Unless otherwise specified, place of publication for all works is London.
Confessions of a Thug
1. First ed. Confessions / of / a Thug. / by / Captain Meadows Taylor, / in the service of H.H. the Nizam. / I have heard, have read bold fables of enormity, / Devised to make men wonder, but this hardness / Transcends all fiction. / Law of Lombardy. / in three volumes. // 3 vols. London: Richard Bentley, 1839. (Dedicated to the Right Honourable George, Lord Auckland.) [Official publication date: 15 Sept 1839, Bentley Papers.]
2. Second ed. 3 vols. Richard Bentley, 1840.
3. Cheaper ed. revised. 1 vol. Richard Bentley, 1858.
4. New ed. 1 vol. Henry S. King, 1873. [On front cover: Colonel Meadows Taylor’s Indian Tales.]
5. New ed. 1 vol. Henry S. King, 1879.
6. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1883. [NUC. Kegan Paul records indicate 750 printed Oct 1882.]
7. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1885.
8. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1887. Colonial Series. [Kegan Paul]
9. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1889. [NUC] (Reprint of item 8. Kegan Paul)
10. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1891. Colonial Series. [Kegan Paul]
11. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1895. Colonial Series. [Kegan Paul]
12. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, [May] 1898.
13. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1906.
14. Popular ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, [Oct] 1912.
15. New ed. 1 vol. Oxford: Humphrey Milford (OUP), [Nov] 1916. The World’s Classics, ccvii. Edited, with introduction and glossary, by C.W. Stewart.
16. New ed. 1 vol. Bombay: Longmans, Green, 1922. The Indian Students’ Library. Abridged and annotated by Theodore Douglas Dunn. [BL. 10]
17. New ed. 1 vol. Eyre & Spottiswood, [March] 1938. Edited by F. Yeats-Brown.
18. Translation. Memoires d’un Thug, 1 vol. Paris: F. Sorlot, 1942. Collection: Les Maitres Etrangers. Translated and introduced by Lucienne Escoube. [LF]
19. Translation. Papanivedane. 1 vol. Bangalore: Geeta, 1964. Trans1. by V.G. Krishnamurti. [Originally pub. as ‘The Confessions of a Thug’. [INB]
20. New ed. 1 vol. London: Anthony Blond, [Oct ] 1967; New York: Stein & Day,
1968. The Doughty Library, #6. Edited by Brian Rawson. [BL].
21. New ed. 1 vol. Folio Society, 1974. Edited with an introduction by Brian Rawson.
22. Translation. Thagaci Jabani. 1 vol. Poona: Sarita Prakashan. Aug 1974. Abridged, Translated and introduced by Vaman Sivram Apte. [INB]
23. New ed. 1 vol. New Delhi: Amold-Heinemann Publishers (India), 1985. With an introduction by David Davies.
24. Reprint of item 15. 1 vol. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. With a new preface by Nick Mirsky.
Tippoo Sultaun: A Tale of the Mysore War
25. First ed. Tippoo Sultaun; / a Tale of / the Mysore War. / by Captain Meadows Taylor. / author of “Confessions of a Thug.” / in three volumes. // 3 vols., London: Richard Bentley, 1840. (Dedicated “To William Newnham, Esq. my best and earliest friend in India.”) [Actual publication date: 5 January 1841. Bentley Papers.]
26. Translation. Tippoo Saib, Sultan von Mysore. 3 vol. Braunschweig: Leibrod, 1843. Translated by Friedrich Steger. [GNC]
27. Second ed. 1 vol. C. Kegan Paul, 1880. [1879] [250 copies were reprinted from the original plates in 1881 to replace defective copies in the original presswork caused by printer’s errors. Kegan Paul.]
28. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1883. [Kegan Paul]
29. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1887. [Kegan Paul]
30. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1888. Colonial Series. [Kegan Paul]
31. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1890. Colonial Series. [Kegan Paul]
32. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1896. Colonial Series. [Kegan Paul]
33. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, [May] 1898. [EC]
34. Popular ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, [Oct] 1912.
35. New ed. Tippu Sultan. 1 vol. Bombay: Longmans, Green, 1922? The Indian Students’ Library. Abridged and annotated by Henry Martin. [From ad supplement to item 45. IO.]
36. Reprint. 1 vol. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1986.
Tara: A Mahratta Tale
37. First ed. Tara / A Mahratta Tale / by / Captain Meadows Taylor, M.R.I.A. / author of ‘Confessions of a Thug,’ etc. etc. / in three volumes // 3 vols. London & Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1863. [Sept BP]
38. Tauchnitz ed. 3 vols., Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1864. “Collection of British Authors”. Vols. 702-704.
39. New ed. “Second ed.” 1 vol. H.S. King, 1874. [On frontispiece: Colonel Meadows Taylor’s Indian Tales.]
40. New ed. “Third ed. ‘ 1 vol. C. Kegan Paul, 1879.
41. “Fourth ed.” 1 vol. C. Kegan Paul, 1881. [NUC]
42. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1884. [Kegan Paul]
43. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1888. [Kegan Paul]
44. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, [May] 1898.
