Ballantyne, James R A grammar of the Mahratta language. For the use of The East India College at Hayleybury. Edinburgh lithographed by J. Hall [and the author] 1839
First edition. 4to, 29 x 23 cm; pp.[iv], 52. Lithographed. Original embossed cloth, printed label to upper board; a few closed tears to spine, but a very good copy.

Ballantyne, James Robert A lecture on the Sa'nkhya philosophy, embracing the text of the Tattwa Sama'sa. Mirzapore Printed for the use of the Benares College by order of Government N.W.P., at the Orphan School Press, Supt. R.C. Mather. 1850
pp.[6], 65, [1]. A very good copy bound in contemporary quarter calf, small part of spine missing at head & tail.

Ballantyne, James Robert Elements of Hindi and Braj Bhakha grammar. Compiled for the use of the East-India College at Haileybury. Edinburgh sold by J. Madden and Co., C. Smith, and at the Military Academy 1839
First edition. 4to, 29 x 23 cm; pp.iv, 38; 1 lithographic plate. Text with printed devanagari characters. A very good copy in contemporary cloth, corners a bit bumped. A few inoffensive marks to lower board. Partly unopened.

Bandaranaike, Solomon West Ridgeway Dias The spinning-wheel and the paddy field. A consideration of the problems of our food and clothing. Colombo J.D. Fernando, printed at the Granthaprakasa Press 1933
First edition. 8vo (21.5 x 14 cm), pp.[x], 92, frontispiece portrait and 9 plates. A very good copy in original cloth-backed boards, edges lightly worn.
We locate no other copies.

Banerjea, Pramathanath A History of Indian Taxation. London MacMillan 1930
First edition pp.ix, 541. A near fine copy in original cloth, dust jacket.

Baptist Missionary Society Periodical Accounts relative to the Baptist Missionary Society. Clipstone printed by J.W. Morris 1800-1819
First edition Six volumes, pp.527, [18]; xi, 476, 1 plate; (477)-576, (xii)-xvi, 573, 2 plates; ix, 564, 2 maps, 1 folding; xi, 683, [iv], 8, xxxi; viii, 420, xxiv, [viii], 2 plates. A very good set internally with some scattered light foxing and off-setting. Simply bound in contemporary half calf, spines rubbed, joints cracked.

Barnard, H.C. Souvenir of Malaya. From sketches by Mrs H.C. Barnard. London Malay States Information Agency [c.1913]
Oblong 8vo, pp.[16], colour illustrations, original wrappers. Original colour wrappers lightly dust soiled and a little spotted, contents in very good condition. Rubber stamp of A.D. Castel on cover.

Barnett, L.D. (Compiler) A Supplementary Catalogue of Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit Books in the Library of the British Museum acquired during the years 1906-1928. London Longmans; Bernard Quaritch; & others 1908
First edition 4to, pp.vii, 1694 (columns). A near fine copy in original cloth

Barnett, L.D. (Compiler) A Supplementary Catalogue of Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit Books in the Library of the British Museum acquired during the years 1906-1928. London Longmans; Bernard Quaritch; & others 1908
First edition 4to, pp.vii, 1694 (columns). A very good copy in original cloth. Slight nick to head of spine.

[Barth, Christian Gottlob] Scripture History. Translated from Rev. Dr. Barth's work, for The Agra Tract Society. Agra printed at the Secundra Orphan Press for The Agra Tract Society 1849
First edition. 8vo, 21 x 13 cm; pp.[ii], 6, 240. Text in Hindi. A very good copy bound in contemporary Indian tree calf, spine gilt. Inner joints discreetly restored.
No copies outside Germany: Greifswald, Munich, Stuttgart, and Tübingen only.

Bastin, John & Brommer, Bea Nineteenth Century Prints and Illustrated Books of Indonesia. With Particular Reference to the Print Collection of the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam. A Descriptive Bibliography. Utrecht. Het Spectrum 1979
First edition 4to, pp.xiii, 386, 378 illustrations, 107 in colour. Fine copy in original cloth, dust jacket.

