Lot 204
Singh, Thakur Mukand, Rais of Chalesar
An Inquiry into the Truth
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
An English Translation by Frederick Pincott Esquire, Well-Known Scholar of London, of the Tahqiq-ul-Haq or an Exposition of the True Principles of the Hindu, Jain and Muhammadan Religions, with Reference to Certain Customs calculated to disturb the Public Peace or the Well Being of Society. Aligarh: Jagat Binod Press, 1893. First edition, one of 500 copies, 8vo, contemporary red straight-grain half roan, 36 115 6 pp., Arabic and Devanagari types;
Chaplin, William. A Report exhibiting a View of the Fiscal and Judicial System of Administration introduced into the Conquered Territory above the Ghauts under the Authority of the Commission in the Dekhan. Bombay: [printed by Shreecrustna Jagonnathjee Prabhoo at the] Courier Press, 1824. First edition, 8vo, contemporary straight-grain tan calf gilt, 204 62 pp., folding table, tears to head and foot of spine, short handling tear to table;
[Delhi imprint]. The British Government and the Royal House of Delhi. Letters reprinted from the Delhi Gazette. Delhi: at the Gazette Press, by Kunniah Lal, 1843. First edition, 8vo, later black cloth, [2] 39 pp., ownership inscription of Clive Coates of Helperby and his monogram gilt to front cover;
[Meerut imprint]. Regulations and Standing Orders for the 75th Regiment. Meerut: J. A. Gibbons, Mofussilite Press, 1851. 8vo, contemporary red straight-grain half roan, label to front board, [4] 55 pp., binding worn, loss to head of spine, front joint cracked, interleaved throughout, ownership inscription of one Ensign Carlisle, manuscript annotations to interleaf facing p. 36, possibly lacking pp. 41-2;
[Allahabad imprint]. Manual on Indian Etiquette for the Use of European Officers coming to India. Allahabad: F. Fulker, Supdt., Government Press, United Provinces, 1910. 8vo, contemporary red roan-backed cloth (possibly original), 17 pp., laid-in corrigendum slip;
Ibid. Almoriana. Leaves from a Hill Journal. By V. [Allahabad:] Pioneer Press, 1901. First edition, one of 500 copies, 8vo, contemporary half cloth, [8] 115 pp., original wrappers bound in, shaken, gutter between preface and dedication leaves reinforced;
Mouat, G. E. D. Madras Classes compiled for the Government of India. [Series-title at head:] Handbooks for the Indian Army. Calcutta: Government of India, 1927. First edition, one of 300 copies, 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, [6] 67 pp., folding map, 5 halftone photographic plates, officer's ink-stamps to pastedowns;
Binghley, A H. Rajputs. [Series-title at head:] Caste Handbooks for the Indian Army. Simla: Government Central Printing Office, 1898. First edition, 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, partly effaced ownership inscription to front board, 2 folding lithographic maps loose in end-pockets ('Sketch Map of the Punjab, Rajputana, and Adjacent Countries'; ‘Sketch Map of Hindustan’), front inner hinge gone, crude tape repair to inner margin of title-page on verso;
Ferguson, J. Six Weeks' Trip through India: being Notes by the Way. Colombo: A. M. & J. Ferguson, 1902. First edition, 8vo, original cloth-backed printed boards, folding lithographic map, front inner hinge gone, loss to corner of front board;
Dutt, M. N. A Brief Sketch of the History of the Establishment of British Rule in India [cover-title]. Benares: Chadraprabha Press, 1888. 12mo, original wrappers, cloth backstrip, no title-page (possibly as issued);
Burton, R. G. The Mahratta and Pindari War, compiled for General Staff, India. Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1910. First edition, one of 1,500 copies, ‘for official use only', 4to, modern half leather, [2] iv 126 pp., 10 folding maps and plans (including large general map in end-pocket), contents browned, map 5 split into two sections, erosion to lower margins of textblock;
and 3 others similar (15)
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA
Footnote
One copy only of each of An Inquiry into the Truth and Almoriana traced in libraries, both the British Library. The author of Almoriana, a collection of sketches relating to life in the hill station of Almora in Kumaon, has been identified as Vincent Ormsby (1865-1917), an officer in the 3rd Gurkha Rifles who was killed in action on the Western Front having reached the rank of brigadier. No other copy of the Meerut-printed Regulations and Standing Orders for the 75th Regiment has been located.