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MAY YOU BE THE MOTHER OF A HUNDRED SONS
Written by Elisabeth Bumiller.
Stock no. 2132336
Published by Random House. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Journey Among The Women Of India. Capturing the fascinating, complex and often tragic lives of the four hundred million women of India. Purple cloth spine with gilt title. Orange paperboards. 306 pages includes index. ISBN: 0394563913. Lower spine slightly bumped. Small dent to top edge of front and rear cover. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper lightly creased at edges with tiny closed tear to top edge.

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A HISTORY OF THE PEOPLES OF PAKISTAN TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE
Written by J. Hussain.
Stock no. 2132333
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Recounting the history of the Pakistan area from the perspective of present-day Pakistan. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 487 pages. ISBN: 0195778197. Spine bumped. Small address label on front pastedown. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper rubbed at edges with small nick at one corner.

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BRITISH RELATIONS WITH SIND 1799-1843: AN ANATOMY OF IMPERIALISM
Written by Robert A. Huttenback.
Stock no. 1818899
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A study of British relations with an independent Sind from 1799-1843 gives valuable insight into the complexities of nineteenth-century British imperialism. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, light blue paper boards. ISBN: 9780195473995. Bump to vertical edge of boards. Pictorial dustwrapper has laminate film stuck to it on the verso with tape (for protection).

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ISLAM AND THE ARMY IN COLONIAL INDIA: SEPOY RELIGION IN THE SERVICE OF EMPIRE
Written by Nile Green.
Stock no. 1818887
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A ground-breaking study of the cultural world of the Muslim soldiers of colonial India. Set in Hyderabad in the mid nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the book focuses on the soldiers' relationships with the faqir holy men who protected them and the British officers they served. Black boards, silver title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780521898454.

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IRAQ A HISTORY
Written by John Robertson.
Stock no. 2132129
Published by Oneworld. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781851685868. Small knock to base of spine.

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THE LEGACY OF ISRAEL
Written by I. Abrahams.
Stock no. 1818856
Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 1948. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Legacy series. Companion to The Legacy of Greece and The Legacy of Rome. This volume deals with those elements that Western Civilization has drawn from Israel throughout the ages. A collection of essays concerned with the history and character of Israel only in so far as these have determined Israel's gifts to the World. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. White marks to front edge of spine. Heavy foxing to text block and browning to endpapers. Musty odour present. Price-cut white pictorial dustwrapper has a few edge-chips and is heavily scuffed/grubby.

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AKBAR THE GREATEST MOGUL
Written by S.M. Burke.
Stock no. 1818763
Published by Munshiram Manoharlal. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Based mainly on accounts left behind by those who personally knew the emperor well, the result of several years of research. Insight into the character and achievements of the founding fathers of the celebrated Mogul dynasty in India. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE JUNGLE, THE JAPANESE AND THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ARMIES AT WAR, 1941-45
Written by T.R. Moreman.
Stock no. 1818633
Published by Frank Cass. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

Cass Series: Military History and Policy. Focusing on the British Commonwealth armies serving in SE Asia during the Second World War that, following the disastrous Malayan and Burma campaigns, had to hurriedly re-train, re-equip and re-organise their demoralised troops to fight a conventional jungle war against the Imperial Japanese Army. Matt pictorial boards. ISBN: 0714649708.

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INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND THE KASHMIR DISPUTE ON REGIONAL CONFLICT AND ITS RESOLUTION
Written by Robert G. Wirsing.
Stock no. 1818628
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A response to mounting international concern about Kashmir with specific, step-by-step recommendations for breaking the existing diplomatic stale-mate between India and Pakistan. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0333638182. Top & tail of spine bumped. Mark to front board. White label to front pastedown. Yellow dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly edge-rubbed and scuffed.

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AWESOME ART
Written by Sara Siew.
Stock no. 2128107
Published by National Gallery Singapore. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial boards. The Next 20 works from South East Asia Everyone Should Know. ISBN: 9789811129278. Light wear to corners.

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PASTURE AND POLITICS
Written by Richard Tapper.
Stock no. 2126439
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Economics, conflict and ritual among Shahsevan nomads of north western Iran. Studies in Anthropology Series. ISBN: 0126836604. Wrapper is edge-creased with some rubbing.

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THE BOOK OF INDIAN BIRDS
Written by Salim Ali.
Stock no. 1815290
Published by The Bombay Natural History Society. 12th 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

12th edition, revised and enlarged centenary edition. 64 colour plates plus 8 plates colour photos. lvii and 354 pages including index. ISBN: 0195637313. Reprint. Imperfect band to cloth. One or two marks to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to rear panel and a little grubby, rear edge of spine is rubbed.

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