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CAREY (W.H.)
The Good Old Days of Honorable John Company, Being Curious Reminiscences illustrating Manners & Customs of the British in India During the rule of the East India Company from 1600-1858. With Brief Notices of Places & People of Those Times &c., &c., &c.
2nd Ed., 2 Vols., viii+494pp., frontis., Errata slip bound in at end, & vii+464+xxxpp., frontis. Calcutta: R. Cambray & Co. 1906/1907
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A mass of interesting material concerning Anglo-Indian social & official life, originally published in 3 Vols. 1882-87; then in this two vol. reprint, 1906-07. They cover a multitude of subjects re old Calcutta life & entertainments, the up-country scene, the earlier volunteer forces in India (Calcutta Militia, Volunteer Cavalry of Calcutta, &c.), official architecture (Government buildings, medical & ecclesiastical establishments, &c.), Gossip About People (profiles of several dozen prominent or noteworthy individuals), The Portuguese in India, Dutch in India, Danes in India, The Civil Service, Mutinies in the Indian Army, Necessities of Indian Life (beer & ice!), Manufacturing (from Indigo to Opium, &c.), Calcutta in 1857 & much more. Sets of the 1st or 2nd edition are very seldom encountered. Orig. dec. maroon cloth, somewhat rubbed & worn but about VG.
£145
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