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Alder, G.J. BRITISH INDIA'S NORTHERN FRONTIER 1865-1895 |
£95.00 |
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A Study in Imperial Policy xiv + 392pp. Index. 3 maps. 56pp appendices and bibliography. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. An outstanding copy. 1963 First edition, The Royal Commonwealth Society, Longmans |
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Balneaves, Elizabeth. MOUNTAINS OF THE MURGHA ZERIN. |
£16.00 |
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Between the Hindu Khush and the Karakoram. 239pp. Photographs in colour and b/w. Explorations through Chitral, Swat and Gilgit. Fine in fine dw. 1972 First edition, John Gifford. |
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Barry, John. K2. |
£5.00 |
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SAVAGE MOUNTAIN : SAVAGE SUMMER. 187pp. Many colour photographs. Account of the disasters of 1986. Fine in very slightly chipped dw. 1987 Reprint, Oxford Illustrated Press. |
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Bates, R.S.B. and Lowther, E.H.N. BREEDING BIRDS OF KASHMIR. |
£14.00 |
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367pp. Index. 151 b/w photographs and 5 coloured plates by D.V.Cowen. First published in 1952. Fine in fine dw. 1991 reprint, Oxford University Press, New Delhi. |
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Battye, Evelyn Desiree. THE KASHMIR RESIDENCY. |
£10.00 |
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Memories of 1939 and 1940. 142pp. Card covers. The author was Personal Assistant to the Resident. Accounts of social life and work. Fine. 1997 First edition, BACSA. |
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Battye, Evelyn Desiree. THE KASHMIR RESIDENCY. |
£14.00 |
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Memories of 1939 and 1940. 142pp. Card covers. The author was Personal Assistant to the Resident. Accounts of social life and work. Presentation copy signed by the author. Fine. 1997 First edition, BACSA (27). |
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Brown, William A. THE GILGIT REBELLION. |
£45.00 |
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298pp. Card covers. 27 b/w photographs. Account of the events in 1947 when the Karakoram territories of Kashmir acceded to Pakistan. The author was the officer commanding the Gilgit Scouts who made this decision and defended it. It was written shortly after the events and found in his papers. A well-read and grubby but complete copy with various enclosures. An obituary of Brown, two letters from his widow and correspondance with her about the book. 1998 privately published, Ibex. |
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Candler, Edmund. ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. |
£50.00 |
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278pp. 35 photographs and a map. Travels in Kashmir and the Khyber. Very good indeed. A very bright, clean copy. 1919 First edition, Cassell. |
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Carus-Wilson, Mrs Ashley. IRENE PETRIE. |
£24.00 |
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Missionary to Kashmir. 343pp. Schools and travels in the 1890s, her death in Ladakh. 9 b/w photographs and a folding map of Kashmir in colour. Very good indeed. An excellent copy. 1900 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton. |
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Coventry, B.O. WILD FLOWERS OF KASHMIR (Series 1). |
£25.00 |
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101pp + 50 plates + xxxiv pp introduction and index. Each of 50 species described and illustrated with a photograph in colour. Very good indeed. Inscription. 1923 First edition, Raithby, Lawrence & Co. |
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Crowden, James. THE FROZEN RIVER. |
£10.00 |
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Seeking Silence in the Himalaya. Colour photographs. Map. 342pp. Index. A winter spent in the Zangskar valley. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2020 First edition, William Collins. |
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Cunningham, Alexander. LADAK. |
£25.00 |
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Physical, Statistical and Historical with notices of the surrounging countries. 485pp. Index. Good quality facsimile reprint of 1854 edition. 31 plates several in colour. Very good in complete dustwrapper. 2005 Pilgrims Publishing, Varanasi. |
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Curran, Jim. K2 THE STORY OF THE SAVAGE MOUNTAIN. |
£14.00 |
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271pp. Index. 41 photographs in colour and b/w. 7 maps and diagrams. Near-ine in fine dustwrapper. Spine panel od wrapper fading slightly but an excellent copy 1995 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton. |
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Curran, Jim. K2, TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY. |
£10.00 |
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219pp. Index. 42 photographs in colour and b/w. 2 maps and diagrams. Account of the disaster of 1986. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1988 Third impression, Hodder & Stoughton. |
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Diemberger, Kurt. THE ENDLESS KNOT. |
£30.00 |
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K2, Mountain of Dreams and Destiny. 308pp. Index. 24pp colour and 24pp b/w photographs. His experience of the mountain from 1957 to the tragedies of 1986. Inscribed and signed on title page by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1991 First edition, Grafton. |
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Diver, Maud. LONELY FURROW. |
£6.00 |
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433pp. Novel set in Kashmir and Peshawar of the early 1920s. Very good. 1923 Reprint, John Murray. |
