Akimushkin, Oleg F., Ivanov, Anatoly A. & Welch, Stuart Cary The St. Petersburg Muraqqa'. Album of Indian and Persian Miniatures from the 16th through the 18th Century and Specimens of Persian Calligraphy by 'Imad Al-Hasani. Milan Leonardo Arte 1996
Two volumes, 4to, pp.154, 243 colour plates. One of 1000 copies only issued. A fine set in original slip-case, text in wrappers, plate volume in boards, as issued.

Alberuni; Sachau, Edward C. (Editor) Alberuni's India. An Account of the Religion, Philosophy, Literature, Geography, Astronomy, Customs, Laws and Astrology of India about A.D. 1030. An English Edition, with Notes and Indices by Dr. Edward C. Sachau. London Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner 1910
First edition Two volumes, pp.l, 408; 431. A near fine set in original cloth, spine very slightly rubbed.

Anderson, Robert Rudiments of Tamul Grammar: combining with the rules of Kodun Tamul, or the ordinary dialect, an introduction to Shen Tamul, or the elegant dialect of the language. London printed for J.M. Richardson 1821
First edition. Small 4to, 24 x 19 cm; pp.[iii]-xx, 184; large, linen-backed folding chart. Contemporary blind-ruled calf; rebacked, a few marks to boards, corners worn; lacks half-title; internally, a crisp clean copy. Initial blank inscribed "James Cumming Esq / With the Author's Kind Regards", blindstamp of the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Andrade, José Ignacio de Cartas escriptas da India e da China nos annos de 1815 a 1835. Lisbon Imprensa Nacional 1843
First edition, first issue. Two volumes bound in one, 8vo (24.5 x 16.5 cm), pp.[xviii], 245, [1, blank], [4, index]; [x], 235, [1, blank], [5], [1, blank], [2, index], 12 lithographed portraits. A very good copy bound in later tree calf. Some foxing to portraits.
Cordier BS 2114; not in Löwendahl.

[Army Headquarters. Intelligence Branch] Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. In six volumes. Vol. I: Tribes north of the Kabul river. Vol. II (1908): North-west frontier tribes between the Kabul and Gumal rivers. Vol. III (1910): Baluchistan and the first Afghan War. Vol. IV (1907): North and north-eastern frontier tribes. Nepal, Sikkhin, Tibet, Bhutan, Assam. Vol. V (1907): Burma. Vol. VI (1911): Expeditions overseas. Simla Government Monotype Press 1907-1911
First edition Six volumes, pp.[4], iv, xix, [1], 591, [1], 10 plates & maps, 2 folding; [4], iii, [1], 461, [1], 7 folding plates & maps; [6], vii, [1], 466, 2 folding genealogical tables, 6 maps, 5 folding; [4], iv, 249, [1], 1 plate, 7 maps, 1 folding; [4], x, [6], 468, folding map; [4], x, [2], 515, [1], 19 maps, 12 folding. [A slip inserted in volume III states a map of Afghanistan will be forwarded later - this is not present] A very good set bound in half calf, cloth boards as issued. Minor signs of external wear. Ownership signature of A.K. Macpherson of Pitmain. Stamps of Bombay Pioneers on end-papers, otherwise clean.

Asiatick Researches: or, Transactions of the Society, instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia. Volumes 1-12. Calcutta Manuel Cantopher (I-II); T. Watley (III); the Honorable Company's Press (IV-VI, VIII); the Hircarrah Press, by Thomas Hollingbery (VII); Thomas Hubbard, at the Hindoostanee Press (IX-XI); Calcutta Gazette Office (XII) 1788-1816
First edition, twelve volumes, 4to, in total 6,230 pages, 153 plates and maps. A very good set uniformly bound in full contemporary calf, neatly rebacked. Volumes 2-12 bear the bookplate of William van Mildert, last Prince-Bishop of Durham and one of the founders of the University of Durham; Volume 1 has the bookplate of Milton [Hall], Peterborough, seat of the Earls Fitzwilliam.
Printing and the Mind of Man, 235

