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[Privately printed volume by Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall, inscribed by him to Sir Henry Mortimer Durand'.] 'Private Copy' of 'Verses Written in India' by 'A. C. L.'

Author: 
'A. C. L.' [i.e. Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall] [Sir Henry Mortimer Durand (1850-1924)]
Publication details: 
Without date or place. [London, 1882?]
£200.00

[4] + 71pp., 8vo. In binding with green cloth spine and green paper boards, with 'Verses Written in India' printed on the front. In god condition, lightly aged and in aged and worn binding. 24 poems, with titles including 'The Old Pindaree', 'The Amir's Soliloquy', 'A Rajput Chief of the Old School' and 'Meditations of a Hindu Prince'. 'Verses Written in India' went through six editions, the second to the sixth published between 1890 (K.

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Autograph Letter Signed ('A. C Lyall') to Lane-Poole.

Author: 
Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911), Indian civil servant, poet and historian [Stanley Lane-Poole (1854-1931), British orientalist and archaeologist,]
Publication details: 
Undated; Flitwick, Swift Hill (on cancelled letterhead of 16 Queen's Gate, London S.W.
£28.00

12mo, 1 p. Nine lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper, with a neat cut (not affecting text) neatly repaired on reverse. The Registrar at the India Office has informed Lyall that Lane-Poole's name is 'on the list of those to whom the India Archaeological Reports are sent'.

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Autograph Note Signed to 'Mrs Adolphus'.

Author: 
Sir Robert Buckley Comyn
Publication details: 
New St. | Friday, morng' [no year].
£22.00

Judge (1792-1853) and author. One page, 12mo. In very good condition. Reads 'My dear Mrs Adolphus, | I lament to say that severe illness makes it impossible for me to leave the house, & consequently to dine with you & <?> today. I hoped better things yesterday. | Sincerely yours | Robert Comyn'.

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