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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
History of the 26th Punjabis 1857-1923, compiled from the digest of services and other office records, Gale and Polden, 1924, 145pp., a detailed regimental history with pull-out maps, named group photographs, nominal roll of officers, list of honours and awards &c., hardback, good condition £30-£40
Hammer Price: £420
The Second Afghan War 188-79-80: Its Causes, Its Conduct and Its Consequences, by Colonel H. B. Hanna, Constable, London, 1899, Three volumes, 386pp., 372pp., and 582pp., a rare and highly detailed account of the campaign, with pull-out maps and index, hardback, slight scuffing and discolouration to covers, therefore fair condition (3) £60-£80
Hammer Price: £360
My Own War in Malaya, by D. Russell-Roberts, privately printed in a very limited number for family, c. 1946, 183pp., a detailed and gripping account of the writer’s hard campaign with 5/11th Sikhs (ex. 47th Sikhs) during the Second World War in Malaya, prior to being taken a Prisoner of War at the fall of Singapore, with map section, hardback, good condition and rare The War in Malaya, by Lieutenant-General A. E. Percival, C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C., Sagar Publications, New Delhi, 1971, 34...
History of the VI Punjab Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force, 1843-85, Civil and Military Press, Lahore, 1886, 30pp., a very rare booklet with outline history of the regiment in its first years, card covers, good condition £40-£50
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
History of the 1st Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment (Sherdil-ki-Paltan), late 19th Punjabis, compiled by G. Pigot for the Regiment, 1946, 243pp., a detailed study of the regiment from 1850 to 1945 with a superb selection of hand-drawn pull-out maps, hardback, covers faded but otherwise good condition £30-£40
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 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
The History of the Indian Mutiny 1857-58, by Sir John Kaye, K.C.S.I., and Colonel Malleson, C.S.I., Longmans, London, 1906, Six Volumes, 454pp., 505pp., 388pp., 412pp., 362pp., and 442pp., the standard and classic account of the Indian Mutiny which is still unsurpassed as an overall survey, with pull-out map and index, hardback, good condition (6) £60-£80
Hammer Price: £280
Recollections of the Kabul Campaign, 1879 & 1880, by J. Duke, Bengal Medical Service, W. H. Allen, London, 1883, 424pp., a very detailed and scarce reminiscence of the Kabul operations, hardback, slight damage to spine, therefore fair condition £60-£80
War Records of the 24th Punjabis (4th Battalion, 14th Punjab Regiment) 1914-20, by Colonel A. B. Haig, Gale and Polden, 1933, 84pp., with pull-out maps, hardback, good condition £30-£40
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
Regimental History of Van Corlandt’s Levy, later known as the 23rd Punjabis, 31st Punjabis and 2/16th Punjab Regiment, by A. G. Kemball, Thacker, Bombay, 1922, 40pp., published with original (named) photographs, all of which are individually pasted in, hardback, some loose pages internally but otherwise good condition and although slim a useful work, rare £40-£50
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
The Abridged Official History of the Afghan War 1878-80, by Major F. G. Cardew, John Murray, London 1908, 734pp., with pull-out maps and index, hardback, some wear to covers but otherwise good condition £80-£100
Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Supplement ‘A’ to Volume I – the North West Frontier campaigns of 1908, Presentation copy from Capt. C. W. Free, Guides Cavalry, to 2nd Cameronians, Intelligence Branch India, Calcutta 1910, 119pp., “For Official use only”, a highly detailed account of the two 1908 campaigns - Zakka Khel and Mohmand, with pull-out maps, hardback, scuffing to spine, therefore fair condition, rare £60-£80
The Central India Horse Newsletters 1940-46, comprising 24 newsletters covering Second World War service, Presentation copy from the Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. Peters to General R. A. Savory, with typed copy of Savory’s letter of thanks pasted inside the front cover, Thacker, Bombay, 1946, 230pp., the effective Regimental history 1939-46, very detailed with lists of honours and awards, citations &c., hardback, good condition, rare £30-£40
Napier’s Rifles: History of the 5th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles, by H. G. Rawlinson, Oxford University Press, 1929, 200pp., an excellent and detailed account, with pull-out maps, index, list of honours and awards &c., hardback, with dust-jacket, the dust-jacket somewhat torn, some light foxing, therefore fair condition History of the 2/6th Rajputana Rifles (Prince of Wales’s Own), by H. G. Rawlinson, Oxford University Press, 1936, 195pp., and excellent and detailed account, with photo...
