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New York: Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670344001 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, with 1/2" tear on top front edge of DJ. Page top edges foxed, not affecting page surfaces. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 20 X 20 X 20 inches; 217 pages; "Emily Anne Theophila, Lady Clive Bayley (née Metcalfe; 18301911), was an English memoirist. In 1844, her father sent her an illustrated book which he had commissioned. The book is currently housed in the British Museum. A book of her reminiscences was published in 1980. Edited by M. M. Kaye, it was called The Golden Calm. Bayley was born Emily Annie Theophila Metcalfe, the daughter of Grace and Sir Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet, a British civil servant in India known as the British Resident (de facto Ambassador). She was born in India, but raised in England before rejoining her father in Delhi at the age of seventeen." This memoir contains…
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The Golden Calm An English Lady's Life in Moghul Delhi
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The Great Mutiny
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New York: The Viking Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670349836 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W illustrations, glossary of terms used, chronological table, extensive notes & references, bibliography and index.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 472 pages; In May 1857 3 regiments mutinied and went on a rampage in Meerut, near Delhi. It soon spread to all the Northwestern provinces - anyone of European descent was a target, British soldiers and their families, primary targets. Buildings were burned down and many were slaughtered. The sepoys vastly outnumbered the the British soldiers. "The final spark was provided by the ammunition for the new Enfield Pattern 1853 rifled musket. These rifles, which fired Minié balls, had a tighter fit than the earlier muskets, and used paper cartridges that came pre-greased. To load the rifle, sepoys had to bite the…
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History of the Punjab (Vol. 1) From Prehistoric Times to the Age of Asoka
by Joshi, L.M. & Fauja Singh (editors)
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Patiala, India: Registrar, Punjabi University Patiala. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1997. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8173803366 . Boards show light shelf wear, DJ shows heavier shelf wear with short tears and chipping. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Text in English; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 354 pages; "This volume of the series on the comprehensive period of Punjab history pertains to the earliest period in Punjab history, ranging from its remotest past to the close of the Mauryan rule." .
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Indian Summer The Secret History of the End of an Empire
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771087411 . Gift notation on FFEP, otherwise near-fine. DJ flap has price blacked out. ; A bright, solid book, near-fine dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photographs. ; 9.1 X 6.4 X 1.6 inches; 464 pages; "The last days of the British Raj. The end of empire. The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million people from the British Empire. It was one of the defining moments of world history, but it had been brought about by a tiny group of people. Among them were Jawaharlal Nehru, the fiery Indian prime minister with radical plans for a socialist revolution; Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the Muslim leader who would stop at nothing to establish the worlds first modern Islamic state; Mohandas Gandhi, the mystical figure who enthralled a nation; and Louis and Edwina Mountbatten, the glamorous but unlikely couple who had been dispatched to get Britain…
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Indian Urban Scene
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Simla, India: Indian Institute of Advanced Study. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light wear, 1 inch tear and small marker mark on FFEP, series of numbers imprinted on back end paper ; A tight solid book. Four fold-out maps. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152 pages; This book was based on a series of lectures and deals with the major metropolitan areas and the slums. .
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Land Of No Regrets
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London: Collins. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine is sun-faded. Light shelfwear to edges and corners. ; A tight solid book.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages .
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The Life and Death of Mahatma Gandhi
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1969. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear, Price-clipped DJ has heavier wear with short tears, creasing and light soiling. 1/2" square piece missing from DJ at front top near spine. Blind stamp lower back corner of book indicates a book club. . ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, B&W photographs, stated first edition ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 703 pages; "Robert Payne re-creates Mahatma Gandhi both as a spiritual and historical force and as a living personality. Beginning with the moving story of a shy, awkward boy from a provincial Indian city who married at thirteen, then was separated from his bride for years while he read law in London, the book describe Gandhi's life as a successful barrister in South Africa who turned his back on wealth to defend Indian settlers against discrimination and persecution. In the tradition of his best-selling…
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Mahatma Gandhi
by Polak, Henry Salomon Leon & H.N Brailsford & Lord Pethick-Lawrence
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London: Odhams Press Ltd. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards show light shelf wear. Sun-faded on spine, lower back corner bumped.; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Map endpapers. Paper stock appears to be laid paper. ; B&W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages .
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The Sikhs in Canada Migration, Race, Class, and Gender
by Basran, Gurcharn S. & B. Singh Bolaria
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New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 0195648862 . Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8.4 X 5.6 X 0.8 inches; 240 pages; "This book studies the migration and settlement of Sikhs from India to Canada, and looks at the socio-economic and cultural lives of that diaspora. It deals with gender, community, family, identity, religious beliefs, and language." .
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The Speaking Tree A Study of Indian Culture and Society
by Lannoy, Richard
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London: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 0192151770 . Corners lightly bumped, light edge wear to DJ, 1/4 inch tear bottom edge of DJ ; A bright, solid book ; B&W Illustrations; 466 pages; "Explores India's past, its cultural development, and its contemporary social achievements and dilemmas." .
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