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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2000. A collection of 37 poems on 19th century colonial life in Burma and originally published in the Rangoon Gazette and the Burma Critic. Some reflect the author's views if the 'unjust treatment of Burma at the hands of the Indian government'. The Colonial Library of Dignified Irreverence reprint of 1912 London edition. 116 pp., 28 b&w sketches, gilt edges. A new/unread copy.. Decorative Cloth. As new. Illus. by T. Martin Jones. 17.5 x 12 cm.
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Ballads of Burma
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Curry and Rice on Forty Plates
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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1998. Subtitled 'Or the Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India'. A light hearted account of life in India, with 40 delightful vignettes, including 'Our Colonel', 'Our Padre', 'Our Magistrate's Wife', 'Our Racecourse', 'Our Bazar', 'Our Agriculturists' and "Our Nuwab'. Each is accompanied by a watercolour illustration. The Colonial Library of Dignified Irreverence reprint of 1911 edition. 160 pp., 39 colour sketches, gilt edges. Fifth Edition. Decorative Cloth. As New. 24 x 18.5 cm.
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An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah
by Ellis, Beth
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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1997. A spontaneous and irrepressibly humourous view of life in Burma a century ago. Devoid of all statistics and political observations, yet 'to those happy ones who love laughter, it will be welcome as gold'. The Colonial Library of Dignified Irreverence reprint of 1899 Wigan edition. 240 pp., colour frontispiece, gilt edges. Decorative Cloth. As New. 17.5 x 12 cm.
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Horace in Burma
by Symes, J. M.
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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1997. A collection of 31 short poems originally published in the Rangoon Gazette for an Anglo-Burmese / Anglo-Indian readership. Described by the author as a 'literary sampan'. Many evoke an Englishman's nostalgia for his homeland. The Colonial Library of Dignified Irreverence reprint of 1910 Rangoon edition. 96 pp., gilt edges. Decorative Cloth. As New. 17.5 x 12 cm.
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Sketches in Indian Ink
by Smith, John, Jnr.
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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2000. Satirical sketches of Anglo-Indian society and some of its foibles. In the words of the author, 'These pictures are intended . . . for people in England who may wish to know how Indian exile acts upon English men and women.' The Colonial Library of Dignified Irreverence reprint of 1880 Calcutta / London original. 315 pp., gilt edges. Decorative Cloth. As New. 17.5 x 12 cm.
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Songs of a Desert Optimist
by Symes, J. M.
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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1998. Thirty-nine poems published originally in Punch and the Rangoon Gazette, including groups of poems on Burma, Simla, and 'Songs of the Services'. The Colonial Library of Dignified Irreverence reprint of 1924 London edition. 86 pp., gilt edges. Decorative Cloth. As New. 14 x 10.5 cm.
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Twenty-One Days in India: Being the Tour of Sir Ali Baba, KCB
by Abereigh-Mackay, George
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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1998. A tongue-in-cheek series of sketches of nineteenth-century colonial life in India, originally published in Vanity Fair and so popular that it ran to six editions. Delightfully irreverent! The Colonial Library of Dignified Irreverence reprint of 1896 6th edition. 252 pp., 13 b&w illustrations, gilt edges. Decorative Cloth. As New. 14 x 10.5 cm.
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