INDIAN INTEREST

Allen, B.C., Gait E.A., Allen, C.G.H., Howard, H.F., GAZETTEER OF BENGAL AND NORTH-EAST INDIA,
Facsimile of approx 1905 edition. Map Mittal Publications New Delhi 2001 663pp Hardback in dw £15

Allen, Charles, ed, PLAIN TALES FROM THE RAJ.
Images of British India in the 20th century. Readers Union 1976 Reprint 240pp Hardback in dw £7

Allen, Charles, ed, A SOLDIER OF THE COMPANY
Life of an Indian Ensign 1833-43 Captain Albert Hervey. Illus Maps on inside cover Michael Joseph 1988 1st ed 226pp Hardback in dw Fine £15

Baillie Fraser, J., MILITARY MEMOIRS OF LIEUT .COL. JAMES SKINNER CB, Part I.
Including family history and family tree. Illus Art Printing Press Mussoorie, facsimile of 1st ed, 249pp very good£10

Battye, Evelyn Desiree, THE KASHMIR RESIDENCY Memories of 1939 and 1940.
A vivid account of life at the Residency through the eyes of a young woman just arrived in India to work as a Personal Assistant to the Resident. 
Illus BACSA 1997 1st ed 152pp very good £12

Baxter, Ian A. BAXTER’S GUIDE.
Sources in the India Office records. Families in British India Society 2004 3rd ed 73pp £5

BENGAL ARMY LIST 1859.
The quarterly army list of Her Majesty’s British and Indian forces on the Bengal Establishment. Facsimile of Calcutta 1859 edition. Asian Educational Services New Delhi 1997 Qto 414pp Red boards with gilt lettering Fine £30

Cannon, Richard, HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 71ST REGIMENT.
From the early 17th century, including the regiment’s service in Ceylon and India. 2 hand coloured & 1 tinted plates. Adjutant General Office Horse Guards British Army circa 1835 169pp Red boards gilt lettering with spine partially missing otherwise good Rare £40

Dimmock, Gertrude, MERMANJAN, Star of the Evening.
The tragic but true story of an Afghan girl who fell in love and married an English officer in the 19th century. Hendon Publishing Co 1970, 1st ed 109pp very good £6

Farndale, General Sir Martin, THE FAR EAST THEATRE 1941-46.
History of the Royal Artillery in the war against the Japanese. Illus Brasseys 2000, 1st UK edition, 470 pp Hardback dw fine £15

Forrest, George A., ed. THE INDIAN MUTINY 1857-58, Selections from State papers preserved in the Military Department. VOL. III LUCKNOW AND CAWNPORE.
Facsimile of 1902 Calcutta edition. Selous Books Ltd 1997 Qto 587pp Brown boards with gilt lettering Fine £30

Forrest, George A., ed. THE INDIAN MUTINY 1857-58, Selections from State papers preserved in the Military Department. VOL.IV JHANSI CALPEE GWALIOR.
Facsimile of 1912 Calcutta edition. Maps Asian Educational Services 2001 Qto 524pp Fine Red boards with gilt lettering £30

Gabb, Alfred D.F. (George), ANGLO-INDIAN LEGACY 1600-1947.
A guide to British Raj India history, nationality, education, railways and irrigation. Illus Alfred Gabb 2000, 162 pp very good excellent reference book £10

Guest, Capt Freddie, INDIAN CAVALRYMAN.
Autobiography of life on the North-West Frontier between the two world wars. Illus Jarrolds 1959, 220 pp Hardback clipped dw otherwise good £15

Hunter, Sir William, THE THACKERAYS IN INDIA and some Calcutta graves.
The novelist, William Makepeace Thackeray's family served in the Bengal Civil Service. Henry Frowde 1897. 195pp Hand-stitched, untrimmed pages. Some wear on spine otherwise good. Hardback. Ex-libris £25

Keay, John, THE HONOURABLE COMPANY.
A history of the English East India Company. Harper Collins 1993 475pp Fine £12

Khalidi, Omar, THE BRITISH RESIDENCE IN HYDERABAD, an outpost of the Raj 1779-1948.
The first part is based on an unpublished account by the Resident Arthur Pearce Howell (1888-89). Illus BACSA 2005, 1st ed 130 pp fine £12

Kolmas, Josef, FERDINAND STOLICZKA (1838-1874).
The life and works of the Czech explorer in India and high Asia, Vienna University 1982 1st ed 69 pp good £20

Llewellyn-Jones, Dr Rosie, ed, CHOWKIDAR 1977-75,
Celebration of 20 years of the British Association of Cemeteries in South Asia, BACSA 1997, 90 pp very good £5

Majumdar, Lt-Col B.N., SHORT HISTORY OF THE INDIAN ARMY,
Hendon Publishing Co 1971, 1st ed 12pp good £4

Mason, Philip, A MATTER OF HONOUR.
An account of the Indian Army, its officers and men. Book Club Edition c1974, 580 pp, Hardback reading copy only ex lib £5

Minto, James R., DR GRAHAM OF KALIMPONG.
The story of the children’s homes founded for the children of tea workers. Illus Dr Graham’s Homes 1995, 204 pp very good £8

Montcrieff , Maj-Gen Sir George Scott, CANALS & CAMPAIGNS.
Eight years in the life of an engineer officer in India from 1877-85. There is a section on ‘The Frontier Railways of India’ with construction details. Illus BACSA 1987. 1st ed 174 pp fine £7.50

Rodrick, Reginald, ECHOES OF OLD CHRIST CHURCH the British years,
History of the Christ Church Boys High School in Jubbulpore from 1844 and the founder Revd William Barker Drawbridge, Illus Private Publication circa 1997, 1st ed nr 23 of 400 copies fine £15.00

Royle, Trevor, THE LAST DAYS OF THE RAJ.
The memories and voices of both the British and the Indians of the years leading upto India’s Independence, Illus Rupa New Delhi 2002, 301pp good £8

Stewart, John, ENVOY OF THE RAJ.
The career of the amazing Sir Clarmont Skrine a member of the ICS who served in Chinese Turkestan, Iran and was a Resident in South India. His family tree is included. Illus Porpoise Books 1989. 1st ed 239 pp Hardback dw very good £20

Strachey, Barbara, THE STRACHEY LINE.
An English family in America, India and at home from 1570 to 1902 includes family tree. Illus Victor Gollancz 1987, 192 pp 1st ed Hardback dw clipped very good £17

Tydd, Bill, PEACOCK DREAMS,
Reminiscences of a police office in Burma from 1929 until it was shattered by the Japanese invasion in 1942 Illus BACSA 1986, 1st ed 194pp very good £9