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| The Colonial Library of Dignified Irreverence |
| The Colonial Library Of Dignified Irreverence is devoted to the lighter sides of past–and occasionally current–life East of Suez. The series is of questionable literary merit. Various sizes. These travelling companions are well dressed, bound as they are in imperial khaki, solid enough to withstand the roughest Himalayan trek or most strenuous journey on a cruise liner in the Pacific. Hardcover (HC) with gold stamped cover, gilt edges, bookmark and shiraza. Bound to amuse. Limited editions. |
| Ballads of Burma by "Oolay" Illustrated by T. Martin Jones 1912, 1999. xvi, 116 pp., 37 ill., 18.5 x 12.5 cm., hardbound. ISBN-10: 974-8299-32-5 $30.00 ISBN-13: 978-974-8299-32-7 A collection of thirty-seven poems (described as 'ditties') on 19th century colonial life in Burma, and originally published in the Rangoon Gazette and the Burma Critic. Some reflect the author's views of the 'unjust treatment of Burma at the hands of the Indian Government'. |
| Curry and Rice On Forty Plates or The Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India. by George Francklin Atkinson 1911 (Fifth Edition), 1998. xii, 160 pp., 40 col. pl., Crown 4vo, 25 x 19 cm., hardbound. ISBN-10: 974-8299-51-1 $40.00 ISBN-13: 978-974-8299-51-8 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. |
| An English Girl's First Impression of Burmah by Beth Ellis 1896, 1997. 240 pp., 1 col. pl., Crown 8vo, 18.5 x 12.5 cm., hardbound. ISBN-10: 974-8299-55-4 $35.00 ISBN-13: 978-974-8299-55-6 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'. ...One of the funniest travel accounts ever written... |
| Horace in Burma by J. M. Symns 1910, 1997. 96 pp., Crown 8vo, 18 x 12.5 cm., hardbound. ISBN 972-8299-59-7 $25.00 ISBN-13: 978-972-8299-59-4 A collection of thirt-one 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 home country. Uxori Meæ The world may deem their metre vile, Their language rough, To your bright eyes they brought a smile It is enough |
| Sketches in Indian Ink by John Smith Jnr. 1880, 2000. 315 pp., 18 x 13 cm., hardcover. ISBN-10: 974-8299-96-1 $25.00 ISBN-13: 978-974-8299-96- 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.’ |
Songs of a Desert Optimist |
| Twenty-One Days in India Being the Tour of Sir Ali Baba, K.C.B by George Abereigh-Mackay 1896, 1998. 252 pp., 13 ill., 14.5 x 12 cm., hardbound. ISBN-10: 974-8304-09-4 $30.00 ISBN-13: 978-974-8304-09-0 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. |
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