India
Group of rare Indian imprints
£1,638
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
[Reily, E. J.]. A Year of my Life in India. Calcutta: Thos. S. Smith, 1888. First edition, small 8vo, later cloth with front cover from original cloth binding laid down, [4] iv [2] 216 pp., 13 lithographic plates (13 listed; one plate, 'An Early Start', not found facing p. 202 as listed, possibly being the one unlisted plate facing dedication leaf), inscribed 'for Elise, Anson, Patrick & Robert, given to mother for them by the authoress Mrs Neily' on the front free endpaper;
[Parsi author]. Travels in Persia. From 2nd April 1878, up to 22nd May 1880. By Kavasji Dinshawji Kiash. Bombay, 1882. First edition, 8vo, original pictorial cloth gilt, crudely rebacked, 500 pp., preliminary text and part of title in English, remaining text in Gujarati, 30 lithographic plates (collation not established);
Nash, George. The French Prisoners, a History. Calcutta: William Rushton, 1843. First edition, 12mo, contemporary calf, loss to spine-ends, closed tear from C1 to D1;
Hart-Davies, T. L Sind Ballads. Translated from the Sindi. Bombay: Education Society's Press, Byculla, 1881. First edition, square 8vo, original cloth, 46 pp., slightly worn, ownership inscription to title-page;
Manucha, Kaccoo Mal, Rai Bahadur (Chairman, Municipal Board, Fyzaband-cum-Ajodhya, Oudh). The Hindu Home-Life. Lucknow: London Printing Press, 1890. First edition, 8vo, contemporary Indian half cloth, [7] vi-ix 109 pp., errata leaf at rear, ink stamp of Pandit Sundar Lal, High Court, Allahabad to title-page, browning and worming;
Government of India. Manual for the Guidance of Native States in Rajputana and Central India for the Control and Reclamation of Criminal Tribes. Calcutta: office of the superintendent of government printing, 1896. Folio, original cloth-backed printed boards, 23 pp., text in English, Hindi and Urdu, covers damp-stained, wear to spine, contents browned;
Government of the United Provinces. The Excise Opium Manual, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Allahabad: W. C. Abel, 1914. 4to, original green cloth, marked;
Idem. Rules for the Management and Discipline of Prisoners in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Allahahd: reprinted by F. Luker, Supdt., Government Press, 1915. Large 8vo, original black cloth, inner hinges cracked, browning, light damp-staining to outer leaves;
[Pamphlets]. Volume of pamphlets, comprising: 1) A Consideration of the Position of Women in Primitive Society from the Standpoint of Marriage. By S. S. Mehta, [Bombay: Anthropological Society of Bombay], 1915, offprint; 2) The Proposed Proclamation Pillar and Minto Park at Allahabad, Allahabad: Leader Press, 1910; 3) All Intoxicants should be avoided. The Twelvth [sic] Annual Report on Total Abstinance [sic] and appeal to those interested in the Public Welfare ... by Pl. Ram Sharan Raturie Sharma, Dehra Dun: Shri Swami Press, 1919; 4) Kalidasa and Shakespeare: a Parallel by D. A. Narasimham, lecturer in English, govt. college, Kumbakonam, 1921; 5) The Present Situation or an Appeal to my Moderate Friends ... by Prof. Ruchi Ram Sahni, Lahore: Tribute Press, 1922;
Devi, Sushila. Reminiscence of English Life. A Lecture delivered in Quetta under the kind patronage of J. R. Carnah ... Superintendant [sic] of Education, Baluchistan. Lahore: Panjabee Press, c.1910. 8vo, original cloth-backed wrappers, 26 pp., some worming;
Chari, M. Viraraghava. The Mysore Representative Assembly and the Indian National Congress. A Dialogue. Madras: National Press, 1891. 8vo, 28 pp., disbound;
and 2 others
Footnote
Note: No other copy traced for A Year of My Life in India; much of the work concerns Burdwan (now Bardhaman), West Bengal, other places visited including Calcutta, Jaipur, Barrackpore, and Baraset. Library Hub cites the British Library copy only for Hart-Davies's work, and the BL and Cambridge copies only for Nash's.