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SMITH, Rev. Ralph E.
Some Fundamental Doctrines of Hinduism [Drop Title]. [At Head of Title]: Reprinted from the "Baptist Missionary Review".
[Cuttack: Printed at the Orissa Mission Press,], nd..
8vo. pp. 14, [1 leaf]. stitched, as issued.
$100 USD Book Number: elala2293 Order / Enquire

TAYLOR, William.
Four Years' Campaign In India.
London: Hodder And Stoughton & New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1876..
8vo. pp. xvi, 416. 3 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.). original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (slightly shaken, extremities bit frayed). Second Edition.
$205 USD Book Number: IYLurTAY46 Order / Enquire

TENNENT, Sir James Emerson [1804-1869].
Ceylon An Account Of The Island Physical, Historical, And Topographical With Notices Of Its Natural History, Antiquities And Productions..
London: Longman, Green, Longman, And Roberts, 1859..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxxix, [1], 643, [1]; 1 p.l., [v]-xvi, 663. with half-title in Vol. I only. 4 maps (2 folding & 1 partly coloured), 2 wood-engraved frontis. & numerous wood-engraved text illus. , maps & plans. contemporary half calf (rubbed, spines dull). Third Edition, Revised. The author was civil secretary to the colonial government of Ceylon from 1845 to 1850. His account, which went through five editions in eight months, contains "a vast amount of information arranged with clearness and precision." (DNB) Included are sections on physical geography (geology, climate, vegetation), zoology, Singhalese chronicles, population, agriculture, commerce, manufactures, metal working, engineering, the arts, social life, sciences, Singhalese literature, mediaeval history (Ceylon as known to the Greeks and Romans, Indian, Arabian, and Persian authorities, the Chinese, and the Moors, Genoese, and Venetians), modern history (the Portuguese, Dutch, and English in Ceylon), the geographical regions of the island, the elephant, &c. This edition has been revised, the most important alteration being the insertion of a chapter on Buddhism in Ceylon.
$990 USD Book Number: TENcey59 Order / Enquire

THE BENGAL AND ASSAM REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL OF MISSIONS (COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION).
Serampore College Founded by Carey, Marshman and Ward, 1818, Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1827. Extract from the Proceedings of the Bengal and Assam Representative Council of Missions (Committee on Higher Education), Feb. 2nd, 1914, With supplementary papers and documents [Cover Title].
[Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1914]..
8vo. pp. 11. original printed wrs. (wrs. detached & chipped).
$65 USD Book Number: elala2290 Order / Enquire

TOD, James [1782-1835].
The Annals And Antiquities Of Rajasthan, Or The Central And Western Rajpoot States Of India.
Calcutta: Published By Lolit Mohan Audhya, Printed Under The Management Of Beni Madahba Ghosh At The Unno Purna Printing Wor.
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., vi, 626; xxv, 654. 4 plates (incl. frontis.; 1 folding), 1 folding map, 2 folding tables, 1 folding illus. of script. several text illus. contemporary cloth (small pieces chipped from spine & rear cover of Vol. II, several gatherings browned).
$513 USD Book Number: IDeTOD, 15 Order / Enquire

VAMBÉRY, Arminius [1832-1913].
The Story Of My Struggles The Memoirs Of...
London: T.Fisher Unwin, 1905..
12mo. pp. viii, [1], 492. 4 portrait plates (incl. frontis.). original cloth (light spotting to frontis. & title). Third Impression. Memoirs of the Hungarian linguist and professor of Oriental languages at the University of Budapest, famous for his travels in Cental Asia in 1861-64 disguised as a dervish.
$125 USD Book Number: elala4800 Order / Enquire

