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  • First edition of Notes on Tours in Darjeeling and Sikkim by WJ Buchanan, a scarce example of local Indian printing in Darjeeling for the express purpose of encouraging tourism to Sikkim State.
    First edition of Notes on Tours in Darjeeling and Sikkim by WJ Buchanan, a scarce example of local Indian printing in Darjeeling for the express purpose of encouraging tourism to Sikkim State.

    BUCHANAN, Lieut.-Col. W. J.
    Notes on Tours in Darjeeling and Sikkim. 1916.
    $2,052.00

  • Moorcroft's travel narrative traces the journey of the author and Trebeck from Bareilly to Bokhara in the years 1819 to 1825.
    Moorcroft's travel narrative traces the journey of the author and Trebeck from Bareilly to Bokhara in the years 1819 to 1825.

    MOORCROFT, William; TREBECK, George.
    Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab; 1841.
    $6,839.00

  • Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow, an eye witness view by Clifford Mecham, depicting the heavy toll suffered by the British, with tinted lithographs
    Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow, an eye witness view by Clifford Mecham, depicting the heavy toll suffered by the British, with tinted lithographs

    MECHAM, Clifford Henry.
    Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow 1858.
    $3,420.00

  • First edition of Wiliam Moorcroft's Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab, his scarce classic recounting his travels through the Punjab, Kashmir, and Afghanistan.
    First edition of Wiliam Moorcroft's Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab, his scarce classic recounting his travels through the Punjab, Kashmir, and Afghanistan.

    MOORCROFT, William; TREBECK, George.
    Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab; 1841.
    $5,129.00

  • First edition of Speech of Major Gen Sir John Malcolm, the Governor of Bombay who dieid in 1833.
    First edition of Speech of Major Gen Sir John Malcolm, the Governor of Bombay who dieid in 1833.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    Speech of Major-Gen. Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B., &c. &c. 1833.
    $206.00

  • First edition of Rambles and Recollections of an Indian official by William Henry Sleeman, ncludes observations on Hindu social and religious rituals, crops, legends, witchcraft, etc.
    First edition of Rambles and Recollections of an Indian official by William Henry Sleeman, ncludes observations on Hindu social and religious rituals, crops, legends, witchcraft, etc.

    SLEEMAN, Lieut.-Colonel William Henry.
    Rambles and Recollections of an Indian official. 1844.
    $2,257.00

  • A Madras (Chennai) printed sheet advertising a horse race held at the Madras Race Club at Guindy on the 30th of January, 1837, illustrated by William Hunsley.

    SMOLLETT, Patrick Boyle; HUNSLEY, William (illustrator).
    Madras Spring Meeting 1837. January 1837.
    $1,300.00

  • First edition of A Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke by John Scott, attaching Burke for his attempt at reforming the East India Company.
    First edition of A Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke by John Scott, attaching Burke for his attempt at reforming the East India Company.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; SCOTT, John.
    A Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke. 1783]
    $240.00

  • First edition of Remarks on Several Recent Publications Regarding the Civil Government and Foreign Policy of British India by Thomas Campbell Robertson.
    First edition of Remarks on Several Recent Publications Regarding the Civil Government and Foreign Policy of British India by Thomas Campbell Robertson.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; ROBERTSON, Thomas Campbell.
    Remarks on Several Recent Publications, 1829.
    $171.00

  • First edition of Views in India by Emma Roberts and Robert Elliott, a handsome copy of this work illustrating India, China, and the Read Sea including depictions of Agra, Delhi, the Ellora Caves, Macao, and Tiger Island.
    First edition of Views in India by Emma Roberts and Robert Elliott, a handsome copy of this work illustrating India, China, and the Read Sea including depictions of Agra, Delhi, the Ellora Caves, Macao, and Tiger Island.

