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    Alexander, Michael and Anand, Sushila.   QUEEN VICTORIA'S MAHARAJAH. £24    
      Duleep Singh 1838-93.   326pp. 29 b/w illustrations. References. Index.   Very good in very good dw.   1980 First edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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    Alexander, Michael and Anand, Sushila.   QUEEN VICTORIA'S MAHARAJAH. £12    
      Duleep Singh 1838-93.   326pp. 29 b/w illustrations. References. Index.   Internally very good but boards rather grubby.   1980 First edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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    Allen, Charles and Dwivedi, Sharada.   LIVES OF THE INDIAN PRINCES. £12    
         352pp. Index. The result of many taped interviews on the lives of the rulers of the Native States up to 1948. Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w.   Very good in very good dw.   1984 First edition, Century.
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    Allen, Charles and Dwivedi, Sharada.   LIVES OF THE INDIAN PRINCES. £10    
         352pp. Index. The result of many taped interviews on the lives of the rulers of the Native States up to 1948. Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w.   Very good in very good dw. Inscription.   1984 First edition, Century.
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    Allen, Charles and Dwivedi, Sharada.   LIVES OF THE INDIAN PRINCES. £14    
         352pp. Index. The result of many taped interviews on the lives of the rulers of the Native States up to 1948. Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w.   Fine in fine dw.   1984 First edition, Century.
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    Allen, Charles and Dwivedi, Sharada.   LIVES OF THE INDIAN PRINCES. £15    
         352pp. Index. The result of many taped interviews on the lives of the rulers of the Native States up to 1948. Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w.   Fine in very good dw.   1984 First edition, Century.
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    Anand, Mulk Raj.   PRIVATE LIFE OF AN INDIAN PRINCE. £15    
         365pp.   Very good in very good dw.   1970 Reprint, The Bodley Head.
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    Anand, Mulk Raj.   PRIVATE LIFE OF AN INDIAN PRINCE. £8    
         365pp. Paperback edition.   Fine.   1970 Copp Clark, Toronto.
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    Ashton, S.R.   BRITISH POLICY TOWARDS THE INDIAN STATES 1905-1939. £25    
         231pp. Index. 2 maps.   Fine in fine dw. Owner's name.   1982 First edition, Curzon Press.
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    Bance, Peter.   THE DULEEP SINGHS. £14    
      The Photograph Album of Queen Victoria's Maharajah.   160pp. Index. Over 150 photographs with interpretation illustrate Duleep Singh's life as an English country gentleman and an Indian prince.   Fine in fine dw.   2004 First edition, Sutton Publishing.
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    Barton, Sir William.   THE PRINCES OF INDIA. £28    
      With a Chapter on Nepal.   327pp. Index. 18 plates and 2 maps. The author served in the Indian Political Service and was Resident at Mysore and at Hyderabad. With Boots Library sticker on front board.   No other library markings. A very good copy.   1934 First edition, Nisbet.
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    Bhavsinghi, Sir H.H, Maharajah of Bhavnagar (compiles).   FORTY YEARS OF RAJKUMAR COLLEGE 1870-1910. £650    
         In 7 vols. 450, 323, 295, 210, 362, 200 and 84pp. 4to. Volume 1 is an Introduction to the foundation of the college with a large folding architect's plan and 2 maps in colour. Vol 7 is an index to the whole work. Each of the other volumes covers a period of years. There are about 150 full-page tissue-guarded photographic plates. In original elaborately decorated red bindings. A sumptuous set.   Generally in very good condition but a little marking to the boards especially to the spine of vol 4. Each volume is very heavy and the hinges have been strained but the bindings are holding together well. Printed and bound in England.   No date (1911) privately published.
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    Bolton, Glorney.   PEASANT AND PRINCE. £8    
         296pp. Index. A vivid account of 1930s political issues and personalities.   Very good.   1937 First edition, Routledge.
