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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
2-Aug-2014
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Description:
Books on India (4). Hamilton, Angus .In Abor Jungles. Being an Account of the Abor Expedition, the Mishmi Mission and the Miri Mission. London, G.Bell & Sons, 1912. First edition, Colonial issue. Frontis. and 86 half-tones on 63 plates, large folding map, xi,352pp., publisher's red cloth with some very slight fading to spine. An excellent copy. a punitive expedition sent by the Indian Government against the Abors following the murder of the Assistant Political Agent in 1911, and an account of the Political Missions 1911-12 to the Miris and Mishmis on the North-East frontier of India to ascertain the extent of Chinese encroachment on the Mishmi-Abor border; Collins, James. Report on the Caoutchouc of Commerce, being information on the plants yielding it, their geographical distribution, climatic conditions, and the possibility of their cultivation and acclimatization in India. London, W.H.Allen, 1872. 4 litho plates of plants, 2 folding coloured maps, xii,55pp., 4to., publisher's blind-stamped and gilt cloth, spine with some minor wear. Old library stamp on titlepage and on blank verso of plates. Library bookplate on front pastedown, inscribed 'Presented By the Secretary of State For India 1875'; Macintyre, Donald (Major-General) Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and beyond the Himalayas. New Edition. London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1891. Photogravure frontis and one photogravure plate, both with explanatory tissue overlays, 4 full page plates, 26 illustrations in text, xviii,362pp., old owner's signature (with regiment noted) at top of titlepage, publisher's green cloth with titling on spine and vignette onfront boards in black. Boards with a little flecking and some rubbing on tips and spine edges. First published in 1889, this new edition has an index added; Campbell, Captain Walter. the Old Forest Ranger; or, Wild Sports of India on the Neilgherry Hills, in the jungles, and on the plains. London, How and Parsons, 1842. First edition.Frontispiece, illustrated extra titlepage, 6 plates, xii,444pp., large 8vo., publisher's 1/4 red morocco, cloth boards with gilt vignette. the book has been rebacked with the original darkened elaborately gilt spine laid over. Internally very good. the plates are attractive tinted lithos by Picken and others, printed by Day and Haghe.
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