Colonel Kirkpatrick (32 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9788119139538.

Condition: New. pp. 428.

Soft cover. Condition: New. An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul is the description of the Kingdom of Nepal in the late eighteenth century. It covers the en route to Kathmandu and other regions in Nepalese country. It is a first-hand account offered by a British official posted in the region in 1793 when the Nepalese kingdom sought help from the British following the Chinese incursion in Kathmandu and the existing dispute with Tibet. This book offers Nepal's historical sketch, the economic systems, military organization, and judicial system followed during the reign of the Nepal kingdom. Kirkpatrick discusses the temple towns and village life, customs, and mannerisms of the Nepalese people. The book also covers the language, tribal communities, numis­matics, and religion of the country. About the Author Colonel Kirkpatrick (1754-1812), officially known as William Kirkpatrick, was an English East India Company officer, diplomat, and orientalist. He was an Persian interpreter in the East India Company army and served as Resident in princely states of Scindias and the Nizams of Hyderabad. He authored books like Grammar of the Hindoo Dialect and an Arabic and Persian Vocabulary (1782) and the Diary and Letters of Tippoo Sultaun (1804), which is a collection of English translated works written in Persian attributed to the Mysore ruler.…

Condition: New. pp. 428.

Condition: New. pp. 428.

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Condition: New. pp. 428.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. cover shows heavy wear and rubbing, spine partially detached. pages lightly tanned and clean, fold-out map in excellent condition.

(XIX, 1) 386 (2) p. Bound in the publisher's red hardback with gilt lettering (In good condition but without the dustjacket.).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. This is a facsimile limited edition produced by the Bibliotheca Himalayica. The original was published by William Miller in 1811. The present volume is 479/900 of the Library Edition. Binding firm, corners bumped, interior clean and unmarked except for Library of Congress stamp on ffep. Dust jacket soiled, foxed. In Mylar protector. 386 pp. Index. Oversize/Overweight: additional postage may apply.…

Hardcover. Condition: used/very good. No Jacket. 386 Pages , Illustrated With Map And Other Engravings.

Paperback. Condition: New. Language: English. About the Book:- One of the earliest accounts written by an Englishman who visited Nepal in the year 1793. The substance of this book is the account kept by the author, who went to Nepal with the objective of effecting a negotiation between the Nepalese and the Chinese. The author traveled from Patna to Kathmandu via Murniary, Hettowra, Segouly. All along the way the route is meticulously described detailing the topography, the forests, the fauna, the produce. In Nepal he describes the natural surroundings, religion, customs and manners, historical background, systems of law, etc. The book has an appendix that lists the official papers and letters that were related to the authors mission to Nepal. This book is a reprint of the 1811 edition About the Author: - William Kirkpatrick was a British East India Company army officer and diplomat, known also as an orientalist. Kirkpatrick became a cadet in 1771, was appointed ensign in the Bengal infantry on 17th January 1773, lieutenant 9th April 1777, captain 3rd April 1781, and major 1st March 1794. He was Persian interpreter to Giles Stibbert, who was commander-in-chief in Bengal in 17779 and 17805, and prepared a Persian translation of the articles of war (printed 1782). Afterwards he was resident with Mahadji Scindia at Gwalior, and served on Lord Cornwallis's staff as Persian interpreter in the Third Anglo-Mysore War of 17901. In 1795 Kirkpatrick was appointed resident with the Nizam of Hyderabad, but in 1797 was invalided to the Cape, being replaced by his brother James Achilles Kirkpatrick. In Cape Town Kirkpatrick met Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, who took him back to India with him as confidential military secretary. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel 12th native infantry in 1798, lieutenant-colonel commandant 8th native infantry in 1804, colonel 6th native infantry in 1808, major-general 4 June 1811. The Title 'An Account Of The Kingdom Of Nepaul Being The Substance Of Observations Made During A Mission To That Country In The Year 1793 written/authored/edited by Colonel Kirkpatrick', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121230179 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 426 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol: 426.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardback copy. No dustjacket. Originally published in 1811. xix, 388pp, foldout map and engravings. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 386 pages. folding map -folding plates-d/j worn 7 chipped at edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition #208 of 900 printed. Bound in blue cloth. Gilt lettering. Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket (some repaired with tape). Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Stamped on jacket. Faint spotting to edge. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.…

