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1993006981London: Harper Collins Harpercollins 1993. Book. Illus. by Fraser Olivia. Near Fine. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Near Fine Ink Name/Near Fine Edgewear Crumpling. Travel research & history of Delhi. Photo on request. Harper Collins Harpercollins Hardcover
1950373277Communist Party of India 1950. First Edition. Softcover. Good set in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Physical description; four reports. Contents; Provisional Report on the Strategy and Tactics of the Communist party of India 1948-1950 and the correction of policy now taking place ; Summary of Document Entitled ""Resolutions Adopted by the Central Committee on 13. 6. 50"" Dealing with Organisation ; Letter of the New C.C. Reconstituted by the C.C. elected at the 2nd Party Congress to all party members and sympathisers ; Resolution of the Central Committee on P.C. Joshi's Appeal Against Expulsion. Subjects; Communist Party of India. Communist Party of India paperback
1940232161940. British India photo archive following an unidentified man likely a serviceman in Mhow and Mandu during World War II 1942-1943 preserving a localized record of colonial wartime life through mess scenes sport staff bungalows named companions imposed colonial social frameworks and visits to the major Islamic monuments of Mandu. The captions place the central figure in the company of "Carroll Sahib" Ken Davis and other men in uniform-style dress while repeated references to the "mess" weapon training staff and cantonment-like grounds situate the photographs within a British colonial wartime environment in central India. The group shows one participant moving between military or officer-adjacent daily life and the monumental landscape of Mandu at a moment when India remained a crucial base of Allied wartime activity.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 43 silver gelatin photographs ranging from 2 x 3.5 to 2.5 x 2.5 inches Mhow and Mandu India 1942-1943. Most photographs bear substantial contemporary handwritten inscriptions on the versos often dated. Identifiable scenes include two men with tennis rackets outside a bungalow captioned as taken after tennis; a portrait inscribed "Me the Carroll Sahib & Ken Davis outside the Mess 25/12/42"; a group of eight men captioned "two scotsmen our four weapon training instructors the Carroll Sahib me outside the W/T staff bungalow 25/12/42"; men wearing garlands outside the mess; a sports or gymkhana ground with riders or runners in formation; tented grounds beside a large building; and a portrait of a man identified as "Machdo our bearer." The architectural and landscape views are closely tied to Mandu with captions naming the Jami Masjid Jahaz Mahal Rupmati's Pavilion Baz Bahadur's Palace mosque interiors courtyards pools lake views ravines and elevated plateaus. Several photographs show men posed on open parade or sports grounds in light uniform-style dress including group portraits outside the mess and the W/T staff bungalow with tennis rackets bicycles garlands and temporary tent lines indicating a social world organized around exercise communal dining and station routine. Other images turn to Mandu's built landscape in much greater detail with framed views of domed pavilions arcaded courtyards carved entrances long interior corridors water tanks and palace ruins seen from terraces lakesides and elevated lookouts. The landscape scenes broaden that record further including steep ravines river and waterfall views and plateau panoramas that place the serviceman's movements within the wider terrain of central India.<br /> <br /> During World War II Mhow remained an important cantonment in British India and these photographs place one serviceman within the daily social world of that station where tennis communal dining staff housing local attendants and holiday gatherings existed alongside travel to nearby historic sites. The Mandu views record the same hand moving through one of central India's best-known Sultanate monument complexes with captions naming the Jami Masjid Jahaz Mahal Rupmati's Pavilion Baz Bahadur's Palace and associated interiors courtyards pools and landscape features. Light general wear occasional silvering and minor handling marks; inscriptions strong and legible on most versos. The dense captioning and photographic record show British colonial India during World War II through the the personal lens colonial rank and language staff organization sport and leisure during wartime Indian attendants and movement through one of central India's historic architectural landscapes. unknown
