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Best.-Nr. 262995Northern California 193-. Four-panel brochure 3.25x6.25 inches very good. Dated by a mention of the Lindsay Commission On Christian Higher Education In India. Includes a piece by Nobel Prize winner Arthur Compton on the importance of Christian colleges in India a list of the colleges including those in Lahore this pre-dating the split and officers of the Northern California Advisory Committee. unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. R260264738imp. Cassandra Ltd.. octobre 1986. In-4. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos plié, Intérieur frais. 244 pages augmentées de nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc et en couleurs dans le texte - coiffes abimées.. . . . Classification Dewey : 954-Asie du Sud, Inde
1979In 8°, elegante t.t. edit. con tit. al dorso e sovracop., pp. (2),XXXVIII,(2),206,(4); ottimo esemplare. (col 2 , 2/D) (spedizione standard SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata - piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine) (col 2 , 2/D)
1975Broch?. 201 pages.
1966Best.-Nr. 030527The Hague 1966 Martinus Nijhoff Hardcover 1st Edition
Best.-Nr. 4882New Haven: Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 1934-1936. First edition. Light edge wear to wrappers on the spine many pages un-opened; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. iv 483; 8 full page folding plates 1 folding maps 200 text-figures line-drawings. Original printed green wrappers lg 4to 12 x 9.5 inches. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences volume VIII-X. This work presents the entire results of the Yale North India Expedition as published by the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. The five volumes contain 24 articles on the geological history Paleolithic stone tools invertebrate and vertebrate fossils and the extant invertebrate and vertebrate faunas collected by the Yale North India Expedition of the 1930s. There are two articles in volume VIII: Hawkes et al. - Palaeolithic human industries in the Northwest Punjab and Kashmir and their geological significance; and De Terra - Geological Studies in the Northwest Himalaya between Kashmir and the Indus valley. Volume IX contains four articles: Wodehouse - The Pleistocene pollen of Kashmir; Branson - A Labrinthodont from the Lower Gondwana of Kashmir; Weller - Permain Trilobites from the Central Himalayas; and Vokes - Unionidae of the Siwaliks Series. Volume X contains 18 articles on the Diptera: Ephydridae; Triclad Turbellaria; Coleoptera: Staphylinidae; Carabidae; Phyllopod Crustacea; Gammarus; Hydracarina; terrestrial Hemiptera-Heteroptera; Rotatoria; Land Isopod; Hirudinea; Myriapods; Diplura; Thysanura; Collembola; Cladocera; and Fishes: Cobitidae Sisoridae and Cyprinidae. Single circular stamp of Staten Island Institute in the lower outer corner of the front wrapper of each volume; no other ownership marks and very few signs of use. New Haven: Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1934-1936. First edition. unknown
Best.-Nr. 786326Munshiram Manoharlal Inde 1971 In-8 ( 240 X 170 mm ) de 84 pages, pleine toile fraise sous jaquette illustrée. Part I avec 23 planches - Part II avec 50 planches. Bon exemplaire.
1826Best.-Nr. 185755de l'imprimerie de Firmin Didot Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Firmin Didot, 1826. In-4 carré relié demi-basane noire, dos lisse titre doré, manque important en coiffe et en queue. Coins émoussés. XXXII + 120 pages. Rousseurs fortes et une mouillure en début d'ouvrage. 15 planches hors-texte, alphabet sanskrit en caractères bengalis, alplabet harmonique. De la bibliothèque de F Spencer Smith, avec ex-libris manuscrit C. Martin. Acceptable
2026Best.-Nr. x-9819832136World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd 2026. Hardcover. New. 480 pages. 6.00x0.65x0.35 inches. World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. 24744Wels, Welsermühl Verlag, 1957. Leinen
1997Best.-Nr. AME_9781883001346Eye On Education 1997. 1St. Paperback. New/New. Eye On Education paperback
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2020Best.-Nr. DBS-9781774073247Delve 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. Delve hardcover
2020Best.-Nr. DBS-9781774073247Delve 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. Delve hardcover
2021Best.-Nr. DBS-9781774071847Society Publishing 2021. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
2021Best.-Nr. DBS-9781774071847Society Publishing 2021. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
2021Best.-Nr. AME_9781774071847Society Publishing 2021. UNKNOWN. Hardcover. New/New. Society Publishing hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1019834544.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 50958, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 1998 hardback,250 p., 160 x 240 mm, Languages: English. ISBN 9782503506517.
