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English Books - 1801 onwards

ORSINI, Felice. Memoirs and adventures of felice orsini, written by himself, containing unpublished state papers of the roman court. Edinburgh. Thomas Constable and Company, 1857. First edition in English. 8vo. xix, [1], 286pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Partially unopened in original publisher's purple cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and heavily sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title page, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32441
[HINDU RELIGIOUS & CHARITABLE ENDOWMENTS BOARD]. Report of the hindu religious & charitable endowments committee. (United provinces) 1930. [Lucknow]. [Printed by Ram Shanker Bajpai, at the Lucknow Steam Printing Press], 1930. [2], 101pp, [1].

[Bound with:] The Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Committee...Record of The Garhwal Sub-Committee Enquiry (Part I) Statements of witnesses. [Lucknow]. [Printed by Pt. Manna Lall Tewari, at the Hari Krishna, Shukla Printing Press], 1928. 182pp.

[And:] The Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Committee...Record of The Garhwal Sub-Committee Enquiry (Part II) Exhibits. [Lucknow]. [Printed by Pt. Manna Lall Tewari, at the Hari Krishna, ... More >
£ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32232
[SCOTT, Walter]. Guy mannering; or, the astrologer. Paris. Published by P. Didot, 1821. 8vo. In three volumes. [4], 226; [4], 229, [1]; [4], 235pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Paper slips pasted to all FEPs seemingly to obscure earlier bookplates, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32449
BALME, [Claude]. Observations et réflexions sur le scorbut, D'aprés celui qui a régné parmi les troupes français formant la garrison d'Alexandrie (en Egypte), pendant le Blocus et le Siége de cette ville, en l'an IX (1801), par les Armées combinées des Turcs et des Anglais. [Lyon]. [Impr. de Rusan], [1803]. First edition. [4], 31pp, [1]. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Parisian physician M. Hamon to title page.

[Bound with:] [An unidentified French language article, likely an offprint from a contemporary medical periodical]. [Lyon. [s.n.], [1807]. 11pp, [1].

[And:] BALME, [Claude]. Procès-verbal De la Séance publique de la Société de Médecine de Lyon, tenue le 14 juin 1810, et compte rendu De ses travaux pendant les ... More >
£ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 17014
FENOULHET, A. C.. History of the barbarians. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1835]. 12mo. Manuscript on paper. 27pp, [1]. Contemporary decorative dark green cloth, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to upper board. Extremities rubbed and stained. Spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25885
BUTLER, Sir Harcourt. [Drop-head title:] Indian Reforms, the Imperial Idea, and Provincial Progress. Six speeches. [Allahabad]. [Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, United Provinces], [1918]. First edition. 33pp, [1]. OCLC and COPAC together record a single copy (Oxford).

[Bound with:] CURTIS, Lionel. Letters to the people of india on responsible government. Calcutta. Printed and Published by C. H. Harvey, 1917. First edition. [2], v, [3], 166, 30pp, [2]. Original publisher's wrappers bound in .

[And:] RASHEED, Abdur [compiler]. The travellers' companion: containing a brief description of places of pilgrimage and important towns ... More >
£ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 32234
HARRISON, J[esse] B[urton]. The indian mutiny. [London]. Published for the Historical Association by Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1958. First edition. 8vo. 11pp, [1]. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed salmon pink wrappers. Wrappers detached, a trifle faded, creased. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32134
GIBB, Sir Alexander. Gwalior state. Proposed railway extensions. Bombay. Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners, [1927]. First edition. Folio. [1], 6ff. Letterpress title page and six leaves of typescript. With a large coloured folding map. Original publisher's black cloth-backed printed buff wrappers. Rubbed and marked, coloured pencil shelf-mark to upper board. Occasional coloured pencil annotation to text. Terminal leaf signed in initials Gibb. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 31569
BESANT, Annie. Proofs of the Existence of the Soul. Adyar, Madras. Theosophical Publishing House, [1914]. Second impression. 8vo. [2], 43pp, [1]. Original publisher's salmon pink wrappers. Rubbed, creased, and discoloured, near contemporary inked ownership inscription to upper wrapper: 'Muriel Harper. Nov. 1920'. Scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24290
[HARDWAR]. Report on the working of the hardwar improvement advisory committee appointed to advise the municipal board of hardwar union, hardwar. [Lucknow]. [Newul Kishore Press], 1928. First edition. 8vo. [2], 17pp, [1]. With three large folding lithographic colour plans. Contemporary red half-cloth, decorated paper boards. Original publisher's printed wrappers bound in. A trifle rubbed and marked. Coloured pencil shelf-marks to upper wrapper, title page browned, variable paper-disruption and tears along folds of plans, but all intact. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29323
[CUNNINGHAM, Sir Alexander]. IMAM, Abu. Sir Alexander Cunningham (1814-1893): the first phase of indian archaeology...Reprinted from the journal of the royal asiatic society of great britian and ireland with which is incorporated the Society of Biblical Archaeology. Leeds. Printed for the Society by W. S. Maney & Sons, [1963]. First offprint edition. 8vo. [2], 195-207pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. A trifle creased and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to blank recto of initial leaf:' To Major Harrison with regards, Abu Imam. / 12.12.63'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32186