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New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale blue & white boards, brown cloth spine with gilt titles, 399 pp, many b & w illustrations in text, footnotes, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "This is the first book to givee a complete account of all the military forces in India during the last ninety years of the British Raj, between the end of the Mutiny in 1858 and the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. ...there is a wealth of magnificent anecdotal material...." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.
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Armies of the Raj: From the Mutiny to Independence, 1858-1947
by Farwell, Byron
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India: A Modern History
by Spear, Percival
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Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press, 1961 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, foil title & gilt decorations on front board & spine, x, 491, xix pp, 9 maps, notes, bibliography, glossary, index. Faint brown stain to first few leaves, otherwise near fine. DJ chipped & torn at extremities, spine browned; in Brodart archival cover. General history of India from ancient times to the 20th century with emphasis on modern times. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . G/G. 24 X 16 cm.
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India Afire
by Wofford, Clare & Harris, Jr.
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New York: The John Day Company, 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red cloth, yellow titles on spine, [vii], 344 pp, map, brief bibliography. FFEP has 1 cm rectangle discolored by old sticker, else fine. Price-clipped DJ has small edge tears, chipping to head of spine; in Brodart archival cover. Combines history of India in the first half of the 20th century with personal observation. From the DJ: "Seeking to understand the immediate problems of India and Pakistan, the Woffords traversed the subcontinent for six months, talking with peasants, businessmen, student leaders, Communist zealots, Socialist opposition leaders, Gandhi disciples, officials, untouchables. ... There are aspects of India so grim as to lead any observer to despair. But there are also factors on the hopeful side...." Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . Near Fine/VG. 20½ X 14½ cm.
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India Remembered
by Mountbatten, Pamela
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London: Pavilion, 2007 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards, white titles on spine, 240 pp, many b & w photos and facsimile documents. Faint stains from a spatter of some liquid on the title page, otherwise very good, bottom edge rubbed. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Pamela Mountbatten was 17 when her father was appointed last Viceroy of India with the task of transferring power to newly formed states of India and Pakistan. Entries from the author's teenaged diary are interspersed with her recollections written six decades later. Foreword by her daughter, India Hicks. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Good/Fine. 24 X 19 cm.
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Indira Gandhi
by Moraes, Dom
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Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards, beige spine with green titles, endpaper maps, xvi, 336 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, index. Bottom corner of a few leaves bumped, else fine. DJ rubbed at corners & spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. Biography of India's third prime minister. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First US Edition. . Near Fine/VG. 24 X 16½ cm.
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The Mahatma and the World
by Shridharani, Krishnalal
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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, xviii, 247 pp. Faintly musty, bookplate on recto of ffep. DJ is rubbed & foxed, spine sunned, has a 3 X 6 cm chip from front panel (but without loss of text), small chips to spine ends, tears up to 2 cm; in Brodart archival cover. Biography of Mahatma Gandhi and an analysis of his political leadership. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . VG+/G. 22 X 15½ cm.
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Nehru: The Making of India
by Akbar, M. J.
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New York: Viking, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, gilt titles on spine, xii, 609 pp, bibliography, index. Titles partly rubbed off spine, otherwise fine. DJ has a 4-cm tear at top of front fore-edge, otherwise fine; in Brodart archival cover. Biography of post-colonial India's first prime minister. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/VG. 24 X 16 cm.
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Witness to an Era: India 1920 to the Present Day
by Moraes, Frank
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New York, Chicago & San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, gilt titles on spine, xi, 332 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, footnotes, index. Tiny hole rubbed in cloth at top corner of front board, else near fine. DJ has three tears to edges of rear panel, otherwise shows very little wear; in Brodart archival cover. Journalist Frank Moraes was born in India in 1907 and spent most of his life there. He began his career as a journalist with the Times of India in 1934, moved to the Times of Ceylon after WW2, and became editor-in-chief of the Indian Expess in 1957. This book combines a personal memoir with a history of India in the years leading up to and following its independence in 1947. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . VG-/VG. 21½ X 14½ cm.
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