1984Best.-Nr. 631438vo, hardcover cloth binding, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1984
1959Best.-Nr. 164581959. Chand Kailash. An Appeal to Members of Parliament of India and the World at Large 1959 a public petition challenging the legal and social preference for paternal lineage in India and advocating the right of individuals to identify through their mothers. Addressing members of the Indian Parliament and an international audience Chand argued that recognition of maternal descent would advance women's equality while eliminating the stigma attached to children born outside marriage. His appeal followed his efforts to establish through India's courts the right to identify with his mother's lineage rather than his father's challenging prevailing conventions governing family descent legitimacy and the legal standing of mothers. Chand Kailash. An Appeal to Members of Parliament of India and the World at Large. Bombay: Society for the Cause of Mother's Lineage Theosophical Colony 1959. One sheet printed on both sides measuring 10 x 7.75 inches. The handbill presents Chand's arguments for recognizing maternal ancestry as an alternative to patrilineal descent. Central to his proposal was the contention that children should be entitled to their mothers' lineage regardless of their parents' marital status thereby removing distinctions that subjected children born outside marriage to social discrimination. Issued under the auspices of the Society for the Cause of Mother's Lineage the appeal sought support for changes in the treatment of ancestry and legitimacy under Indian law. Published during the first decade following India's independence the appeal addressed questions of family law and women's legal status amid continuing debates over marriage inheritance and social reform. The Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 and the Hindu Succession Act of 1956 had introduced major changes to Hindu personal law although customary preferences for paternal descent remained influential. Chand's 1959 petition advanced a distinct proposal: recognizing maternal lineage as a means of challenging both the subordinate status of women in family relationships and the discrimination faced by children classified as illegitimate. Blue pen check marks on the second page and horizontal folds. In very good condition. unknown
1929Best.-Nr. 219671929. Government of India An Act to Restrain the Solemnisation of Child Marriages 1929 documents the legal system created to restrict child marriage in British India and supports research into women's rights colonial law childhood and social reform in South Asia. The Act commonly known as the Sarda Act after reformer Har Bilas Sarda reveals how legislation sought to regulate marriage age through statutory definitions penalties and enforcement provisions. It provides primary-source evidence for the study of Indian feminist legal history colonial governance and campaigns against patriarchal marriage customs. Government of India. An Act to Restrain the Solemnisation of Child Marriages. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1929. First edition. Official pamphlet printing of Act No. XIX of 1929 passed by the Indian Legislature and assented to by the Governor General on October 1 1929. The Act defines "child" "child marriage" "contracting party" and "minor" sets age thresholds for boys under eighteen and girls under fourteen and establishes penalties for adult men contracting child marriages as well as for those who solemnize arrange or permit such ceremonies. Its jurisdiction extends across British India including British Baluchistan and the Santhal Parganas with enforcement beginning April 1 1930. The printed price of "1 anna or 1½d" indicates official distribution for public and administrative use. The pamphlet documents a legal enforcement system for marriage reform through statutory age limits criminal penalties and responsibility assigned to adult men parents priests and other facilitators demonstrating the process by which colonial law entered debates over gender childhood and personal status. The timing is significant because Indian social reformers and women's rights advocates used the late colonial legal arena to challenge early marriage and forced domestic subordination. Minor edge creasing; overall very good condition. A concise official printing of a foundational statute in South Asian women's rights law and the legal history of childhood protection. unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 209861941. Gregson Anita. A.P. Mission City School archive 1941-1942 documenting girls' education missionary activity and community life in Ambala Punjab during World War II. This material records daily instruction social interaction and local conditions