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    Chatterjee, Partha.   A PRINCELY IMPOSTER. £10    
      The Strange and Universal History of the Kumar of Bhawal..   429pp. Index. Card covers. Legal case from the 1920s.   Fine.   2002 Princeton University Press.
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    Copland, Ian.   THE BRITISH RAJ AND THE INDIAN PRINCES. £18    
      Paramountcy in Western India 1857-1930.   345pp. Index. A study of indirect British power and of the political officers who maintained it.   Near-fine in like dw.   1982 First edition, Orient Longman, New Delhi.
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    Copland, Ian.   THE PRINCES OF INDIA IN THE ENDGAME OF EMPIRE 1917-1947. £35    
         302pp. Index.   Fine in fine dw.   1997 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Crewe, Quentin.   THE LAST MAHARAJA. £12    
      A Biography of Sawai Man Singh II, Maharaja of Jaipur.   258pp. Index. 42 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1985 First edition, Michael Joseph.
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    Davies, C.C.   WARREN HASTINGS AND OUDH. £36    
         271pp. Index. 2 maps.   Very good.   1939 First edition, Oxford University Press.
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    Devi, Gayatri Maharani of Jaipur.   A PRINCESS REMEMBERS. £6    
      The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur.   335pp. Index. Paperback edition.   Very good.   1986 Century.
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    Devi, Gayatri Maharani of Jaipur.   A PRINCESS REMEMBERS. £12    
      The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur.   335pp. Index. 47 b/w photographs.   A well-read copy in loose dw.   1976 First edition, Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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    Diver, Maud.   ROYAL INDIA. £25    
      A Descriptive and Historical Study of India's Fifteen Principal States and their Rulers.   317pp. Index.   Very good in very good dw.   1942 First US edition, Appleton-Century, New York.
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    Diver, Maud.   ROYAL INDIA. £24    
      A Descriptive and Historical Study of India's Fifteen Principal States and their Rulers.   278pp. 32 full-page photographs.   Very good in rubbed dw.   1942 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Dwivedi, Sharada.   THE MAHARAJA £15    
      and the Princely States of India.   156pp. 4to. Sumptuous picture book with archive photographs and much on the present state of the ruling families.   Fine in fine slipcase.   1999 First edition, Lustre Press, New Delhi.
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    Festing, Gabrielle.   FROM THE LAND OF PRINCES. £24    
         375pp. With a 74pp introduction by Sir George Birdwood. Material from Tod's `Annals of Rajasthan' made accessible. Stories of Mewar and Marwar. Presentation copy inscribed and initialled by the author.   Boards faded and rubbed but a sound copy.   1904 First edition, Smith, Elder & Co..
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    Fisher, Michael H.   INDIRECT RULE IN INDIA. £36    
      Residents and the Residency System 1764- 1857.   516pp. Index.   Fine in fine dw.   1991 First edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
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    Fitze, Sir Kenneth.   TWILIGHT OF THE MAHARAJAHS. £18    
         180pp. Index. 14 photographs. The author served for 30 years in the Residencies of Princely India.   Very good indeed in dw with a little wear to edges.   1956 First edition, John Murray.
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    Forbes, Alexander Kinloch.   RAS MALA £42    
      or Hindoo Annals of the Province of Goozerat in Western India.   In 2 vols. 444 and 459pp. Index. 12 plates. Edited by H.G.Rawlinson. History of Gujerat and its princely states from the 8th century to British rule. First published in 1856.   Frontendpaers removed and head and tail of spine starting to fray   1924 First thus, Oxford University Press.
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    Forster, E.M.   THE HILL OF DEVI. £12    
      Being Letters from Dewas State Senior.   176pp. 8 b/w photographs. Forster edits his letters written during two visits to central India in 1912-13 and 1921 when he was secretary to the Maharajah.   Very good in very good dw. Owner's name.   1953 Reprint, Arnold.
