Report of the public meeting at Liverpool, on Wednesday, January 28, 1829, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of removing the restrictions imposed upon commerce by the present charter of the East India Company. Compiled for the Oriental Herald.

London: published by W Lewer, 1829. 8vo. 39[1]pp. Modern blue buckram gilt. Contents spotted and lightly browned. Ex-reference library with minimal evidence.

John TurtonProfessional seller

Book number: 37550

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History North West England Trade

BRYCE, JAMES

A Sketch of the State of British India, with a View of Pointing out the Best Means of Civilizing Its Inhabitants, and Diffusing the Knowledge of Christianity Throughout the Eastern World. .

Edinburgh: Constable & Co, 1810. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with green boards. (More images available on request). 220mm x 130mm (9" x 5"). 381pp. '... Being the substance of an essay on these subjects, to which the University of Aberdeen adjudged Dr Buchanan's Prize.' Book-plate of Sir David Stewart of Banchory Devenich 'Salus Per Christum.' Heraldic bookplate of Sir David Stewart.. G: in Good condition. Rebound. Light browning to eps. Title page clipped. Heraldic book-plate on paste-down .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: e5947

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: British History Asian History 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian

BUCKLEY Robert Burton

The Irrigation Works of India. Second [and Best] Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

E & FN Spon,, 1905. Folio, Second and Best Edition, with 5 very large folding coloured maps, 5 large folding plans, 40 photographic plates on 20, and164 illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, half-title very lightly spotted, some very light and occasional marginal spotting to text; original black cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, very neatly rebacked in cloth to style, small faded patch on upper board else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 4pp of illustrated industrial advertisements at end. Greatly expanded and updated version of the first edition ['Irrigation Works in India and Egypt'] of 1893. All unsold copies were destroyed by fire at the publishers and it was consequently unavailable by December 1903. The original book also included descriptions of the Irrigation Works of Egypt; these are almost entirely omitted here since Works in India had increased substantially and required greater coverage. A very good, clean copy of the standard reference of the period. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 21845

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, exploration, india, british india, raj, irrigation, dams, sluices, civil engineering, robert buckley

Carey, Mathew. Scott, J.T.

An Accurate Map of Hindostan or India, from the Best Authorities. J.T. Scott Sculp. Engraved for Carey's American Edition of Guthrie's Geography Improved

Philadelphia, Mathew Carey, 1796. First edition. 40 x 41 cm. Sheet size: 42 cm x 56 cm. From Carey's "General Atlas" .. Philadelphia: Published By Mathew Carey. May 1, 1796, the first general atlas printed in America. Phillips 683-21. A very good copy, some marginal tears at the folds not in the image area, one tear about half an inch past the neat line into blank area, one tiny pin prick, numeral 21 inked to top margin.

Kaaterskill BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 41793

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: , Americana, Asia, India, Map Asia

FROBISHER Martin

Argonaut Press #15. The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher. In Search of a Passage to Cathay and India by the North-West, AD 1576-8. From the Original 1578 Text of George Best together with numerous other Versions. [Edited by V. Stefansson. Facsimile Re-issue].

Israel (Amsterdam) and Da Capo Press (New York NY),, [1971]. 2 vols., in 1, 4to., First Edition thus, with a portrait frontispiece, title-vignettes, 4 facsimile title-pages, 2 facsimiles (1 folding; 1 full-page), 9 maps (3 folding; 6 full-page), and several photographs and illustrations in the text; original brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, blue top, a near fine copy. With personal bookplate and small relevant cutting mounted on front paste-down. High quality facsimile re-issue of the scarce Argonaut Press two-volume edition of 1938. The other versions mentioned include contemporary accounts of the First Voyage by Christopher Hall and Michael Lok, of the Second Voyage by Dionyse Settle, and of the Third Voyage by Thomas Ellis and Edward Sellman. Scarce. Minchinton IV, 2716; NMM I, 762 (recording the Argonaut Press edition).

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 15672

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: americana, arctic, polar, frobisher, voyages, travels, north west passage, martin frobisher, travel, exploration, americana, argonaut, press, #15

Hunt, Leigh, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Walter Scott, Sidney L. Johnson, Maria Edgeworth, Thomas Haynes Bayley - Contributors

"Intelligence in Card Playing by Sir Walter Scott", "Journal of a West India Proprietor, kept during a residence in the Island of Jamaica by the late Matthew Gregory Lewis", "To T. L. H---, six years old, during a sickness by Leigh Hunt", "Ascent of Mount Etna by Sidney L. Johnson", & "Helen, a Tale by Maria Edgeworth" [as published in] The SELECT CIRCULATING LIBRARY. Containing the Best Popular Literature, Including Memoirs, Biography, Novels, Tales, Travels, Voyages, &c. Volume III, Part I - 1834

Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Adam Waldie, 1834. 1st edition. Period maroon half-sheep over green marbled paper covered boards. [4], 416, [2 (blank)] pp. 11-1/4" x 9-1/4". Rubbing and wear to binding, chipping to spine edges. Pencil markings to front and rear pastedowns, ffep torn. One gathering beginning to detach. A Good copy only.

Tavistock Books, ABAAProfessional seller

Book number: 39124

Catalogue: Americana

Paul Greenway, Christine Niven, Lindsay Brown, ...

South India - from hilltop retreats to the best of the bazaars

LONELY PLANET, 1998. 1998. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 689 PAGES illustrées de photos et plans, en couleur et noir/blanc - en anglais - Tetxe sur deux colonnes. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. ISBN: 0864425945.

Le-livre.comProfessional seller

Book number: RO20268276

Catalogue: LANGUES

Keywords: 08644259451

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur and Eloise McCaskill (eds.); Martin Frobisher

The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher (Volumes I and II); in Search of a Passage to Cathay and India by the North-West, A.D. 1576-8. From the Original 1578 Text of George Best Together with Numerous Other Versions, Additions, Etc.

Amsterdam/New York, N. Israel / Da Capo Press, 1971. Hardcover. pp. 166, 293. 4to. Bound in tan leatherette with gilt lettering to spine. Contains maps and illustrations. Light shelfwear; very good+. Originally published by the Argonaut Press, London, 1938. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 083207

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration