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London, 1816. First edition 4to, pp.xiii, 370, 5 hand coloured plates, folding map. A very good copy bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards. Spine rubbed, one corner bumped. '[This] work is particularly valuable for its details of family life in the seraglio. The female members of Tully's family were on intimate terms with the Bashaw's family and were admitted into all the life of the seraglio. One of the most important records of Tripolitan life during the 18th century' (Blackmer 1682). Abbey Travel 299; see Blackmer 1682
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Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa: from the original correspondence in the possession of the family of the late Richard Tully, Esq., the British Consul. Comprising Authentic Memoirs and Anecdotes of the reigning Bashaw, his Family, and other Persons of Distinction; also, an account of the Domestic Manners of the Moors, Arabs, and Turks.
by Tully, Richard
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Notes on Criminal Classes in the Bombay Presidency. With appendices regarding some foreign criminals who occasionally visit the Presidency. Including hints on the detection of counterfeit coin.
by Kennedy, Michael
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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 Presidency at the time he wrote this publication, and later became the Inspector-General of Police. He joined his brothers as a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in 1911, and retired in 1915 after thirty-two years service and earning three medals including the King's Police Medal. He compiled these notes as a practical aid for identification by police officers in India. Each criminal group is described in great detail, encompassing those within Bombay and those outside that infiltrate into Bombay. Kennedy identifies their areas of operation, type of criminal activity etc., but also more cultural…
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Notes relative to the late transactions in the Marhatta Empire. [with] Appendix to the notes relative to the late transactions in the Marhatta Empire.
by [Wellesley, Richard Colley, Marquess Wellesley]
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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 somewhat worn, particularly at the spine, with small areas of loss, but still handsome. A handful of contemporary manuscript corrections and annotations to text. The account of the first part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1805) written by Richard Wellesley (1760-1842), then Governor-General of Bengal, in large part to trumpet British military success against the Maratha Confederacy, and promote his vision for British dominion in India. This depended on a network of subsidiary treaties and alliances with Indian states, such as the Treaty of Bassein, concluded between the Maratha Peshwa of Poona and the East India Company on 31…
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