New Delhi. Sahitya Akademi. 1995. 222pp, appendices, endpaper, edges and reverse of dustjacket a touch foxed, a good hardback copy. "Modernism and Tagore is a major critical attempt that tries to evaluate Tagore's literacy genius in the background of modernism which according to the author chiefly consists in a single-minded..... More
New Delhi: Lancer International. 1992. Map, xx + 327p, lacks frontispiece, index, faint foxing edges, little browned throughout, a good copy. First published in London 1907. When referring to this item please quote stockid 159119. More
London. Allen & Unwin. 1961. Black and white photographic frontis, 256pp, bibliography, index, light foxing first and last leaves and edges, reverse dustjacket foxed and browned, dustjacket rather worn and marked with price sticker lower cover, otherwise good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 74498... More
London. Michael Joseph. 1951. Illustrated with stunning black and white illustrations by Shrimati Arnakali E. Carlile, 304pp, very good copy in trifle worn dustjacket. The second in Ghose's autobiographical writings, this book traces his life after leaving school and his departure for Calcutta to join the university. "It is part..... More
London. Michael Joseph. 1955. Stunning illustrations by Shrimati Arnakali E. Carlile, 288pp, first and last blanks a trifle browned, very good copy in dustjacket. This fourth volume in Ghose's autobiographical writings follows on from The Vermilion Boat. In this volume he is searching for his first job. He fails to..... More
London. Michael Joseph. Reprint. 1953. Illustrated with striking full page illustrations by Shrimati Arnakali E. Carlile, 302pp, very good copy in trifle worn dustjacket. The subject of this third volume of Ghose's autobiography is the young writer's university education in Calcutta. When referring to this item please quote stockid 6299..... More
Calcutta. Cambray. 1911. Black and white illustrations, 239pp, appendices, modern binding with gilt lettering spine, first and last few leaves marked and little browned, one leaf with illustration loose, contents otherwise clean and sound. Edited by his grandson. When referring to this item please quote stockid 33875. More
London. Jonathan Cape. 1975. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 398pp, notes, bibliography, index, edges and endpapers lightly foxed, very good in hardback. When referring to this item please quote stockid 152546. More
London. Allen Lane. 1982. 198pp, index, very good in slightly worn dustjacket. Autobiographical account of his years in India by former foreign correspondent and Australian High Commissioner. After witnessing India's democractic crisis in 1975 when Mrs Gandhi invoked Emergency powers to jail her opponents, Bruce Grant returned to Australia to..... More
London. Asia Publishing House. c.1965. Black and white portrait frontispiece, black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 130pp, endpapers little foxed, cloth covers lifting slightly, otherwise a good hardback copy. Rafi Ahmad Kidwai was a politician, an Indian independence activist and a socialist as well as a major ally of..... More
Gurgaon. Penguin. 2017. Black and white photographic plates, xiv + 495pp, index, bibliography, notes, upper edge trifle foxed, paperback covers little bumped, a good copy. "Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran, or MGR, dominated Tamil Nadu's stratosphere for four decades. In this richly detailed biography of the man often called vathiyar or teacher..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1963. Endpaper maps, 303pp, glossary, endpapers and edges little foxed, some spotting cloth covers, upper covers slightly lifting, still a sound hardback copy. Autobiographies of 5 people who grew up in Maharashtra in the period between the 1860s and the First World War, a time..... More
London. Century Publishing. 1985. Plan of village, 13 black and white photographic plates, 215pp, maroon cloth covered boards and spine, patchily faded dustjacket but otherwise a good copy. When a series of misfortunes stranded Jainub and her children, this young Afrikaans mother had to find the courage and determination to..... More
London. Secker & Warburg. 1972. Black and white photographic plates, 195pp, glossary, minor browning endpapers and edges, shelf-rubbed and creased dustjacket, otherwise a sound copy. Biography of Amolak Ram Mehta, a distinguished Indian public-health officer, written by his son, which also captures life in India at the time. When referring..... More
Bloomington. Indiana University Press. 2014. Map, black and white illustrations, xii + 216pp, notes, bibliography, edges a little foxed, very good paperback copy. “At once a mesmerizing memoir of an ordinary man’s life and an anthropologist’s revealing examination of the astounding changes experienced by persons and families . .... More
London. Oxford University Press. 1942. 78pp, edges and wrappers little foxed, wrappers browned, two small tears on spine, still a sound copy, 12mo. In the 'Living Names' series. Profiles of Asoka Maurya, Sri Harsha of Kanauj, Akbar, the Great Mogul, Sivaji the Maratha, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Sir Saiyid Ahmed Khan..... More
Delhi. National Publishing House. 1965. 147pp, appendix, name of prior owner on front free endpaper, endpapers little browned, still a good copy in hardback. When referring to this item please quote stockid 153251. More
Boston. Caleb Wright, n.d c 1850s. 92 engravings, 304pp, original black cloth covered boards (worn and chipped at the edges) with gilt vignette stamped on the upper board, lacks the spine, the text block is otherwise sound, some foxing primarily to the margins, leaves light even browning. 23 x 15cm..... More