Delhi durbar (7 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: FINE+, Near New. Second Edition. 646 pages, (905 grams)>>>> Over 500 grams >> Because these are very HEAVY, no overseas orders without contacting us first., as extra postage will be needed. Thank-you >>> >>> Great Game (18001917), the clandestine struggle between Russia and Britain for mastery of Central Asia, has long been regarded as one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts in history. " Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Delhi Durbar. (illustratore). Book.…

Condizione: Very Good. 7 pages, illustrated An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: A4 Size. Category: History Today; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book explores India's vibrant and multifaceted history, inviting the reader on a journey across time and civilizations that have shaped this ancient land. Spanning from the Indus Valley Civilization to the Mughal Empire, the narrative weaves together tales of conquests, cultural and religious transformations, and India's interaction with the broader world. The author delves into the profound impact of Hinduism and Buddhism, tracing their origins and influences on Indian society. Additionally, the book examines the significance of the caste system, the role of trade and commerce, and the artistic and intellectual achievements that have made India a global cultural powerhouse. Through a rich historical lens, this book sheds light on India's complex past, providing insights into its present-day cultural and social fabric. By exploring the diverse perspectives and experiences of India's people, the author illuminates the enduring legacy of its past and its continuing relevance in shaping the nation's identity. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

First edition. vi, 388pp. With two lithographed maps in rear pocket. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Calling card of Major T. X. Britton, 110th Mahratta Light Infantry, loosely inserted. The sole edition of a handbook intended for the instruction of participants in the final Imperial Durbar. The event, held to celebrate the coronation of King George V and his consort Queen Mary, was the only Durbar attended by a reigning British monarch. The pageantry of British power, and the corresponding announcement of a series of social welfare and political reforms - including the shift of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi - were calculated to oppose the increase in nationalist sentiment among Indian natives and bolster the reputation of the Raj. OCLC and COPAC together records copies at twelve locations (Australian War Memorial, BL, Cambridge, Chicago, Durham, Harvard, LoC, London Library, Minnesota, NLS, NMRN, and Oxford). Size: 8vo.…

First edition of this stylish special commemorative number of The Empress, which puffed itself as "the only Indian illustrated magazine of its kind - up-to-date and full of interest", issued fortnightly by Thacker & Spink, Calcutta's publisher of note during the Raj. We trace runs of the magazine at the British Library and University of Pennsylvania only. Following three pages of advertisements, the volume opens with "What to wear at the Durbar", where it is advised that "Indian gentlemen who have not adopted European dress, will wear Choga, Aba or Jubba, and Chapkan, Chilta Saya, or Kaba, with trousers, and their distinctive national head-dress"; specific directions are given for Bengali and Burmese gentlemen. Henry Charles Moore, boys adventure writer and journalist, one-time editor of the Rangoon Gazette and the Empress's London correspondent, contributes "India's Historic Durbars". The illustrations, which include a number covering the durbar itself, are largely portraits, particularly impressive being those of native Indian rulers and dignitaries; art nouveau borders, very à la mode, are used to excellent effect. The 1911 durbar, held on 12 December and presided over by George V and Queen Mary, was the last of the great imperial coronation assemblies, "the most spectacular ceremony in the history of the British empire" (ODNB). Small folio (370 x 265 mm). Illustrated throughout with half-tone portraits and views, many within decorative borders printed in gold, blue, green, yellow, and red, on coated paper; integral advertisements; with subscription slip tipped to p.3. Contemporary reddish-brown cloth, gilt lettered on front cover, pale yellow endpapers. Front cover slightly bowed, a few scuffs to covers, small gum stain to front pastedown and free endpaper, internally fresh and bright: very good.…

