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India India, Including campaigns on the North-West Frontier, Afghanistan and Burma, the Indian Mutiny and Anglo-Indian colonial life   94 Books
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Army Regulations India. Vol. VII: Dress. Government of India, Military Dept., 1913 [Reprinted December 1919.] [x]+96pp. (+ blank interleaves) Calcutta: Supt. of Govt. Printing. 1919  #67930
[HLMainPic] Dress Regs. for all branches of the IA inc. the Staff, Bodyguards, ADCs &c., Cavalry & Lancers, Corps of Guides, Mountain Artillery, S&M, Infantry (distinguishing those regiments dressed in Scarlet, Green or Drab), PFF, IMS & other corps. Appendices in this edition include: Badges & Devices; Care & preservation of Uniform; Buttons & Lace; Revolver; Swords & Scabbards; Belts & Sword, Knot; Shoulder chains for officers of Cavalry & Royal Horse Artillery, &c. Orig. official red cloth binding, gilt to front & sp., trace of old labels removed from sp., o/w VG ex-RUSI. Rare. See illustration on our website.   £125
One-inch Sheet No. 38 O/13. N.W. Frontier Province. Cherat. Scale. 1 Inch to 1 Mile. Coloured fldg. paper map, 44x58cm approx., buff card covs. to front & rear, the front with title as above. Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, Published under the direction of Col. S.G. Burrard, CSI, RE, FRS, Surveyor General of India. 1913  #66242
[HLMainPic] Good scale map of the Cherat region (Peshawar District & Tribal Territory) from Aza Khel Bala & Nowshera in the north, down to Spela Mela &c. in the south. VG, nice clean example. See illustrations on our website.   £65
Operations in Waziristan 1919-1920. (Second Edition). Compiled by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India. 2nd Ed., viii+194pp., 31 plates (many fldg.), 8 fldg. panoramas, 4 fldg. maps in text, 3 fldg. maps in end-pocket. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing. 1923  #66211
[HLMainPic] The second & very much scarcer edition of this official account, which "cancels the previous (1921) edition, copies of which should be destroyed." As background the work includes operations 1860-1920, with considerable detail on the little-known 1917 campaign, with valuable orders of battle &c. The edition here offered is presumably amended &/or corrected, as its supersedes the original edition. It should not be confused with the cheaper edition issued without most of the maps & plans. Modern blue cloth, gilt title to sp., complete with all maps & plans (one additional to the 1st Edition) including 3 in endpocket. See illustration on our website.   £250
Regulations for the Army in India. Reprint of Provisional Issue, 1st July 1937 (With Corrections issued up to April 1940.) Orig. printed paper covd. boards, [ii]+xiii+380pp. Published by Manager of Publications, Delhi. Printed by Manager, Govt. of India Press, Calcutta. 1941  #66192
[HLMainPic] Detailed regulations re training & discipline, duties & appointments of British Officers, BORs, Indian officers, &c. Also General Duties, training, &c. Orig. printed paper covd. boards, VG with num. tipped-in amendments, ink annotations &c. See illustration on our website.   £145
Government of India. Army Department. Dress Regulations (India). 1931. Orig. printed paper covd. boards, [vii]+124pp. Calcutta: Govt. of India Central Publications Branch. 1932  #66191
[HLMainPic] Details of dress & uniform, distinctions &c. for all arms (infantry, cavalry, various corps, bodyguards, staff &c.). Orig. printed paper covd. boards, VG with several loosely inserted Amendment slips. See illustration on our website.   £125
Memorials of a Young Soldier, Lieutenant Giffard, Northamptonshire Regiment. 1st Ed., [v]+68pp., portrait frontis. Clowes & Sons. 1898  #66183
[HLMainPic] A memoir of Lt. Cecil Lerrier Giffard, who was born in Guernsey in 1868 &, following service in the Militia, was commissioned in the 58th (2nd Bn. Northampstonshire Regt.) in 1890. He served in India with his regiment until KiA by a sniper's bullet during the Tirah campaign on 6th Nov. 1897 with the 48th (1st Northamptonshire). Includes extracts from his diaries & letters in India including the Tirah campaign. Orig. half white morocco boards & red cloth sides, gilt title to front panel, rebacked in matching calf with red leather letting label. VG thus & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £225
Operations in Waziristan 1919-1920. Compiled by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India. 2nd Ed., viii+194pp., 1 of 3 fldg. maps. Delhi: Govt. Central Press. 1923  #66876
[HLMainPic] Official account (including precis of operations 1860-1918) with valuable orders of battle &c. This cheaper edition in printed boards was issued without all but three of the illus., panoramas & maps of the 1st Ed., however this copy retains only one of the three fldg. maps (the general map of Waziristan), hence offered as an inexpensive text, VG ex-IWM with withdrawn stamp. 1900 copies printed & still scarce. See illustration on our website.   £65
Administration Report of the North West Frontier Province 1931-1932. 1st Ed., [iv]+v+79+iiipp. Printed & Published by the Manager, Govt. Stationery & Printing, North-West Frontier Province, Pehawar. 1934  #66903
[HLMainPic] This edition includes notes on Frontier Affairs for the year under review (which includes the Afridi Red Shirt rebellion, &c.), notes on Political matters, Crime & Border Defence, Police, Frontier Constabulary, Levies, Jails, &c. Also sections on protection, public health, land administration &c. Orig. printed paper covd. boards with green cloth backstrip, near fine & rare (130 copies printed). See illustration on our website.   £85
General Rules for the Guidance of the Establishment of the Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Kirkee. 1883. 1st Ed., [ii]+30pp. Bombay: Printed at the Education Society's Press, Byculla. 1883  #66906
[HLMainPic] Listing the various Departments, rules for Storekeepers, Gatekeepers, Rules to be observed in case of Fire, &c. Contemp. ownership inscrip. of T.R.A.G. Montgomery, Lieut., Bombay Staff Corps. Note: Thomas Roger Arundel Gayer Montgomery was born 1857, commissioned 1878 Cheshire Regt., transferred to IA 1880, Capt. 1889 Commissariat Dept., retired as Major, 1902. Contemp. blue straight grain morocco, VG. Se illustration on our website.   £50
Government of India. Army Department. Dress Regulations (India) 1931 (Reprint 1942) (Incorporating Amendments up to & including Amendment No. 90 of December 1941). Orig. printed wraps., [ii]+v+140pp. Delhi: Manager of Pubns. 1942  #65773
[HLMainPic] Details of dress & uniform, colours of armlets of various HQs, branches & appointments, regimental distinctions & idiosyncracies, badges & devices, mess dress & forage caps, &c. Very scarce WW2 era edition (2000 copies printed). Around 20 Amendment slips dated between 1934-1941 loosely inserted. Nice clean copy. See illustration on our website.   £145

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