South Asia from John Randall (Books of Asia)

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green., 1826. First edition, 4to, pp.lxix, 432, errata leaf, folding map. Added engraved portrait of Babur at first page after prelims. A very good copy in contemporary marbled boards, rebacked and recornered to style. Title page and map are foxed. Otherwise clean.

Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler, [1888]. Presumed first edition, second or third issue, pp.[viii], 114, vii [publishers adverts]. A good used copy, front section loose, but still held by stitching. Both wrappers worn and frayed. Text clean. This scarce early issue of the first edition has the apostrophe before "Rickshaw" in the title on front wrapper, and full stops after… Read more about this item

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. First edition, pp.xxiv, 380, folding map, 202 illustrations (mostly plates). A very good copy in original gilt decorated cloth, top edge gilt. Slightly rubbed and bumped, cloth shows light soiling from age, edges lightly foxed. Map has a repaired 3cm tear at join, affecting only border. An account of the visit of husband… Read more about this item

Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1865. First edition, published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume XXXIV, Part I, No.II; pp.(71)-79, ten mounted photographs, each approximately 7 x 6.5 cm. Whole issue present. A very good copy in later card wrappers, original front wrapper bound in. Photographs a little faded. Haversham Godwin-Austen (1834-1923) joined the… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1853. Second edition, with the author's last corrections and additions, pp.xliii, 473, 2 maps, 1 partially hand coloured and folding, the other coloured in outline, genealogical chart. A very good copy in original cloth, spine title in gilt. Spine faded, and with minor wear to head and foot. Joseph Davey Cunningham (1812-1851) sailed for India… Read more about this item

Madras: printed at the Christian Knowledge Society's Press, 1852, 1854. First editions, two works bound in one. Small 4to, 25 x 17 cm; pp.[iv, half-title and advertisements], xvi, 1303, [1, blank]; [iv, half-title and advertisements], xxviii, 131, [1, blank]. With contemporary advertisements. A very good set bound in modern half speckled calf over marbled boards. Spine label and… Read more about this item

London: [John Churchill], [1732]. Second edition in English, from volume III of A. & J. Churchill's Collection of Voyages and Travels, folio, 35 x 21.5 cm., engraved title, frontispiece portrait of the author, title, pp.(503)-822, [16, index], 33 (of 34) folding plates, maps & plans, (lacking only an audience of the King of Kandy), two portraits, 53 text illustrations.… Read more about this item

Calcutta: [His Highness the ruler of Bhopal], 1940. First edition, three volumes, large folio, pp.xxv, 396, xxxii, i,[70], i,[71], 141 plates. This set weighs approximately 25 kg and may incur additional shipping charges. A very good set in original cloth. Spines professionally repaired, edges a little rubbed. A fully illustrated description of the famous group of Buddhist monuments at… Read more about this item

Calcutta: printed by A.H. Hubbard, at the Hindoostanee Press, 1810. First edition, an extract from Asiatick Researches, Volume 11. 4to (27 x 22 cm), pp.[ii], (197)-292. A very good copy professionally bound in yellow morocco, with title page supplied. The first substantive published account of the Sikh nation. John Malcolm began to assemble materials for his… Read more about this item

London: Black, Parbury, and Allen, 1817. First edition, 8vo, pp.[xvi], 577, [1], blank, 26 tables, large hand-coloured folding map, 51 x 32 cm. A good complete copy bound in modern imitation leather. Text foxed, final leaves preserved in Japanese tissue. Map in very good condition, with one short split and a few paper repairs to reverse. A valuable,… Read more about this item

Madras: printed for the editor at the Christian Knowledge Society's Press., 1867. First edition, pp.xii, 288. Text in German, despite the English title. A very good copy bound in contemporary or slightly later half cloth, marbled boards, spine gilt. Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682 -1719), a Dane based in Tranquebar, is believed to have been the first Protestant missionary in… Read more about this item

Bombay: printed at the Government Central Press, 1908. First edition, small 4to (25 x 18 cm), pp.xii, 340, [2], 19 plates including frontis. A very good copy in original cloth, gilt. Professionally re-backed with original spine preserved. Corners and spine lightly bumped. Michael Kennedy (1859-1932) was the Deputy-Inspector General of Police, Railways and Criminal Investigation in the Bombay… Read more about this item

Calcutta: Fort William, 1803. First edition. 4to (32 x 19 cm), pp.[ii], [ii, contemporary manuscript contents], 102, [ii], 28, [2], 12*, 126, [1], [1, blank], [1, errata], [1, blank], with 5 large folding plans, all with contemporary hand colour, 4 signed "F. Dormieux Sculp. Calcutta 1803". A very good copy in contemporary speckled calf, gilt. The leather… Read more about this item