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    Frischauer, Willi.   THE AGA KHANS. £18    
         286pp. Index. 29 b/w photographs.   Very good in very good dw.   1970 First, The Bodley Head.
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    Frischauer, Willi.   THE AGA KHANS. £18    
         342pp. Index. 29 b/w photographs.   Very good in edge-rubbed dw.   1971 First US edition, Hawthorn Books, New York.
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    Glazebrook, Philip.   THE ELECTRIC ROCK GARDEN. £12    
         183pp. English travel writer and novelist explores India through his relationship with his Cambridge friend, a Sikh prince.   Fine in fine dw.   2001 First edition, Michael Russell.
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    Husain, Ashruf Altaf (translates).   THE STORY OF SWAT as told by the Founder, Miangul Abdul Wadud Badshah Sahib to Muhammed Asif Khan. £85    
         143 + xxvii pp. 12 b/w plates. Folding map in colour by the Survey of Pakistan. Very clear account of dynastic rivalry and public works.   A little slack in edge worn dw.   1962 Frst edition, Peshawar.
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    Ivory, James (compiles).   AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PRINCESS. £14    
      Also being the adventures of an American film director in the land of the maharajas.   177pp. Many b/w photographs. Large paperback.   Fine.   1975 Murray.
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    Ivory, James (compiles).   AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PRINCESS. £16    
      Also being the adventures of an American film director in the land of the maharajas.   177pp. Many b/w photographs. Large paperback.   Fine.   1976 Murray.
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    Jeet, Surjit Singh (edits).   THE MAHARAJAH DULEEP SINGH AND THE GOVERNMENT. £12    
         176pp Index. Photographs of letters and 17 b/w illustration. First published anonymously in 1884.   Fine in fine dw   1999 First thus, Amritsar.
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    Jeffey, Robin.   PEOPLE, PRINCES AND PARAMOUNT POWER. £35    
      Society and Politics in the Indian Princely States.   396pp. Index.   Very good indeed in like dw.   1978 First edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
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    Kadaka, Dhanjishah.   THE KATHIAWAR DIRECTORY. £320    
         In 2 vols. Folding map in colour. 1206pp. Text in English and Gujarati. In the original red cloth. Account of each of the princely states.   Very good.   1886 Revised edition, Rajkot.
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    Khan, Shaharyar K.   THE BEGUMS OF BHOPAL. £12    
      A Dynasty of Women Rulers in Raj India.   276pp. Index. 16 b/w illustrations.   Fine in fine dw.   2000 Reprint, Tauris.
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    Khan, Shaharyar K.   THE BEGUMS OF BHOPAL. £15    
      A Dynasty of Women Rulers in Raj India.   276pp. Index. 16 b/w illustrations.   Fine in fine dw.   2000 First edition, Tauris.
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    Kincaid, Charles A.   THE LAND OF 'RANJI' AND 'DULEEP'. £85    
         138pp. 44 photographs. A serious history of Nawanagar with only one chapter about cricket.   Very good indeed in very good dw. Owner's name. A Lovely copy.   1931 First edition, Blackwood.
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    Lord, John.   THE MAHARAJAHS. £12    
         238pp Index. Many gossipy details of scandal and excess.   Very good.   1972 First edition, Hutchinson.
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    Lord, John.   THE MAHARAJAHS. £16    
         238pp Index. Many gossipy details of scandal and excess.   Fine in fine dw.   1972 First edition, Hutchinson.
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    Lothian, Sir Arthur Cunningham.   KINGDOMS OF YESTERDAY. £18    
         228pp. Index. 23 b/w photographs and a map. Service in the Political Department in many princely states. Resident in Hyderabad in 1942.   Very good. Spine faded.   1951 First edition, John Murray.
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    Malgonkar, Manohar.   THE PRINCES. £4    
         344pp. Novel 'of a royal father and son caught in a struggle for survival in India's new democracy'. Paperback.   Wrappers covered in transparent film.   No date, Hind Pocket Books.
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    Masters, Brian.   MAHARANA. £12    
      The Story of the Rulers of Udaipur.   138pp. Appendix lists rulers and British Residents.   Fine in fine dw.   1990 First edition, Mapin, Ahmedabad.
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    Masters, Brian.   MAHARANA. £12    
      The Story of the Rulers of Udaipur.   138pp. Appendix lists rulers and British Residents.   Fine in very good dw.   1990 First, Mapin, Ahmedabad.
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    Moore, Lucy.   MAHARANIS. £12    
      The Lives and Times of Three Generations of Indian Princesses.   351pp. Index. Politics and society in the courts of Baroda, Cooch Behar and Jaipur.   Fine in fine dw.   2004 First edition, Viking.
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    Morrow, Ann.   THE MAHARAJAS OF INDIA. £8    
         290pp. Index. 45 photographs in black and white. Paperback edition of 'Highness'. A racy account of the past and present of India's princely families.   Fine.   No date, Srushti, New Delhi.
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    Nath, Aman.   JAIPUR. £28    
      The Last Destination.   222pp. 4to. Colour photographs by Samar Singh Jodha.   Near fine in like dw. Corners slightly bumped.   1994 Reprint, India Book House, Bombay.
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    Nath, Aman.   JAIPUR. £32    
      The Last Destination.   222pp. 4to. Many colour photographs by Samar Singh Jodha, some printed on fold-out pages.   Fine in fine dw.   1994 Reprint, India Book House, Bombay.
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    Natwar-Singh, K.   MARHARAJAH SURAJ MAL, 1707-1763. £12    
      His Life and Times.   136pp. Index. 12 illustrations and a map. Biography of Jat ruler of Bharatpur.   Fine in fine dw.   1981 First edition, Allen & Unwin.
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    Natwar-Singh, K.   THE MAGNIFICENT MAHARAJAH. £16    
      The Life and Times of Maharajah Bhupindar Singh of Patalia 1891-1938.   317pp. Index. 18 monochrome photographs. Paperback edition.   Very good in very good dw. Owner's name.   1998 Second Impression, Harper Collins, India
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    Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum, Ruler of Bhopal.   AN ACCOUNT OF MY LIFE (GOHUR-I-IKBAL). £85    
         383pp. Index. 55 fullpage b/w photographs. Translated by C.H.Payne.   Spine cloth splitting but binding tight.   1912 First edition, John Murray.
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    Panikkar, K.M.   HIS HIGHNESS THE MAHARAJA OF BIKANER. £55    
      A Biography.   412pp. Index. 8 illustrations.   Very good internally but boards and dustwrapper rubbed.   1937 First edition, Oxford University Press.
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    Panikkar, K.M.   HIS HIGHNESS THE MAHARAJA OF BIKANER. £35    
      A Biography.   412pp. Index. 8 illustrations. Ex-university library copy with bookplate but no other markings apart from one removed label.   Very good.   1937 First edition, Oxford University Press.
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    Panikkar, K.M.   THE FOUNDING OF THE KASHMIR STATE. £24    
      A Biography of Maharajah Gulab Singh 1792-1858.   172pp. Index. Folding map.   Fine in very good dw.   1953 Second impression Allen and Unwin.
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    Pataudi, Sher Ali.   THE ELITE MINORITY PRINCES OF INDIA. £32    
         322pp. Index. Photographs in b/w. A survey and criticism of British dealings with the Princes and detailed accounts of six major states.   Fine in fine dw.   1989 First edition, privately published in Pakistan.
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    Patnaik, Naveen.   A DESERT KINGDOM. £28    
      The Rajputs of Bikaner.   120pp. 4to. Fine archive photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1990 First edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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    Patnaik, Naveen.   A SECOND PARADISE. £10    
      Indian Courtly Life 1590-1947.   Illustrated in colour with 84 miniatures. Introduction by Stuart Cary Welch. Card covers.   Very good.   1985 Doubleday, New York.
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    Prasad, R.N.   RAJA MAN SINGH OF AMBER. £15    
         196pp. Index. 56 (small and blurred) b/w photographs. Life of Moghul general.   Very good in worn dw.   1966 First, The World Press, Calcutta.
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    Ranjitsinhji, K.S.   THE JUBILEE BOOK OF CRICKET. £35    
         465pp. Many photographs of top players. Nothing on cricket in India. In the original green cloth.   Very good apart from a little light spotting.   1897 Second edition, William Blackwood.
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    Ranjitsinhji, K.S.   THE JUBILEE BOOK OF CRICKET. £25    
         465pp. Many photographs of top players. Nothing on cricket in India. In full public school prize. leather binding   Very good. Prize label. Edges a little scuffed.   1898 Sixth edition, William Blackwood.
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    Rice, Stanley.   LIFE OF SAYAJI ROA III, MAHARAJA OF BARODA. £55    
         In 2 vols. 234 and 292pp. Index. Portrait frontispieces.   Fine in worn dws. A lovely set.   1931 First edition, Oxford University Press.
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    Robinson, Andrew.   MAHARAJA. £16    
      The Spectacular Heritage of Princely India.   160pp. Index. 4to. Colour photographs by Sumio Uchiyama.   Very good in dw with single tear. Nasty bookplate.   1988 First edition, The Vendome Press, New York.
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    Ross, Alan.   RANJI. £12    
      Prince of Cricketers.   256pp. Biography covering both cricket and princely life.   Fine. Bookplate.   1983 First edition, Collins.
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    Rudolph, Susanne and Lloyd and Kanota, Mohan Singh.   REVERSING THE GAZE. £16    
      Amar Singh's Diary, A Colonial Subject's Narrative of Imperial India.   633pp. Index. Over 60 photographs and facsimiles. Amar Singh kept a daily diary for forty-four years. This volume covers the period from 1898-1905. He writes about the Jodhpur court, the Imperial Cadet Corps and Expeditionary Force in China during the Boxer rebellion.   Fine in fine dw.   2002 First edition, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado.
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    Rudolph, Susanne and Lloyd and Kanota, Mohan Singh.   REVERSING THE GAZE. £18    
      Amar Singh's Diary, A Colonial Subject's Narrative of Imperial India.   625pp. Index. Over 60 photographs and facsimiles. Amar Singh kept a daily diary for forty-four years. This volume covers the period from 1898-1905. He writes about the Jodhpur court, the Imperial Cadet Corps and Expeditionary Force in China during the Boxer rebellion.   Fine in fine dw.   2002 First edition, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
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    Sarila, Narendra Singh.   ONCE A PRINCE OF SARILA. £18    
      Of Palaces and Tiger-Hunts, of Nehrus and Mounbattens.   300pp. The author was ADC to Mountbatten in 1947.   Fine in fine dw.   2008 First edition, I.B.Tauris.
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    Sarkar, Jadunath.   A HISTORY OF JAIPUR c1503-1938. £18    
         416pp. Index.   Near-fine in like dw.   1994 Reprint, Orient Longman Hyderabad.
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    Sasrti. Alladi Jagannatha.   A FAMILY HISTORY OF THE VENKATAGIRI RAJAS. £120    
         181pp. 27 b/w illustrations. In the original green cloth with gilt family crest on front board. Inscribed 'With the Compliments of Capt, Sir The Maharajah of Venkatagiri…. To Major W.G.Tolson, M.C.' Family tree claiming 29 generations of descent in rear pocket with Christmas card (with 2 photographs of himself) from the Maharajah to Major Tolson and a small photograph, inscribed on reverse 'L.Mainwairing Taylor, Colonel of the Madras Guards…'.   Very good.   1922 Addison Press, Madras.
