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CALCUTTA - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY A fine archive of 339 vintage photographs of Calcutta (mostly street scenes and festivals, also film studios, burning ghats, etc.) taken by Frank Buck Rockwell, an American G.I., journalist and photographer, [c.1945/6]

VALIGNANO (ALESSANDRO) Advis de la bien heureuse mort de cinq religieux de la Compagnie de Jesus... aux Indes Orientales, Paris, T. Brumen, 1584

WILLIAMSON (THOMAS) AND SAMUEL HOWETT Oriental Field Sports, Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East, Edward Orme, 1807

HARDINGE (CHARLES STEWART) Recollections of India... Part I. British India and the Punjab [... Kashmir and the Alpine Punjab], 2 parts in 1, FIRST EDITION, Thomas M'Lean, 1847

BURNES (ALEXANDER) Cabool: Being a Personal Narrative of a Journey to, and Residence in that City, in the Years 1836, 7, and 8, FIRST EDITION, John Murray, 1842

KIRKPATRICK ((WILLIAM) An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul, Being the Substance of Observations Made During a Mission to that Country, in the Year 1793, FIRST EDITION, William Miller, 1811

JOHNSTONE (J.W.D.) Gwalior 1905, inscribed "From M.[aharajah] S.[cindia] 1908", 1908, 1908; and 12 other books on durbar, etc., and 3 watercolours by M.A. Azeez (group)

INDORE, BANGALORE AND OOTACAMUND - DALY FAMILY Five photography albums relating to the colonial life of the Daly family at Indore, Bangalore, Ootacamund, mostly compiled by Lucy Daly, [c.1908-1918]; and a small bundle loose photographs, including portraits of Sir Henry and Lady Daly (group)

PRINCELY RULERS - PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS Collection of approximately 30 studio portraits (some signed), groups and processional views of India princely rulers and administrators, including from Mysore, Bhopal, Gwalior, [c.1890-1925] (small group)

INDORE, MADHYA PRADESH - HENRY DALY A good collection of approximately 41 views of Indore (2 signed by Deen Dyal), Maharajah group portraits, Kabul (5 signed in negative by John Burke), and others, mostly 1870s (group)

GWALIOR JOHNSTONE (J.W.D) Gwalior 1905, NUMBER 4 OF 12 EDITION DE LUXE COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY H.H. MAHARAJA SCINDIA, IN A COSWAY-STYLE BINDING, J. & E. Bumpus, [1906]

W Murray(British, 19th century)and various artistsAn album of c. fifty-five works on paper compiled by a member of the Murray family album size 37.2 x 28.4 x 3.1cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/16 x 1 1/4in).

After Henry Salt(British, 1780-1827)'Calcutta'

Thomas Daniell, RA(British, 1749-1840)'Western Entrance of Fort St George'; 'The Government House, Fort St George' plate 47.9 x 64.6cm (18 7/8 x 25 1/2in). (2) unframed

Thomas Daniell, RA(British, 1749-1840)'Ramnugur, near Benares, on the River Ganges' hand-coloured aquatint published by Robert Bowyer at the Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1796 plate 48.6 x 65cm (19 1/8 x 25 1/2in).

Thomas Daniell, RA(British, 1749-1840)'Ruins at the Antient City of Gour formerly on the banks of the River Ganges' plate 48.6 x 65.4cm (19 1/8 x 25 3/4in). unframed

Thomas Daniell, RA(1749-1840) and William Daniell, RA (British, 1769-1837)'Part of the Interior of an Hindoo Temple, at Deo, in Bahar' hand-coloured aquatint published by Thomas Daniell, London, 1800 sight 46 x 60.8cm (18 1/8 x 24in).

James Wales(British, 1748-1796)'The Entrance to Kailasa'; 'N.E. View of Kailasa'; 'S.W. View of Kailasa' plate 48.5 x 65.5cm (19 1/8 x 25 3/4in). (3) unframed

Thomas Daniell, RA(British, 1749-1840)'Gate of the Tomb of the Emperor Akbar, at Secundra, near Agra' hand-coloured aquatint published by Robert Bowyer at the Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1795 sight 46 x 59.6cm (18 1/8 x 23 1/2in).

Thomas Daniell, RA(1749-1840) and William Daniell, RA (British, 1769-1837)'The Punj Mahalla Gate, Lucknow' hand-coloured aquatint published by Thomas Daniell, London, 1801 sight 46.1 x 61.2cm (18 1/8 x 24 1/8in).