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Language: English. About the Book:- One of the earliest accounts written by an Englishman who visited Nepal in the year 1793. The substance of this book is the account kept by the author, who went to Nepal with the objective of effecting a negotiation between the Nepalese and the Chinese. The author traveled from Patna to Kathmandu via Murniary, Hettowra, Segouly. All along the way the route is meticulously described detailing the topography, the forests, the fauna, the produce. In Nepal he describes the natural surroundings, religion, customs and manners, historical background, systems of law, etc. The book has an appendix that lists the official papers and letters that were related to the authors mission to Nepal. This book is a reprint of the 1811 edition About the Author: - William Kirkpatrick was a British East India Company army officer and diplomat, known also as an orientalist. Kirkpatrick became a cadet in 1771, was appointed ensign in the Bengal infantry on 17th January 1773, lieutenant 9th April 1777, captain 3rd April 1781, and major 1st March 1794. He was Persian interpreter to Giles Stibbert, who was commander-in-chief in Bengal in 17779 and 17805, and prepared a Persian translation of the articles of war (printed 1782). Afterwards he was resident with Mahadji Scindia at Gwalior, and served on Lord Cornwallis's staff as Persian interpreter in the Third Anglo-Mysore War of 17901. In 1795 Kirkpatrick was appointed resident with the Nizam of Hyderabad, but in 1797 was invalided to the Cape, being replaced by his brother James Achilles Kirkpatrick. In Cape Town Kirkpatrick met Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, who took him back to India with him as confidential military secretary. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel 12th native infantry in 1798, lieutenant-colonel commandant 8th native infantry in 1804, colonel 6th native infantry in 1808, major-general 4 June 1811. The Title 'An Account Of The Kingdom Of Nepaul Being The Substance Of Observations Made During A Mission To That Country In The Year 1793 written/authored/edited by Colonel Kirkpatrick', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121230186 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 426 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: 426.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. #89 of the Deluxe edition of 100 copies. xix, 386 pages plus 2 pages of index, illustrated title page, large folding map, 14 plates. Leather spine and corners with gilt title. Blue cloth boards. Light occasional foxing on fore-edges.

VG bright copy in blue publishers cloth in slightly scruffy dustjacket. Attractive Facsimile Edition being Number 866 of 1000 copies. ISBN B00AK1XEGQ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4to. We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionally packaged and shipped promptly. W50.

Reprint of the 1811 Edition. Bibliotheca Himalayica, Series 1, Volume 3. Of an Edition of 1,000, This is No. 179. Quarto, cloth (hardcover), xix, 386 pp. Fold-out map, plates. Near-Fine. Asian History, Asia, Nepaul, Southeast Asia, Asian History, Orient.

Oln.m.OU. xix, 386, [ii] (index), pp, 4 pages,4° Umschlag mit Randläsuren Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1500.

Ril. cm. 14x23, pp 336, 1 mappa e 14 incisioni fuori testo. Ristampa in facsimile dell'edizione di Londra del 1811. Libro molto noto derivato dai registri della compagnia delle Indie e pubblicato sotto il suo patrocinio,con interessanti illustrazioni.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Limited Ediiton. Limited Edition; # 792/900. 388 pages in very good, clean condition; edges and endpapers a little yellowed and stained. Paste down endpapers a little wrinkled. Previous owner's bookplate on the ffep. Illustrated with a fold-out map and several plates. Blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Light wear on corners and edges. White DJ with illustration and blue titles. Lightly soiled. VG/VG+ Size: 9 x 11. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London, William Miller, 1811 [first edition]. Quarto, [ii] (title page, verso blank), xx, 386, [2] (index), [4] (publisher's catalogue) pages with a title page vignette plus 14 full-page plates (including one hand-coloured bird plate) and a large folding map. Early gilt-decorated half calf and marbled papered boards with matching marbled endpapers; leather rubbed at the extremities and a little worn at the head of the rear hinge and at the corners (with minor loss to the corner pieces on the rear cover); hinges expertly (and invisibly) reinforced where starting to split at the head and foot; marbled paper on the boards rubbed, with some sections of the surface peeled away without exposing the boards; title page and the last page (of the publisher's catalogue) a little dusty, marked, foxed and lightly creased (all a little more heavily at the rear); map a little offset, with one very short tear near the stub expertly closed; most plates foxed (three, including the colour one, are not foxed; seven have very light foxing to the edges only; three are heavily foxed basically around the edges, and one is foxed throughout); a very good copy. 'No Englishman had hitherto passed beyond the range of lofty mountains which separates the secluded valley of Nepaul from the north-eastern parts of Bengal' when the author spent seven weeks in the country (13 February to 3 April 1793) on a diplomatic mission to mediate in a military dispute between Nepal and China. The official papers and letters relating to that aspect of the mission are relegated to an appendix; the bulk of the work is an account of the country and its people. This copy was purchased at the dispersal sale of the Hope family's historic property 'Wolta Wolta' at Clare in South Australia.…

