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	KULKARNI, V.B. The Future of Indian States Bombay, Thacker & Co. 1944, First Edition. [ii], xiv, 114pp, bibliography. 12mo/19cm. At the time of this writing, the author was an advocate of the princes as constitutional rulers with the States participating in a federated India. In the light of what happened, this is an interesting period piece. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 000565 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	MYSORE, GOVERNMENT OF HIS HIGHNESS THE MAHARAJA OF MYSORE Mysore Service Regulations--Financial--Relating to Salary; Leave, Pension and Travelling Allowance corrected up to December 31, 1911.Preface by J.S. Chakravarti Bangalore, The Government Press. 1912. Fourth Edition. xiv, [ii], 366pp, folding tables, 9 appendices, index. Tall 8vo/25.5cm. Original blue blind stamp decorated cloth gilt, 1" split at tail of spine which also sunned, rubbed, some worming to edges of boards extending into text block edges a few pages at both ends, stamp of "Comptroller's Office Mysore Gov't/Civil Branch/8 May 1912" on page 1, otherwise internally clean and tight. An extremely detailed set of rules. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3010] Book number: 001206 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	PATNAIK, NAVEEN A Desert Kingdom:The Rajputs of Bikaner New York, The Vendome Press. 1990. First American Edition. 120pp, lavishly illustrated with photo illustrations with detailed scholarly captions. 4to/26 x 28.5cm. Green cloth gilt, shelf wear only, in dj. NF/NF. An outstanding collection of historic images from the collections of the Maharaja of Bikaner held in the sandstone palace named Lallgarh, now the Lallgarh Museum. Shri Naveen Patnaik (1946- ) has served India as a writer, intellectual and politician. He has written two other books as well as the catalogue for the Festival of India at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has also been Chief Minister of Orissa State, a founding member of the Indian National Trust for Art, Ecology and Culture and a member of the Lok Sabha, the Indian Parliament. USD 17.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 \| £UK 10.5 \| JP¥ 1462] Book number: 003235 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	RAFIULLAH, MOHAMMAD. COMPILER Gwalior's Part in the War London, "Published by Authority"/Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney of London & Aylesbury. 1920. First Edition. xiv, 175pp, 55 (of 59) photo illustrations, 3 appendices. 4to/28.5cm. Decorated blue cloth gilt, armorial seal of princely state of Gwalior on front board (and all four end-papers), well worn and soiled with fraying some corners, bubbling front board, 2 small tears back board, top edges gilt, multiple faults internally including children's pencil scribbling few end pages, some foreign language marginalia, damp stains many pages, 4 photo plates missing as well as several captioned photo tissue protectors, hinges tender, corner torn off pp 173-4 (text appears unaffected), foxing, old mildew spots.Presentation inscription on ffep "With compliments/from/[signature illegible]". An extra copy of the plate opposite p 168 is laid in showing the Maharaja addressing an assemblage at Jayaji Square, Gwalior City, on Nov 27, 1918. Despite its many physical faults this is an unusual and highly interesting book. The printing of the embossed photographs, including many fine full-length portraits including of the King-Emperor George V and Queen Empress Mary, the Maharaja Scindia, 2 Viceroys and other high officials, including a local official in picturesque local costume opposite p 146 is outstanding though staining, spotting and other faults on the margins of the plates occasionally run into the images. The compiler, Mohammad Rafiullah, was a member of the Foreign Department of the pre-1948 princely state of Gwalior in Rajasthan, near Agra. A reading copy. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5160] Book number: 003011 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	SCINDIA, VIJAYA RAJE WITH MANOHAR MALGONKAR The Last Maharani of Gwalior: An Autobiography Albany, State University of New York. 1987. First Edition. [viii], 279pp, 30 black & white photographs on twelve pages, postscript, index. 8vo/22.5cm. Pictorial hardcover. As New. Rajmata Scindia (1919- 2001), the last ruler of the Princely Indian State of Gwalior became a popular Congress Party member of the Indian Parliament after Independence though she eventually switched to the BJP where she became a Vice President. Manohar Malgonkar, born in 1913 grandson of the prime minister of a princely state has led an active life as soldier, civil servant, mine owner, candidate for parliament, prolific novelist and non-fiction author. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1376] Book number: 003433 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.