Thomas Daniell, RA(1749-1840) and William Daniell, RA (British, 1769-1837)'The Rope Bridge at Sirinagur' plate 47.4 x 64.5cm (18 11/16 x 25 3/8in). unframed

CALCUTTA, CAWNPORE AND NAINITAL Album of approximately 100 photographic views relating to the career of Major J.M. Hamilton of the Gordon Highlanders, including views of India (45) and military/Colonial groups (11), c.1896-1913

DELHI, KOLKATA, AGRA - NINETEENTH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY Collection of 39 good views and "types", comprising Kolkata (9), Delhi (5), Agra (11, one by Bourne & Shepherd), Varanasi (5, 2 by Bourne and Shepherd), Mumbai (3), Chennai, Sri Lanka (4), and a portrait of Sha-Jehan after an Indian miniature, [third quarter of the nineteenth century) (39)

COLONIAL LIFE - INDIA Large photograph of a crenelated bungalow, 1920s

GRIGGS (WILLIAM, PUBLISHER) Indian Art at Marlborough House and Sandringham, FIRST EDITION, W. Griggs, 1892

ECKSTEIN (OSCAR) The Karakorams and Kashmir. An Account of a Journey, FIRST EDITION, T. Fisher Unwin, 1896

John Buncombe(British, active 1795-1825)Silhouette of Captain Jack Butcher, Paymaster of the 67th Regiment in Calcutta

Thomas Daniell, RA(British, 1749-1840)'A Patna Bearer'

Sir Charles D'Oyly(British, 1781-1845)Portrait of a wealthy Indian man, possibly a prince mounted but unframed

Sir Charles D'Oyly(British, 1781-1845)'Crossing horses over the River Gandack' unframed

George Chinnery RHA(Tipperary 1774-1852 Macau)A study of cows

James Manson(British, 1791-1862)Six views in the Himalayas (6) mounted but unframed

English School19th CenturyA view of colonial buildings in India

Col. John Johnson(British, active late 18th/early 19th century)'Hills near Coimbatoor, August 1790'; 'Rajanagurh or Golcondah from the SE, taken on the spot January 1791' (2) unframed

James Baillie Fraser(British, 1783-1856)'Bheem Ke Udar'; 'Crossing the Touse'; 'The Valley of the Jumna with two grand Peaks of Bunderpooch'; 'The Junction of the Touse and Pabur' sheet 47.5 x 63cm (18 11/16 x 24 13/16in) and smaller. (4) unframed

James Baillie Fraser(British, 1783-1856)'The Ridge and Fort of Jytock'; 'Fort of Raeengurh' the first sheet 47.7 x 62.4cm (18 3/4 x 24 9/16in); the second sheet 49.2 x 66.4cm (19 3/8 x 26 1/8in). (2) unframed

James Baillie Fraser(British, 1783-1856)'A view of the Scotch Church from the gate of Tank Square'; 'View of Barrackpore House with the reach of the river'; 'A view of the Town Hall'; 'A view of Tank Square from the west'; 'A view of Government House' five hand-coloured aquatints printed in colours engraved by Robert Havell, published by Smith, Elder & Co, 1825 sight size 30.8 x 43.8cm (12 1/8 x 17 1/4in). (5)

SACHE, BAKER AND BOURNE Album of 76 views of India by W.H. Baker (14), Samuel Bourne (8), John Saché (26), and others; and 31 photographic views of England and Scotland, [1860s/70s]

DALZELL (RONALD, EARL OF CARNWATH), EDITOR Loyal Rulers and Leaders of the East. A Record of their Services in the Great War, EDITION DE LUXE IN SPECIAL BINDING, Zaehnsdorf Ltd., [1922]

EYRE (VINCENT) Portraits of the Cabul Prisoners, [John Murray, 1843]

MAPS - COLLECTION Tourist Map Jammu & Kashmir State... Printed at the Request of the Chief Conservator of Forests, 1928, all folding maps; and c. 24 other folding, mostly pre-1949 maps of India, including Multan City, Rawalpindi, Lucknow, Delhi, Lahore, etc. (quantity)

PLATE (ALFRED AND CLARA) Group of 37 photographs of Sri Lanka and 2 of India by Plâté, 1890s (39)

Justinian Gantz(British, 1802-1862)A windmill in the grounds of an impressive colonial residence, possibly Government House, Madras walnut frame

Herbert Arnould Olivier(British, 1861-1952)A view towards the Rajabai Clock Tower, Mumbai

Richard Robert Drabble(British, exhibited 1859-1885)The Mosque of Aurangzeb, Benares

Mortimer Luddington Menpes RI, RBA, RE(British, 1855-1938)The corner of a fruit market, India

Mortimer Luddington Menpes RI, RBA, RE(British, 1855-1938)A pot seller, India

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