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The Grenadiers: A Regimental History, by Brigadier R. Singh, Regimental Centre, 1962, 328pp., a detailed study of the Bombay regiments making up the Indian Grenadiers, with index and list of honours and awards &c., hardback, with dust-jacket, the dust-jacket reinforced with sellotape, otherwise good condition £20-£30
Hammer Price: £75
Heritage: The History of the Rajput Regiment 1778-1947, by M. Ahmad, Rakesh Press, New Delhi, 1989, 382pp., a good detailed history of the regiment, with pull-out maps and index, hardback, with dust jacket, the dust-jacket slightly torn, otherwise good condition Regimental History of the 4th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifle (Wilde’s), by Major-General Sir A. T. Wilde, K.C.B., C.S.I., Naval & Military Press reprint, 235pp., softback, very good condition The History of the Baluch...
Hammer Price: £50
The 3rd Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Own), by Colonel H. G. Rawlinson, Oxford University Press, 1941, 223pp., an excellent and very detailed history of the regiment, with photographs, index, roll of honour, lists of honours and awards &c., hardback, good condition £30-£40
Hammer Price: £45
Capital Campaigners: History of the 3rd Battalion (Queen Mary’s Own) The Baluch Regiment, by Colonel W. E. Maxwell, Gale and Polden, 1948, 167pp., a good survey of the regiment and its campaigns from its origins in the 1840s to end of the Second World War, with index, hardback, good condition £30-£40
Hammer Price: £40
The 1st Battalion Duchess of Connaught’s Own and the 10th Battalion, the Tenth Baluch Regiment, by O. A. Chaldecott, publisher not stated, 1925, 250pp., with pull-out maps, index, list of services of officers and of honours and awards &c., hardback, slight wear to spine, otherwise very good condition £40-£50
Hammer Price: £170
The 4th Battalion Duke of Connaught’s Own 10th Baluch Regiment in the Great War, Presentation copy to the Army Museums Ogilby Trust from Capt. J. F. Rowntree, Christ’s College, Cambridge, by W. S. Thatcher, Cambridge University Press, 1932, 290pp., a superb history with excellent appendices, giving citation details for awards to Indian solders, lists of officers who served, rolls of honour &c., hardback, very good condition £30-£40
Hammer Price: £190
The Madras Regiment 1758-1958, by Lieutenant-Colonel E. G. Phythian-Adams, O.B.E., publisher unknown, 338pp., with pull-out maps, index, list of honours and awards &c., hardback, fair condition £15-£20
Hammer Price: £25
Historical Records of the 13th Madras Infantry, by Lieutenant-Colonel R. P. Jackson, Thacker, London 1898, 320pp., with fine hand-coloured uniform studies, hardback, badly wormed in places, therefore fair condition £40-£50
Hammer Price: £70
A Famous Regiment, the Kali Panchwin, 2/5th (Formerly the 105th) Mahratta Light Infantry 1768-1923, by Colonel Sir Reginald Hennell, C.V.O., D.S.O., O.B.E., John Murray, London, 1927, 292pp., with photographs, index, list of honours and awards &c., hardback, some light foxing, otherwise very good condition £20-£30
Hammer Price: £20
Valour Triumphs: A History of the Kumaon Regiment, a presentation copy from the Regiment to a former Commanding Officer, Colonel A. T. B. Craig, signed by General A. T. Raina [Colonel of the Regiment], by K. C. Praval, Thomson Press, India, 1976, 442pp., with pull-out maps, list of commanding officers, honours and awards &c., hardback, with dust-jacket, the dust-jacket faded and frayed, otherwise good condition £30-£40
The Frontier Scouts, by C. Chenevix-Trench, Cape, London, 1985, 300pp., an excellent and detailed history of the elite Frontier Scout Regiments, with photographs and index, hardback, with dust-jacket, good condition Frontier Scouts, by Colonel H. R. C. Pettigrew, privately published by the author, 110pp., a rare and interesting account largely of the South Waziristan Scouts and the author’s service in the inter-War years and after, with photographs, softback, good condition Frontier...