VAMBERY, Arminius [1832-1913].
Travels In Central Asia Being The Account Of A Journey From Teheran Across The Turkoman Desert On The Eastern Shore Of The Caspian To Khiva, Bokhara, And Samarcand Performed In The Year 1863.
London: John Murray, 1864..
8vo. pp. xvii, [1], 443. with half-title. large folding engraved map with outline hand-colour & 12 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.). contemporary half calf, gilt back (rubbed, light foxing to first few leaves, map neatly backed). First Edition. Motivated by a desire to investigate the linguistic affinities between the Hungarian and the Turco-Tartaric dialects, Vambery embarked on his daring Central Asian journey in 1861. Travelling with a band of pilgrims, disguised as a dervish, he visited Teheran, Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarkand. Cordier, Sinica, IV 2816.
$749 USD Book Number: elala3381 Order / Enquire

VIRESA-LINGAMU, K[andukuri] Rau Bahadur.
Rajasekhara Or, Moonlight Of Instruction.A Telugu Novel [Cover Title].
Cocanada: Printed by Proprietor P.Brahmananda Row, at the Sujanaranjani Printing Works, 1911..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 154. text in Telugu. original cloth-backed printed bds. Fourth Edition. Dedicated by the author, 'retired Telugu Pundit, Presidency College, Madras, to Colonel Robert Mackenzie Macdonald, Director of Public Instruction, Madras Presidency, 'as a small token of esteem for the good he has done to the Telugu Country'.
$250 USD Book Number: elala2296 Order / Enquire

VISHNU BHAKTI.
An Appeal To Educated Hindus. [At Head of Title]: Great Indian Questions of the Day. No. 3.
London & Madras: The Christian Literature Society For India, [Printed by the S.P.C.K. Press, Vepery, Madras], 1902..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 52. text illus. original cloth-backed printed bds. First Edition. 2000 copies printed.
$100 USD Book Number: elala2297 Order / Enquire

WAKEFIELD, W[illiam] [b. 1840].
The Happy Valley: Sketches Of Kashmir & the Kashmiris.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1879..
8vo. pp. xii, 300. folding map & 8 tinted lithographed plates (incl. frontis.). original cloth, rebacked with spine mounted (some light spotting to plates). First Edition. The author was a medical officer to the British forces in India. The present work recounts a visit made to Kashmir in the summer of 1875. Yakushi W11a.
$513 USD Book Number: IKEeWAKE85 Order / Enquire

WALLACE, Robert [1853-1939].
India In 1887.
Edinburgh: Oliver And Boyd., 1888..
8vo. pp. xxiv, 363. with half-title. 71 plates (incl. frontis. & 2 chromolithographs of mangoes) & 3 folding coloured maps. text illus. original cloth, t.e.g. (spine faded & chipped at ends). First Edition? (Apparently the same as Wallace's Indian Agriculture). The author was professor of Agriculture and Rural Economy at the University of Edinburgh. Included are chapters on cattle and other livestock, soils, native implements, irrigation, crops and crop rotation, currency, grasses and grass land, forestry, chemistry, veterinary science, and agriculture.
$231 USD Book Number: ILLdiWAL44 Order / Enquire

WARD, William [1769-1823].
A View Of The History, Literature, And Religion Of The Hindoos: Including A Minute Description Of Their Manners And Customs, And Translations From Their Principal Works.Third Edition, Carefully Abridged And Greatly Improved.
London: Printed, by Order of the Committee of the Baptist Missionary Society, for Black, Parbury, And Allen, Booksellers To .
4 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xiii, cvii, 288; vii, 344; lv, xxvi, 354; 1 p.l., [v]-ix, [1 leaf]errata, xlviii, 505. with half-title in Vol. III only. contemporary sprinkled calf (Vol. IV headpiece chipped, joints cracked, corners worn, a few gatherings in Vol. I foxed). The author was a Baptist missionary in India for many years, dying of cholera at Serampore in 1823. A printer by trade, his primary task from his arrival in 1799 until 1818 was superintending the Baptist missionary press in Bengal, by means of which the scriptures, translated into Bengali, Mahratta, Tamil, and twenty-three other languages, were disseminated throughout India. From 1818 to 1821 he travelled in Great Britain, Germany and the United States to raise funds for the Baptist college at Serampore. The present authoritative work was first published at Serampore in 1811.
$799 USD Book Number: elala387 Order / Enquire

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