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India India, Including campaigns on the North-West Frontier, Afghanistan and Burma, the Indian Mutiny and Anglo-Indian colonial life   90 Books
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The Indian Army List April 1937. Issued quarterly. Contains both King's & Viceroy's commissioned officers of regular & auxiliary Indian Army units, IARO, Gradation & regimental listings (latter including British regiments then in India). Index. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.  #65884
[HLMainPic]   £185
Standing Orders, British Military Hospital, Rawalpindi. 1935. [ii]+74pp., printed on versos only, Rawalpindi: Commercial Union Press. 1935  #64818
[HLMainPic] Very interesting work including duties & organisation of Assistant Surgeons; Indian Hospital Corps; Military Nursing Service; RAMC, &c., with much unusual detail on the running & arrangements of the hospital. Orig. printed paper covd. boards with red cloth backstrip, somewhat serviceworn, generally VG with loosely inserted Fire Orders for the hospital, 60x30cm approx., dated May 1936. See illustration on our website.   £75
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
The Wellesley Papers: The Life & Correspondence of Richard Colley Wellesley Marquess Wellesley 1760-1842. By the Editor of "The Windham Papers." 1st Ed., 2 Vols., xix+325pp., portrait frontis., 16 plates & vii+415pp., portrait frontis., 16 plates. Herbert Jenkins. 1914  #64997
[HLMainPic] An important & rare record of the British administration of India, reproducing much original correspondence, &c. Wellesley was Governor of Madras, 1797-98; Governor-General of India, 1798-1805, & much involved in the Mahratta Wars (Seringapatam) &c. In 1809, Wellesley was appointed ambassador to Spain, landed at Cadiz just after the Battle of Talavera, & tried unsuccessfully to bring the Spanish government into effective co-operation with his brother (The Duke of Wellington), who, through the failure of his allies, had been forced to retreat into Portugal. Later Lord Lieutenant of Ireland among other senior public offices. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG, ex-lib. Trinity College, Oxford, with presentation bookplates (gifted in memory of William Hunt) & loosely inserted round TC library labels which were previously affixed to the front boards, leaving traces of their removal. VG thus. See illustration on our website.   £165
Division of the Chief of Staff. Army Headquarters. Mobilisation Branch. Case No. 672. Field Operations - Zakka Khel, 1908. Bazar Valley Field Force. From - 31st January 1908. To - 10th March 1908. 1st Ed., orig. printed paper covd. boards with cloth backstrip, 28pp. (Index to Correspondence) + 8pp. (Despatch Register) + 134pp. (Correspondence), foolscap format. Govt. of India Central Printing Office. 3rd April 1908.  #65147
[HLMainPic] Exceptionally rare CONFIDENTIAL report on aspects of the planning & execution of the operations against the Zakka Khel Afridis in 1908. Just 30 copies printed. The report/correspondence concerns the intense period of planning, build-up & mobilisation of the force, Orders of Battle & various details of staff appointments, &c., Scheme for Operations Against the Zakka Khel (much detail on the geographical conditions of the area of the impending operations), reports on the progress of troops & telegrams regarding the progress of the campaign during its most important period, up to 10th March 1908, all from original reproduced correspondence &c. An invaluable resource for a serious in-depth study of this particular campaign & also of the nature of preparations for any NWF expedition, from operational organisation & planning to logistical & medical needs, &c. Orig. printed paper covd. boards with cloth backstrip, heavily wormed, formerly dilapidated but professionally recased, VG this & housed in a fine fitted drop-side box with gilt title to sp. See illustrations on our website.   £900
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
The India List, Civil & Military, July 1878. 2nd Ed. for the year. lvi+630pp. (+ advert leaves). W.H. Allen & Co. 1878  #65879
[HLMainPic] Expanded format. Forerunner to the Indian Army List, these contains civil & military officers of all arms, including IA, British Army regiments in India & their date of arrival, location &c., surgeons, ecclesiastical department and invalid establishments, retired lists &c. for the three Presidencies. Also various listings, holders of awards such as OBI & IOM. They were issued twice annually & are fully indexed. Modern Indian-style red calf, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £125
The India List & India Office List 1897. 581pp. + prelims., adverts &c., fldg. map. Printed by Harrison & Sons. 1897  #66699
[HLMainPic] Official Listings of the Police, Forestry, Marine Dept., Punjab Commission, Public Works, Ecclesiastical, Judiciary &c., &c., also services of officers & the official regulations for the various departments. Modern red cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £65
Operations in Waziristan 1919-1920. Compiled by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India. 1st Ed., x+187pp., 31 plates (many fldg.), 8 fldg. panoramas, 3 fldg. maps in text, 3 fldg. maps in end-pocket. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing. 1921  #64034
[HLMainPic] The scarce CONFIDENTIAL official account (including operations 1860-1920, with considerable detail on the little-known 1917 campaign) with valuable orders of battle &c. Individually numbered "Serial No. 301" but total no. produced is unknown to us. Orig. three-qtr. calf, green cloth, claret sp labels, gilt, the leather a little rubbed, stained & worn as always but overall VG, good copy & complete, with contemp. ink ownership inscrip. of "J.C.R. Gannon Major AMS Personal to C in C." (Note: Gannon appointed AMS [Personal] to Lord Rawlinson of Trent, 21/11/1920. He served in the Waziristan Campaign & was Mentioned in Despatches). See illustration on our website.   £350
The Indian Army List July 1937 [bound together with:] October 1937 Issued quarterly. Contains both King's & Viceroy's commissioned officers of regular & auxiliary Indian Army units, IARO, Gradation & regimental listings (latter including British regiments then in India). Index. Contemp. half brown cloth gilt, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.  #65885
[HLMainPic]   £245

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