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Glimpses Of World History
by Jawaharlal Nehru
Glimpses of World History, a book written by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1934, is a panoramic sweep of the history of humankind. It is a collection of 196 letters on world history written from various prisons in British India between 1930-1933. The letters were written to his young daughter Indira, and was meant to introduce her to world history. The letters start off with one he sends to his daughter on her birthday.
The Man-Eating Leopard Of Rudraprayag
by Jim Corbett
Jim Corbett's books are usually collections of stories about how he tracked and shot man-eaters in the Indian Himalayas. The present volume consists of a single story, which is perhaps the most exciting of all Corbett's jungle tales.
A Systematic Course In the Ancient Tantric Techniques Of Yoga and Kriya
by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
South Asia Books & Ephemera
A New History Of India
by Wolpert, Stanley
Previously published: 7th ed. 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Passage to Peshawar
by Reeves, Richard
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. First Edition, 1st printing. Near Fine. Former owner's inked on inside fep. Publisher's remainder stamp on bottom edge. No other marks. Fine price-clipped dust jacket.Map. Index. 223 pages. Pakistan: Between the Hindu Kush and the Arabian Sea.
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$15.00
A Malabar Man and Woman
by NIEUHOFF, Johan
London, 1704. unbound. very good. Van der Gouwen, Gilliam. Copper plate engraving. Image measures 10.5" x 7".<br/><br/> Johan Nieuhoff was a Dutch traveler with the Dutch East Indies and Dutch West Indies Companies, best known for his extensive trips through in Brazil, India and China. This piece is from the English posthumous edition of "Voyages and Travels into Brasil and the East Indies...". The National Library of Australia attributes this edition to A&J...
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$200.00
Thieves in My House: Four Studies in Indian Folklore of Protest and Change
by Vatuk, Ved Prakash
Varanasi, India: Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, 1969. Paperback. Very good+/very good. Printed paper wraps in dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has handsome wraps showing imprint of title on rear panel (probably from being smushed on top of another copy at printing...), binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. DJ has rubbing, toning and mild soil.
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$20.00
The Wanderings of the Clerical Eulysses, Described in a Narrative of Ten Years' Residence in Tasmania and New South Wales; at Norfolk Island and Moreton Bay; in Calcutta, Madras, and Cape Town
by Atkins T. (Rev.) [Thomas]
Greenwich: Printed for the Author. Fair with no dust jacket. [1859]. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library, General Assembly Library, New Zealand. Parliamentary Library. Binding poor. Lacking most of spine cloth. Joints and hinges broken. Library labels and markings. One leaf detached and loose, pp. (xiii)-xiv. ; xv, [1], 251, [1 (blank)] pages + 5 plates. Original blind-stamped brown cloth boards (binding poor). Page dimensions: 183 x 119mm. The five plates are facing pages:10, 88, 133, 176, 243....
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$90.00
Hindu Art
by Blurton, T. Richard
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992. Hardcover. VG-/VG- ownership bookplate on ffep, ligtht wear to edges and corners of dust jacket, minor tanning to dj edges.. Navy cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering on spine. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with pink and yellow lettering. 240 pp. "Provides an introduction to the Hindu temple architecture, sculpture and painting of the Indian subcontinent over more than two thousand years. Stylistically Hindu art is not homogeneous, so this book...
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$80.00
TRANSLATION OF THE SANHITA OF THE SAMA VEDA
by STEVENSON, J., Rev. (John Stevenson)
London: Allen & Unwin, for the Oriental Translation Fund. 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Original black cloth, paper spine label. pp (xvi), (284). Bit of wear to foot of spine, rear joint, outer corners; some foxing, mainly to endpapers and text early and late; page edges yellowed; spine label darkened, chipped at edges, hard to read; modern ink owner name at front; one signature a little proud at the fore edge; text mostly unopened at the top edges; in all, good externally, internally unworn,...
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$175.00
My Adventures in Zuni
by Cushing, Frank H
Palmer Lake, CO: Filter Press, 1967. Facsimile Reprint . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 49 pp. B&W illustrations. Introduction by Oakah L. Jones, Jr. A facsimile reprint of Cushing's articles in "Century Magazine". Light crease to bottom corner of front cover. Text clean, no tears.
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$4.00
The civilization of India
by Grousset, Rene
New York: Tudor, 1939. Hardcover. 404p., very good hardcover; ownership signature of the Indologist Frances Hodnette Ehret on blank front free endpaper. The Civilizations of the East.
