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William Heinemann, London, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 440 g.; X, 262 pages. Black coloured boards with yellow titles to the backstrip. Bumping and rubbing to the backstrip edges and book corners. Rubbing and marking to the book panels and the spine is cocked. Heavy browning to the text block edges and to the internal text. Light browning and foxing to the endpapers and the foxing extends to the first few pages and last few pages of the book. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges and quite noticeable rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. Foxing to the verso of the dustwrapper and author's photograph to the rear of fold over panel. A series of short stories set in Bombay in the 1940s and 50s. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.…
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Evenings at Mongini's and Other Stories
by Lucas, Russell
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The Golden Calm: an English Lady's Life in Moghul Delhi
by Kaye, M. M. ( Editor )
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Webb & Bower, Exeter, England, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Very Good Condition/Good. 25x20cm, red vinyl cloth gilt & decorated, 220pp, many colour plates, index. "Reminiscences by Emily, Lady Clive Bayley, and by her father, Sir Thomas Metcalfe"; attractively illustrated with colour reproductions of pages from the 'Delhie Book' of Sir Thomas Metcalfe. Includes six-page colour foldout. The 100+ illustrations are facsimiles that were specially commissioned illustrations from some of the finest of the native Delhi artists of the age. Words and pictures combine to give a powerfully evocative view of a world forever lost. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Sociology & Culture; History; India; Britain; ISBN: 0906671191. ISBN/EAN: 9780906671191. Inventory No: 0201266. . 9780906671191
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The Golden Calm: an English Lady's Life in Moghul Delhi
by Kaye, M. M. ( Editor )
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The Viking Press, New York, 1980. First Edition. Gilt Embossed Vinyl. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 25x20cm, red vinyl (imitation leather) cloth gilt & decorated, 220 pp, many colour plates, index. "Reminiscences by Emily, Lady Clive Bayley, and by her father, Sir Thomas Metcalfe"; attractively illustrated with colour reproductions of pages from the 'Delhie Book' of Sir Thomas Metcalfe. Includes six-page colour foldout. The 100+ illustrations are facsimiles that were specially commissioned illustrations from some of the finest of the native Delhi artists of the age. Words and pictures combine to give a powerfully evocative view of a world forever lost. Traces of foxing to the top edge of the text block, price clipped dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Sociology & Culture; History; India; Britain; ISBN: 0670344001.…
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Guide to Nepal
by Elliott, J.H. [Major]
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W. Newman & Co., Ltd, Calcutta, 1963. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Illustrator: Photographic. VIII, 122 pages, foreword by his Majesty the King of Nepal, preface to the first edition, introduction by author and two appendices. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, maps, black-and-white illustrations and the occasional black-and-white advertisements throughout the text. At the rear of the book are 2, 2 page fold out maps, one showing Kathmandu valley and the other a guide to the town of Kathmandu. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with yellow background and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. This guide was first put out in 1959 and this 1963 reprint is one of the earliest guides, to the then outrageously exotic country of Nepal. A little rubbing and bumping to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. Dust marks and browning to the text block edges and bank…
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Kama Soetra". & 'De tuin der Lusten' By Sjeik Nefzawi
by Vatsyatana -- the Richard Burton Translation
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Atrium & Omega Boek, Amsterdam, 1984. Modern Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Various. Full title -- " Kama Soetra. Uit het Sanksriet vertaald door Sir Richard Burton en F.F. Arbuthnot. Met een voorwoord van W.G. Archer, ingeleid door K.M. Panikkar. Nederlandse vertaling J.F. Kliphuis, gevolgd door Sjeik Nefzawi 'De tuin der Lusten', vertaald en bewerkt door Sir Richard Burton. Ned vert. van H.J. ten Boecke." 1.75 kg; 464 pages, last two pages blank, illustrated with 48 colour plates, some being drawings, some being photographs of sculpture. The text is in Dutch. The dust jacket is rubbed across by the top and bottom edges, with a small splits at both front and rear fold over creases bottom edges, and a touch of chipping to the top edge. Dust jacket is illustrated in colour with less salacious material and appears inside the book. The edges of the text block darkens with age, and the top edge shows grubby marks. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall.…
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The Little Ghosts
by Anderson, Ethel
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Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. acknowledgements. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Minor bumping to the backstrip and rubbing to the book corners. Wear to the book edges and browning to the text block edges with dust marks to the top edge. Browning and faint foxing to the endpapers and age toning to the internal text. Previous owners details to the top edge of the free front end paper. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with white and black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners and top backstrip edge. The lower 0.25 " of the backstrip is missing. There is a 0.25 " tear to the top edge of the front dustwrapper panel and a 1 inch tear to the top right-hand corner of the rear dustwrapper panel and a 1.25 " tear to the lower edge of the front dustwrapper panel, all tears have associated creasing. There is a 2 inch tear…
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Mussoorie & Landour: Days of Wine and Roses
by Bond, Ruskin
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Roli Books Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, India, 1997. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. clean copy, apart from a daughter's inscription to her mother on the inside of the front cover there is no damage. Complementing the text of photographs which succeed in capturing the essence of this charming town, representing not just of scenic Magic, but the people who invest it with so much of its present character Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 136 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Asia; India; India; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 8174360336. ISBN/EAN: 9788174360335. Inventory No: 0263645. . 9788174360335
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NEW HORIZONS. A study of Australian-Indian Relationships
by Stevens, Bertram
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Peter Huston, Sydney, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Maps. pp.xix,(19)-201; tables, maps, charts, appendices, index. Illustrated front panel of dust jacket. Paper browned else fine in damaged (chipped with loss) dust jacket. The author was Premier of N.S.W., 1932-1939. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; India; Politics; Australia; Inventory No: 0210600. .
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Song of India
by Clune, Frank 1893 - 1971
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Invincible Press, Sydney, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Signed by Author. 550 g; 352 pages, last two pages blank, includes bibliography, end page maps illustrating the author's wanderings around India and Burma, and numerous black-and-white photographs throughout the text. Decorated dust jacket. The edges of the text block are slightly darkened with age, and the top edge of the dust jacket is rubbed, with several short tears and has light chipping to the bottom edge around the spine. Inscribed to a previous owner and dated Christmas 1946. This book describes a six month's tour of 30,000 miles through India, Ceylon and Burma including visits to all achieve cities, provinces, Native States, and war zones. Told in the author's well-known lively and unorthodox style, the narrative grips the reader's interest and holds it hours of absorbing entertainment and information. -- front fold over blurb Size:…
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Where Four Worlds Meet, Hindu Kush 1959
by Maraini, Fosco
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Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. pp. xii, 290, with 163 plates, 4 maps (3 colour, 2 folding), index, bibliography and notes; Translated from the Italian. Includes Note on the British Saraghrar Expedition, 1958; and includes other books and articles on the Hindu Kush. The price clipped dustwrapper has been sun faded along the spine, and is edgeworn; previous owner's name on half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; India; Asia; China; Inventory No: 0204971. .
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