Lot 183
Women authors
Collection of Indian travel narratives, 19th century
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
[Deane, Ann]. a Tour through the Upper Provinces of Hindostan … To which is annexed, a Guide up the River Ganges. London: for C. & J. Rivington, 1823. First edition, 8vo, original boards, xii 291 pp., engraved folding map, 2 leaves of advertisements to front (the first functioning as the endpaper, apparently as issued), bookplate and ownership inscription to front pastedown, spine and extremities worn, map offset;
[Maitland, Julia Charlotte]. Letters from Madras, during the Years 1836-1839. By a Lady. London: John Murray, 1843. First edition, large 12mo, 20th-century quarter calf, marbled sides, xii 300 pp., half-title, contemporary manuscript noted pasted to initial blank, prelims spotted, neat repair in quire C;
Graham, Maria. Letters on India. London: Longman [etc.], 1814. First edition, 8vo, original boards, viii 380 [2] pp., engraved folding map, 9 etched plates, errata leaf with directions to the binder, spine worn, front board near-detached;
Roberts, Emma. Scenes and Characteristics of Hindostan, with Sketches of Anglo-Indian Society. London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., 1835. First edition, 3 volumes, large 12mo, 20th-century half calf, bound without half-titles, contents spotted and soiled, volume 2 M11 with closed tear;
Ford, Helen C. Notes of a Tour in India and Ceylon during the Winter of 1888-89. London: Women's Printing Society, Limited, 1889. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed From one member of the Leeds Friends Essay and Illustration Society to another, H. C. F.' on reverse of frontispiece, 8vo, 20th-century blue quarter calf, [2] 180 pp., hand-coloured lithographic frontispiece, 4 albumen-print photographs (on 2 card mounts with manuscript captions), one text leaf crudely repaired, frontispiece working loose (7)
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA