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National Horse Breeding & Show Society of India: Imperial Delhi Horse Show at the Irwin Amphitheatre, New Delhi, 12th, 13th, 15th & 17th February 1934.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 162+xxipp. Liddell's Press, Simla. Contemp.
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A guide to the various events & numerous runners & riders. Indexes of exhibitors & horses, many interesting adverts. Sl. tearing to first 26 or so leaves, generally VG. Interesting record of this Anglo-Indian social event. See illustration on our website.
£12
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The Madras New Almanac for 1850; With a General Directory & Register for Madras, Calcutta, & Bombay.
Arranged & Compiled by Pharoah & Co. [ii]+ix+668+xiiipp., 3 hand-coloured plates (of shipping signals, one fldg.). Madras: Athenaeum Press, Mount Road.
1850.
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Superb almanac includes calandar, Lit of East India Company's Covenanted Servants of the Madras Establishment (with detailed statements of their services), lists for medical & ecclesiastical establishment, &c. Various official & commercial rules & regulations (Civil Service, Post Office, Madras Port Regulations &c.), Births, Marriages & Deaths, arrivals & departures by steamers, details of merchant & naval vessels, hand-coloured plates of shipping (flag) signals & much more. Contemp. whaet cloth sp. with somewhat soiled paper covd. boards, contemp ownership inscrip (dated 1850).
£220
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The New Regulations for the Bengal Army; According to Minutes of Council & General Orders, Issued in Fort William, During the Months of May & June, MDCCXCVI.
81pp., fldg. table (Pay & Allowances/examples of Form of Long Roll), 3pp. publishers adverts. London: Printed for John Stockdale.
1797.
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Various regulations, general orders &c., also Army Lists for regiments of the Bengal Presidency in 1796. Printed in Calcutta in 1796 & this edition in London the following year. Later replacement grey limp wraps., typed paper label to front, VG thus & very rare.
£225
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Army Regulations, India, Volume XIV-B. Native Army Schools, Madras.
Published by Authority. [iii]+ii+43pp. Madras: Printed by the Superintendent, Govt. Press.
1896.
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Organization & administration of regimental schools to educate both serving soldiers & the sons & daughtersof the regiment. Includes details on the standard required of schoolmasters, their duties (which included proceeding on service with the regiment if ordered, although they may not necessarily be trained soldiers), curriculum &c. Corrigenda loosely inserted. Orig. red cloth, gilt, some marking (label removed from sp.), RUSI bookplate.
£26
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Burma Field Force: History of the 3rd Brigade.
Orig. blue printed paper wraps., 16pp., foolscap. No publication details [contemp.]
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Ops. of 3rd Bde., Burma Field Force, under command of Brig.-Gen. W.S.A. Lockhart in 1886-87. No record of no. printed but undoubtedly rare with labels of Library of the Office of the Adjutant General in India & Army HQ Central Library Simla. Minor worm, VG.
£125
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General Orders issued from the Adjutant General's Office from the First of March, to the end of August 1805. With an Index. Volume XI. [Bound with:] Volume XII: From the First of September 1805, to the end of Feb. 1806. With an Index.
[ii]+214+xvpp. & [ii]+164+xiiipp. Madras: Government Press.
1805/1806).
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Madras Presidency George General Orders by Govt. at Fort St. George & C-in-C of the Army at Choultry Plain from 1st March 1805 to 28th Feb. 1806 containing promotions & appointments, court martials (full details of cases against various British & Indian officers & men), amendments ro regulations re pay, allowances &c., various Govt. proclamations. Many pages heavily foxed but all legible, some damage or trimming to fragile leaves, contemp. ink ownership inscrip. of Capt. T.H.S. Conway, 6th Regt. [Native] Cavalry on tp of Vol. XII. Recent blue cloth, gilt to sp. Scarce survival.
£100
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Fort William-India House Correspondence & Other Contemporary Papers Relating Thereto (Secret & Select Committee). Vol. XVI: 1787-1791.
Ed. by Syed Hasan Askari. 1st Ed., lxviii+477pp., 6 illus. Published for National Archives of India by the Controller of Publications, Govt. of india, Delhi.
1976.
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Valuable selected source material published in the official Indian Records Series. Orig. rust cloth, VG.
£25
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Dress Regulations. (India) 1931.
Facsimile reprint (with additional plates & intro. by Bill Carman), xii+124pp., 6 photos. VG in dw. Newport: Westlake.
1987.
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See illustration on our website.
£15
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Views of India in Colour.
16 col. plates each with tissue guard with caption. Bombay: The Times of India. nd (c.1930).
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Views of Calcutta, Agra, Madras, Delhi, Simla & other well-known sites. Orig. dec. paper covd. boards, somewhat rubbed/worn at edges, internally VG. See illustration on our website.
£14
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Bylaws of the 6th D.C.O. Lancer Co-operative Thrift Society Limited.
14pp., plain wraps., wire stitched. Sialkot: Public Electric Press. nd (c.1930).
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Regimental societies such as this, co-operative in nature, existed to enable officers & men of the regt. to borrow money for necessities (these might include polo ponies &c.) at a preferential rate. All members paid into the savings scheme & owned a share. Ownership inscrip. of F.R.C. Stewart, joined 6th Lancers (Watson's Horse) 1930 & later Lt.-Col.
£12
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