Lot 92
Elmore, H. M.
The British Mariner's Directory and Guide
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
to the Trade and Navigation of the Indian Nand China Seas … with an Account of the Trade, Mercantile Habits, Manners, and Customs, of the Natives. By H. M. Elmore, many years a Commander in the Country Service in India, and late Commander of the Varuna Extra East Indiaman. London: Blacks and Parry, 1802. 4to (25.6 x 20.6cm), contemporary diced half russia, xl 342 [2] pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, front board detached (with Essex Institute library plate, annotated ‘dup[licate]' in pencil), rear board near-detached (held by bottom cord only), damp-staining throughout
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA
Footnote
The contents include extensive descriptions of the state of commerce in Mocha and Jeddah (‘Some Account of Mocho and Judda and the trade', pp. 249-265) and in the Persian Gulf ('Account of the Trade to Persia, by the Gulf and Bussorah', pp. 268-277).