who published the book?
He had to finance publication himself
James Tod
 He had to finance publication himself: sales of works on history had been moribund for some time and his name was not particularly familiar either at home or abroad. 
who is james tod? An officer of the British East India Company and an Oriental scholar. did he write any books? Yes, he published a number of academic works about Indian history and geography, most notably "Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han" did any of his works receive acclaim or awards? UNANSWERABLE
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James Tod [SEP] Publications
Kumar Singh, of the Anthropological Survey of India, has explained that the "Annals" were primarily based on "bardic accounts and personal encounters" and that they "glorified and romanticised the Rajput rulers and their country" but ignored other communities. One aspect of history that Tod studied in his "Annals" was the genealogy of the "Chathis Rajkula" (36 royal races), for the purpose of which he took advice on linguistic issues from a panel of "pandits", including a Jain guru called Yati Gyanchandra. He said that he was "desirous of epitomising the chronicles of the martial races of Central and Western India" and that this necessitated study of their genealogy.