Hammer Price: £30
1st King George’s Own Battalion (Ferozepore Sikhs), The Sikh Regiment, 1846-1946, by Lieutenant-Colonel P. G. Bamford, Gale and Polden, 1948, 174pp, with various photographs, roll of honour, lists of honours and awards &c., hardback, good condition £30-£40
Hammer Price: £260
History of the 2nd Sikhs 12th Frontier Force Regiment 1846-1933, by Captain C. W. May, Mission Press, Jubbulpore, 1933, 150pp., a detailed history with photographs, graduation lists of officers &c., hardback, water damage to part of upper boards, not affecting any text, the rear maps in facsimile, therefore fair condition £30-£40
Hammer Price: £320
Historical Record of the 3rd Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force, 1847-87, “By Authority”, Punjab Government Press, Lahore, 1887, 75pp., hardback, some damage to top of spine, therefore fair condition, and a rare early history of the Regiment £40-£50
Hammer Price: £300
Historical Records of the 3rd Sikh Infantry, Punjaub Frontier Force, author, publisher and place not stated, c. 1903 [to end of North West Frontier 1901-02 campaigns], 165pp., hardback, some wear and scuffing to spine and covers, therefore fair condition and a rare publication £40-£50
The History of the Sikh Pioneers, by Lieutenant-General Sir George McMunn, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., D.S.O., Sampson Low, London, 1933, 560pp., the standard and detailed history of the various regiments forming the Sikh Pioneers, with pull-out map, photographs, and index, the spine slightly faded, otherwise very good condition £40-£50
Hammer Price: £140
47th Sikhs War Records: The Great War, author not stated, reprinted by Picton Publishing, Chippenham, 1992, 320pp., an excellent and very detailed account of the Regiment during the Great War, with nominal roll of officers, lists of casualties &c., hardback, very good condition £20-£30
Hammer Price: £100
The Sikh Regiment in the Second World War, by Colonel F. T. Birdwood, privately published, Norwich, 1948, 462pp., the definitive and detailed history of the various Sikh Battalions during the Second World War, hardback, light foxing, otherwise good condition £20-£30
Hammer Price: £340
Ashes to Glory: Saraghari Battalion, by Colonel K. Singh and Major H. S. Ahuwalia, Lancer International, New Delhi, 1987, 300pp., a history of the 36th Sikhs from the raising of the regiment in 1858 to the 1970s, with pull-out maps and index, hardback with dust-jacket, small tear to dust-jacket, otherwise very good condition £15-£20
Hammer Price: £220
The Gazette of India 1887, 734pp., a complete bound year, with appointments, promotions, dispatches on Burma operations, leave, officers’ details &c., with index, privately bound hardback, some worming and some loose pages, therefore fair condition and rare £50-£70
Hammer Price: £240
Government General Orders 1892, 220pp., a complete bound year, containing a wealth of information on the Indian army, officer’s service, leave, appointments, promotions &c., with index, privately bound hardback, some worming and some loose pages, therefore fair condition and rare £50-£70
Thacker’s Indian Directory 1911, Thacker and Co., Calcutta, 1911, c.2600pp., hardback, binding slightly damaged and some pages loose, as expected in a volume of this size, fair condition, scarce and an important year £60-£80
Hammer Price: £200
The Royal United Service Institute (India) annual Journals, bound annual volumes for 1923 (570 pp.), 1924 (588pp.), 1925 (600pp.), 1930 (512pp.), and 1933 (535pp.), containing a wealth of information on the Indian Army of all kinds: weapons, developments, training, essays and articles on battles and campaigns &c., hardback, the last lacking back to spine, otherwise good condition (5) £20-£30
Deeds of Valour Performed by Indian Officers and Soldiers, 1837 to 1860 and 1860 to 1925, by P. P. Hypher, Army Department, Simla, 1925, Two volumes, 204pp. and 480pp., with details of awards of the Indian Order of Merit from 1837-1925, hardback, covers slightly stained but otherwise good condition, rare (2) £100-£150
Hammer Price: £1,100
Gallant Sepoys and Sowars, by Major W. J. Elliott and Lieutenant-Colonel Knollys, c. 1860, 176pp., a scarce early work detailing the gallantry of Indian soldiers in the Mutiny and in Afghanistan &c., with illustrations and index, hardback, lacking frontispiece, otherwise good condition The Victoria Cross in Afghanistan 1878-80 and how it was won, by Major W. J. Elliott, Dean, London, 1882, 250pp., an interesting and very early “boy’s own” accounts of gallantry in the Second Afghan...