[Bazaar Avatar] Mohideen. ["Our Lord has ordered our sins forgiven and veiled us from the Father of Fire"]. [c. 1983]
Polychrome gouache on textured card, Arabic titles in red in the sky. 2.5 cm strip on lower edge in white. Original design for poster, 59.7 x 60.5 cm. Edges and corners bumped, the tip lacking on upper right corner, and scraped on the upper left. Image scored once on lower portion, with an area of scuffing, an area around the edges with paper traces from old window mount. Colours bright and fresh. Holograph annotations, rubber stamp and a printed, annotated label on verso. Signed by the artist in the image, Nellai, Mohideen.

[Bazaar Avatar] Raj Bros. [Shirdi Sai Baba – II] [1970's - 80's]
Polychrome pastels [?] on a black background, with a thin golden border on stiff orange paper. Original design for poster, 70.4 x 49.9 cm. Border a little scratched, the image bright and fresh. Signed by the studio artists, Raj Bros.

[Bazaar Avatar] Vijay Studio [Shepherd Girls] [1970's - 1980's]
Polychrome gouache on silk covered card. Original design for poster, 48.8 x 63.3 cm. Extremities of image marred slightly by worn edges, colours bright and forceful. Classmarks in felt pen on verso. Signed by the artist, Vijay Studio in the image.

[Bazaar Avatar]; Chandran V.A. [Durga, in her aspect as Chamundi] [1970's - 80's]
Polychrome gouache with narrow white border, on paper laid on to card. Original design for poster, 60 x 43.5 cm. Worn with paper loss on the edges and corners, not substantially affecting image. Signed in the image by the artist, V.A. Chandran. Holograph annotations in Tamil on verso.

Beccari, Odoardo Wanderings in the Great Forests of Borneo. Travels and Researches of a Naturalist in Sarawak. London 1904
First edition pp.xxiv, 423, 61 illustrations, 3 folding maps. Original cloth, gilt, minor wear to head and tail of spine, pencil annotation on rear end-paper. A very good copy.

Bell, Harry Charles Purvis The Maldive Islands. An Account of the physical features, climate, history, inhabitants, productions, and trade. Colombo Frank Luker, Acting Government Printer, Ceylon 1883
First edition. Folio (33.5 x 21 cm), pp.[iv], 133, [1, blank] 3 folding maps, 1 folding table. A very good copy bound in contemporary half calf, gilt. Cloth a little worn, short tear to bottom of spine. With a letter from Bell to a Mr Ravenscroft loosely inserted, presenting this copy in thanks for the loan of a copy of Pyrard de Laval during the preparation of the work, signed, and dated November 30th, 1883, Colombo. Later pencil ownership initials of C.H.B. Reynolds.

Bell, John Hyslop British Folks & British India Fifty Years Ago: Joseph Pease and his Contemporaries. London John Heywood [1891]
First edition pp.xiii, 207, 4 portraits. A very good copy in original cloth.

[Bengal. Governor and Council] Official documents, relative to the negotiations carried on by Tippoo Sultaun, with the French nation, and other foreign states, for purposes hostile to the British nation; to which is added, proceedings of a Jacobin club, formed at Seringapatam, by the French soldiers in the corps commanded by M. Dompart: with a translation. Calcutta Printed at the Honorable Company's Press 1799
Folio, 30 x 23 cm., pp.xx, [2], 195, [1]. Bound in 19th-century quarter calf, boards, spine neatly repaired. Contemporary ownership inscriptions of "H. Russell" and "C. Sutherland" to title, both cancelled.
Shaw 359; SABREB p.303. The English Short Title Catalogue locates four copies at the British Library, and a further three at Oxford, Pennsylvania, and the Royal Asiatic Society. We locate one additional copy at the Boston Athenaeum.

Bernier, Francois The History of the Late Revolution of the Empire of the Great Mogol: Bombay printed at the Summachar Press 1830
Reprint of English edition of 1671, pp.(xi), [1], 346, 7, [1]. A handsome copy bound in contemporary or slightly later half morocco, cloth boards. Armorial bookplate of Clan Macdonald of Sleat.