India
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1933 Central IndiaLondon: 1933The first edition of this very scarce illustrated guide to central India by Edward H. Whitley.
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1914 Vizagapatam. Proposals For the Improvement and Development of the Harbour.London: 1914The very scarce first edition proposal on a harbour to be built at Vizagapatam, led by civil engineer Sir John Wolfe Barry.
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1936 The Times of India AnnualBombay : 1936A 1936 copy of this uncommon annual on India, profusely illustrated with colour plates and advertisements, providing a glimpse into the history of India.
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1916 Three Days at Delhi (The Capital of India): A Guide to Places of InterestLondon: [1916]The fourth edition of this scarce helpful travel guide for the city of Delhi in India, written by Herbert Andrews Newell.
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1915 Indian Memories: Recollections of Soldiering Sport, EtcLondon : 1915A first edition of Sir Robert Baden-Powell's enthralling memoir of his time serving in India, with beautiful colour and monochrome illustrations by the author.
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1945 Kashmir: Eden of the EastAllahabad: 1945The scarce first edition of this 1945 celebration of the state of Kashmir, illustrated with folding maps and photographic plates.
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1888 Turbans and Tails; or, Sketches in the Unromantic EastLondon: 1888The first edition of this scarce travelogue exploring India and China by Alfred J. Bamford.
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1899 India: Ceylon Straits Settlements British North Borneo Hong-KongLondon: 1899The first edition of this scarce work on India from Kegan Paul's 'British Empire' series, with folding maps.
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1899 Ivory, Apes & PeacocksLondon : 1899A very scarce first edition of Israfel's unique collection of essays, with beautiful art nouveau cloth design.
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1933 A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and CeylonLondon: 1933A smart fourteenth edition of this detailed travel guide to India, Burma, and Ceylon, with maps and plans.
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1891 Beast and Man in IndiaLondon: 1891A smart first edition copy of John Lockwood Kipling's work on India, an illustrated study of this work from the library of Kipling's agents.
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1910 A Trip Through the Land of Sunshine and SurpriseLondon: 1910A vanishingly scarce promotional work by the East Indian Railway, a colourfully illustrated guide to India.
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1912 Burma Painted & DescribedLondon: 1912Robert Talbot Kelly's beautifully illustrated travel work on Burma.
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1931 All About Mysore: A Comprehensive Handbook Up-to-Date & IllustratedBangalore City: 1931The very scarce first edition of D. V. Gundappa's guide to the city of Mysore in India, illustrated throughout.
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1933 Indian Defence ProblemPoona: 1933A vanishingly scarce military study on India, written and published by Captain G. V. Modak, with a dust wrapper.
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1904 A Lonely Summer in KashmirLondon: 1904The first edition of Margaret Cotter Morison's personal account of a summer spent in Kashmir.
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1771 A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial GrammarDublin: 1771The very scarce second edition of William Guthrie's noted 'Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammar', complete with many folding maps.
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1922-1923 Council of State Debates: Volume III, Nos 14-42. With Three Index Volumes.Delhi: 1922-1923An impressive volume including twenty-eight numbers of the 'Council of State Debates' discussing the governance of India in 1922 and 1923.
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1882 India and its Native Princes: Travels in Central IndiaLondon: 1882A smart edition of Louis Rousselet's 'India and its Native Princes', edited by Lieut.-Col. Buckle, illustrated throughout and with a folding map.
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1851-55 Twelve Volumes of Works from the 'Traveller's Library'.London: 1851-55Twelve volumes of works from the Longman's 'Traveller's Library' series, all bound in half straight grain morocco.
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1898 Across Three Oceans and Through Many Lands with Pen and CameraLondon: 1898An extremely scarce, first edition of this highly illustrated work documenting Fred Reynolds's travels.
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1861 Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon with Narratives and AnecdotesLondon: 1861A smartly bound copy of this illustrated study of the natural history of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka.
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1891 The Indian Mutiny of 1857London: 1891A scarce limited edition copy of this work on the Indian mutiny of 1857, with illustrations and plans and bound in full tree calf.
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1993 A Suitable BoyLondon: 1993The first edition of Vikram Seth's novel about a mother's attempt to find the perfect husband for her daughter, in the original dust wrapper.
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1965 Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a BicycleLondon: 1965A smart first edition of this thrilling account of one woman's journey from Dunkirk to Delhi on a bicycle, with illustrations.
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1911 KashmirLondon: 1911The richly illustrated second edition of Younghusband's 'Kashmir', in the very scarce dust wrapper.
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1910 The People of IndiaLondon: 1910A smart first edition of this scarce collection of portraits of the people of India, from painter Mortimer Menpes.
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1904 Through the Unknown Pamirs: The Second Danish Pamir Expedition 1898-99London: 1904A bright first edition of Danish explorer Ole Olufsen's account of the Second Danish Pamir Expedition.
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1926 The Book of Other LandsLondon: 1926A beautifully presented first edition of this highly illustrated travel work by Dorothy Margaret Stuart.
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1891 The Business of Travel: A Fifty Years Record of ProgressLondon: 1891The first edition of this interesting work depicting the progress and development of travel over the course of fifty years.
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1876 Around the World: Sketches of Travel Through Many Lands and Over Many SeasNew York: 1876A very extensive, illustrated travel guide from the nineteenth century, by E. D. G. Prime.
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1891 Indian Pictures Drawn With Pen and PencilLondon: 1891A very scarce illustrated travel work on India, written and illustrated by Reverend William Urwick the Younger.
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c1896 Glimpses of India a Grand Photographic History of the Land of AntiquityPhiladelphia; Bombay; London: c1896A scarce photographic history of India, a beautiful work profusely illustrated with photographs throughout, an impressive volume edited by J. H. Furneaux.
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1906 The Royal Tour in India 1905-1906India: 1906A scarce, first edition of Stanley Reed's documentation of the Royal Tour of India taken by T.R.H. The Prince and Princess of Wales between 1905 and 1906.
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1975 Flags Through the Ages and Across the WorldLondon: 1975The first edition of this work on flags from around the world by Whitney Smith, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.
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1891 H. R. H. The Duke of Clarence & Avondale in Southern IndiaLondon: 1891The very scarce first edition of this work regarding the Duke of Clarence's tour in Southern India, including a narrative of their time elephant catching in Mysore. Profusely illustrated throughout.