Printed at the durbar camp in only 500 copies, this programme details the size and composition of each maharaja's retinue during their great procession, including a golden cannon from Baroda, 50 camel-mounted soldiers from Bikaner, and the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy text of the Sikhs, placed atop an elephant in the retinue from Patiala. We have traced no other copies. The second Delhi Durbar celebrated the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. It was masterminded by Lord Curzon, who spent two years planning every detail. One of the highlights of the festivities was a procession of the maharajas around the Durbar Amphitheatre, each dressed in fine clothes and jewellery. Each maharaja brought the full extent of their riches to bear; the programme records 141 elephants, over 100 camels, nearly 1,000 men, and one bullock named "Rath" in the parade. The final page stresses that the order of the procession was not based on precedence or rank, but on distance from the amphitheatre each retinue had made camp. Bifolium with tipped-in additional leaf (342 x 217 mm), letterpress on 5 sides. Creased where folded into four, short tears along fold lines, two patches of old tape on first side, a little toning, especially on rear: a very good copy.…

First and only edition of this scarce pictorial record, the handsomely produced official history of the spectacular "Proclamation Durbar" - stage-managed by the viceroy, Lord Lytton - that announced the queen as "Victoria regina et imperatrix" ("Victoria, queen and empress"). It was Lytton who chose Delhi as the site of the durbar, the city "still battle-scarred from the rebellion almost twenty years previously", and he was particularly keen to secure the attendance of Muslim princes, such as the Nizam of Hyderabad, "whose failure to meet with the Prince of Wales at Bombay in 1875 still prickled" (Taylor). Lytton then devoted much time "designing the symbolic and decorative aspects of the durbar", commissioning John Lockwood Kipling, Rudyard's father, to assist with design. But the viceroy was, above all, at pains over "measures to rope the princes and chiefs into the new imperial order. In some ways, it was business as usual Inducements were offered to minor princes that the Government of India would pay the costs of travel, and special arrangements were made in Delhi to house the entourages Tens of thousands of people made their way to Delhi. The Gaekwar of Baroda, for example, sent on ahead an entourage of 520 men, 114 horses, 24 bullocks, 21 camels and 10 elephants" (Miller). Although the durbar drew on a Mughal tradition of pageant, Lytton "refused to use any Indian decorations or images [and] did not include the Indian princes in the state entry procession throughDelhi, in which they would participate in 1903 and 1911 As Lytton entered the arena, six trumpeters in medieval costume played a fanfare from Wagner'sTannhäuser. The trope of medievalIndiaexpressed supposed Indian backwardness and British paternalism, but the Middle Ages also symbolized utopia to Victorian medievalists like Lytton, who fantasized a benign, harmonious and idyllic medieval feudal hierarchy" (Codell). The bureaucrat-historian James Talboys Wheeler had sailed for India in 1858 as editor of the Madras Spectator but gave this up on being appointed professor of moral and mental philosophy in the Madras Presidency College. In 1862, he was appointed assistant secretary to thegovernment of Indiain theforeign department. After a lengthy leave of absence (1873-76), he returned to India in time for the durbar. The fine views and portraits, some of which were specially shot for the book, are the work of Bourne and Shepherd, the most prestigious photographic studio on the subcontinent. Other plates include a chromolithograph of the specially struck commemorative medal and a tinted lithograph of the banner presented by the queen to Lytton and the "ruling chiefs", exemplifying the meeting of Victorian medievalism and an imagined "oriental" heraldry. Julie Codell, "On the Delhi Coronation Durbars, 1877, 1903, 1911", BRANCH: Britain, Representation, and Nineteenth-Century History, 2012; Miles Taylor, Empress: Queen Victoria and India, 2018. Quarto (293 x 234 mm). Mounted Woodburytype portrait frontispiece of Victoria after the painting by Heinrich von Angeli and 25 similar plates (16 portraits, 9 views) from photographs by Bourne and Shepherd, 3 coloured maps (one double-page), 4 plates (one a double-page chromolithograph by Hanhart after Charles Earle); letterpress and plates within red rule borders. Twentieth-century dark blue half morocco, spine gilt lettered direct in second and fourth compartments, others with gilt foliate lozenge, edges and sides edged with paired blind fillets, Turkish pattern marbled sides and endpapers, gilt edges. Housed in a custom moderate blue cloth solander box. Mount paper of plates cockled as usual, a few brown stains to p.104, scattered foxing. A very good copy.…