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Rulers of India , Multiple Authors, 26 Volume Set, 1890 - 1899, Rare Antique Book Set

Rulers of India , Multiple Authors, 26 Volume Set, 1890 - 1899, Rare Antique Book Set

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This rare antique 26-volume set provides a comprehensive look at the influential figures who shaped the Indian subcontinent. A valuable resource for historians and collectors seeking depth and authenticity.  The set is made up of the following antique books:

  1. Warren Hastings by Captain L. J. Trotter, 1890, 1 map, 215, Unopened pages
  2. Akbar by Colonel G. B. Malleson, 1890, 1 map, 200 pages
  3. Earl of Mayo by Sir William Hunter, 1891, 1 map, 201 pages
  4. Discount Hardinge by his son and private secretary in India, Charles Viscount Hardinge, 1891, 1 map, 200 pages, unopened pages
  5. Madhava Rao Sindhia, otherwise called Madhoji by H. G. Keene, 1891, 1 map, 203 pages
  6. Earl Canning by Sir H. S. Cunningham, 1891, 1 map, 215 pages
  7. Lord William Bentinck by Demetrius C. Boulger, 1892, 1 map, 208 pages, unopened pages
  8. Albuquerque by H. Morse Stephens, 1892, 1 map, 207 pages, pages unopened
  9. The Earl of Auckland by Captain L. J. Trotter, 1893, 1 map, 220 pages
  10. The Marquess Cornwallis by W. S. Seton-Karr, 1893, 1 map, 197 pages, some unopened pages in index,
  11. The Marquess Wellesley by the Rev. W. H. Hutton, 1893, 1 map, 214 pages
  12. The Marquess of Hastings by Major Ross-of-Bladensburg, Coldstream Guards, 1893, 1 map, 226 pages, some index pages unopened.
  13. Aurangzib by Stanley Lane-Poole, 1893, 1 map, 212 pages
  14. Lord Clive by Colonel G. B. Malleson, 1893, 1 map, 229 pages
  15. Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan and the struggle with the Musalman powers of the South by Lewis B. Bowring, 1893, 1 map, 233 pages
  16. Lord Amherst and the British advance Eastwards to Burma by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and Richardson Evans, 1894, 1 map, 209 pages, pages unopened
  17. Sir Thomas Munro and the British settlement of the Madras Presidency by John Bradshaw, 1894, 1 map, 233 pages, pages unopened
  18. The Marquess of Dalhousie and the final development of the Company’s rule by Sir William Wilson Hunter, 1895, 1 map, 228
  19. John Russell Colvin, the last Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West under the company by Sir Auckland Colvin, 1895, 1 map, 214 pages
  20. Clyde and Strathnairn by Maj-Genl. Sir Owen Tudor Burne, 1895, 1 map, 194 pages
  21. Dupleix by Colonel Malleson, 1895, 1 map, 186 pages, pages unopened
  22. Mountstuart Elphinstone and the making of South-Western India by J. S. Cotton, 1896, 1 map, 217 pages, pages unopened
  23. Lord Lawrence and the reconstruction of India under the Crown by Sir Charles Aitchison, 1897, 1 map, 216 pages
  24. Sir Henry Lawrence The Pacificator by Lieut-General J. J. McLeod Innes, 1898, 1 map, 208 pages
  25. Ranjit Singh and the Sikh barrier between our growing Empire and Central Asia by Sir Lepel Griffin, 1898, 1 map, 223 pages
  26. Babar by Stanley Lane-Poole, 1899, 1 map, 206 pages, a few unopened pages in index.

Heavy Set, UK buyers only please.

◆ Book for Sale - Rulers of India , Multiple Authors, 26 Volume Set, 1890 - 1899, Rare Antique Book Set

◆ Date -

◆ Author - Multiple Authors

◆ Format - Hardcover

◆ Page Number -

◆ Height of Book - 19.6 cm

◆ Publisher - At the Calrendon Press

◆ Condition - Very Good

◆ Place of Publication - Oxford

◆ Condition Description - All First Editions. All books in this rare set are in very good condition. Original blue cloth boards with decorative gilt title to front board and spine. Boards have some edge wear and mild marking/staining. All books have a fold out map and engraved frontis portrait of book subject, with tissue guard. Some foxing to pages and page edges. Some small areas of pencil writing on inside of boards and pages, but the majority of pages remain clean. One book is ex-libris with sticker on front board partially removed. Some pages are unopened - see details of each book above for full details.

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