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1 HUGH ASHLEY RAYNER. Antiquarian Bookseller. CATALOGUE 50 INDIA & THE ORIENT. March 2010 1 Hugh Ashley Rayner Antiquarian Bookseller www.indiabooks.co.uk CATALOGUE NUMBER 50 India & South Asia MARCH 2010 4 Malvern Buildings, Fairfield Park Bath BA1 6JX. England Tel/Fax: 0044 (0) 1225 463552 A Member of the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association. E-Mail: [email protected] Pagoda Tree Press Publishers & Distributors of Books on India & South Asia www.pagodatreepress.com 2 HUGH ASHLEY RAYNER. Antiquarian Bookseller. CATALOGUE 50 INDIA & THE ORIENT. March 2010 2 TERMS OF BUSINESS. Books can be ordered by Phone, Fax, E-Mail, or letter. There is an Order Form at the end of this catalogue. Payment for orders totaling under £1000 is by Credit or Debit Card, and I accept all major cards, including American Express; however for orders totaling over £1000, payment by cheque or bank transfer is preferred, against a pro-forma invoice. Prices are in Sterling and Payment will be debited in Sterling. All Books are normally octavo size and in original cloth binding, unless otherwise described. Minor inscriptions & private library labels have been usually been ignored. Postage is extra and will be added to the Invoice at cost. Books will be sent by the most economical means possible, unless I am instructed to the contrary. All Books are comprehensively described and all faults detailed, (in fact any faults may be considered to be overemphasized if anything); however should any book be considered to have been wrongly described, or in any way faulty, it may be returned within 7 days of receipt, at my expense. Note: All Books ordered remain the property of Hugh Ashley Rayner, until full payment is received The books listed below are mainly recent acquisitions and are just a part of my constantly changing stock of rare and unusual Books, Maps and Early Photographs of India, South & Central Asia. I have a modest book room; stocked with circa 6,000 Books, Maps & Early Photographs, of India and South Asia. Visitors to Bath are always most welcome to call in and browse, at almost any time (9am-9pm, 7 days a week), but please phone first, to ensure that someone will be there to welcome you. A VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that this catalogue, number 50, will be the last list of general Antiquarian Books on India that I will issue. With effect from the 1st April 2010, I am radically changing the nature of this business, and I will in future be expanding Pagoda Tree Press, and specializing in the publication, importation and distribution of new books on India & South Asia, with a strong bias towards the History of Photography in India and Himalayan Travel & Exploration. Although I will cease to deal in antiquarian books altogether, except for a few limited early titles relating to the History of Photography in India; I will, however, continue to stock a wide range of fine Early Photographs from India & South Asia. If there are any book titles in this list, or listed on my web site, that you wish to order; please do so before the end of April 2010, as after that time, they will no longer be available. The www.indiabooks.co.uk web site will, shortly after that date, become solely dedicated to early Indian Photography. Abbreviations Used: aem all edges marbled. m/s. manuscript. a.e.g. all edges gilt. t.e.g. top edge gilt. imp. impression. inscr. inscription. b/w black & white. ex.lib. ex public library copy. d/w. dust wrapper. n/d. no date. ed. edition. orig. original o/w. otherwise. engr. engraved. ffep. front free end paper. pict. pictorial. sl. slightly. illust. illustrated. vg. very good. cond. condition. lge. large. sm. small. PB. paperback. hb. hardback. col. colour. ads. advertisements. 12mo. duodecimo. 8vo octavo. 4to quarto. pub. published 3 HUGH ASHLEY RAYNER. Antiquarian Bookseller. CATALOGUE 50 INDIA & THE ORIENT. March 2010 3 50001. Dani, Ahmad Hasan. DACCA A Record of its Changing Fortunes. pub. Dacca Museum, 1962, 2nd ed. pp:xiv/276/ xxiv b/w plates & 2 fold out maps. orig. printed pict boards, rubbed and worn, sl. tear to spine. sl .tear to maps (w/o loss) o/w a good copy. £35.00 50002. Hennesy, Maurice. THE RAJAH FROM TIPPERARY. pub. S&J 1976. 1st ed. pp:xx/183 b/w illust. vg in vg d/w The biography of General George Thomas. £18.00 50003. Yalland, Zoe. TRADERS AND NABOBS. The British in Cawnpore 1765 - 1857. pub. Russell, Salisbury 1987. 