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[SAYAJI RAO III]. Speeches & addresses of his highness sayaji rao III Maharaja of Baroda 1877-1927. London. Macmillan and Co., 1928. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 519pp, [1]. With a photogravure portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and blind. Rubbed, spine sunned, worming to boards. Coloured pencil shelf-marks to title page, minute worm-tracks running throughout text-block. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32133

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OATEN, Edwd. Farley. European travellers in india during the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; the evidence afforded by them with respect to indian social institutions, & the nature & influence of indian government. London. Kegan Paul Trench Trübner and Company, 1909. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 274pp, [2]. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed, fore-edge a trifle stained. Scattered spotting. Armorial bookplate of Florence Mary Head to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To Miss Head with the Author's homage', further inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'This book, which describes the adventures of Englishmen and other Europeans who travelled ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25702

[THORPE, J. K.]. In the service of the master: The Life and Work of missionary david morling. London. The Strict Baptist Mission, 1943. First edition. 8vo. 45pp, [3]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and three further photographic plates. Original publisher's green pebbled cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed, upper board soiled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31588

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TAGORE, Sir Rabindranath. Glimpses of bengal selected from the letters of Sir rabindranath tagore 1885 to 1895. London. Macmillan and Co., 1921. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 166pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blue cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, upper board a trifle soiled, spine dulled, corners bumped. Ink-stamp of the S.O.A.S. Dodwell Library to verso of title page. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32127

WACHA, Sir D[inshaw] E[dulji]. Shells from the Sands of Bombay: being my recollections and reminiscences - 1860-1875. [Bombay]. [K. T. Anklesaria], 1920. First edition. 8vo. [8], ix, [2], x-xxvii, 781pp, [3]. With 12 half-tone plates. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Heavily rubbed and marked, several small worm-holes to boards, spine panel worn, dulled, and detached. Hinges exposed, endpapers browned, some marking to title page. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 17330

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RENNELL, Major James. The journals of major james rennell first surveyor-general of india. Written for the information of the governors of bengal during his surveys of the ganges and brahmaputra rivers 1764 to 1767. Calcutta. Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, and published by The Asiatic Society, 1910. First edition. Quarto. iv, [2], 148pp. With a portrait plate, a folding facsimile of two pages of the journal, and a large folding map of Bengal. Later green cloth. Lightly rubbed. Leaves browned, coloured pencil shelf-marks to title page, some marginal insect damage to lower corner of text-block, facsimile torn at folds. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32178

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[OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR INDIA]. India house london: Opened by His Majesty King George the Fifth Emperor of India. July 8th 1930. [London]. [Designed & Printed by Raphael Tuck & Sons], [1930]. First edition. 8vo. 31pp, [1]. Numerous illustrations in the text. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's decorative cream wrappers. Extremities a trifle creased and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24713

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REVENTLOW, Count Ernst Zu. India Its importance for Great Britain, Germany, and the future of the world. Berlin [i.e. Simla]. Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Son [i.e. Monotype Press], 1917 [i.e. 1918] First edition in English. 8vo. [6], 79pp, [1]. With a folding, linen-backed, map. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Rubbed, lightly marked, loss to head and foot of dulled spine, coloured pencil shelf-marks to upper wrapper. Scattered spotting, occasional pencilled highlights/annotations. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 23554

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[LUCKNOW]. [Four programmes for the Lucknow Horse Show]. [Lucknow]. [Perry's Press], [1922-24] 8vo. Four programmes, stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked. Very occasional manuscript corrections to text. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30236

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MONRO, C. C.. [Drop-head title:] General headquarters india: order of the day No. 1. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1919]. Dimensions 210 x 260 mm. Single leaf handbill. Old horizontal and vertical folds. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32235

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MITCHELL, J. F. [compiler]. Appropriation accounts of the central government (civil) and the report of the accountant general, central revenues thereon for the year 1932-33. Delhi. Published by Manager of Publications, 1934. 8vo. iii, [1], 379pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth-backed printed buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23673