within a mission-run school for girls alongside written correspondence and institutional reporting that situate the school within wartime pressures and colonial India's educational landscape. The archive provides direct evidence of classroom practices gendered education and the integration of local families into school environments as well as the impact of global conflict on regional communities. Archive comprises 21 original black and white and sepia photographs one typed letter and one annual report. Photographs measuring approximately 2" x 3" to 3" x 5" frequently bear handwritten or typed captions on the verso likely by Anita Gregson identifying subjects and activities. Images show groups of schoolgirls engaged in classroom exercises and outdoor instruction including one scene of students constructing a ground map of India to illustrate agricultural production. Another photograph depicts a semicircle of young children seated outdoors during a lesson with their teacher identified as Miss Atmaran and a veiled mother observing her burkha partially drawn back. Additional images document craft instruction including girls weaving coconut palm leaves into fans and producing woven ties on frames. Musical activity is also present with students playing instruments. Beyond the school photographs depict village life in Punjab including oxen operating a water-drawing mechanism children gathered around a missionary playing a ukulele and a merchant carrying goods suspended from a yoke. The accompanying letter dated June 14 1942 from Gregson to a correspondent in New York references World War II noting international observances and local enlistment: "The young men in our Indian community are continuing to sign up for the army navy and air force." The annual report for the 1941-1942 school year details wartime financial strain fundraising efforts and instructional programs including an adult literacy course for women teaching reading writing and arithmetic. Created while India functioned as part of the British Empire during World War II these materials document the intersection of missionary education wartime mobilization and local social life. The inclusion of adult literacy instruction for women reflects ongoing efforts to expand female education under colonial conditions while the letter and report connect the school directly to global conflict and its local consequences. Light wear and minor fading to photographs; handling wear present. Letter on thin paper with tears and fragility consistent with wartime materials poor to fair condition; remaining materials overall very good condition. This archive provides a concentrated visual and textual record of girls' education and community experience in wartime Punjab. unknown
1929Best.-Nr. 151011929. Act No. XIX of 1929 Passed by the Indian Legislature.An Act to Restrain the Solemnisation of Child Marriages 1929 records the enactment of the Child Marriage Restraint Act an early statutory attempt in British India to restrict marriages involving children. Receiving the Governor-General's assent on October 1 1929 and taking effect April 1 1930 the Act defined a "child" as a male under eighteen or a female under fourteen and imposed criminal penalties on adult men contracting child marriages and on persons performing conducting or directing such marriages. The legislation is commonly associated with reformer Harbilas Sarda and became known as the Sarda Act. Act No. XIX of 1929 Passed by the Indian Legislature.An Act to Restrain the Solemnisation of Child Marriages. 1929. Pamphlet. The text specifies the "punishment for male adult below twenty one years of age marrying a child" the "punishment for male adult above twenty one years of age marrying a child" and the punishment for "solemnising a child marriage." Under the original Act a male between eighteen and twenty-one who contracted a child marriage could be fined up to one thousand rupees; a male over twenty-one could receive up to one month of simple imprisonment a fine of up to one thousand rupees or both. Comparable penalties applied to a person who performed conducted or directed a child marriage. The pamphlet preserves the statutory language by which the colonial legislature sought to regulate marriage age through penalties imposed upon adult participants and officiants. The Act preceded later Indian legislation that progressively raised legal marriage ages and strengthened protections against child marriage. Its provisions document an early legislative attempt to intervene directly in the solemnization of marriages involving children and to assign legal responsibility to adult husbands and those conducting such marriages. unknown
1925Best.-Nr. 1097058Kalkutta, Association Press, 1925. 6, (2), 165 S. u. einige Bildtaf. OLwd.