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    Sastri, K.N.Venkatasubba.   THE ADMINISTRATION OF MYSORE UNDER SIR MARK CUBBON (1834-1861). £45    
         322pp. Index.   Very good indeed in like dw. Some spotting to fore-edge.   1932 First edition, Allen & Unwin.
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    Scindia, Vijaya Raje.   THE LAST MAHARANI OF GWALIOR. £10    
      An Autobiography.   279pp. Index. From princely privilege to imprisonment under Indira Gandhi's Emergency. Written with Manohar Malgonkar. Card covers.   Fine.   1987 State University of New York.
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    Scindia, Vijayaraje.   PRINCESS. £6    
      The Autobiography of the Dowager Maharani of Gwalior.   279pp. Index. 21 b/w photographs. From princely privilege to imprisonment under Indira Gandhi's Emergency. Written with Manohar Malgonkar. Paperback edition.   Fine.   1988 Century.
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    Scindia, Vijayaraje.   PRINCESS. £10    
      The Autobiography of the Dowager Maharani of Gwalior.   279pp. Index. From princely privilege to imprisonment under Indira Gandhi's Emergency. Written with Manohar Malgonkar.   Very good in very good dw.   1985 First edition, Century.
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    Scindia, Vijayaraje.   PRINCESS. £14    
      The Autobiography of the Dowager Maharani of Gwalior.   279pp. Index. From princely privilege to imprisonment under Indira Gandhi's Emergency. Written with Manohar Malgonkar.   Fine in fine dw.   1985 First edition, Century.
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    Sharpe, Elizabeth.   THAKORE SAHIB SHRI SIR DAULAT SINGH OF LIMBDI, KATHIAWAR. £55    
      a Biography.   188pp. Index. Foreword by Sir Rabindranath Tagore.   Very good in slightly chipped dw. Some spotting throughout.   1931 First edition, John Murray.
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    Singh, Patwant and Rai, Jyoti M.   EMPIRE OF THE SIKHS. £16    
      The Life and Times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.   371pp. Index. Illustrations in colour and b/w.   Fine in fine dw.   2008 First edition, Hay House, New Delhi.
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    Slater, Leonard.   ALY. £14    
      A Biography of the Late Aly Khan.   286pp. Story of the playboy son of the Aga Khan.   Very good in very good dw. Inscription.   1966 First edition, W.H.Allen.
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    Sreenivasan, M.A.   OF THE RAJ, MAHARAJAS AND ME. £14    
         273pp. 17 b/w photographs. Long service in the civil service of Mysore and subsequently of Gwalior.   Fine in very good dw.   1991 First edition, Ravi Dayal, NewDelhi.
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    Srinivasan, C.K.   BAJI RAO I: THE GREAT PESHWA. £25    
         152pp. Index. 18th century struggles for power in India.   Fine in fine dw.   1961 First edition, Asia Publishing House.
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    Taleyarkhan, Dinshah Ardeshir.   FROM MY RECENT NOTES ON THE INDIAN EMPIRE. £180    
         406 + 45pp. Long sections on Russia in Afghanistan, Armies of the Native States, Indian Viceroys and Governors, Political Constitution, Native States, Womenkind and an appendix on National Technical Education.   Very good. Slight staining to light boards.   1886 First edition, Times of India Steam Press, Bombay.
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    Thompson, Edward.   THE MAKING OF THE INDIAN PRINCES. £14    
         304pp. Index. A study of emerging British ascendency in the early 19th century. Mainly concerns Central India, the Marathas and the Peshwa. Ex-public library copy in the original red cloth.   Very good.   1943 First edition, Oxford University Press.
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    Thompson, Edward.   THE MAKING OF THE INDIAN PRINCES. £10    
         304pp. Index. A study of emerging British ascendency in the early 19th century. Mainly concerns Central India, the Marathas and the Peshwa. Ex-public library copy in the original red cloth.   Very good.   1943 First edition, Oxford University Press.
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    Thompson, Edward.   THE MAKING OF THE INDIAN PRINCES. £12    
         304pp. Index. A study of Indian rulers and British politicals in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. First published 1943.   Very good.   1978 Reprint, Curzon Press.
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    Thompson, Edward.   THE MAKING OF THE INDIAN PRINCES. £25    
         304pp. Index. A study of emerging British ascendency in the early 19th century. Mainly concerns Central India, the Marathas and the Peshwa.   Very good indeed in very good dw. Owner's name..   1943 First edition, Oxford University Press.
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    Thompson, Edward.   THE MAKING OF THE INDIAN PRINCES. £28    
         304pp. Index. A study of emerging British ascendency in the early 19th century. Mainly concerns Central India, the Marathas and the Peshwa.   Very good indeed in very good dw.   1943 First edition, Oxford University Press.
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    Times, The.   THE NEW INDIA. £16    
      Reprinted from 'The Times' India number published on 23 March 1937.   177pp. 45 b/w photographs. Determinedly optimistic to mark contitutional progress. With advertising features for 5 princely states, Patiala, Indore, Bhavnagar, Baroda and Travancore, supporting the new federal arrangements.   Very good.   1937 The Times Publishing Co.
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    Waddington, C.W.   INDIAN INDIA £65    
      as Seen by a Guest in Rajasthan.   168pp. 4to. 29 tissue-guarded full-page plates of drawings by the author who was a former Principal of Rajkumar and Mayo Colleges. He draws and describes the palaces and cities of Rajasthan. Folding map. Presentation copy signed by the author with a signed full page studio photograph of him neatly pasted to front endpaper.   Very good indeed. Slight stain on edge of front board.   1933 First edition, Jarrolds.
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    Waddington, C.W.   INDIAN INDIA £38    
      as Seen by a Guest in Rajasthan.   168pp. 4to. 29 tissue-guarded full-page plates of drawings by the author who was a former Principal of Rajkumar and Mayo Colleges. He draws and describes the palaces and cities of Rajasthan. Folding map.   Very good indeed. Slight stain on edge of front board.   1933 First edition, Jarrolds.
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    Waghorne, Joanne Punzo.   THE RAJA'S MAGIC CLOTHES. £28    
      Re-Visioning Kingship and Divinity in England's India.   285pp. Index. A study of British imperialism and the small South Indian State of Pudukkotta from 1858-1947. Based on the Palace Records. 93 photographs in colour and b/w.   Fine in fine dw.   1994 First Pennsylvania State University Press.
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    Weeden, Edward St.Clair.   A YEAR WITH THE GAEKWAR OF BARODA. £48    
         324pp. Index. 25 b/w photographs.   Very good. Spine cloth a little faded but a nice copy.   No date (preface dated 1911), Dana Estes & Co., Boston.
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    Wild, Ronald.   RANJI. £75    
      Biography of Colonel His Highness Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji.   330pp. Index. 35 photographs. Cricket and princely life.   Very good in pictorial dw with some edge-wear.   1934 First edition, Griffon Press.
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    Wild, Ronald.   RANJI. £55    
      Biography of Colonel His Highness Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji.   330pp. Index. 35 photographs. Cricket and princely life.   Very good.   1934 First edition, Griffon Press.
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    Wise, Michael.   TRUE TALES OF BRITISH INDIA and the Princely States. £10    
         293pp. Index. Card covers. Anthology of extracts 1857-1947.   Fine.   1993 In Print Publications.
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    Worswick, Clark (edits).   PRINCELY INDIA. £35    
         151pp. 4to landscape. 128 photographs by Raja Lala Deen Dayal, Court Photographer to the Nizam of Hyderabad 1884-1910.   Fine in fine dw.   1980 First edition, Hamish Hamilton.
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