FRÖLICH, [Lorenz]. Lily's day: a series of designs by frölich. Text by god-papa. London. Dulau & Co., 1864. First edition in English. Folio. [3], 20ff. Printed on one side of leaf only. With an engraved frontispiece and 20 vignettes printed within blue borders with letterpress text beneath. Original publisher's maroon cloth-backed pictorial yellow paper boards. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned, corners bumped. Leaves working-loose of binding. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30913

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RIDGEWAY, Rev. C. J.. Some sweet stories of old. Boys of Bible Story, No 3. London. Griffith Farran & Co., 1893. First edition. Quarto. 36pp. With a coloured frontispiece, a further six coloured plates, and numerous illustrations in the text. Original publisher's blue cloth-backed pictorial paper boards, original publisher's pictorial wrappers. A trifle rubbed, dustwrapper lightly discoloured, a trifle marked, chipped and torn at edges. Upper hinge exposed, endpapers browned, prize plate of Midland Educational Co. to recto of FFEP . More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31486

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ENAULT, Louis. Angleterre, ecosse, irlande: voyage pittoresque. Paris. Morizot, 1859. First edition. Large 8vo. With 16 engraved plates of views and four partially hand-coloured costume plates. Later black morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Cram moire cloth endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30865

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THADANI, R. V. [compiler]. The historic state trial of the ali brothers and five others. [Karachi]. [Published by R. V. Thadani], 1921. First edition. 8vo. [16], xx, 463, [3], 198pp. With a photographic frontispiece and a further eight photographic plates.Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in black. Heavily rubbed, numerous worm-tracks to boards - running throughout text-block - spine sunned. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting. Inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'With compliments from the Central Khilafat Committee of Bombay. M. Saldan. Lahore 21 1/22'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32230

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SAPRU, Sir Tej Bahadur. Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform: memorandum on the white paper. Allahabad. Allahabad Law Journal Press, 1933. First edition. 8vo. iv, 175pp, [1]. Contemporary purple half-cloth, decorated paper boards, paper label with title in manuscript to upper board. Original publisher's printed cream wrappers bound in. Rubbed and marked, loss to head of sunned spine. Text-block detached from binding, marginal worming throughout, coloured pencil shelf-marks to title page. Presentation copy, inked inscription to upper wrapper: 'With best compliments'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32180

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[KUMAUN DIVISION]. The N.-W.P. and Oudh Land Revenue Act, No. III of 1901 as extended to the kumaun division and Rules and Orders Relating to the Kumaun Division. Allahabad. The Superintendent, Government Press, United Provinces, 1930. 8vo. 2], viii, 172pp. Original publisher's blue cloth-backed printed buff paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, worm-tracks and coloured pencil shelf-marks to upper board. Manuscript notes to front endpapers, coloured pencil shelf-marks to title page, ink-stamps of Brajmohan Lal Dave, advocate at Allahabad to title page and initial leaf of text, occasional ink/pencil underlining. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28125

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[STATES OF INDIA]. Memoranda on the indian states 1939 (Corrected up to the 2nd January 1939). New Delhi. Printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, 1939. 8vo. [2], viii, 370pp. Original publisher's black cloth-backed printed paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23672

MASON, Major Kenneth. Records of the survey of india Vol. XXII. Exploration of the shaksgam valley and aghil ranges 1926. Dehra Dun. Published by order of Brigadier E. A. Tandy, R. E. Surveyor General of India. Printed at the Geodetic Branch Office, Survey of India, 1928. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 182pp. With a photogravure frontispiece, one further photogravure plate, 16 illustrations from photographs by the author on 13 plates, a line map, and a large heliozincographed map housed in rear pocket. Original publisher's grey cloth, lettered in black. A trifle rubbed and marked. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription of C. J. Price to recto of FFEP, occasional light spotting. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25060

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O'MALLEY, L. S. S. Bengal district gazetteers. Saran. Calcutta. The Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1908. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 177pp, [1]. With a coloured lithographed folding map housed in rear pocket. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Early inked ownership inscription of W. C. Macpherson to initial leaf. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32174