Lot 195
India
History, social life and customs
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
Allard, Hafiz (pseud.). Nirgis: a Tale of the Indian Mutiny; and, Bismillah; or, Happy days in Cashmere. London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1869. First edition, 8vo, original green blind-stamped cloth, binder's ticket on rear pastedown, shaken, slight spotting on title page and final leaves;
Gore, F. St. J. Lights and Shades of Hill Life in the Afghan and Hindu Highlands of the Punjab. London: John Murray, 1895. First edition, 8vo, contemporary two-tone green cloth binding by Bickers & Son, gilt lettering on spine, half-title, frontispiece and 71 collotype(?) plates from original photographs, 2 folded maps, light staining to boards, frontispiece partly detached, slight tear in folded map facing p. 150;
Marshall, William E. Travels amongst the Todas, or The Study of a Primitive Tribe in South India. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1873. First Edition, 8vo, original grey cloth, half-title, 26 illustrations including 16 full-page autotype photomechanical prints, shaken with cracking to hinges to both boards, some light staining to endpapers and pastedowns, blind-stamped owner's name at head of title-page;
Johnstone, Arthur, Sir. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1896. First edition, 8vo, original brown cloth, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 7 plates and 1 map, light staining to boards and spine, worn at extremities, hinges slightly cracking;
Birdwood, George, Sir. Report on the Old Records of the India Office with Supplementary Note and Appendices. London: W.H. Allen & Co. Limited, 1891. Second reprint, 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt, 2 folded maps, 7 plates (including 2 coloured arms of the East India Company), slight worming to initial and end leaves, remains of library label on spine;
Hutchisson, W.H. Florio. Pen and Pencil Sketches: Being Reminiscences During Eighteen Years' Residence in Bengal. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883. First edition, 8vo, original green pictorial cloth gilt, several black and white illustrations including 4 plates;
together with 22 others (not collated) (28)
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA