[Indian students in Britain during the Empire.] Ten items of ephemera relating to: Indian National Council of Y.M.C.A.’s; Indian Students’ Union & Hostel; Indian Gymkhana Club; Edinburgh Parsi Union (inscribed by A. N. Baria).

Ten scarce pieces of printed British Indian ephemera: no other copies of any of them having been traced. The ten items, which range from 8vo to 16mo, are attached to one another through punch holes by a tag. In fair overall condition, aged and worn, with rust staining from staples, and some evidence of damp to the final items (described below). ONE: Bifolium leaflet. 4pp, 8vo. Headed: ‘Indian National Council of Y.M.C.A.’s. / Indian Students’ Union & Hostel. / February 4th, 1920 - February 4th, 1921.’ A ‘brief report’ of the year’s work. TWO: Bifolium leaflet by ‘Garden City Press, Letchworth’. 3pp, 8vo. On cover: ‘Indian Students’ Union & Hostel / Summer Camp’. Publicity flier for ‘holiday camp’ at ‘Lowestoft, England’s most easterly point’. THREE: ‘Application Form for Membership / Indian / Y.M.C.A. / The Indian Students’ Union & Hostel / Gower Street . London . W.C. 1’. 1p, 8vo. FOUR: Magazine. 24pp, 8vo. ‘The Indus / The Indian Students’ Union & Hostel’. Vol. 1 No. 2, June 1921. Includes essays by J. M. Sen and T. Tarachand, as well as details of a ‘debate on “Non-Co-operation”’. FIVE: Bifolium leaflet. 4pp, 16mo. First page headed ‘Indian Gymkhana Club / Officers for 1921’. Lists officers, gives rules, and other details. SIX: Candidacy form (‘slip’) for Indian Gymkhana Club. 1p, 16mo. SEVEN: Bifolium card. 3pp, two of them 16mo, the central two pages landscape 8vo. With slight bloom. Outer covers green. First page headed ‘Indian Gymhana Club. / Officers for 1921.’ The central page spread lists the ‘Cricket Fixtures for 1921.’ EIGHT: Cloth-bound booklet titled ‘The Edinburgh Parsi Union / Instituted 1906 / History of Origin, Constitution, and Rules and Regulations / with / Bye-laws for Broacha House / and / Lists of Members and Donors. / October 1909.’ 40pp, 16mo, with slip at end. Attractive green cloth covers embossed in gold, damaged by damp. Inscribed ‘To, / The Secretary. / India Office. / London. / From. / A. N. Baria. / Hon. Sec. E.P.U. / 11/4/21.’ NINE: ‘At Home’ card (22 August 1921) of ‘Mr. M. H. Chotani’. Headed ‘The London Indian Association’. On prink paper. Damp stained. TEN: Booklet titled ‘Indian and Ceylonese Students in Britain / A National Institution of Mutual Friendship.’ 11pp, 16mo, in card covers. Printed by Garden City Press, Printers, Letchworth. From the papers formerly held at the headquarters of the National Indian Association and the Northbrook Society, 21 Cromwell Road, later by its former Warden, Roland Knaster.