Prints and Ephemera

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1874 page from the Illustrated London News showing different natives of Kafiristan and Dardistan, with complete text. B

Price: $35.00

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1880 Punch cartoon titled The Persian “Cat’s-Paw”, with Disraelis reaching for Herat. B

Price: $25.00

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Collection of 4 pages dating from 1855-1863, from the Illustrated London News on the occupation of Herat, 1856-1857. B

Price: $100.00

Note: The independent rulers of Herat always turned to the Iranians for support against re-absorption into the Afghan kingdom. After complicated negotiations between Shah Nasr ed-Din and local Afghan provincial rulers, and despite British warnings, Persian troops occupied Herat in October, 1856. The British, whose policy it was to maintain the independence of this city, declared war against Iran. After three months the Iranians withdrew from Herat and committed themselves never again to interfere there or elsewhere in Afghanistan. This brief war convinced the British that they should bolster the strength of Dost Mohammad, the ruler of Afghanistan, in an attempt to enable him to meet future challenges by the Iranians.SAPE 059SAPE 059 In 1857 an addendum was signed to the 1855 treaty that permitted a British military mission to go to Kandahar (but not to Kabul) and to provide a subsidy during conflict with the Iranians. Fraser-Tytler notes that as Dost Mohammad signed the document, he proclaimed, “I have now made an alliance with the British government and come what may I will keep it till death”.

The British governor general of India at the time of the 1857 agreement with Afghanistan stated in a memorandum that the British would never again intervene in Afghan internal affairs or send an army across its borders unless Herat was besieged, and then only with Afghan consent. He went so far as to argue in favor of the Afghan absorption of Herat. In 1863 Dost Mohammad retook Herat with British acquiescence.

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Collection of four pages from the illustrated news on the Santal Rebellion, 1855-1856. B

Price: $100.00

Note: The Santal Parganas was a district of British India in the Bhagalpur division of Bengal and covered an area of 5470 square meters. The Santals, who give their name to the district, were the most numerous aboriginal tribe in Bengal. They worked the coal mines of Raniganj and Karharbari and migrated to the tea gardens of Assam. SAPE 058SAPE 058In 1832 officials were deputed to demarcate with solid masonry pillars the area of the Daman-i-Koh, or “skirts of the hills”. The permission for Santals to settle in the valleys and on the lower slopes stimulated Santal immigration to an enormous extent. The Hindu money-lender soon made his appearance among them, and caused a rebellion in 1855-1856. The insurrection led to the establishment of a form of administration congenial to the immigrants; and a land settlement was carried out on conditions favorable to the occupants of the soil.

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Two illustrations from English periodicals dated 1858-1881 showing Barren Island in the Indian Ocean. B

Price: $40.00

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Collection of six late 19th century half page advertisements for Ceylon tea from the rare periodical Black and White. B

Price: $120.00

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Large foldout illustration titled 'The Perahara Festival at Kandy, Ceylon, Before the Prince of Wales. Another large foldout illustration titled "The Prince of Wales in Ceylon - The Devils' Dance at the Private Perehara before the Prince, Kandy. B

Price: $120.00

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A large collection of 34 illustrated pages from European periodicals on scenes and types of Ceylon. Included are, Cinghalese chiefs; monkeys ravaging a village; a surf boat; different types; views of Kandy; different tree types; religious riots; hunting alligators; procession of the Pera-hara at Kandy; harbor entrance to Colombo; elephant hunting; gathering dates; environs of Colombo; interview of the new governor of Ceylon with native chiefs; local dancing; local circus; rock fortress of Sigiri; accident on the Ceylon railway; sorcerers; coffee plantation Mutu Coomara, Swami Mudellar, th first no-Christian Hindu barrister and the Tamil member of th legislative council of Ceylon. B

Price: $420.00