    ELLIOTT, Robert (illustrator); ROBERTS, Emma.
    Views in India. [1834].
    $1,163.00

  • A Review of the Arguments and Allegations Which Have Been Offered to Parliament Against the Renewal of the East-India Company's Charter, 1829, First edition
    A Review of the Arguments and Allegations Which Have Been Offered to Parliament Against the Renewal of the East-India Company's Charter, 1829, First edition

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    A Review of the Arguments and Allegations Which Have Been Offered to 1829.
    $240.00

  • Second corrected edition of Popular Topics; or the Grand Question Discussed, a criticism of the East India Company.
    Second corrected edition of Popular Topics; or the Grand Question Discussed, a criticism of the East India Company.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    Popular Topics; or the Grand Question Discussed: 1784.
    $342.00

  • First edition of Considerations Relative to the Renewal of the East-India Company's Charter by William Smith O'Brien.
    First edition of Considerations Relative to the Renewal of the East-India Company's Charter by William Smith O'Brien.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; O'BRIEN, William Smith.
    Considerations Relative to the Renewal of the East-India Company's Charter. 1830.
    $206.00

  • First edition of A Short Narrative of the Circumstances Attending the Late Trials in the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras, concerning the debts of the Nawab of the Carnatic.
    First edition of A Short Narrative of the Circumstances Attending the Late Trials in the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras, concerning the debts of the Nawab of the Carnatic.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    A Short Narrative of the Circumstances Attending the Late Trials in the Supreme Court 1810.
    $240.00

  • First edition of A Letter to a Proprietor of the East-India Company, 1750, important pamphlet criticising the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle which ransomed Madras back to the British in 1850.
    First edition of A Letter to a Proprietor of the East-India Company, 1750, important pamphlet criticising the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle which ransomed Madras back to the British in 1850.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; [MONSON, William].
    A Letter to a Proprietor of the East-India Company. 1750.
    $684.00

  • First English edition of Victor Jacquemont's Letters from India, the first publication in English of this scarce account of Jacquemont's journey through India.
    First English edition of Victor Jacquemont's Letters from India, the first publication in English of this scarce account of Jacquemont's journey through India.

    JACQUEMONT, Victor.
    Letters from India; 1834.
    $1,710.00

  • First edition of Free Trade or, An Inquiry into the Pretensions of the Directors of the East India Company, a scarce attack on the East India Company's monoply.
    First edition of Free Trade or, An Inquiry into the Pretensions of the Directors of the East India Company, a scarce attack on the East India Company's monoply.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    Free Trade or, An Inquiry into the Pretensions of the Directors of the East India Company, 1812.
    $206.00

  • Four pamphlets on the East India company including Original Papers Relative to the rights and Pretensions of the Nabob of Arcot, Political Letters Written in March and April 1784 by a Late Member of Parliament.
    Four pamphlets on the East India company including Original Papers Relative to the rights and Pretensions of the Nabob of Arcot, Political Letters Written in March and April 1784 by a Late Member of Parliament.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY - SAMMELBAND].
    Original Papers Relative to the rights and Pretensions of the Nabob of Arcot, 1785.
    $1,163.00

  • First edition of The Question as to the Renewal of the East India Company's Monopoly Examined, 1812, scarce with only 7 UK institutional copies.
    First edition of The Question as to the Renewal of the East India Company's Monopoly Examined, 1812, scarce with only 7 UK institutional copies.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    The Question as to the Renewal of the East India Company's Monopoly Examined. 1812.
    $206.00

  • First edition of Letters to the Honourable the Court of Directors by Edwars Cotsford, in an attempt to bid for the role of the Governor of Madras.
    First edition of Letters to the Honourable the Court of Directors by Edwars Cotsford, in an attempt to bid for the role of the Governor of Madras.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; COTSFORD, Edward.
    Letters to the Honourable the Court of Directors of the English East-India Company, 1784.
    $206.00

  • Charming commemorative photograph album of the Visit of His Excellency Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy and Governor General of India, to Kashmir 1918, also meeting the Maharajah Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur of Kapurthala in the Punjab.
    Charming commemorative photograph album of the Visit of His Excellency Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy and Governor General of India, to Kashmir 1918, also meeting the Maharajah Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur of Kapurthala in the Punjab.

