[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION] six titles relating to india (12) Cotton, H.E.A. Calcutta, Old and New: A Historical & Descriptive Handbook to the City Calcutta: W. Newman & Co., 1907. First edition. 8vo. 1011 pp., (xxx) pp. index. Including an author autograph letter, signed, as President Legislative Council Bengal, and dated 1924, tipped in at front. Additionally signed by author on front free endpaper. Original blue "straight grain" cloth, stamped in black and in gilt, slightly cocked; title-page starting, foxing to first few leaves. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Ex-library with book-plate on front paste-down and call number in pencil on front paste-down and title-page. Dozey, E.C. A Concise History of the Darjeeling District Since 1835 with A Complete Itinerary of Tours in Sikkim and the District (No place but India, 1922). Reprint (first published in 1906). 8vo. 350 pp. With 21 photo plates (one in color), facsimile letter, and folding tables. Original printed boards, slightly warped, occasionally worn; internally generally clean. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Ex-library with rubber stamp on front free endpaper and call number in pencil on front paste-down and title-page. Firminger, W.K. Thacker's Guide to Calcutta Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1906. 12mo. 271 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Includes errata. Contemporary three-quarter navy blue calf over forest green linen-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt; rubber stamp of the American Consulate General on front free endpaper and title-page, ink signature of previous owner on front free endpaper, internally generally clean. Ex-library with book-plate on front paste-down and call number in pencil on front paste-down and title-page. Ronaldshay, Earl of Lands of the Thunderbolt, Sikhim, Chumbi & Bhutan London, etc., 1923. First edition. 8vo. 267 pp. Illustrated with 32 photo plates and one folding map. Original blue cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt; scattered light foxing, largely unopened. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Ex-library with book-plate on front paste-down and call number in pencil on front paste-down and title-page. Strachey, Sir John India, Its Administration & Progress London and New York: Macmillan, 1903. Third edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo. 515 pp., (4) pp. ads. Folding map frontispiece. Original maroon cloth stamped in blind and in gilt, corners bumped, some edge wear, scattered spotting; endpapers foxed; internally generally clean, largely unopened; armorial book-plate on front-down. Ex-library with book-plate on front free endpaper and call number in pencil on front paste-down and title-page. Thurston, Edgar, and K. Rangachari Castes and Tribes of Southern India Madras: Government Press, 1909. In seven volumes. Thick 8vo. Illustrated with photo-plates. Original green cloth (three volumes in one shade, four in another), decorated in green and in gilt with light to moderate wear and some bumping; scattered internal foxing. All ex-library with book-plates on front paste-downs and call numbers in pencil on front paste-downs and title-pages. PROVENANCE: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.