Search Results: Authors starting with N from Dodman Books

Calcutta: Writers Workshop / P Lal, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A Writer's Workshop book, recounting B N Misra's extended trip to the UK and Europe in 1982. Signed by Misra to fep. with dedication "Have a good time in India." All in VG+ clean and bright internal order. Hand bound by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen with handloom sari cloth, woven and designed in India. Printed title wrap. Scarce, even moreso signed. 8vo. 150pp

Calcutta: P Lal, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A Writer's Workshop book, and a useful reference for readers of the epic, hand-set and attractively produced. Signed by Misra to fep. with dedication "Wonderful to meet you both". All in VG+ clean and bright internal order. Hand bound by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen with handloom sari cloth, woven and designed in India. Printed title wrap. Scarce, even moreso signed. 8vo. 86pp

London: Norman Price, 1952. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Nice copy of this scarce pamphlet. Brown card covers in excellent condition. Internally a sizeable stain is visible throughout at foot of page with some related cockling. Text and diagrams largely unaffected. 8vo. 64pp.

London: Bernards, 1948. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Smart copy of this very scarce walkie-talkie construction pamphlet. Pictorial covers clean and bright. Stock a little toned but otherwise in great condition too. Staples absent (slight rust marks where they once were) so the book is detached from its covers. This excused, a very nice copy indeed. 12mo. 64pp.

Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First thus, with a biographical note by Marais' son, but otherwise a republishing of his1936 natural history classic. In VG+ clean and bright internal order. Former owner's name neatly to front pastedown. Smart brown boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG clipped d/j, lightly worn to edges. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 139pp

Human & Rousseau, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. African natural history classic in VG+, crisp, clean and bright internal order, with just minor toning to page edges. Smart grey boards with white titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j, lightly worn to top edge and a little toned to spine and rear. A nice copy. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 135pp

Bombay: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1944. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The second pamphlet in this wide-ranging series looking at matters concerning India and the subcontinent. All in VG internal order. Light wear only to printed yellow card covers. 12mo. 32pp

Calcutta: Gopaldas Majumder / D M Library, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. ND (1938 - WorldCat). Exceptionally scarce presumed first edition copy of M. N. Roy's take on the Russian Revolution. This 1938 D M Library edition comes just over 10 years before the more widely published Renaissance edition. All in very good internal order bar small stain to title page and a few lines underlined in red pencil. Red boards in very good condition. Typed paper title label to spine suffering from some loss. 12mo. 105pp

Calcutta: Rajaram Panday / Renaissance Publishers, 1947. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo. Very scarce first edition of notable Indian revolutionary Roy's musings on Science and Philosophy. All in very good internal order bar occasional light spotting. Covers, however, are heavily marked and worn. Large black ink stain to bottom of block and numerous other stains to cover. Spine frayed at head and base. Internally still a good copy of this exceptionally scarce first edition. 12mo. 206pp.

Calcutta: Renaissance Publishers, 1951. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo. Scarce early edition. All in very good internal order bar small insect hole through first 88 pages which does not impinge on text. The odd pencil annotation throughout. Green cloth boards in good condition bar a little rubbing to head and base of spine. Poor dust jacket heavily worn, torn and marked, with front flap detached. Still a good copy of this early edition. 8vo. 252pp.

Delhi: V M Tarkunde / Radical Democratic Party, 1945. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Exceptionally scarce response by M N Roy to Jawaharlal Nehru's comments about him upon release from prison. All in good internal order bar two insect holes to foot of page. Printed paper-covered boards are marked and worn with chipping and minor loss. 12mo. 61pp.

New Delhi: The Janta Press, 1952. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo. ND (1952 - WorldCat). Presumed first. Very scarce M N Roy volume. In good internal order bar a little folding and bumped corners. Rusted staples evident on contents page and p54/55. Card covers a little marked and worn and spine more heavily worn. 8vo. 55pp.

Calcutta: J B H Wadia / Renaissance Publishers, 1947. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Exceptionally scarce first edition of one of Indian political revolutionary M. N. Roy's most influential works. All in good internal order. Corners a little bumped and card covers slightly soiled. Minor loss to head of spine. Otherwise a good copy of this scarce first edition. 12mo. 67pp.

Bombay: Satya Mitra Press, 1937. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In which Roy responds to factions with Indian communism that regard him as a renegade. Stapled paper covered booklet, lacking additional binding (as issued?).Toned and in general good order bar some marking and minor loss at foot of pages. 12mo. 19pp + ads

Boston: DC Heath, 1966. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-lib in library binding with usual labels, marks, etc. Otherwise in VG internal condition. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831).

Munich: Süddeutsche Verlagsanstalt, 1901. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Exceptionally scarce in original paper wraps, a little browned in places with some wear to base of spine. Internally, all in good order. Fold-out map to rear.

Stockholm: B Wahlstroms, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Translated into Swedish from the Russian. All in VG internal order bar toning to stock. Smart half leather with marbled paper-covered boards, with light wear only to edges. 12mo. 254pp

Beijing: Forbidden City Press, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Lavish collection of jade masterpieces, beautifully photographed with accompanying commentary. Gift inscription in English and Chinese script to fep. Otherwise, all in fine internal order. A couple of light marks to rear of card covers. Likewise to VG slipcase. Chinese language. 4to. 348pp

London: Slightly Foxed, 2013. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Much reprinted memoir of Edwardian life, here in attractive Slightly Foxed pocket edition. All in VG+ order throughout. 16mo. 356pp

London: Methuen, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st UK edition, in fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. Light shelfwear only to smart black boards with bright silver titling to spine. 8vo. xii, 388pp