1934031860London / New York: Essential News / Universal Publishing Company/ India League 1934. First American Edition . Soft cover. Good. Folding Maps; . Xv 534 Pp. Massive Paperback Green Wrappers By Eric Gill Original 1932 Uk Softcover Issue Uk Price On Spine But With American Distributor's Stamp Dated 1934 At Bottom Of Title Page. An Attempt To Summarize The Results Of Two Centuries Of British Colonization In India. Among A Vast Range Of Issues Investigated And Discussed The Contents Include Detailed Reports On The Procedures And Integrity Of The Indian Police Comments Which Still Match Human Rights Reports As Late As The Early 1990'S And Probably Still Current Today. Wear At Edges American Price Label At Bottom Of Spine With Price Removed; 1" X 1/2" Vertical Chip At Top Of Spine; 2" Tear Along Bottom Front Spine Edge. Ownership Signature Of Human Rights Activist Ada Mccormick On Half Title With Notes About Ellen Wilkerson In Pencil Below Her Ink "Return To Ada" Note On Cover And Extensive Notes With Page References On Rear Cover. Ada Pierce Was Born In Bangor Maine On March 28 1888. She Married Professor Fred Mccormick In 1915 And They Moved To Tucson In 1931. She Was A Lecturer To Young Women On Marriage And The Family And A Crusader For Human Rights And Social Justice Issues. She Was The Editor Of A Publication Called The Letter From 1943-1948. She Founded The Little Chapel Of All Nations In 1937 Under The Name Chapel Of Wondering Scholar. Human Rights Publications Annotated By Human Rights Activists Are Uncommon. <br/> <br/> Essential News / Universal Publishing Company/ India League paperback
1911Biblio17<p> <em>Official Directory with Maps 1911 </em><em>2 folding maps in pocket at end</em><em> maps measure 365 x 340mm and 490 x 270mm</em><em> 3 Indian postage stamps with ink-stamps dated 15th December to title previous owner's ink signature original cloth-backed printed boards a little rubbed slight bumping to corners and extremities</em></p> Superintendent Government Printing, India hardcover
1924426129Missouri Illinois Maine New Jersey Colorado Washington DC Kansas New York 1924. Unbound. Near Fine. A collection of 209 letters from 1914 through 1924 from a young man sailor writing home to his wife with some later correspondence. Near fine with small tears and some age toning most on the envelopes.<br /> <br /> The majority of the letters are written from Garnett Blair Martin to his wife India Faye Martin née Gentry with some written from India to Garnett while he was serving in the Navy during World War I. He was stationed in several different base camps and moved around frequently as the letters are from various places in the United States including Missouri Illinois Maine New Jersey Colorado Washington DC Kansas New York among others. <br /> <br /> A large portion of the letters are holiday and birthday cards along with a few postcards sent to Martin’s daughter explaining he will be home soon. However most of the letters are written affectionately to Martin’s wife and with her letters replying in kind. Some of the letters discuss Martin’s experience at the army bases from packing and moving constantly to having physical ailments such as poor eyesight sores and cuts. He also critiques the living situations while at war “it’s cold and cramped here I can’t even smoke a cigarette without blowing it in someone’s face.†Most of the letters somehow find a way back to lovelorn acclamations to his wife about how “a sweet kiss from your dear lips could cure it soon.†Accompanied by a few letters and postcards from friends.<br /> <br /> A collection of romantic correspondence from a wife and husband separated during the World War. unknown
1999DADAX2910828166INDES SAVANTES 1999-03-01. paperback. New. 6.30x0.59x9.45. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. INDES SAVANTES paperback
196815New Delhi.: Indian Council for Cultural Relations. 1968- 1982. A broken run of 59 issues. All in lightly worn original wrappers many have the volume and issue number handwritten on the spines. Vol 9 Nos 3 5 & 6 1968; Vol 10 Nos 1 2 3 4 5 & 6 1969; Vol 11 Nos 1 2 3 4 5 & 6 1970; Vol 12 Nos 1 2 5 & 6 1971; Vol 13 Nos 1 2 3 4 5 & 6 1972; Vol XIV Nos 1 2 3 4 5 & 6 1973; Vol XV Nos 1 2 3 & 4 1974; Vol XVI Nos 1 2 3 & 4 1975; Vol XVII Nos 1 2 3 & 4 1976; Vol XVIII Nos 1 2 3 & 4 1977; Vol XIX Nos 1 2 3 & 4 1978; Vol XX Nos 1 & 2 1979; Vol XXI Nos 2 & 4 1980; Vol XXII Nos 2 & 3 1981; Vol XXIII Nos 1 & 2 1982. Good overview of the arts in India with contributions from around the country in each issue. . Indian Council for Cultural Relations. unknown