History of the 55th Coke’s Rifles, Frontier Force, by Captain J. P. Villiers-Stewart, Gale and Polden, 1908, 120pp., an excellent and detailed account of the regiment up to 1903, with pull-out maps and list of services of native officers of the regiment, some scuffing to outer spine and corners, therefore fair condition £30-£40
Hammer Price: £220
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
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
A Handbook to Lucknow and the Residency, by H. R. Hilton, Government Press, Lucknow, 2nd edition 1923, 112pp., a rare and detailed “guide” to the Residency and its defences, with good pull-out maps and photographs, hardback, good condition Lucknow and Oude in the Mutiny, by Lieutenant-General M. Innes, V.C., Innes and Co., London, 1895, 340pp., a highly detailed account of the defence of Lucknow &c., with excellent diagrammatic plans of the defences and pull-out maps, hardback, fair condit...
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
Recollections of a Winter Campaign in India in 1857-58, by Captain O. J. Jones, R.N., Saunders and Otley, London 1859, 213pp., a classic and detailed account of service with the Shannon Naval Brigade in India, with good coloured plates, hardback, spine and corners scuffed therefore fair condition £60-£80
The Frontier Force Rifles, compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon, Gale and Polden 1953, 460pp., the definitive collected history of the regiments comprising the Frontier Force Rifles, with pull-out map, various photographs, lists of honours and awards &c., hardback, very good condition £40-£50
History of the 5th Battalion (Pathans) 14th Punjab Regiment, formerly 40th Pathans (”The Forty Thieves”), by Major R. S. Waters, O.B.E., James Bain, London, 1936, 400pp., a superb and very detailed history of the “40 Thieves”, with pull-out maps, photographs, index, and excellent and many detailed and useful appendices, hardback, slight damage to cover otherwise good condition £40-£50
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
History of the 6th Royal Battalion, (Scinde), 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1934-1947, author unknown, Gale and Polden, 1948, 116pp., a very detailed study of this distinguished regiment and its campaigning especially on the North West Frontier 1936-39 and throughout the Second World War, with pull-out maps, list of honours and awards &c., hardback, good condition £40-£50
Hammer Price: £160
The Persian Campaign 1857, comprising General Orders and Despatches, by Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, privately printed for private circulation only, London, 1860, 419pp., with pull-out map, good condition £60-£80
Operations in Waziristan: Official History of the Mahsud Campaign, 1919-20, Army H.Q., Calcutta, India, 1921, 186pp., a very detailed account of the Waziristan operations, especially those against the Mahsuds in 1920, with many excellent pull-out maps, hardback, cover slightly frayed, fair condition Waziristan 1919-20, H. de Watteville, Constable, London, 1925, 237pp., part of the “Campaigns and their Lessons” series, a detailed account, also surveying the earlier Mashud and Waziri campaig...
Historical Records of the 20th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Infantry, Brownlow’s Punjabis, a presentation copy from Lieutenant-Colonel L. C. Dunsterville and the Officers of the Regiment, Jhelum 1910, author not stated, Swiss & Co., Devonport, 1908, 146pp., a rare history with very good detail, with photographic plates, services of officers &c., hardback, spine very scuffed and rubbed, therefore fair condition and rare £30-£40
Records of the 1st/21st Punjabis, by Major P. Murray and others, Gale and Polden, 1919, 107pp., a good, detailed account of the 21st Punjabis on campaign, 1857-1919, with pull-out maps, good condition £20-£30
The Punjab Frontier Force: A brief account of the late Punjab Frontier Force from 1849-1903, by B. N. Dey, Newman, Calcutta, 1905, 85pp., with index and list of Commanders, hardback, slight scuffing to spine, otherwise good condition and scarce £20-£30
The Revolt in Central India, 1857-59, compiled by Army H.Q., Simla, 1908, 277pp., the effective ‘official history’ of the campaign and superbly detailed, hardback; together with a later-compiled typed nominal index, spine slightly discoloured, otherwise good condition Sir Hugh Rose and the Central India Campaign, 1858, edited by B. Robson, Army Records Society, 2000, 323pp., a modern compilation of Despatches, letters &c. relating to the Indian Mutiny in Central India, hardback, with dust-...
Hammer Price: £150
History of the 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde), 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1843-1934, author unknown, Gale and Polden, 1935, 116pp., a very detailed history with list of honours and awards &c., hardback, good condition £20-£30
Hammer Price: £140
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
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