The History of British India
Binding: 9×5.6”, orig. purple cl. with gilt title to sp., cover sunned, sp. and cover chipped, sl. foxing throughout, binding loose, text clean. , Vol 2 bound in new leather.
Condition: Average
Probably Personal Album of a king during visit to India
Probably Personal Album of a king during visit to India
Condition: Good.
Binding: 16×12.5”, oblong, new half brown buckram over gray cl. boards.
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Glimpses of India
Glimpses of India,
A grand photographic history of The land of Antiquity, the vast Empire of the East. With 500 superbly reproduced Camera Views of her cities, Temples, Towers… Natural Wonders, and pictures of the various types of people, also, supplementary Photographic Views of Burmah, Ceylon, Cashmere and Aden PUNDOLES
Made by: Historical Publishing Company, Philadelphia Published by: C.B. Burrows, Bombay, c.1895.
Illustration: 500 photo prints duotone in purple and brown, vignettes and full pp., yellowed pp.
Condition: Good.
Binding: 26.7×32.5cm., pp. xv, 542; oblong, new binding, sl. foxing throughout.
Napolean: Memoirs of Napolean Bonaparte
Memoirs of Madame Junot, Duchesse D’abrantes.
Illustration: Several full pp. colored, b/w as well as sepia toned prints from etchings with tissue guards, frontis.
Condition: Good
Binding: 9×5.9”, orig. half morocco over marbled boards, 4 raised bands to sp. with gilt title, marbled epps, untrimmed, pp. brittle pages in some volumes have come unstuck due to ageing very very BRITTLE, Breaks on handling
Cassell’s History of the Russo Japanese War
Cassell’s History of the Russo Japanese War
Special Edition. Insert by the Publisher, ‘This edition being specially prepared for Subscription, is not obtainable through the General Bookseller.’
Several b/w prints throughout, both full pp. and vignettes.
Condition:Good
Binding: 9.75×7.25”, full maroon leather with heavy gilt dec. to sp. with gilt title, sp. and cover worn, text in double columns, binding sl. loose.
The Garden Of Kama And Other Love Lyrics Form India
The Garden Of Kama And Other Love Lyrics Form India
Arranged In Verses By Laurence Hope. Illustrated by Byam Shaw
Illustration: 24 full pp. colored prints with printed tissue guards incl. Frontis and title pp.
Condition: Very Good.
Binding: 31x23cm, pp.158; orig. red cl. with black title to cover and a gilt image of Kamadeva to cover, black title to sp. with gilt dec., sp. ends thumbed and sl. torn, teg.
Himalayan Assault, The French Himalayan Expedition 1936
Himalayan Assault, The French Himalayan Expedition 1936
Translated by Nea. E. Morin, Intro by Brig-Gen The Hon. C.G. Bruce
Illustration: 48 gravure plates and 3 line drawn maps. Condition: Excellent Binding: 22x14cm., pp. xv, 203; full brown cl. with gilt title to sp.
Condition: Very Good
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With an introduction by. A.C. Benson. Reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe.
Illustration: Colored photographic prints throughout, full pp. and vignettes, gilt and ornate clrd. Border to all illus., highly colorful and dec. frontis and title pp.
Condition: Copy 1: Good.
Binding: Copy 1: 32×23.5cm, pp.16, notes, list of illus.; full creme cl. with heavy gilt peacock made to cover, gilt dec. sp. with title, cover dirty and worn in parts, teg, dec. epps, highly gilt dec. calligraphic text throughout in red and black, light foxing throughout.
The Prince of Wales Tour
The Prince of Wales’ Tour:
A diary in India; with some account of the visits of his Royal Highness to the courts of Greece, Egypt, Spain and Portugal
Illustration: A large number of full pp. as well as vignette woodcut engravings, full pp. with tissue guards, pasted sepia toned photo frontis., sl. foxing to pl. margins with little/no harm to pl.
Condition: Good.
Binding: 10.5×7”, pp. xxxix, 619; full red cl. with gilt crest to cover, gilt title to sp., aeg, edges thumbed, sp. ends frayed, gilt and black border to cover, black and red title pp.
The Gallery of Nature
The Gallery of Nature.
A pictorial and Descriptive Tour Through Creation, illustrative of the wonders of Astronomy, physical Geography, and Geology
Illustration: A large number of wood engravings, engraved pl., several vignettes, frontis., title pp., sl. Foxing to frontis.
Condition: Good.
Binding: 10.2×5.7”, pp. xii, 803; half brown morocco over cl., 5 raised bands to sp. with gilt title, front cover seperate from sp., marbled epps., teg.
Ceylon An Account Of The Island Physical, Historical, And Topographical With Notices Of Its Natural History, Antiquities And Productions
Ceylon An Account Of The Island Physical, Historical, And Topographical With Notices Of Its Natural History, Antiquities And Productions
Illustration: A large number of wood engravings throughout in the form of vignettes, frontis., 2 double folding maps in Vol.II.
Condition: Very Good
Binding: 22x14cm, pp. xxxv, 619, xvi, 660; brown calf over marbled boards, sp. rebacked, 5 raised bands to sp. with gilt title to leather label, sp. chipped in parts and frayed.
The life and correspondence of the right hon. Sir Bartle Frere
The life and correspondence of the right hon. Sir Bartle Frere
Illustration: 11+5 full pp. woodcut illus. incl. frontis and several clrd. maps.
