Lot 114
India
Group of regimental histories
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
Dey, Bodo Nath. A brief account of the Punjab Frontier Force. Abbotabad: [s.n.], 1903. First edition, 8vo, contemporary sheep gilt, lower board worn with loss of small patch of leather;
Poynder, F.S. The 9th Gurkha Rifles 1817-1936. London: Royal United Service Institution, 1937. First edition, 4to, full leather(?), 16 plates (halftone prints), maps, light spotting and dust soiling on title page, with Raj Krishna's name in gilt at tail of spine;
Anderson, R.H. Regimental History of the 45th Rattray's Sikhs During the Great War. London: Sifton Praed & Co., Ltd., 1925. First edition, 8vo, original publisher's cloth gilt, 19 maps (mostly folding, 3 in-text), most maps with tears, map 12 detached and torn, minor worm damage to boards, pastedowns and outer margins of textblock (text unaffected), cloth worn and stained and front inner hinge cracked and loose, remains of adhesive sticker on front spine;
Chaudhuri, J.N. 1 Armoured division in Operation “Polo.” [Hyderabad: Government Press, 1951?]. First edition, 8vo, original cloth with label on front board, 9 plates (halftone prints), 1 folded plan, 3 folded maps, minor worm damage to rear pastedown and folded maps at end, ownership stamp of Raj Krishna on front pastedown;
together with 5 other items (not collated): Brander, 32nd Sikh Pioneers: regimental history. Vol.1, [1907?] (missing all before p. 1), Mullaly, History of the 10th Gurkha Rifles, 1924 (ex-library copy), Innes, The History of the Bengal Regiment, now the Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1885 (2nd edition), Historical Record 110th Mahratta Light Infantry … during the Great War 1914 to 1918, 1927, Northey and Morris, The Gurkhas: their Manners, Customs and Country, 1928 (9)
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA