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Government of Madras, Military Department. List of the Army for 1787. Corrected up to 1793. 1st Ed., [ii]+95+ixpp., foolscap format. Fort St. George, Madras, Printed by the Superintendent, Govt. Press. 1909  #66355
[HLMainPic] First printing of a ms. Army List discovered amongst the records of Fort St. George, with corrections up to 1793, with the addition of an Index. Contains about 750 officers of the Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, Invalids &c., noting dates of ranks & various remarks such as when & where died, appointments, &c. Printed in blue papers wraps., titled in black to front, front & rear wraps now laid down on paper, the whole in red binders cloth, gilt to sp. Interesting & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £425
DODWELL (Edward) & MILES (James Samuel) Comp. & Eds. Alphabetical List of Officers of the Indian Army; With The Dates of their Respective Promotion, Retirement, Resignation, or Death, whether in India or in Europe; from the Year 1760, to the Year 1834 Inclusive. Corrected to September 30, 1837. 1st Ed., approx. 600pp. in all. Longman, Orme, Brown & Co. 1838  #66297
[HLMainPic] Valuable alphabetical listings of the military officers of the three Presidencies (Bengal, Bombay & Madras) with their dates of appointment, promotion &c. Most noting their date & place of death. Later maroon binder's cloth, gilt, VG throughout. See illustration on our website.   £145
FRASER (Col. Hastings) Memoir & Correspondence of General James Stuart Fraser of the Madras Army. By His Son. 1st Ed., xxii+483+lxxxipp., portrait frontis., facsimile letter. Whiting & Co. 1885  #65819
[HLMainPic] Entered Madras NI 1800: various staff appointments followed inc. ADC to Governor of Madras; Deputy Commissary in Madras Expedition to Mauritius 1810; Commandant of Pondicherry 1816 &c. In several actions at Coorg; Resident in Mysore & Chief Commissioner of Coorg; Resident of Hyderbad 1838-52 &c. in a long career spanning over fifty years. Buckland (Dictionary of Indian Biography) notes: "Joined the Madras N.I. 1800: escorted the Mysore Princes to Bengal, 1807: A.D.C. to Sir G. Barlow when Governor of Madras... Deputy Commissary in the Madras expedition to Mauritius, 1810: Military Secretary to the Governor of Madras, 1813: Commandant at Pondicherry, 1816... in several actions at Coorg... &c." Orig. dark olive green cloth, gilt, cloth rather spotted/worn o/w good sound copy & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £75
HILL (S.C.) Yusuf Khan: The Rebel Commandant. 1st Ed., xii+320pp., frontis., sketch, 3 maps, 2 plans. Longmans. 1914  #66833
[HLMainPic] Indian leader who fought for 'John Company', notably at Trichinopoly 1752-54 & the siege of Madras 1758-59, made governor of Madura & Tinnevely he rebelled, however, & the British hanged him in 1764. Orig. red cloth, gilt, litle rubbed & worn, sound, near VG. See illustration on our website.   £25
HODGSON (G.H.) Thomas Parry, Free Merchant. Madras, 1768-1824. 1st Ed., [v]+xiii+357pp., col. portrait frontis., 26 b/w photos. Madras &c., Higinbothams. 1938  #66271
[HLMainPic] Parry went to India aged about 19 & became "licensed by the Governor of Madras as a Free Merchant." He established an enormous trading business & was immensely rich at a young age. Various trials & tribulations followed, falling out with the HEIC, &c. A career of opportunities & pitfalls that could probably only have occurred during the rapid dominance of Britain's role as the world's greatest empire. Orig. blue cloth, titled in black. VG. See illustration on our website.   £30
MURLAND (Lt.-Col. H.F.) Baillie-ki-Paltan: Being a History of the 2nd Bn. Madras Pioneers (formerly IV Madras Pioneers) 1759-1930. 1st Ed., viii+602pp., 4to, 17 fldg. maps, var. other maps & sketches in text. Madras: Published for the Regiment by Higginbothams. 1932  #61475
[HLMainPic] Substantial, scarce history from early Anglo-India, Seringapatam, Ava &c. to Indian Mutiny (in Central India), Afghanistan, Burma, China &c. East Africa & Mesopotamia in WW1. Appendices include detailed services of the British officers, also services of VCOs with dates of their appointments & some notes of their war services. "A major history, comprehensive & detailed..." - Perkins 443. Orig. pale blue cloth, sp. chipped, cloth rather unevenly sunned & worn but sound throughout, VG thus. See illustration on our website.   £145
WHITTINGHAM (Maj.-Gen. Ferdinand, CB) Ed. A Memoir of the Services of Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Ford Whittingham, KCB, KCH, GCF, Colonel of the 71st Highland Light Infantry. Derived Chiefly From His Own Letters & From Those of Distinguished Contemporaries. New [i.e., 2nd] Ed., xxviii+503pp., portrait frontis. Longmans, Green & Co. 1868  #65001
[HLMainPic] Rare memoirs including records of Whitlocke's distastrous campaign in South America, the Peninsular War & several campaigns in India. Whittingham was an extra-ADC to the C-inC during the first of these, was Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master General under Wellington in the Peninsula: provided vital liaison with the Spanish Army & was severely wounded at Talavera when bringing two Spanish battalions into the attack. Commanded a Division at the siege of Tarragona. From 1821 he was QMG in India & was wounded at the siege of Bhurtpore in 1826. He became commander of the Madras Army in 1840 but died in India in 1841. This "New" or 2nd Edition was necessary as "The errors & imperfections contained in the first edition... occasioned its speedy suppression." Orig. blue cloth, gilt, head & tail of sp. chipped, generally VG & rare with USC bookplate (presented by the author, 1868). See illustration on our website.   £325

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