Tod col james (8 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. In.

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Reprint. 2 volumes. 8vo. xxx + 631pp. + xxxii + 637pp. 2 folding maps. Original cloth. Faded pink d/ws. lettered in white, rubbed and slightly chipped to edges. Please note that additional postage charges may be necessary. ISBN 0710061544 US$30.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Reprint. 2 vols. xxx + 631pp. + [i] + xxxii + 637pp. + [iii]. Folding map, 2 folding tables. Edges of leaves lightly spotted, sl. indent to spine of vol. 2, in sl. rubbed and chipped differing pink d/ws. US$37.

First Edition. First edition. Quarto (12 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 307 x 245 mm). lx, 518, [1, eratta], [1, blank] pp. With nine engraved plates including frontispiece by W.F. Sterling after F. Mackenzie from original sketches by Colonel Hunter Blair, Numerous vignette engravings within the text. With half-title. Newer half green straight-grain morocco over marbled boards. Spine stamped lettered and stamped in gilt, with elephant motif. Edges dyed brown. Some minor offsetting from plates. Newer endpapers. Some previous owner's neat marginalia throughout, some in red and blue pencil, some in neat old ink and some in pencil. Still very clean inside. Overall very good. Lieu-Col. James Tod was an "army and political officer in India. Appointed on 29 May 1800 lieutenant in the 14th Bengal infantry, he went up country; in 1801, when stationed at Delhi, he was ordered to survey an old canal in the neighbourhood. In 1805 he was attached to the escort sent with his friend Graeme Mercer, envoy and resident at Sindhia's court. While travelling with the maharaja's camp, and afterwards from 1812 to 1817 when it remained at Gwalior, he was constantly surveying or collecting topographical information. In 1815 he submitted a map to the governor-general (Lord Hastings), in which for the first time the term 'central India' was applied to the Indian states later under the central India agency. Rajputana was also included in the area of his researches. together with the Indian Desert, into which he sent parties of explorers, whose Journals and notes of which, and others from Central and Western India form the Annals of Rajasthan. In 1817 Lord Hastings' expedition against the Pindaris took place, where Tod's local knowledge was invaluable- he had already sent in reports and plans for a campaign against them: he volunteered for service and was sent to Rowtah in Haraoits where he set up an Intelligence department which 'materially contributed to the success of the campaign'. He induced the Regent of Kotah to capture and surrender to his forces the wives and children of the leading Pindari chiefs.Ill health was the reason given for Tod's retirement in June 1822, though it did not prevent his journeying to Bombay by the circuitous route described in Travels in Western India, published after his death." (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography) HBS 68662. $5,000.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Language: English. THIS RARE/ANTIQUE BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1897 BY Oxford University HAVING 672 PGS AND SIZE 6.00*8.75 WRITTEN IN English. THE BOOK IS IN READABLE CONDITION Originally in Hardcover with some issues like loose binding and some Pin Holes. THE IMAGE OF THIS BOOK IS GIVEN FOR YOUR REFERENCE. WE CAN REBIND THE SAME IN LEATHER BINDING FOR EXTRA $ 25. 672.…