195414338Princeton University Press Princeton NJ 1954. 8vo. First Edition with 2 full-page maps in the text; green cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly frayed at extremities. Scarce especially in this condition. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, hardcover
1980044512Boulogne: Editions Delroisse / Roli Books International 1980 Book. Illus. by Steve Noon . As New. Hardcover. First Thus. An illustrated introduction to Delhi combining reproductions of sepia tinted old prints and maps with 76 numbered coloured photographs. Parallel text in English and French. Lists of historic sites Important dates Numbered illustrations. Unpaginated undated c 1980 Illustrated endpapers. Owner name on ffep else As New/ fine; NOTE : Heavy 1.0 kg Oversized volume 28 x22 X 2.3 cm Only 5 copies found in Worldcat . Editions Delroisse / Roli Books International hardcover
199928032Mumbai:: India Book House Ltd 1999. First edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. The traditional flatwoven Indian dhurrie has long been overshadowed by the luxuriant Mughal pile carpets. Transcending social boundaries the dhurrie was used by commoner and royalty alike - at its simplest it was a multi-purpose textile used as floor covering bedding or packaging. At its most elaborate however woven with the finest fibres and enhanced with gold threads it graced the palaces of royalty. This pioneering work traces the dhurrie back into the mists of prehistoric India with beautifully reproduced photographs of extant examples through the centuries. It pays particular attention to the design and colouring of dhurries from classic stripes to ornate geometrical designs as well as pictorial dhurries. The many stages of dhurrie making are comprehensively covered - from the selection and dying of the yarn to the final processes of weaving washing and finishing. Richly illustrated in color. India Book House Ltd, hardcover
190343874London: Adam and Charles Black 1903. First edition Copy Number 173 of 1000 signed by Mortimer Menpes. 100 Plates. The illustrations have been engraved and printed at the Menpes Press under Mr. Menpes's direction. 210 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Cream cloth some wear at bottom front joint inner hinges started. First edition Copy Number 173 of 1000 signed by Mortimer Menpes. 100 Plates. The illustrations have been engraved and printed at the Menpes Press under Mr. Menpes's direction. 210 pp. 1 vols. 4to. The first Durbar was held in 1877 to proclaim Queen Victoria as Empress of India. This is the second Durbar to proclaim Edward VII as king in 1902 but was not attended by the King either. It was not until the 1911 Durbar when George V and Queen Mary went to India was the Emperor and his Empress proclaimed in person to the people of India. Our authors stayed in Camp Number One called "The Millionaires' Camp." in Delhi. <br /> <br /> With an ALS from Menpes tipped in at the back. Inman #18 Adam and Charles Black unknown
192753798New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1927. 8vo. xi 3 239 1 pp. Colour-tinted frontisp. 7 colour-tinted plates. Orange cloth silver lettering front cover & spine very minor shelfwear very slight bumping to corners w/ d.j. vivid Art Deco cover art of stalking Tiger silhouette on front cover by Reynolds in black silver and orange slight chipping head of spine minor creasing edgewear still NF/VG- copy. First edition of this anthology of big game stories of the Indian jungle set on the North Eastern frontier near Bhutan. Casserly 1869-1947 joined the 22nd Bombay Infantry in 1892 served in China during the Boxer Rebellion and later with the 120th Rajputana Infantry with about 200 sepoys in a small fort in Cooch Behar. Frederick A. Stokes Co., hardcover