Condition: Good+.
Binding: 9”x 5.5”, pp. xi, 516, 472; new calf over marbled boards with gilt title to leather label to sp., 5 raised bands to spine.
History of the Parsis, including their manners, customs, religion and present position
History of the Parsis, including their manners, customs, religion and present position
Illustration: Stipple engraved frontis., sepia toned photo image, few clrd. illus.
Condition: Average+.
Binding: 9×6”, orig. blue cl. with image of a man in gilt to cover, gilt border, dec. gilt sp. with title, sl. foxing, edges sl thumbed, teg
Climbing in the Himalayas
Climbing in the Himalayas
Illustration: Signed on front inside pp. Several b/w full pp. and vignettes prints throughout, 1 folded map with clrd. Outlines but brittle.
Condition: Average
Binding: 25×16.5cm., pp. xxviii, 709, 1pp. of adverts.; full brown cl. with image of mountain-climbers in black. And white to cover with black title, gilt title to sp. with image, minor wormholes, cover frayed and binding loose, title pp. missing, sl. underlining in color pencil by previous owner.
The Silken East -A record of life and travel in burma
The Silken East -A record of life and travel in burma
V.C. Scott O’ Connor, Iluus. By J.R. Middleton, Mrs. Otway Wheeler Cuffe and Saya Chone
Illustration: With 400 prints from photographs including 20 colored.
Condition: Good
Binding: 10×6.5”, pp.842; orig. blue cl. with heavy gilt tooling to cover with title, gilt title to sp., rebacked, cover and sp. frayed, few wormholes, teg.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
J.M.Rigg, with an illustrated introduction and 16 hand colored illustrations From original drawings by Louis Chalon
Illustration: Several full pp. clrd. prints throughout.
Condition: Good
Binding: 22×13.5cm., pp.xix,332, xiii, 404 ; full grey cl. with gilt title to spine
Inde L’ Univers, ou Histoire et Description de tous les peoples, de leurs religions, moeurs, industrie, costumes, etc. – Inde.
Inde L’ Univers, ou Histoire et Description de tous les peoples, de leurs religions, moeurs, industrie, costumes, etc. – Inde.
Vol.1-8: The Principal Navigations Voyages traffiques and discoveries of the English Nation, made by sea or overland to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compass of these 1600 years
Narrative of A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India Set 4
Narrative of A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India
Illustration: Set 4: 17+7+4 full pp. woodcut engravings, sl. foxing.
Binding: Set 4 : 8.5×5.5”, new binding, all edges marbled, , certain prtions of the cpver are orig., edges thumbed, occasional foxing.
Binding Set 4: Average+
Narrative of A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India Set 3
Narrative of A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India
Illustration: Set 3: 17+7+4 full pp. woodcut engravings, sl. foxing.
Binding: Set 3: 9×5.5”, half calf over marbled boards, orig. sp. rebacked, 5 raised bands to sp. with gilt title, marbled epps., all edges marbled, all edges thumbed, sl. foxing, text bright and clean, ex libris stamp to inside cover.
Binding Condition: Set 3: Good
Narrative of A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India Set 2
Narrative of A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India
Illustration: Set 2: 17+7+4 full pp. woodcut engravings, sl. foxing, numbering to pl. with pen.
Set 2: Average+
Binding: Set 2: 22×13.5cm, paper marbled boards with part of sp. being orig., most of the sp. is new leather, ex libris stamps to inside cover, sl. foxing, cover frayed, text clean and bright.
Narrative of A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India Set 1
From Calcutta To Bombay, 1824 –1825 (With Notes Upon Ceylon) PUNDOLES
Illustration: Set 1: 17+7+4 full pp. woodcut engravings, sl. foxing.
Condition: Set 1: Good
Binding: Set 1: 8.7×5.3”, orig. brown calf, sp. and cover rebacked, gilt border to cover, gilt dec. sp. with gilt title to new black leather labels, sp. and cover chipped in parts, marbled epps, all edges marbled, inner dentelles, sl. foxing, text clean and bright.
Ajanta, The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta frescoes based on Photography
Ajanta, The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta frescoes based on Photography
Volumes:1,2,3 and 4 of the “Plates” available. (to be Updated)
explanatory text by G. Yazdani, M.A., Intro by Laurence Binyon Colour pl. by Henry Stone & son, banbury & F. Bruckmann, Munich. Text and collotypes by John Johnson, Oxford. .
Lalla Rookh – an Oriental Romance
Lalla Rookh – an Oriental Romance
Illustration: Copy 3: 13 full pp. b/w stipple engravings incl. Frontis and title pp., water stains to pp. margins with little/no harm to pl., tissue guards.
Condition: Good
Binding: Copy 3 : 8.2×5.8”, pp. viii, 392 ; full black morocco with heavy dec. gilt border and motif to cover, 5 raised bands to dec. sp. with gilt title, aeg, inner dentelles, border to all pp., edges thumbed, inscription to inside front pp., sp. worn at joints, pp. sl. yellowed.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer poet of persia
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer poet of persia
Illustration: Copy 3: Several full pp. clrd. Prints of hand paintings, pp. totally brittle.
Binding 9.5×6.6”, pp.63; text in red and black, pp. totally brittle, brown suede leather cover with gilt title and dec. to cover and sp.