Bada'uni, 'Abd al-Qadir ibn Muluk Shah The Muntakhab al-tawárikh of Abd al-Qádir bin-i-Malúk Sháh al Badáoni. Edited by Maulavi Ahmad Ali. Calcutta published as part of the Bibliotheca Indica series of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and printed at the College Press 1865-69
First edition. Three volumes, 8vo (23 x 15 cm), pp.[ii], 492, [ii]; [ii], [1, blank], 457, [ii]; [ii], [1, blank], 411, [ii]. Printed Persian text, with Persian and English titles. Bibliotheca Indica: nos. 131, 135, 136, 139, and 140. Bound in contemporary red morocco backed marbled boards. Spines lightly worn, joints rubbed. Some foxing to title pages, but otherwise a very good set. Bookplate of Charles-Henri-August Schefer, distinguished 19th-century French diplomat, orientalist, and renowned collector of Islamic manuscripts.

Bailey, Thomas Grahame, Reverend Panjabi grammar. A brief grammar of Panjabi as spoken in the Wazirabad District. Lahore printed at the Punjab Government Press 1904
First edition. 8vo, 24 x 17 cm; pp.[viii], 60. Contemporary limp cloth, printed paper label to upper wrapper; lightly worn. Bookseller's ticket of Luzac & Co.

Bana Bhatta [Kadambari] Mahakavi Shri Bana Bhatta virachitayam Kadambaryam shukanopadeshah … Gorakhpur Bharati Mandir [1958]
First edition thus, pp.3, 43, 46. Text in Sanskrit and Hindi. A very good copy in original wrappers.

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.

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.

Barrow, John, Sir Some account of the public life, and a selection from the unpublished writings, of the Earl of Macartney, the latter consisting of extracts from an account of the Russian empire... and a journal of an embassy from the king of Great Britain to the emperor of China. London T. Cadell & W. Davies 1807
First edition. Two volumes, 4to (27.5 x 22 cm), pp.xii, 608; [iv], 531, [1, blank]; portrait frontispiece. A very good set bound in contemporary calf, neatly rebacked. All edges speckled blue. Endpapers renewed. Title of second volume spotted, otherwise clean and crisp. Armorial bookplates of Richard Shuttleworth Streatfeild.
Cordier BS 2391; Löwendahl 735; Lust 501; Morrison I, p.43

[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.

[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.

Beschi, Joseph; Benjamin Babington, translator A grammar of the high dialect of the Tamil language, termed Shen-Tamil: to which is added, an introduction to Tamil poetry. By the Reverend Father C. J. Beschi, Jesuit missionary in the kingdom of Madura. Translated from the original Latin by Benjamin Guy Babington, of the Madras Civil Service. Madras printed at the College Press 1822
First English edition. 4to, 30 x 23 cm; pp.[ii], xii, v, [1, blank], 117, [1, blank]. Contemporary Indian half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt; rebacked, retaining original spine, boards somewhat rubbed; but a crisp copy with wide margins. A number of sheets with manuscript notes in Tamil and a letter, also in Tamil, addressed "To the Revd Mr Mowat / Negapatam", loose at front; bookplate of the British and Foreign Bible Society to front pastedown, recording presentation by Miss Mowat on 4 June 1907; their shelfmark in white ink to spine.

Bhattasali, Nalini Kanta Iconography of Buddhist and Brahmanical Sculptures in the Dacca Museum. Dacca Rai S.N. Bhadra Bahadur, M.A., Dacca Museum Committee 1929
First edition, pp.xxxix, 274, 83 plates, including map. A very good copy, original leather spine over cloth boards.

Bjornstjerna, Count The British Empire in the East. London John Murray 1840
First English edition pp.xii, 258, folding map. Fine copy in original cloth.