Pakistani Soul Music.
WERGO world music. CD. 8 tracks. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 92209). More
Pakistan
Chilas: The City of Nanga Parvat (Dyamar).
Islamabad. Quaid-iAzam University. 1983. Folding map at rear, colour plates with black and white illustrations, xv + 251pp, appendix, endpapers browned with stamps front free endpaper, foxed upper edge, dustjacket rubbed and worn with some chipped loss edges, a sound hardback copy otherwise. (When referring to this item please quote..... More
A Geography of Pakistan.
Karachi. Oxford University Press. 1964. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, iv + 262pp, appendix, index, cancelled library stamp endpapers, neat annotation contents page, endpapers marked and patchily browned, library catalogue number stamped on spine, otherwise a sound hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 261)... More
Millennium and Charisma among Pathans. A Critical Essay in Social Anthropology.
London. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1976. xiv + 173pp, notes, references, index, name of prior owner front free endpaper, some pencilling margins bibliography, otherwise very good in little rubbed and priceclipped dustjacket. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 153324). More
Mawlana Muhammad Sadiq Kashmiri and Mawlana Hasan Kashmiri. An Introduction to Two Contemporaries of Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi.
Karachi. Pakistan Historical Society. c.1977. 21pp (197-218), inscription in ink by author upper wrapper, author's name handwritten upper wrapper, little insect damage lower wrapper and upper wrapper little creased, otherwise good. Offprint from the Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society, July 1977. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Economic Development of Pakistan. Part II only.
Lahore. Publishers United. 1970. Chapters 11 - 20. x + 289 - 548pp, dustjacket worn with very minor loss. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 45687). More
The Duel. Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power.
United States: Scribner Book Company, 2008. Maps, xii + 288pp, index, remainder mark lower edge, good in dustjacket. Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. It is the only Islamic state to have nuclear weapons. Its border with Afghanistan extends over one thousand miles and is the..... More
Journey Through Pakistan.
Nairobi. Camerapix. 1986. Third impression. Map, profusely illustrated with colour photographs, 255pp, small bookseller's label front free endpaper, very good in good dustjacket, quarto. A photographic journey through Pakistan, following the course of the Indus river and passing through isolated valleys, rich and fertile plains, cities and ports, and reflecting..... More
West of Kabul, East of New York. An Afghan American Story.
New York. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2003. 292pp, dustjacket. The son of an Afghan man and an American woman Tamim Ansary is at home in both cultures. In this book he explores the confrontation between the cultures and looks at the meeting places between them as seen through his personal..... More
Danger Music. How teaching the cello to children in Afghanistan led to a self-discovery almost too hard to bear.
Sydney. Allen & Unwin. 2018. Colour photographic illustrations, 291pp, paperback. 'A timely, powerfully-told tale, written with forthrightness and compassion.' The Age '. . . opens our eyes to the beauty that can be found in the worst of places. It is a brave and incredibly inspiring story.' OUTInPerth Eddie Ayres..... More
Bangladesh - Colour Photographs Taken on Relief Flights.
1974. Over 100 colour photographs in this collection were taken by Professor Basil Johnson "in August/September 1974 while on relief flights flown by Soviet helicopters taking food to villages (supposedly) stranded by severe floods." (from notes by Professor Johnson). The flights schedules were 1. Relief Flight August 30 to Mohanganj..... More
Bangladesh Maps and Diagrams on slides.
Collection of approximately 90 slides showing maps and diagrams of Bangladesh. The slides are from the collection of geographer Professor Basil Johnson and each has been annotated with subject or location. The maps cover from 1957 to the 1970s. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 54798). More
The Bala Hisar Fort Peshawar.
Rawalpindi. Frontier Corps (NWFP). 1987. Map, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 18pp, a good copy in stapled wrappers. A brief history of the two thousand year old fort Bala Hisar in Peshawar. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 153840). More
Afghanistan. Une histoire millénaire.
Paris. Beaux-arts magazine. 2002. Predominantly colour full page illustrations, 42pp, paperback covers some light wear in places, a very good copy otherwise. Publ. à l'occasion de l'exposition présentée à Paris, Musée des arts asiatiques-Guimet, 28 février-27 mai 2002. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161658). More
Journal of a Political Mission to Afghanistan, in 1857, Under Major (Now Colonel) Lumsden, with an Account of the Country and People.
London. Smith, Elder. 1862. 8 full page chromolithographs, xv + 480pp, appendix, neat ex-Parliamentary library gilt stamp at foot of spine but no other library markings. Half calf binding, marbled paper covered boards and endpapers. Errata slip present. Leather on spine darkened and somewhat crazed, endpapers, tissue guards and adjacent..... More
The Races of Afghanistan, Being A Brief Account of the Principal Nations Inhabiting that Country.
Calcutta. Thacker, Spink. 1880. 124pp, index, ex Parliamentary library, gilt library stamp upper cover and tail of spine but no other library markings, half morocco binding, marbled endpapers and edges. Spine worn particularly on raised bands and joints, marbled edges and endpapers, title page and first and last blanks foxed..... More
Jinnah: Creator of Pakistan.
John Murray. Black and white photographic illustrations, 244pp, bibliography, index, a good copy in little worn and dampstained dustjacket. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 152605). More
Pakistan. Official Standard Names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Gazetter No.67.
Washington. D.C. Office of Heography, Department of the Interior. 1962. Map, v + 883pp, ex-library copy with various stamps and labels, covers slighlty worn, gilt lettering spine with library label laid down, head and tail slightly bumped, otherwise a good copy. This gazetteer contains about 63,300 entries for places and..... More
Economics of Bangla Desh.
New Delhi. Marketing and Economic Research Bureau. 1972. Map, 88pp, dustjacket worn and a little chipped. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 72222). More
Conflict and Cooperation in the Indian Ocean: Pakistan's Interests and Choices.
Canberra. Research School of Pacific Studies. 1980. Map, 80pp, bibliography, name of prior owner title page, little insect damage lower cover, a good copy in little worn paperback. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No 23. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154014). More
Contemporary Pakistan: New Aims and Images.
New Delhi. Vikas Publishing House. n.d. c.1983. vii + 184pp, bookseller's stamp front free endpaper, upper margin front free endpaper and half title trimmed, still a good copy in little worn priceclipped dustjacket. Articles on the Indo-Pakistan relationship compiled under the auspices of the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi..... More
Estimation of Recent Trends in Fertility and Mortality in Bangladesh.
Washington. D.C. National Academy Press. 1981. xvii + 117pp, very good paperback copy. Committee on Population and Demography Report No. 5. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 45680). More
History of Northern Areas of Pakistan.
Islamabad. National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research. 1989. Maps, black and white illustrations, 532pp, bibliography, index, upper edge foxed, dustjacket overall little rubbed with spine sunned, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161146). More
The Hero of Herat. A Frontier Biography in Romantic Form.
London. Constable & Co Ltd., 1912. 1st Australian edition. Folding sketch map at the rear showing Afghanistan and Northern India, sepia-toned frontispiece. xvi + 441pp and 6pp adverts. Grey-blue cloth covered boards, with edges and titles lettered and lined in black on front board and spine. Endpapers and edges have..... More
The Judgment of the Sword. The Tale of the Kabul Tragedy, and of the Part Played Therein by Major Eldred Pottinger, the Hero of Herat.
London. Constable & Co Ltd., 1913. 1st Edition. Folding map at the rear showing a sketch map of Kabul and another sketch map of Kabul City and British Cantonments, sepia-toned frontispiece and 3 other illustrations. xix + 640pp and adverts. Green cloth covered boards, with edges and titles lettered in..... More