Antiquarian Books on India

THE LIBRARY OF A. CHESTER BEATTY (1875-1968): A CATALOGUE OF THE INDIAN MINIATURES, edited by Sir Thomas W Arnold & J.V.S Wilkinson, 103 plates including 19 coloured many heightened with gold In 3 Vols, original cloth, gilt spines, large folio, Privately Printed by John Johnson at The Oxford University Press, Published by Emery Walker Limited, London, 1936

GLIMPSES OF INDIA, Vol I, A Unique Collection of Landscapes and Architectural Beauties, with a foreword by Rabindranath Tagore & introduction by Abanindranath Tagore, second edition, Published by The Punjab Fine Art Association, Calcutta, c. 1929

THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF INDIA, with 161 illustrations (including 5 coloured) depicting Indian landscapes, monuments, antiquity etc, Published in 3 Vols by Ramakrishna Mission, Calcutta, 1953

DAYS IN NORTH INDIA, with various original engravings, profusely illustrated, Published Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1870

(a) GANESHA, God of Wisdom (son of Shiva & Parvati)
(b) SUBRAMANYA, Second son of Shiva & Parvati.
From the Book 'The World in Miniature; Edited by Frederic Shoberl'. Hindoostan, containing a description of religion, manners, customs, trades, arts, sciences, literature, diversions, &c. of the Hindoos. Illustrated with upwards of one hundred coloured Engravings. In Six Volumes. London: Printed for R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, Strand. Published 1822.
14 x 8.5 cms. each.
Double mounted with Raw Silk, glazed and framed.

THE ORIENTAL ANNUAL OR SCENES IN INDIA, with more then 100 original engravings / aquatints, Published in 7 Vols, by Edward Bull, London, 1834

HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TOUR OF HRH PRINCE OF WALES, with full of coloured, gilded chromolithographs and photographs, Published as 'Souvenir Number 1921-22 - The Prince in India - Times of India'

SILVER JUBILEE RECORD NUMBER 1910 - 1935, Published with large coloured & gilded chromolithographs, London, c. 1935

CORONATION RECORD NUMBER 1937, Published with large coloured & gilded chromolithographs, London, 1937

Four views from Travels in India, during the years 1780-1783. Line-engravings with etching by Thomas Medland, William Byrne, William Angus, James Fittler, John Walker, B.T. Pouncy and others after William Hodges in the collection of Warren Hastings Esq. Published by J. Edwards, Pall Mall, London, 1793. 1. A view of the Palace of the Nabob Asoph ul Dowlah at Lucknow. 2. A view of the Fort of Gwalior. 3. A view of Bidjegur. 4. The Pass of Sicri Gully from Bengal entering into the Province of Bahar.
22 x 19 cms

Six views from the History of the University of Oxford; handcolored aquatints, published in July 1813-14, at 101 Strand, London 1. The Kitchen At Christ Church. 2. Alban Hall. 3. Divinity School 4. Wadham College Chapel. 5. Magdalen Hall, New Inn Hall. 6. Door of The Divinity School, St Mary's Hall.
14 x 21 cms each, mounted

ANNUAL PUBLICATIONS BETWEEN 1837 - 1876, randomly bound in gilded boards, Published in London

WITH CLIVE IN INDIA OR THE BEGINNINGS OF AN EMPIRE, with twelve full-page illustrations by Gordon Browne, Published London: Blackie & Son Limited, 1884

a) The Kings "Own" Regiment of the the Indian Army, Representatives of which come to England for the Coronation (after the painting by Frederic De Haenen)
b) The British Dominions Beyond the Seas; Natives of the Greatest Empire the World has ever known

CORONATION NUMBER 1911, special edition, profusely gilded over coloured chromolithographs and photographs

THE LAND OF THE VEDA; BEING PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF INDIA, its People, Castes, Thugs & Fakirs; Sepoy Mutiny et al, with a map of India and forty-two illustrations, Published by Carlton & Lanahan, San Francisco & Cincinnati, 1872