1st ed. pp:376. b/w ilust. vg in vg d/w £45.00 50004. Spink & Son Ltd. ARTIST ADVENTURERS IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY INDIA: Thomas & William Daniell. pub. Spink 1974. 1st ed landsacpe 4to PB. pp:38/12 b/w plates. vg. £14.00 50005. Powell, Violet. FLORA ANNIE STEEL. Novelist of India. pub. Heinemann 1981. 1st ed. pp:xii/173. b/w illust. vg in vg d/w £16.00 50006. Schaller, George B. STONES OF SILENCE. Journeys in the Himalayas. pub. Deutsch 1980. 1st ed. pp:vi/292. col. & bw illust. vg in vg d/w £18.00 50007. Singh, Patwant & Rai, Jyoti M. EMPIRE OF THE SIKHS. The Life and Times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. pub. Hay House, Delhi 2008. 1st ed. pp:371. b/w & col. illust. vg in vg d/w £14.00 50008. Scott, Paul. STAYING ON. pub. Heinemann 1979 5th imp. pp;216. vg in sl faded d/w. A good copy of Paul Scott’s classic novel. £12.00 50009. McLynn, Frank. FITZROY MACLEAN . pub. J. Murray 1992. 1st ed. pp:xiii/418. b/w illust. vg in vg d/w £14.00 50010. Bond, Ruskin. A SEASON OF GHOSTS. pub. Viking, Delhi 1999. 1st ed. pp: 210. vg in vg d/w . Author’s sig to label on title page. £20.00 50011. Fabb, J. & Carman W. Y. THE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN ARMY FROM OLD PHOTOGRAPHS. pub. Batsford 1975. 1st ed. 4to pp:128. b/w illust. vg in g d/w. Contains a large section on the Indian army. £16.00 50012. Das, Sarat Chandra. JOURNEY TO LHASA AND CENTRAL TIBET. pub. J. Murray 1902. 2nd rev. ed. pp:xii/ 285. b/w illust. b/w& col. fold out maps and plans. orig. cloth edges sl. rubbed and worn, o/w a good copy. £245.00 50014. Bell, Sir Charles. PORTRAIT OF THE DALAI-LAMA. pub. Collins 1946. 1st ed. pp:414. col. frontis and b/w illust. vg in vg d/w £45.00 50015. Bell, Sir Charles. TIBET PAST AND PRESENT. pub. OUP 1968. 2nd ed. pp: xiv/326. vg in vg d/w. A fine facsimile reprint of the orginal 1924 ed. £45.00 50016. Waddell, L. Austine LHASA AND ITS MYSTERIES. With a Record of the Expedition of 1903-1904. pub. Methuen 1906. 3rd ed. pp: xxi/530. col. frontis & b/w illust and maps. orig dec cloth. sl. rubbed and worn, re-backed with new end-papers. Some v. sl foxing to text, o/w a good copy. £145.00 50017. Hedin, Sven A CONQUEST OF TIBET. pub. Dutton, New York 1934. 1st US ed. lge 8vo. pp:400 b/w illust. orig. cloth, vg. £65.00 50019. McGovern, William Montgomery. TO LHASA IN DISGUISE. A Secret Expedition through Mysterious Tibet. pub. Grosset & Dunlap, New York 1924. pp:x/462. b/w frontis. vg. £35.00 50020. Candler, Edmund. THE UNVEILING OF LHASA. pub. Arnold 1905. 3rd imp. pp:xvi/304. col. frontis. b/w illust and map. orig. dec cloth, some v. sl. spotting to rer board, o/w a vg copy. £120.00 50021. Epstein, Israel. TIBET TRANSFORMED. pub. New World Press, Beijing 1983. 1st ed. pp:566. col. & b/w illust. vg in vg d/w. Pro-chinese travel reportage and propaganda; but scarce! £35.00 50022. Ford, Robert. CAPTURED IN TIBET. pub. Harrap 1957. 1st ed. pp:256. vg in sl. chipped d/w £18.00 50023 Barber, Noel. THE FLIGHT OF THE DALAI LAMA. pub. H&S 1960. 1st ed. pp:160. b/w illust. vg in vg d/w £24.00 50024. Dalai Lama, FREEDOM IN EXILE. The autobiography of His Holiness The Dalai Lama of Tibet. pub. H&S 1990 1st ed. pp:x/308. b/w illust. vg in vg d/w £16.00 50025. Huc, M. & Sinnett, Mrs Percy (condensed trans.) RECOLLECTIONS OF A JOURNEY THROUGH TARTARY, THIBET AND CHINA, During the Years 1844, 1845, and 1846. pub. Longman 1857. pp:viii/313. plainly re-bound in modern full calf. g. £35.00 50026 Murphy, Dervla. TIBETAN FOOTHOLD. pub. J. Murray 1966. 1st ed. pp:x/206. b/w illust. vg in vg d/w £16.00 50027. Pallis, Marco. PEAKS AND LAMAS. pub. Cassell 1939. 1st ed. lge 8vo. pp:xx/428. b/w illust. rebound in modern cloth, a vg reading copy. £20.00 50028. Maclean, Fitzroy. A PERSON FROM ENGLAND and Other Travellers to Turkestan. pub. Cape 1958. 1st ed. pp: 384. b/w illust. vg in vg d/w. Author’s m/s ded. ‘ For Olav Frances with much love from Fitzroy. 1958’, to half title. £35.00 50029 Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton. HIMALAYAN JOURNALS, or Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Montains, &c. pub. Ward, Lock (Minerva Library) 1891. sm. 8vo. pp:xxxi/574. b/w illust. orig. cloth vg. £35.00 4 HUGH ASHLEY RAYNER. Antiquarian Bookseller. CATALOGUE 50 INDIA & THE ORIENT. March 2010 4 50030. Cutting, Suydam. THE FIRE OX AND OTHER YEARS. pub. Colins 1947. 1st ed 4to pp:xviii/393.