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1978Features: Macrothelepteris uliginosa; Treasures of the Everglades; Ferns and their Life Cycles; Ferns from India; and more Book
1986190 pages. This hard-hitting report to the Citizens Commission on Bhopal is the first authoritative book-length account of the tragedy and its implications for American workers and communities exposed to similar risk of catastrophic accident. Probes what really happened in Bhopal that awful night in December 1984 when the city was gassed by a Union Carbide chemical plant... the worst industrial disaster in history, in which at least 5,000 people were killed and more than 200,000 injured. Unmarked. Light wear. Tight and square. Excellent copy. Book
1900157 pages. Undated. Circa 1900? A tale of English life in India in the eighties. Colour frontis plus 4 illustrations. Prior owner's pencil details and award plate upon front endpaper. Above-average wear and soiling to dark blue boards with several notches in spine and front board. Book
195226 pages. Provides an account of the present-day political, economic and religious situation in India and shows the strategic position of India in the modern world. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Includes notes for discussion leaders. Book
1975217 pages including index. Author's signature upon title page. An account of the work of the United Church in India. Focusses upon the life of Dr. Thomas Buchanan. Black and white illustrations. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Nice copy. Book
1997291 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. Explores the drama and tensions of the years leading up to and following what Pandit Nehru called 'a tryst with destiny'. Provides a fascinating social record and a unique insight into one of the most significant events of modern history. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Tight and square. Solid copy. Book
1941225 pages including index. Author's view was that India was not yet ready for democratic self-government which he expected to bring anarchy followed by ruthless tyranny. Some yellowing to unmarked contents. Erasure to top corner of front free endpaper. Light wear to book. Average wear to dust jacket which is now in Brodart cover. Nice solid copy. Book
1945Stories: Scraps of Paper; Through India with a Camera; The Road to Fortune; The Curse of Kali; Country Beat; My First Boar-Hunt; A Birth of a Volcano; One African Night; The Wide World in War-Time; Pilot Adrift; The Imposter; Mr. Williams; Lucky Break; The Second Escape. Above-average wear. Book
1936Stories: Burned Boats; Smashing the Dope-Smugglers; The Gold Thieves; Wayside India; Three Rogues; Rod's Tiger; Nuts!; Fire-Walkers of the South Seas; A Deal in Rubber; The Unlucky Tree; With Hounds in Mashonaland; Welsh John; Johny the Jackaroo. Average wear. Book
1983124 pages. References. Bibliography. Black and white illlustrations. "This story of the Komagata Maru is based on the primary source material which I collected from the City Archives, Vancouver , British Columbia." - from Preface. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding fragile but intact. Chip missing from base of spine. Book
1971329 pages. Index, glossary, black and white photographic plates include frontis of author. "... Has two main purposes. The first is to provide a clearer and more manageable text than has hitherto been available of one of the most important of the published documents that we have relating to the history of Oudh. The second is to point up the significance, as I see it, of Sleeman's approach to the study of Indian society." - from Editor's Preface. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket. A lovely copy. Book
1997248 pages. Black and white illustrations. "Here's a tiffin basket full of history and memories and forward-looking Woodstock commentary... Mrs. Unrau has chronicled the 'India in her life' with meticulous detail and droll humor." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
1902Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. "Colours denote - British Territory, Dependent & Subordinate Native States, Independent States." - from upper right corner. Please see our photo for details. Book
1973Features: Evolution of the India Pattern Brown Bess; Stevens Pistols; The JO, LO, AR Automatic Pistols; Winchester's Single Shot Rifle; Powder Flask Special - Captain Cook's Ship's Cannon; Early American Swords of F.W. Widmann, Supplement II. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
1916Cover portrait of The Right Hon. Joseph Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India since June 1915. Feature: The Heroic story of the church on the battlefield. The 'Padre' in the fighting line (conclusion). Interesting photo of tunnel dug beneath a church on the Eastern Front. Multiple photos of the clergy in action. The Campaign in Mesopotamia to the Fall of Kut. Full-page photo. portrait of Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, Defender of Kut-el-Amara. Iinteresting Mesopotamian centerfold photos; and more. Covers detached but present. Above-average wear. Book
1989320 pages. Selected bibliography. Abundantly illustrated in colour and black and white. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding sound. A worthy reference copy. Book
1993304 pages. Author's signature upon half-title page. Index. Selected bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "Vividly recalls the author's early years in the India of the British Raj and her return 50 years later to the very different India of the 1980s." - from front flap. Prior owner's name upon front flyleaf. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
198888 pages. Features: Bob Goff carves eagle; Bob Wydock's Sculpture of Centaurus; World Champion Miniature Bird Carver - Peter Kaune; Painted ponies bring big bucks at auction; Carving in India; Let's Carve a Reindeer; The Art of I. Denton - new book; Sylvester E. Dietrich - avid carver; neckerchief slides are fun to carve; Bob Henderson - ribbon winning carver; Many show photos and reports; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1982Features: Flowers and fabrics; On Course(s) for Flower Arrangement; Foliage Plants and Useful Flowers for a Northern Flower Arranger; The 'Moutans' or 'Tree' Peonies; Cool greenhouse plants; Priorwood Dry Flower Garden; Make a modern see-through circle container; September in your garden; Low situations; soil improvement; flowers in hindu India; Shell flower pictures; Petities; bulbs in outdoor containers; Autumn barbecue; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1984Features: Identifying American Indian Dolls; Keepsake Dolls - memories of New Orleans; Handcrafted Dolls from India; Momotaro and the Wisteria Girl; Anne Baby and Amy - a comparison; American Character Goes Out and Betsy McCall Goes Up; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
197324 pages. Features: A Letter From India - Allan Hodgson and Patricia Welbourn learn to live with Calcutta; Sevearl pages of beautiful photos of Canada's northlands; How Mexican Police Unearthed the Truth About Two Canadian Archaeologists - Elizabeth F. Snow describes the experience she shared with her husband while on a dig in Mexico; The Girl with the Iron Gut - Karen Magnussen has earned a world championship and a contract of $100,000 a year as a professional figure skater - article with colour photos; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
2006218 pages. Colour photography throughout. Features: Travelling along the Tamil Nadu coast to Kanyakumari, Cuddalore and Velankanni to witness the astounding resilience of the people struck by the tsunami; Brand new look for Indian Airlines; Review of 'The Indian Army - A Brief History'; Legends that won the Victoria Cross; The India of the 1950s; Newsmakers of 2005; It's Boom Time for the Economy; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
2006154 pages. Colour photography throughout. Features: Major photo-illustrated interview with Bollywood Love Guru Yash Chopra; Heera Panna - on a diamond trail in Panna; Call of the Cicada - Serene trip into the Nagarhole sanctuary; Song of the Hornbill - The Kohima Hornbill Festival; KP in the KP - England's star batsman Kevin Pietersen on a safari in the Kruger Park; Looking back at Nainital; Rediscovering Ranikhet, Almora and Binsar; Gourmet night trail at Jama Masjid during Ramzan; Time stands still at Karauli; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1925420 pages. Index. "A Moslem world undergoing such varied, such extensive, such profound and such momentous changes is of supreme interest and concern to all Christendom. As a matter of fact, the attention of Christians is to-day riveted on Islam as at no time since the Moslem invasion of Europe." - from Foreword. Surely an interesting contrast to the Moslem world of today. Light wear. Modest age-toning to contents. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1995262 pages. "Captain Thomson's rivetting story is a great contribution to the history of the Indian mutiny and he instills a real feeling of the times, as events come alive through his narrative." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A nice copy. Book