Brown hardback leather cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Rebound, with new eps. Damage to spine; some splitting and loss to leather. Cover rubbed and marked. Shelf-wear. Sporadic foxing, with occasional damp staining (sometimes impinging) and pencil marking. Tape repairs to hinge of fold-out map. 300mm x 250mm (12" x 10"). xx, 386pp + index. 15 plates (vignette on title page included - 1 plate in colour) + fold-out map of 'Part of Tibet'. Bound without half-title or advertisements. Sotheby's invoice enclosed (1984). …

4to [29.5 x 23.5 cm]; xx, 386, [ii, index], [iv, publisher's catalogue] pp, 14 engraved plates including one hand colored, plate of alphabets, portrait, large folding map (old repair on verso, split at fold), engraved vignette on title page, half title. recent black leather, gilt spine title lettering on red and black leather labels, blind-stamp on margin of title and library ink stamp on verso, but no other library markings, half title margin a little chipped, light foxing, very good sound copy. Yakushi k90a. Cox i, 311. A narrative by the first Englishman to enter Nepal, this being a diplomatic mission. Kirkpatrick was an officer with Lord Cornwallis in India and was dispatched to Nepal to settle a dispute with the Chinese, Nepalese and Tibet. At the time Nepal was spoken of as another El Dorado and was the subject for 'Lost Horizon'. The work provides much on the topography, geography, climate, agriculture, botany, zoology, culture, peoples, economy, history and with an extensive vocabulary listing. The plates include people, animals, bird, weapons, etc. A picture of this book is available on request.…

New Delhi: Asian Educational Services 1996. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. (4 xx 388pp.). With num. fold. illusts. 2 fold. maps. and a fold. chart showing the alphabets of three Nepalese languages. (Reprint of London 1811 edition).

4to (275x225mm), [iv],xix,[1],386,[2]p. +4p publisher's adverts dated Spring 1811. the appendix (pages 339-386) present in facsimile, 15 engraved plates (1 hand-coloured) but lacking the map, some soiling and the plates partly water-stained and carrying the rubber-stamp on the Newcastle 'Lit & Phil'. Rebound in recent quarter blue morocco, Cockerell marbled paper sides. Bookplate of Peter Isaac. (Isaac 'checklist' in William Bulmer the fine printer in context, 298) An A.L.s. from the Librarian of the Lit. & Phil giving this book to Peter Isaac loosely inserted. HEAVY BOOK, overseas customers please note that this title weighs more than the 1 kg packed average on which postage charges are based, email us through the 'Ask the bookseller a question' option for delivery options and additional charges. …

Weimar, Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, 1819. (Neue Bibliothek der wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen, Band 17). 8vo. XVI, 172 Seiten mit 1 gefalt. Karte. Pappband der Zeit mit Rückenschild (kl.Bibl.-Nr. am unteren Rücken), kl.St. der aufgelösten Bibliothek von Donaueschingen verso Titel. Sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar. Beigebunden: J. Melish's Reisen durch die Vereinigten Staaten von America, in den Jahren 1806, 1807, 1809, 1810 u. 1811. Aus dem Engl. von J. E. L. Brauns. Mit Karten u. Planen. Weimar 1819. XVIII, 378 Seiten mit 1 mehrfach gefalteten Karte. Besonders seltene erste deutsche Ausgabe des wichtigen und frühen Werkes über Nepal! Kirkpatrick ging 1793 in politischer Mission nach Nepal. Er war der erste Europäer, der die Kette hoher Berge überschritt, die das Tal Nepals vom nordöstlichen Teil Bengalens trennt. Er reiste von Patna über Segauli, die Churia-Berge und den Mahabharat Lekh nach Naiakot und von dort südlich nach Katmandu, wo er sich mehrere Wochen lang aufhielt. Er war der erste Engländer in Nepal und der allererste Reisende überhaupt, der detaillierte und zuverlässige geographische und ethnographische Nachrichten über Nepal mitbrachte. In den ersten Kapitel seines Buches beschreibt er seine Reise durch Nepal und gibt danach einen eingehenden Bericht über die Charakteristiken der Region einschließlich Klima, Bevölkerung, Sitten, Religion, etc. ? Henze III, 38, Yakushi K 90 b. Melish (1771-1822) ein schottischer Textilfabrikant, hatte sich 1811 in Phildalelphia niedergelassen. Sein Werk, zuerst in Englisch erschienen, erlebte mehrere Auflagen und wurde ins Deutsche übersetzt. Es sollte zur Auswanderung ermuntern und enthält objektive und ehrliche Beschreibungen der jungen USA. Die große Karte zeigt die "Vereinigten Freistaaten Nordamericas", d. h. das östliche Nordamerika zwischen dem 30 und 48 Breitengrad. - Siehe Sabin 47437. …