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India & Central Asia

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India & Central Asia

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A selection of 30 items relating to India and Central Asia compiled by our Travel Department.

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India & Central Asia

Narrative of the Sufferings of James Bristow, belonging to the Bengal artillery, during ten years captivity with Hyder Ally and Tippoo Saheb.

BRISTOW (James).

Narrative of the Sufferings of James Bristow, belonging… 1793.

WITH NOTES ON TIPU SAHIB'S CHEYLA BATALLIONS

Essays on Chess, Adapted to the European Mode of Play; Consisting Principally of Positions or Critical Situations Calculated to Improve the Learner and Exercise the Memory.

SHASTREE (Trevangadacharya).

Essays on Chess, Adapted to the European Mode… 1814.

SIR GEORGE STAUNTON'S COPY

Arrah in 1857:

KELLY (Charles). & HALLS (John James) &

Arrah in 1857:, 1893.

LIMITED TO JUST 103 COPIES

The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

[SINHALESE BIBLE.]

The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour… 1855.

Durbar at Poonah, August 6, 1790.

DANIELL (Thomas), after. & TURNER (Charles).

Durbar at Poonah, August 6, 1790, 1807.

A RARE PRELIMINARY ENGRAVING

Chemical Weapon: Who Resorts to its Use?

GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN.

Chemical Weapon: Who Resorts to its Use?, 1984.

A RARE POLEMIC ON AMERICAN INTERNVENTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN

[Lithographed Holy Qur'an.]

[Lithographed Holy Qur'an.], 1883.

HANDSOME LARGE-LETTER QUR’AN, LITHOGRAPHED IN BOMBAY

Sketches taken during the Second Afghan War.

[AFGHANISTAN], IRWIN (Lieut. J[ohn]. F[rederick].) & PULLEY (Lieut C. J.)

Sketches taken during the Second Afghan War, 1880.

44 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS INCLUDING A FINE PANOMARAMA.

Tabula Decima dAsia.

PTOLEMY (Claudius). & BERLINGHIERI (Francesco di Niccolo).

Tabula Decima dAsia, 1520.

THE THIRD ENGRAVED MAP OF INDIA

Original Papers Relative to Tanjore: Containing all the Letters which passed, and the Conferences which were held, between his Highness the Nabob of Arcot and Lord Pigot, on the Subject of the Restoration of Tanjore.

PIGOT (Lord George).

Original Papers Relative to Tanjore: Containing all the… 1777.

Excursions, Adventures, and Field-Sports in Ceylon;

CAMPBELL (Lieut-Col. James).

Excursions, Adventures, and Field-Sports in Ceylon;, 1863.

A HANDSOME COPY

Assembly Rooms, Rangoon ... The performance will commence with the overture to

TALFOURD (Francis).

Assembly Rooms, Rangoon ... The performance will commence… 1858.

SHAKESPEARE IN BURMA

[Collection of documents concerning the Indian Mutiny 1857-58.]

[INDIAN MUTINY] & SETON-KARR (George).

[Collection of documents concerning the Indian Mutiny 1857-58.], 1858.

VITAL NEWS ON THE MUTINY

A Lady's Dressing Room in Calcutta.

HOLLAND (William) publisher.

A Lady's Dressing Room in Calcutta, 1813.

The Story of my Experiments with Truth.

GANDHI (Mohandas Karamchand) [known as Mahatma Gandhi],, DESAI (Mahadev) & & NAIR (Pyarelal) Translators.

The Story of my Experiments with Truth, 1929.

FIRST EDITION BOUND IN KHADI

A Grammar of the Language of Burmah.

LATTER (Thomas).

A Grammar of the Language of Burmah, 1845.

USED BY THREE SEPARATE OFFICERS

A Sporting Trip through India.

HARRISON (James J.)

A Sporting Trip through India, 1892.

A WIDE-RANGING ACCOUNT

A Journal of Observations, made During the British Embassy to the Court of Persia, in the years 1799, 1800, and 1801.

HOLLINGBERY (William).

A Journal of Observations, made During the British… 1814.

RARE CALCUTTA-PRINTED ACCOUNT OF QAJAR IRAN

The Gazetteer of Sikhim.

RISLEY (H.H.) & BENGAL GOVERNMENT SECERTARIAT

The Gazetteer of Sikhim, 1894.

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