Uncle Sham; Being the Strange Tale of Civilisation Run Amuck (Amok)
by Gauba, K.L
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
Lahore, India: The Lion Press, 1944. 31st Impression . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 182pp. Paper over boards. Light soil and 3 small ink spots on front cover, chipping to spine cover including 1 inch from foot of spine, text is mildly toned but otherwise clean, owner's name and date (New Delhi 1945) on front free endpaper. A vicious attack on American culture in rebuttal to Katherine Mayo's book on India.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002480
- Title
- Uncle Sham; Being the Strange Tale of Civilisation Run Amuck (Amok)
- Author
- Gauba, K.L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 31st Impression
- Publisher
- The Lion Press
- Place of Publication
- Lahore, India
- Date Published
- 1944
- Pages
- 182
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Marriage Sexuality Customs Culture Racism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; Government and Politics;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...