Books on India (3). Russell, William Howard. My Diary in India in the year 1858-9. London, Routledge [&c.], 1860. Two volumes complete. First edition.12 tinted litho plates including 2 frontis.,folding map, xv,408,xi,420pp., plates and adjacent pages spotted, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 black calf, spine with raised bands and red title labels, marbled boards, boards rubbed. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library at spine base. No other markings internal or external. a surprisingly scarce book since according to Abbey it reached a '7th Thousand' in the year of publication; Napier, Lieut.-Gen. Sir William.History of General Sir Charles Napier's Administration of Scinde, and Campaign in the Cutchee Hills.London, Chapman and Hall, 1851. First edition.12 tinted litho plates [fairly pale spotting], 3 maps [2 folding], ix,415pp., some very occasional pale spotting, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf, spine with raised bands and black title label, rubbed and now stabilised with conservation leather dressing, marbled boards. Pale blue ownership stamp of a parliamentary library on title page, first and last page of text and on blank versos of plates.No other markings internal or external. An account by his brother of Napier's controversial annexation and subsequent organisation of Sind. Both brothers have long entries in the Dnb; Caroe, Olaf, the Pathans 550 B.C. -- A.D. 1957 London, Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1962 (1958)12 plates, 6 maps (4 folding), xxii,521pp., 8vo., cloth, slightly rubbed dustwrapper. a very good copy.