Hammer Price: £55
Addiscombe, its Heroes and Men of Note, by Colonel H. M. Vibart, Constable, 1894, 780pp., a large and detailed account of the Honourable East India Company Military College, with rolls of entrants &c., by year, hardback, spine damaged, therefore fair condition £30-£40
Hammer Price: £80
British and Indian Armies in the East Indies 1685-1935, by A. Harfield, Picton Print, 1984, 411pp., a detailed account, with various medal rolls, of operations involving the Indian Army on the Chinese coast, Perak, Spice Islands &c., with photographs and index, hardback, with dust-jacket, good condition To Guard My People: the History of the Indian Police, by Sir Percival Griffiths, K.B.E., C.I.E., Benn, Bombay, 1971, 430pp.., the standard and detailed history of the Indian Police, with...
Hammer Price: £60
The Indian Army, by B. Mollo, New Orchard, Poole, 1981, 191pp., with photographs and index, hardback, with dust-jacket, good condition India’s Army, by Major D. Jackson, Sampson Low, London, 1940, 584pp., hardback, spine slightly damaged, therefore fair condition Sketch of the Services of the Bengal Native Army, by Lieutenant F. G. Cardew, New Delhi, 1971 reprint, 576pp., with index, hardback, with dust-jacket, the dust-jacket damaged, otherwise good condition The Armies of India,...
Hammer Price: £90
The Army in India and its Evolution, Government Publication, Calcutta, 1924, 253pp., a very detailed survey of the state of the Indian Army in 1924- its history, the various services and departments, strengths, training, establishments &c., with index, hardback, good condition £15-£20
Indian Army Uniforms: Cavalry, by W. Y. Carman, Leonard Hill, London, 1st Edition, 1961, 234pp., the standard reference work on the uniforms of the Indian Cavalry Regiments from the 18th Century to 1947, with photographs and illustration, and index, hardback, with dust-jacket, good condition Indian Army Uniforms: Infantry, by W. Y. Carman, Leonard Hill, London, 1st Edition, 1969, 258pp., the standard reference work on the uniforms of the Indian Infantry Regiments from the 18th Century to...
Bengal Cavalry Regiments, 1857-1914, by R. G. Harris, Osprey, London, 1979, 40pp., part of the “Men-at-Arms” series, with photographs and colour illustrations, softback, good condition 30th Punjabis, by J. Lawford, Osprey, London, 1972, 40pp., part of the “Men-at-Arms” series, with photographs and colour illustrations, softback, good condition The Indian Mutiny, by C. Wilkinson-Latham, Osprey, London, 1977, 40pp., part of the “Men-at-Arms” series, with photographs and...
British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia Registers, for Meerut 1815-75, 346pp.; Quetta, 268pp.; and Peshawar, Two Volumes, 192pp. and 160 pp., all with useful and interesting surveys of the cemeteries with thousands of names and photographs, all softback, very good condition (4) £10-£15
Hammer Price: £10
10 small booklets: Red Eagles, the Story of the 4th Indian Division; The “Fighting Fifth”, the Story of the 5th Indian Division; Golden Arrow, the Story of the 7th Indian Division; One More River, the Story of the 8th Indian Division; Teheran to Trieste, the Story of the 10th Indian Division; “Black Cat” Division, the Story of the 17th Indian Division; Dagger Division, the Story of the 19th Indian Division; A Happy Family, the Story of the 20th Indian Division; The Story of the 25th...
Hammer Price: £110
The Raj: India and the British, 1600-1947, Catalogue of the exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery, 1990, edited by C. A. Bayly, 432pp., with hundreds of photographs of exhibits of all kinds relating to British India, softback, good condition Soldiers of the Raj: The Indian Army 1600-1947, Catalogue of the exhibition in the National Army Museum, 1997, edited by A. J. Guy and P. B. Boyden, 386pp., with hundreds of photographs of exhibits of all kinds relating to the army in India...
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