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$15.00
Visages de l'Inde Medievale
by Burnier, Raymond
Paris: La Palme, 1950. Paperback. Very Good-. 1950, French text. Softcover. 79 photographs. Folio. Very Good- copy: top and bottom 1.5-inches missing from the spine; soil and edgewear to covers and jacket. Bright, clean contents. Binding still sound, despite flaws. A large book, international orders will require extra postage.
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$55.00
Arrow of the Blue Skinned God : Retracing the Ramayana Through India
by Jonah Blank
Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, The, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.18
Gone Away
by Dom Moraes
Stated First Edition. In very good condition, light staining at top edge corner in a very good dust jacket, area of fading on back panel at corner, 3.95 price intact on flap.
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$35.00
It Happens with Gurkhas: Tales from an English Nepali 1944-2015
by Cross, J.P
1st ed VG+ in VG dw
an anthology of articles from 'The Kukri', the Gurkha Regimental journals covering the past 60 years.
an anthology of articles from 'The Kukri', the Gurkha Regimental journals covering the past 60 years.
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£6.00
BOUND TOGETHER: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization
by Nayan Chanda
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 391p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket.
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$15.00
The Golden Calm: An English Lady's Life in Moghul Delhi
by M. M. Kaye
Webb & Bower, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. h/b 217 pages, condition is very good, the DJ has been price clipped. Ten years before the Indian Mutiny Emily Annie Theophila Metcalfe, eldest daughter of the REsisdent in Delhi, joined her father at the Moghul Court. Her reminiscences, skilfully edited by M M Kaye, provide a sparkling account of a young lady growing to maturity amidst the flamboyant finery of the dying Moghul Empire. Through her eyes we see a world fascinatingly...
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£10.00
The Hill of Flutes
by Archer, W. G
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine. No marks. Very Good plus complete dust jacket. B&W photographs. Maps. Glossary. Biblography. Image and General Indexes. Life, Love and Poetry in Tribal India. A Portrait of the Santals.
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$20.00
The Eternal Food
by Khare, R. S. (Editor)
Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good. No dust jacket (as issued). No marks. Bottom corners bumped including text block. B&W illustrations. Glossary. Index. Gastronomic Ideas and Experiences of Hindus and Buddhists.
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$20.00
Bangladesh
by Johnson, B.L.C
London: Heinemann Educational. 1977. .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. 104 pages Both a geographic and economic examination of Bangladesh from 1947. . Reprint. Hardback.
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A$20.00
Hinduism
by Renou, Louis
Ny, NY: George Braziller. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ slightly yellowing; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages; Very Good w/ Very Good DJ. A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the .
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$6.50
Hill Stations of India (Odyssey Illustrated Guide to)
by Wright, Gillian
Hong Kong: Local Colour. New. 1998. Second Edition. Paperback. 9622172997 . Unread, unmarked. Profusely illustrated. Index. The foothills of the Himalayas have served as a summer retreat for centuries, but it was the British who made them popular, building dozens of hill settlements in the 19th Century, taking a perverse delight in weather that was "just as wet, windy and wretched as England." Countless balls, dinners, picnics and sporting events created a resort atmosphere that contrasted...
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$9.95
Military, State, and Society in Pakistan
by Rizvi, Hasan Askari
New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Hardcover. Fine faintest of wear to exterior. Unread. Lacks jacket.. Large octavo in black cloth; xix, 307 pages ; 23 cm bibliographical references (pages 289-294) and index. "The most comprehensive study of the dynamics of civil-military relations in Pakistan to date, this book asks how and why the Pakistan military has acquired such a salience in the polity and how it continues to have a significant influence on decision-making on foreign and security...
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$41.00
No Full Stops in India
by Mark Tully
Viking Press, 1991. Hardback. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper has a light water mark to the reverse of the upper panel. Several small marks to the leading edge of the text block otherwise a very well presented copy. . Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with yellow titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (1 kg); 336pp; Cover art by Rajesh Bedi (Photo.); 2nd impression. [First Published: 1991] Illustrated with black and white photographs. ISBN:...
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£9.99
Marsyandi: The illusive river of Annapurna
by Barber, Alan
privately published, 1984. 1st ed VG pb. account of a 1980 trip to kayak the Marsyandi River in Nepal
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£15.00
The Heart of Aryavarta - A Study of the Psychology of Indian Unrest
by Earl of Ronaldshay
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. First Edition. c.1925. Hardcover. Green cloth, paper spine label. 8vo. 262pp. Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket. Light rubbing to edges, offsetting from laid-in newspaper to pp.64-65, pencil notes on rear endpapers, light soil. Tanning to dustjacket, occasional chipping with loss, moderate loss to head of spine and top edge.
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$42.00