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	KULKARNI, V.B. The Future of Indian States Bombay, Thacker & Co. 1944, First Edition. [ii], xiv, 114pp, bibliography. 12mo/19cm. At the time of this writing, the author was an advocate of the princes as constitutional rulers with the States participating in a federated India. In the light of what happened, this is an interesting period piece. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 000565 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	MYSORE, GOVERNMENT OF HIS HIGHNESS THE MAHARAJA OF MYSORE Mysore Service Regulations--Financial--Relating to Salary; Leave, Pension and Travelling Allowance corrected up to December 31, 1911.Preface by J.S. Chakravarti Bangalore, The Government Press. 1912. Fourth Edition. xiv, [ii], 366pp, folding tables, 9 appendices, index. Tall 8vo/25.5cm. Original blue blind stamp decorated cloth gilt, 1" split at tail of spine which also sunned, rubbed, some worming to edges of boards extending into text block edges a few pages at both ends, stamp of "Comptroller's Office Mysore Gov't/Civil Branch/8 May 1912" on page 1, otherwise internally clean and tight. An extremely detailed set of rules. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3010] Book number: 001206 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	PATNAIK, NAVEEN A Desert Kingdom:The Rajputs of Bikaner New York, The Vendome Press. 1990. First American Edition. 120pp, lavishly illustrated with photo illustrations with detailed scholarly captions. 4to/26 x 28.5cm. Green cloth gilt, shelf wear only, in dj. NF/NF. An outstanding collection of historic images from the collections of the Maharaja of Bikaner held in the sandstone palace named Lallgarh, now the Lallgarh Museum. Shri Naveen Patnaik (1946- ) has served India as a writer, intellectual and politician. He has written two other books as well as the catalogue for the Festival of India at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has also been Chief Minister of Orissa State, a founding member of the Indian National Trust for Art, Ecology and Culture and a member of the Lok Sabha, the Indian Parliament. USD 17.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 \| £UK 10.5 \| JP¥ 1462] Book number: 003235 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	RAFIULLAH, MOHAMMAD. COMPILER Gwalior's Part in the War London, "Published by Authority"/Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney of London & Aylesbury. 1920. First Edition. xiv, 175pp, 55 (of 59) photo illustrations, 3 appendices. 4to/28.5cm. Decorated blue cloth gilt, armorial seal of princely state of Gwalior on front board (and all four end-papers), well worn and soiled with fraying some corners, bubbling front board, 2 small tears back board, top edges gilt, multiple faults internally including children's pencil scribbling few end pages, some foreign language marginalia, damp stains many pages, 4 photo plates missing as well as several captioned photo tissue protectors, hinges tender, corner torn off pp 173-4 (text appears unaffected), foxing, old mildew spots.Presentation inscription on ffep "With compliments/from/[signature illegible]". An extra copy of the plate opposite p 168 is laid in showing the Maharaja addressing an assemblage at Jayaji Square, Gwalior City, on Nov 27, 1918. Despite its many physical faults this is an unusual and highly interesting book. The printing of the embossed photographs, including many fine full-length portraits including of the King-Emperor George V and Queen Empress Mary, the Maharaja Scindia, 2 Viceroys and other high officials, including a local official in picturesque local costume opposite p 146 is outstanding though staining, spotting and other faults on the margins of the plates occasionally run into the images. The compiler, Mohammad Rafiullah, was a member of the Foreign Department of the pre-1948 princely state of Gwalior in Rajasthan, near Agra. A reading copy. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5160] Book number: 003011 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	SCINDIA, VIJAYA RAJE WITH MANOHAR MALGONKAR The Last Maharani of Gwalior: An Autobiography Albany, State University of New York. 1987. First Edition. [viii], 279pp, 30 black & white photographs on twelve pages, postscript, index. 8vo/22.5cm. Pictorial hardcover. As New. Rajmata Scindia (1919- 2001), the last ruler of the Princely Indian State of Gwalior became a popular Congress Party member of the Indian Parliament after Independence though she eventually switched to the BJP where she became a Vice President. Manohar Malgonkar, born in 1913 grandson of the prime minister of a princely state has led an active life as soldier, civil servant, mine owner, candidate for parliament, prolific novelist and non-fiction author. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1376] Book number: 003433 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.