Publishers
Some publishers produce reprints of older books relating to India, or books on specialist topics such as military.
Some of the books mentioned in this section are available through the FIBIS Online BookShop
Naval and Military Press sell books that cover a wide range of military history with titles on uniforms, battles, official and regimental histories, medal rolls and casualties lists etc.
An example of one of its books is The East India Company's Arsenals & Manufactories by Brig-Gen Henry A. Young, Director of Ordnance Factories in India 1917-1920, first published in 1937 and re-published in 2005, which gives historical background of munitions factories etc.
Also see Military reading list.
Leonaur
Leonaur Publishing publish hard to find and rare books. Its books on Military History include titles relating to India.
Many current titles are stocked in the FIBIS Shop and available to members at a discount - an example is Galloping guns : the experiences of an officer of the Bengal Horse Artillery during the Second Maratha War 1804-05 by James Young. (See Military Reading List - Other wars for a review of this book).
British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia (BACSA)
A complete list of publications (many of which are sold by the FIBIS Online shop - see Navigation panel on the left) may be found on the BACSA website, accessible here. Also refer Country Sea Service, Ships and sailing reading list, Society reading list - Anglo Indian, Transport and communications reading list.
Pagoda Tree Press
Pagoda Tree Press publish books on the History of India, Tibet and the Himalayas. They also republish rare and historical works such as early Guide books, Maps & Pamphlets, historical & reference works and out of print travel writing.
An example is Residents of Simla 1898 being an Alphabetical List of the Principal British Residents and their addresses.
Other titles include three by photographers:
- Photographic Journeys in the Himalayas 1863-1866 by Samuel Bourne
- Camera Shikar in Kashmir by Randolph B. Holmes, first published 1921
- My Forty Years In India by Fred Bremner 1882-1922, the last twelve years in Simla.
Also see Photographer - Books
Antiquarian books on India are also sold through the associated website Hugh Rayner, Antiquarian Bookseller
Kabristan Archives
Kabristan Archives was founded by Eileen Hewson .The website states her passion for old graveyards has been the inspiration for her travels in the Indian subcontinent. From the former British hill stations across the Himalayas, to the tea plantations of Assam and Ceylon she has searched for the Irish and the British who died there. The publications include books on India and Ceylon. Some secondhand books, and other new books, are also available
Archive CD Books Ireland
Archive CD Books Ireland exists to make reproductions of old books, documents and maps available on CD to genealogists and historians. The Archive CD Books Project was started in England in 2000, and has now spread to several countries worldwide. Since late 2008 Archive CD Books Ireland has incorporated the British branch of the organisation. It is intended that a new British site will be established.
The CDs relating to India include Thacker’s Indian Directory 1895.
Archive CD Books are also available in Australia, Canada and the USA.
Your Old Books and Maps
Your Old Books and Maps has a small selection of CDs relating to India
Many of the above CDS are also available from the online FIBIS Shop.