A VISION OF INDIA, second edition, Published London: Smith Elder & Co, 1907

SOUTHERN INDIA, first edition, with 50 coloured chromolithographs & a map, painted by Lady Lawley and described by F. E. Penny, in the original orange cloth lavishly decorated in Indian design in yellow, brown and black on the upper cover and spine and lettered in gilt on the spine. xi, 257, [10] pp, Published by A. & C. Black, London, 1914

INDIA, first edition, text by Flora Annie Steel, with 75 coloured plates under captioned tissue guards by Mortimer Menpes, bound in red pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, with gilt peacock vignettes and a design in green and orange, Published by Adam & Charles Black, London, 1905

ORIENTAL ANNUAL EASTERN LEGENDS, with 22 engravings by William Daniell, Published by Whittaker & Co., London 1839

THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN INDIA AND THE EAST, two volumes in eight, with 8 folding maps and 82 steel engravings, Published by James S. Virtue, London, 1860

THE MUTINY IN INDIA / THE HISTORY OF THE INDIAN MUTINY, combined from Kaye John William's (1814 - 1876) 'The History of the Sepoy War in India', edited by Col. George Malleson, 7 Volumes with innumerable maps and engravings, Published by W. H. Allen, London, 1878

CURRY & RICE: INGREDIENTS OF SOCIAL LIFE AT OUR STATION IN INDIA, fifth edition with 40 coloured plates, Published London: W.Thacker & Co., Calcultta & Simla Thacker, Spink & Co, 1911

CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF INDIA, Published with innumerable engravings in 2 Vols by Cassell & Company Limited - London, Paris & Melbourne, 1891

SECHS MONATE INDIEN; Costumes & Cultures of Indian People, with coloured chromo litho-plates, Published 1893

GWALIOR, 1905, nd. pub. Bumpus Ltd., c.1905, eleven colour plates of cavalry, forty photogravures with titled tissue guards, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decoration on blue cloth with arms of Gwalior and Prince of Wales’ crests

INDIA'S HOOD UNVEILED; South India Mysteries; in 3 parts by a Native Hindu of South India, Published by The de Laurence Company, USA, 1910

HER MAJESTY'S INDIAN AND COLONIAL FORCES, Vol III, with 6 Chromolithographs of Indian Native Forces, Published by J.S. Virtue & Co. Limited, London, 1890

CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF INDIA, Published with innumerable engravings in 2 Vols by Cassell & Company Limited - London, Paris & Melbourne, 1891

ORIENTAL CRIME, with illustrations, Published by T.W. Laurie, London, 1909

HISTORY OF INDIA - Historic Accounts of India by Foreign Travellers - Classical, Oriental and Occidental, Published as Limited Edition of 1000 copies in 9 Vols, this set is numbered 911 by The Grolier Society, Edinburgh, 1907

THE HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE IMPERIAL VISIT TO INDIA 1911, compiled from the official records under the orders of The Viceroy & Governor General of India, Published by John Murray, Albermarle St., London, 1914

FORTY YEARS OF THE RAJKUMAR COLLEGE, Rajkot, Published in 6 Vols, profusely gilded, with innumerable original photogravures by H.H.Bhavsinghji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar, c. 1912

THE ROYAL VISIT TO INDIA 1911 - 1912 / NARRATIVE OF THE VISIT TO INDIA OF THEIR MAJESTIES KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY AND OF THE CORONATION DURBAR HELD AT DELHI 12TH DECEMBER 1911, first edition, with numerous photographs taken by Raja Deen Dayal and others, profusely gilded over blue cloth binding, with repeated royal devices to the covers and spine, in the original dust jacket, with folding map at rear, Published by Macmillan & Co, London, 1912

THE HINDU AT HOME - BEING SKETCHES OF HINDU DAILY LIFE, second edition, Published in Madras & London, 1908

THE STORY OF AN INDIAN UPLAND, with 20 illustrations and a map, Published by Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1905