    ALIMCHAND, Dewan (photographer).
    Visit of His Excellency Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy and Governor General of India, to Kashmir 1918. [1919].
    $5,129.00

  • First edition of On the Territorial Government and Commerce of the East India Company, concerning the revocation of the Company's monopoly in China.
    First edition of On the Territorial Government and Commerce of the East India Company, concerning the revocation of the Company's monopoly in China.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    On the Territorial Government and Commerce of the East India Company. 1829.
    $206.00

  • First edition of An Authentic Account of the Debates in the House of Lords, scarce and important pamphlet recounting the debates in the House which would result in Pitt's India Act of 1784.
    First edition of An Authentic Account of the Debates in the House of Lords, scarce and important pamphlet recounting the debates in the House which would result in Pitt's India Act of 1784.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    An Authentic Account of the Debates in the House of Lords, 1783.
    $684.00

  • A Letter to Captain Eastwick,

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; STRACHAN, J. M.
    A Letter to Captain Eastwick, 1858.
    $171.00

  • Report of the Debates in the House of Commons upon the Tenth, Fifteenth, and Eighteenth Days of July 1806 on the East India Budget.
    Report of the Debates in the House of Commons upon the Tenth, Fifteenth, and Eighteenth Days of July 1806 on the East India Budget.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    Report of the Debates in the House of Commons upon the Tenth, Fifteenth, and Eighteenth Days of July 1806 on the East India Budget. 1806.
    $274.00

  • A View of the Present State and Future Prospects of the Free Trade & Colonization of India.
    A View of the Present State and Future Prospects of the Free Trade & Colonization of India.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; [CRAWFURD, John].
    A View of the Present State and Future Prospects of the Free Trade & Colonization of India. 1829.
    $274.00

  • British India.
    British India.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    British India. 1839.
    $137.00

  • Letters of the Marquis Wellesley, Respecting the College of Fort William.
    Letters of the Marquis Wellesley, Respecting the College of Fort William.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    Letters of the Marquis Wellesley, Respecting the College of Fort William. 1812.
    $377.00

  • Remarks on the Plans of Finance Lately Promulgated by the Honourable Court of Directors,

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; TUCKER, Henry St. George.
    Remarks on the Plans of Finance Lately Promulgated by the Honourable Court of Directors, 1821.
    $240.00

  • An Appeal to England Against the New Indian Stamp Act;
    An Appeal to England Against the New Indian Stamp Act;

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    An Appeal to England Against the New Indian Stamp Act; 1828.
    $171.00

  • Reply to a Pamphlet, Entitled "India & Lord Ellenbrough."
    Reply to a Pamphlet, Entitled "India & Lord Ellenbrough."

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; ZETA (pseud. FROUDE, James Anthony).
    Reply to a Pamphlet, Entitled "India & Lord Ellenbrough." 1845.
    $240.00

  • Speech of the Right Hon. George Canning,
    Speech of the Right Hon. George Canning,

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    Speech of the Right Hon. George Canning, 1819.
    $240.00

  • Sulaiman's works had a profound effect on many Arabic and Persian geographers and are of exceptional importance for the study of early Islamic trade.
    Sulaiman's works had a profound effect on many Arabic and Persian geographers and are of exceptional importance for the study of early Islamic trade.

    SULAIMAN EL TAJIR; RENAUDOT, Eusébe (translator).
    Ancient accounts of India and China, by two Mohammedan travellers. 1733.
    $6,155.00

  • First edition of Explorations in the Eastern Kara-Koram and the Upper Yarkand Valley by Henry Wood, the scarce Survey of India report of De Filippi's Central Asian expedition which identified the Rimo Muztagh as the glacial source of the Yarkand River.
    First edition of Explorations in the Eastern Kara-Koram and the Upper Yarkand Valley by Henry Wood, the scarce Survey of India report of De Filippi's Central Asian expedition which identified the Rimo Muztagh as the glacial source of the Yarkand River.

    WOOD, H.
    Explorations in the Eastern Kara-Koram and the Upper Yarkand Valley. 1922.
    $3,420.00

  • First edition of Edward Joseph Thackwell's Narrative of the Second Seikh War, his scarce account of the Second Sikh War.
    First edition of Edward Joseph Thackwell's Narrative of the Second Seikh War, his scarce account of the Second Sikh War.

    THACKWELL, Edward Joseph.
    Narrative of the Second Seikh War, 1851.
    $1,710.00

  • First edition of A Letter to the Honourable Directors of the East-India Company by Andrew Stuart, an important letter about the controversy surrounding the arrest of George Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776
    First edition of A Letter to the Honourable Directors of the East-India Company by Andrew Stuart, an important letter about the controversy surrounding the arrest of George Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776

    [EAST INDIA COMPANY]; STUART, Andrew.
    A Letter to the Honourable Directors of the East-India Company, 1778.
    $411.00

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