19911808University of Chicago Press. 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Light shelfwear to book. Very light foxing to top of textblock. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing.; 1.36 x 9.26 x 6.38 Inches; 486 pages; The internationally renowned Assyriologist and linguist I. M. Diakonoff has gathered the work of Soviet historians in this survey of the earliest history of the ancient Near East Central Asia India and China. Diakonoff and his colleagues nearly all working within the general Marxist historiographic tradition offer a comprehensive accessible synthesis of historical knowledge from the beginnings of agriculture through the advent of the Iron Age and the Greek colonization in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea areas. Besides discussing features of Soviet historical scholarship of the ancient world the essays treat the history of early Mesopotamia and the course of Pharaonic Egyptian civilization and developments in ancient India and China from the Bronze Age into the first millennium B. C. Additional chapters are concerned with the early history of Syria Phoenicia and Palestine the Hittite civilization the Creto-Mycenaean world Homeric Greece and the Phoenician and Greek colonization. This volume offers a unified perspective on early antiquity focusing on the economic and social relations of production. Of immense value to specialists the book will also appeal to general readers. I. M. Diakonoff is a senior research scholar of ancient history at the Institute of Oriental Studies Leningrad Academy of Sciences. . 0226144658 . University of Chicago Press hardcover
1924AQ32179Simla: Government of India Press 1924. vii 1 181pp 1. Original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. Heavily rubbed and marked spine worn several small worm-tracks. Inked ownership inscription and later coloured pencil shelf-marks to title page. The comprehensive report of a royal commission charged with enquiring into the organisation and general conditions of the Civil Services in India financial and otherwise; the possibility of transferring any of their present duties and functions to services constituted on a provincial basis; and the best methods for ensuring and maintaining the recruitment of Europeans and Indians respectively. . First edition. 8vo. [Government of India Press] unknown
196219102New Delhi: National Council of Applied Economic Research. 1962. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. DJ darkened and with light chipping. Stamped on front pastedown and copyright page. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 138 pages . National Council of Applied Economic Research hardcover
1953047452New York: Coward McCann 1953 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Edition. Edited by Ray Murphy this book ccntains a selection of abstracts and watercolours from the diaries of Edward Lear made during his travels through India between November 1873 and January 1875. The book provides a vibrant firsthand account of the Victorian landscape as seen during the English artist's extensive travels across India and Ceylon Sri Lanka and is illustrated with 9 full- colour and 12 half- tone plates by the artiist. This undated American edition states that it was "Made and Printed in Great Britain" however it is bound in the same red binding with gilt title as the original Jarrolds. UK edition of 1953 240p. 22 plates illus index Crisp tight unmarked text . Coward McCann hardcover
1968173716Baroda.: Light Publications. 1968-1969. Set of four volumes. Broken run of weekly issues from March 9 1968 to July 12 1969 lacking a single issue. Bound in maroon cloth-covered boards. <br> <br>First volume contains March 9 1968 - June 29 1968 issues. Lacking 7 April 1968 issue. <br>Second volume contains July 6 1968 - October 26 1968 issues. <br>Third volume contains November 2 1968 - February 22 1969 issues. <br>Fourth volume contains March 1 1969 - July 12 1969 issues. <br> <br>All volumes: 28 x 23cm. Pages trimmed with no loss to text leaves evenly browned throughout endpapers little worn boards somewhat worn and marked overall in good condition. Broken run of Enlite news magazine issues for mid-1968 through to mid-1969. Includes a wide variety of commentaries and articles relating to current events of the time. Particular focus is given to their cover stories which detail the lives of certain individuals for that week's issue. Also included are a number of interesting advertisements for products ranging from glassware and antibiotics to family planning initiatives and circuit breaker panels. <br> <br>Notable and typical articles include Indian preparations for Expo 70 in Osaka concerns with Indian diplomats in West Germany for failing to highlight India's dominion over Jammu and Kashmir the foreign relations exploits of the Nixon administration in Asia Naxalite activities in Calcutta and the success of Canada's Liberal Party in enlarging their majority under Pierre Trudeau. . Light Publications. hardcover