45. New ed. 1 vol. Bombay: Longmans, Green, 1921. Indian Students’ Library. Abridged by Henry Martin; Annotated by U.S. Armour.
46. Reprint of first ed. 1 vol. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1986 [1985].
Ralph Darnell
47. First ed. Ralph Darnell / by Captain Meadows Taylor, M.R.I.A. / author of ‘Tara,’ ‘Confessions of a Thug’ / etc. etc. / in three volumes // 3 vols. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1865. [Nov BP]
48. Second ed. 1 vol. C. Kegan Paul, 1879.
49. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1883.
50. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1889. [Kegan Paul]
51. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1889. [Issued as part of Colonial Series. Kegan Paul. LL]
52. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1896. [Colonial Series. Kegan Paul]
53. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1898 [1897]. [NUC: 1897. E Cat May 1898]
54. New ed. 1 vol. Bombay: Longmans, Green, 1924. The Indian Students’ Library. Abridged and annotated by Frank R. Sell. [NUC]
55. Translation. Plasica Ranasangram. 1 vol. Poona: Sarita Prakashan, Aug. 1974. Abridged and translated by Digambaro Balakrishna Mokasi. [INB]
Seeta
56. First ed. Seeta. / by / Meadows Taylor / C.S.I. M.R.I.A. M.R.A.S. Sc. / author of ‘Confessions of a Thug’ ‘Tara’ ‘Ralph Darnell’ &c. / ‘Let me not to the marriage of true minds / Admit impediments. Love is not love / Which alters when it alteration finds, / Or bend with the remover to remove. / O no! it is an ever-fixed mark / That looks on tempests and is never shaken; / It is the star to every wandering bark, / Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. / ****** / If this be error, and upon me prov’d, / I never writ, nor no man ever lov’d. / Shakespeare Sonnet CXVI // 3 vols., London: Henry S. King, 1873 [Jan], (Dedicated “To my dear daughters, Alice and Amy for their devoted love and valuable patient assistance.”)
57. Second ed. 1 vol., Henry S. King, 1873.
58. Third ed., 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1880.
59. Fourth ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1881 [Nov 1880. NUC]
60. Fifth ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1887. [NUC]
61. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1888. Colonial Series. [Kegan Paul]
62. Reprint of 61. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1890. [Kegan Paul]
63. Reprint of 61. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1894. [Kegan Paul]
64. Reprint of 61. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, n.d. [NUC]
65. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1898. [E Cat lists this as “5th Edition”, published May 1898.]
66. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, [190-] [NUC]
67. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, Oct 1912. [E Cat]
A Noble Queen, a Romance of Indian History
68. Published in serialised form in The Overland Mail, Feb to Dec 1875.
69. Published in serialised form in The Week’s News, Feb. to Dec. 1875.
70. First ed. A Noble Queen: / A Romance of Indian History. / by Meadows Taylor. / C.S.I., M.R.A.S., M.R.I.A., &c. / author of ‘Seeta,’ ‘Tara, and other tales. / ‘0, never was there queen / So mightily betray’d!’ / Antony and Cleopatra, act i. sc. iii. / in three volumes // 3 vols., London: C. Kegan Paul, 1878. [Publication date: 22 Jan 1878. Kegan Paul]
71. New ed. 1 vol. C. Kegan Paul, 1880.
72. New ed. 1 vol. C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1882.
73. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1888. Colonial Series. [Kegan Paul]
74. Reprint of 73. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1890. [Kegan Paul]
75. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1892. [NUC]
76. Reprint of 73. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1896. [Kegan Paul]
77. New ed. 1 vol. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, May 1898. [E Cat]
78. Translation. Jhohara. 1 vol. Dharwar: Manohara Granthamala Samitri. April 1955. Trans1 from English by D.H. Koppara. [INB]
79. Reprint of item 76. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services 1986 (1985).
Minor Fictional Works
80. Bacon, Thomas, The Oriental Annual, or Scenes in India; Containing a Series of Tales, Legends, & Historical Romances, With engravings by W. & E. Finden, from sketches by the author and Captain Meadows Taylor, of the services of his Highness the Nizam, 2 vols. (1839-40). Thomas Arnold, 1840. [BL]
81. The Oriental Annual, etc. Charles Tilt, 1840.
82. Reprinted as The Orientalist; Containing a Series of Tales, Legends, & Historical Romances, etc. Thomas Arnold, 1842. [NUC] [The caption-title and running-title read ‘The Oriental Annual’. BL]
83. Reprint of item 82. Thomas Arnold, 1843. [BL]
The Fatal Armlet
84. First published as “Legends of the Dekhan: The Fatal Armlet,” The Keepsake, 1841: 23-57.
85. First ed. The Fatal Armlet. 1 vol. Bombay: Industrial Press, 1872.