical and Descriptive, with an Account of Akbar and his Court and of the Modern City of Agra. Calcutta: Calcutta Central Press Company, Limited, 1896. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, lithographic folding map, 40 lithographic plates (of 47) including portraits and views, wear to spine-ends, inner hinges cracked
Note: Library Hub traces four copies of Kincaid's work in UK institutional collections.