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Anon (A Lady). LETTERS FROM MADRAS |
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during the Years 1836-1839. 145pp. Julia Maitland, wife of a newly appointed judge writes home with detailed observation of her new home in the hills where she learns the language and sets up a school. Rebound with modern marbled boards and red cloth spine. Very good indeed. 1846 First edition, John Murray. |
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Anon. HELLO AMERICANS! |
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Greetings to our forces from the American Residents of the Madras Province, Hyderabad, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin. 70pp. Small card-covered booklet. Folding map of Madras. Very good. 1945 4th edition, Madras. |
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Barlow, Sir G.H. A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE SERVICES OF SIR G.H.BARLOW, Bart. & K.B., Governor of Madras. |
£120 |
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Founded on a Series of Authentic and Interesting Papers and Correspondence. 77pp. Disbound and now contained in a beautiful modern purpose-made box with title label. Barlow was recalled from Madras after a mutiny which he was accused of inciting. This is an apologia for his conduct presumably by Barlow himself. Poor. Binding gone and the later pages badly damp-stained but all still readable. 1811 printed by E.Blackadder, Took's Court, Chancery Lane. |
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Beaglehole, T.H. THOMAS MUNRO |
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and the Development of Administrative Policy in Madras 1792-1818. 183pp. Index. Fine in very good dw. 1966 First edition, Cambridge University Press. |
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Beaglehole, T.H. THOMAS MUNRO |
£15 |
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and the Development of Administrative Policy in Madras 1792-1818. 183pp. Index. Very good but marginal pencil markings. 1966 First edition, Cambridge University Press. |
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Brown, Hilton. PARRY'S OF MADRAS. |
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A Story of British Enterprise in India. 347pp. Index. 15 b/w photographs and a folded map. Story of leading business house in Madras. Very good in chipped dw. 1954 First edition, Madras. Privately published by Parry and Co. |
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Brown, Hilton. PARRY'S OF MADRAS. |
£25 |
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A Story of British Enterprise in India. 347pp. Index. 15 b/w photographs and a folded map. Story of leading business house in Madras. Presentation copy signed by H.R.V.Iengar, the Chairman of the company Very good in very good dw. 1954 First edition, Madras. Privately published by Parry and Co. |
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Hodgson, G.H. THOMAS PARRY. |
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Free Merchant Madras 1768-1824. 357pp. 27 b/w illustrations. Cloth marked and top of spine slightly frayed. Internally very good. 1938 First edition, Higginbothams, Madras. |
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Hodgson, G.H. THOMAS PARRY. |
£28 |
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Free Merchant Madras 1768-1824. 357pp. 27 b/w illustrations. Very good in worn dw. Boards marked under the wrapper. Otherwise a nice copy. 1938 First edition, Higginbothams, Madras. |
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Hodgson, G.H. THOMAS PARRY. |
£25 |
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Free Merchant Madras 1768-1824. 357pp. 27 b/w illustrations. Very good. 1938 First edition, Higginbothams, Madras. |
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Hodgson, G.H. THOMAS PARRY. |
£30 |
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Free Merchant Madras 1768-1824. 357pp. 27 b/w illustrations. Very good in worn dw. 1938 First edition, Higginbothams, Madras. |
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Hope, Arthur, Governor of Madras, (introduces). SPRINGBOARD! |
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Madras 1945. Stapled booklet with light card covers. Produced to celebrate the end of the war and record the part Madras played in it. Short essays and black and white photographs. Corners a little rubbed. 1945 Victory House, Madras. |
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Krishnaswami, P.R. TOM MUNRO SAHEB, Governor of Madras. |
£14 |
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A portrait with selections of his letters. 237pp. Card covers. Darkening and wrinkling but sound. 1947 First, Madras. |
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Love, Henry Davison. VESTIGES OF OLD MADRAS 1640-1800. |
£55 |
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Traced from the East India Company's Records preserved at Fort St.George and the India Office. Indian Records Series. Published for the Government of India. Volume 4 only. This volume is a 197pp index to the whole work. Very good indeed. 1913 First edition, John Murray. |
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Love, Henry Davison. VESTIGES OF OLD MADRAS 1640-1800. |
£350 |
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Traced from the East India Company's Records preserved at Fort St.George and the India Office. Indian Records Series. Published for the Government of India. In 4 volumes. 593pp, 580pp, 624pp, 197pp (index). 50 maps, plans, views, portraits and autographs, including 4 folding maps in rear pockets. In original decorated cloth. Higginbotham's booksellers rubber stamps. Some ancient worming mainly to boards and prelims not affecting the text. A sound working set. The 4th index volume is from another set and has no worming. 1913 First editions, John Murray. |
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Macnaghten, Angus. DANIEL CORRIE. |
£12 |
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His Family and Friends. 157pp. Index. Biography of Archdeacon of Calcutta and first bishop of Madras Very good in very good dw. 1969 First edition, Johnson. |
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Maitland, Julia. LETTERS FROM MADRAS. |
£18 |
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207pp. Colour portrait frontispiece. Map. Extensive notes. Fully researched edition of a book which appeared anonymously in 1843. The author was with her civil service husband from 1837-1839 in Madras and on a station on the Godavari. Fine in fine dw. 2003 First edition, Woodstock Books, Otley. |
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Murray, John (publishes). MURRAY'S HANDBOOK OF THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY with a notice of the Overland Route to India. |
£240 |
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415pp. Index. Folding map (repaired at the creases) in rear pocket. 1 other folding map in text. In the original soft edged red boards. Original owner's bookplate. Presented by him to Chelsea Public Libraries in 1906 with their embossed stamp on front board. Hinges slack and damage to rear endpapers. A sound copy of a scarce item. 1879 Second edition. |
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Muthiah, S. MADRAS DISCOVERED. |
£14 |
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A Historical Guide. 286pp. Index. 64 b/w photographs. Both a practical guide book and the story of the lives of those who made the city. Card covers. Fine. 1987 Revised and enlarged edition, New Delhi. |
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Muthiah, S. THE PARRYS STORY. |
£16 |
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A Bicentennial Publication. 108pp. Landscape. Many illustrations in colour Fine in fine dw. 1988 Madras, for the company. |
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Penny, F.E. ON THE COROMANDEL COAST. |
£35 |
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358pp. Index. Explorations in the history of Madras and the coast. Ex-public library copy. Very good. Boards a little rubbed. 1908 First edition, Smith, Elder & Co. |
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Ramaswami N.S. & Mutiah,S. PARRYS 200. |
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A Saga of Resilience. 304pp. Index.100 b/w photographs. Endpaper charts of the family tree and the divisions of the company. Written to celebrate 200 years since the landing of the Welshman, Thomas Parry, in Madras and the founding of one of India's largest industrial houses. Very good in very good dw. 1988 First edition, Affiliated East-West Press, New Delhi. |
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Wheeler, J.Talboys. MADRAS IN THE OLDEN TIME being a History of the Presidency from the First Foundation of Fort St.George. |
£55 |
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Volume II 1702-1727. 443pp. In the original cloth. Ex-public library copy. Rubbed and faded but holding well. 1861 First edition, J.Higginbotham, Madras. |
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Wheeler, J.Talboys. MADRAS IN THE OLDEN TIME being a History of the Presidency from the First Foundation of Fort St.George. |
£55 |
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Volume III 1727-1748. 481pp.Index to the 3 vols. Large folding plan in rear pocket. In the original cloth. Ex-public library copy. Rubbed and faded but holding well. 1862 First edition, J.Higginbotham, Madras. |
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