1954196087New Delhi : Planning Commission Programme Evaluation Organisation 1954. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 321 pages; Description: v 321 p : tabs. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Community development --India. New Delhi : Planning Commission, Programme Evaluation Organisation paperback
1955FK-5ORX-KW371955. Hardcover. Good. Oxford 1955. Average wear and small tears to jacket. Book has moderate external wear generally clean pages a little foxing to textblock edge firm binding stamp from owner and another from bookshop. hardcover
19126170Taylor & Francis 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/None. Spine binding and cover all fine though spine is softening at top and bottom. Robust dark red boards have the bottom front corner turning in slightly. Contents very clean with no inscription - only blemish is a little foxing on the title page and endpapers. 529 pages. Taylor & Francis hardcover
1989I5961Calcutta: White Lotus 1989. Paperback. Good/no dj. 0.70. Fauna of Orissa Part II White Lotus paperback
1987118096Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1987 1988 1987 1998 and 2000 all first editions. Octavo five volumes; cloth; personal bookplate in each volume; text paper in the first three volumes a little tanned; an excellent group with the excellent dustwrappers the first three spines are lightly sunned and there are a few trifling signs of use elsewhere. The first volume has an inscription from the author on the half-title. Titles and authors of the individual volumes are as follows. <p>Volume I Number 1: The Portuguese in India by Michael Naylor PEARSON. <p>Volume II Number 1: Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire by C.A. BAYLY. <p>Volume II Number 2: Bengal. The British Bridgehead. Eastern India 1740-1828 by P.J. MARSHALL. <p>Volume II Number 5: European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-Colonial India by Om PRAKASH. <p>Volume III Number 5: Science Technology and Medicine in Colonial India by David ARNOLD. 5 items. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1906181023Mumbai. Circa 1906. Four silver albumen prints with pencilled captions on the verso approx. 7.4 x 10 cm fading and edge wear one minor tear but in good condition.<P> Group of private tourist photos taken around 1906 as captioned a street scene and one looking towards Dadabhai Naoroji Road with impressive architectural skyline and two of well-dressed European passengers on board a tug heading towards a "British India Steamer". <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker.<P> <b>When referring to this item please quote stockid 181023</b> . unknown
197080685Delhi: Vikas Publishing 1970. First Thus. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's orange cloth boards titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. 187pp. Strong and tight but visibly sunned to spine and edges of binding and a little bumped to the head of the spine. The priceclipped dustjacket is similarly sunned to the spine and has some light marginal wear but shows very well. A very good presentable copy. Internally clean with some annotation and emphasis to the text from an informed reader presumably Angus Thurmer. There is a 2 page letter from Major General Lunt dated January 1971 on Ministry of Defense notepaper to Angus Thurmer at the US Embassy in New Delhi discussing the book and the editing work and apprising Mr. Thurmer of his current status. Major General Lunt CBE had a prominent and successful career in the British Military spending a significant part of his career in India including a stint as Military Adviser to the High Commission there is a note on the title page to the effect that the book's attentive reader played Polo with Lunt whilst he was stationed in Delhi. The first edition of "From Sepoy to Subedar" was published in 1873 then languished forgotten for almost a century until Major General Lunt in his role as accomplished "Old India Hand" decided a new edition was called for. Primary source material for the period from native Indians is relatively thin on the ground spanning as it does Subedar Ram's memories of the Afghan Wars the first two the retreat from Khabul the subsequent trials and tribulations of a soldier's life and the post-"mutiny" changes to the leadership and administration of India and how badly that went. A fascinating account which should be ranked alongside "Confessions of a Thug" and Lady Florentia Sale's Journal as insights with all faults into the nature of life in and under the British Raj. Vikas Publishing unknown