8vo. 993-1011pp. With eight photographic plates. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Rubbed and marked. Text-block detached from binding. Presentation copy, inked inscription to upper wrapper: 'With compliments / from J.H.M.'

[Together with:] MARSHALL, J. H. Archaeological exploration in india, 1907-8. [Hertford]. [Stephen Austin and Sons], 1908. First offprint edition. 8vo. 1085-1120pp. With eight photographic plates. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked. Presentation copy, inked inscription to upper wrapper: 'With compliments'.

[And:] MARSHALL, J. H. Archaeological exploration in india, 1909-10. [Hertford]. [Stephen Austin and Sons], 1910. First offprint edition. 8vo. [1], 128-158pp. With seven photographic plates and a coloured folding plan. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked. Presentation copy, inked inscription to upper wrapper: 'With the author's compliments'.

Three scarce pamphlets, all presentation copies, relating to archaeological exploits in India in the early twentieth century by eminent archaeologist Sir John Hubert Marshall (1876-1958). In 1902, Marshall was appointed Director-General of Archaeology within the British Indian administration, and subsequently employed his authority to modernise the approach to archaeology in the country, and, notably, allowing native Indians to participate in excavations. During his tenure (which lasted until 1931), Marshall undertook large-scale excavations that revealed Harappā and Mohenjo-daro, the two largest cities of the previously unknown Indus Valley Civilisation.

OCLC and COPAC record copies of each held at the BNF and Cambridge respectively, with a copy of the issue for 1908-09 held by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.