Lot 159
Napier, Edward
Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
London: Henry Colburn, 1840, First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, raised bands on spine, frontispieces and 17 other lithographic plates, minor spotting and dust soiling on plates, inner hinges cracking in both volumes, spines and boards worn in places, owner's label on front pastedowns and booksellers' catalogue descriptions pasted on rear pastedown of volume 2;
Campbell, Walter. The Old Forest Ranger: or, Wild Sports of India on the Neilgherry Hills, in the Jungles and on the Plains. London: How and Parsons, 1842. First edition, tall 8vo, contemporary half calf, gilt spine, frontispiece, additional lithograph title-page and 6 lithographed plates, some foxing and dust staining throughout, one plate detached, boards scuffed;
[ibid.]. My Indian Journal. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1864. First edition, 8vo, 20th-century half morocco, spine and edges gilt, frontispiece and 6 lithographed plates, occasional spotting, slight wear to extremities;
Johnson, Daniel. Sketches of Indian Field Sports as Followed by the Natives of India with Observations on the Animals. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Browne, and Thomas Fowler, 1822. First edition, contemporary half calf with modern reback, frontispiece, original boards worn with loss of paper, edge of lower board with tear in leather, light dust soiling to frontispiece and title page, light spotting to endpapers;
Newall, J.T. Scottish Moors and Indian Jungles. London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1889. First edition, 8vo, 20th-century half sheep, frontispiece and 11 wood engraved plates, upper margin of frontispiece torn and leaf relaid on modern paper, occasional spotting, slight wear to extremities;
and 3 others (not collated): Cumming, Wild Men and Wild Beasts, Scenes in Camp and Jungle, 1871 (first edition), Johnson, Sketches of Indian Field Sports, 1827 (second edition), Letters and Sketches of Francis T. Warre Cornish, late Captain 17th Bengal Lancers, Eton, 1902 (first edition) (9)
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA