A valuable description of the culture of India in the 1820s. Heber's tour encompassed a journey through Bihar, Rohilkhand, Rajputana, and Gujarat,...

Hakluyt Society, first series 56. The abstracts relate to the voyages of Keeling and Hawkins, Sharpie, Middleton, Love, Downton, and Cross. Calend...

A defence by Harry Verelst (1734-1785) of the British administration in Bengal during his governorship. 'Verelst became a loyal supporter of Clive...

Rare broadsheet advertising an exhibition at the Egyptian Hall. The Egyptian Hall was a leading venue for exhibitions featuring original artwork a...

A pair of photographs showing the nuptial celebrations of Kumar Shri Pravinsinhji of Bansda and the Kunvari of Kumar Shri Madarsinhji, heir appare...

Rare eighteenth century manuscript panorama of Madras. one of the first detailed views of this city today populated with more than 7 million people...

Sleeman (1788-1856), an officer in the East India Company, achieved some renown for his part in the anti-Thugee campaign in the 1830's and 40's, b...

Georg Emanuel Opiz, or Opitz (1775-1841) was born in Prague, but moved to Dresden where he studied painting under Giovanni Battista Casanova. His ...

Signed by the author . Photographs taken by Beaton while Official Photographer for The Ministry of Information: from Beggars to Marharanies.A fine ...

The youngest daughter of William, Duke of Clarence (later William IV) and the actress Mrs Jordan, the author married the colonial administrator Vi...

By paddle steamer up the Irrawaddy river. Crawfurd was sent on an envoy mission to Burma in 1826, by Hastings's successor Lord Amherst, in the afte...

Chase (1823-1860) was stationed in Burma from 1847 until his death in 1860. He joined the 46th Bengal Native Infantry in India in March 1842, arr...

Important assembly of three key texts on India. The first volume contains the geography of Hindustan by the Portuguese Jesuit missionary, Joseph T...

Scarce. COPAC lists BL, Edinburgh University, and SOAS only.A thorough survey of the district.First edition. 8vo, xi, 369 pp., errata slip, mounte...

Crawfurd was sent on an envoy mission to Burma in 1826, by Hastings's successor Lord Amherst, in the aftermath of the First Anglo-Burmese War. It ...

Rev. Baker gives an account of the opening of the second Anglo-Burmese War, when Rangoon was occupied by the British shortly after they had seized...

Born on the island of Skye, off the West coast of Scotland, Campbell (1802-1877) joined the East India Company in 1820. In 1834 he was ordered to...

Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original mount.

This group comprises the majority of the portraits published with text by Jehangir Sorabji under the title Princes and Chiefs of India. It include...

"Going down the six steps leading to and from the temple, small coins are given to the beggars sitting there waiting the whole day." (description ...