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Fairley, Jean. THE LION RIVER THE INDUS. |
£5.00 |
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290pp. Index. 37 b/w illustrations. Fine in fine dw. 1975 Bookclub reprint. |
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Greig, Andrew. SUMMIT FEVER. |
£5.00 |
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281pp. Index. 24 colour photographs and 2 maps. Expedition to the Mustagh Tower Fine in fine dw. 1985 First edition, Hutchinson. |
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Hamid, Major General S.Shahid. KARAKURAM HUNZA. |
£28.00 |
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The Land of Just Enough. 175pp. Index. Based on a long personal friendship with the Mir of Hunza. Includes a detailed history of the princely family and an appendix on apricots and longevity. The author had been Private Secretary to Auchinleck during Partition and written a key book on that period. Not published outside Pakistan. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. No date (1970s), Ma'aref, Karachi. |
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Harris, John. MUCH SOUNDING OF BUGLES. |
£21.00 |
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The Siege of Chitral, 1895. 248pp. Index and notes. 29 b/w illustrations and 2 maps. Fine in near-fine dw. 1975 First edition, Hutchinson. |
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Herrligkoffer, Karl. NANGA PARBAT. |
£25.00 |
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By the leader of the 1953 ascent. 254pp. Index. 9 colour plates and other b/w photographs. The story of the pre-war German expeditions with early disasters and success in 1953. Near fine in like dustwrapper. An outstanding copy. A little spotting to top edge. 1954 First edition, Elek. |
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Kak, B.L. THE FALL OF GILGIT. |
£25.00 |
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The Untold Story of Indo-Pak Affairs from Jinnah to Bhutto (1947-1977). 122pp. Very good in very good dustwrapper with very slight loss to head of spine panel. 1977 First edition, Light and Life Publishers, New Delhi. |
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Kauffman, Andrew J. and Putnam, William L. K2: THE 1939 TRAGEDY. |
£12.00 |
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The Full Story of the Ill-Fated Weissner Expedition. 224pp. Index. 35 b/w photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1992 First edition, Diadem. |
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Keay, John. THE GILGIT GAME. |
£10.00 |
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Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1865-1895. 277pp. Index. 27 photographs and 3 maps. Bookclub edition. Highlighter marks on map and one page. Otherwise very good I very good dustwrapper. 1979.Readers Union. |
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Keay, John. WHEN MEN AND MOUNTAINS MEET. |
£23.00 |
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The Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1820-1875. 277pp. Index. 4 maps. 20 b/w photographs. Small ownership label on endpaper. Otherwise fine in fine dw. A lovely copy. 1977 First edition, John Murray. |
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Keay, John. WHEN MEN AND MOUNTAINS MEET. |
£15.00 |
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The Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1820-1875. 277pp. Index. 20 b/w photographs. Very good in dustwrapper with faded spine panel. 1977 First edition, John Murray. |
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Keay, John. WHEN MEN AND MOUNTAINS MEET. |
£12.00 |
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The Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1820-1875. 277pp. Index. 20 b/w photographs. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. Owner's name on endpaper. 1981 Reprint, Murray. |
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Lamb, Alistair. CRISIS IN KASHMIR 1947-1966. |
£14.00 |
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163pp. Index. Fine in near-fine dustwrapper. 1966 First edition, Routledge & Kegan Paul. |
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Leitner, G.W. DARDISTAN IN 1866, 1886 AND 1893. |
£28.00 |
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The Hunza and Nagyr Handbook. 111pp + 8 appendices. Facsimile reprint of 1889 original. Very good in very good dw. 1985 Indus Publications, Karachi. |
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Miller, K.J. (edits). THE INTERNATIONAL KARAKORAM PROJECT. Volumes 1 and 2. |
£75.00 |
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Proceedings of the International Conference held at The Royal Geographical Society, London. In 2 vols. 412 and 635pp. Tables, maps and b/w illustrations. In pictorial boards. Fine. An immaculate set. As new. 1984 First editions, Cambridge University Press. |
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Miller, Keith. CONTINENTS IN COLLISION. |
£13.00 |
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The International Karakoram Project. 212pp. Large 8vo. R.G.S. expedition to test theories of continental drift. Foreword by Lord Hunt. Fine in fine dw. 1982 First edition, George Philip. |
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Murphy, Dervla. WHERE THE INDUS IS YOUNG. |
£24.00 |
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266pp. Index. 9 b/w photographs and a map. Travels in Baltistan. Very good in very good dustwrapper. An excellent copy without inscriptions, labels. 1977 First edition, John Murray. |
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Perrin, Jim. K2, TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY. |
£15.00 |
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219pp. 42 b/w photographs, a map and a field sketch. Fine in fine dustwrapper. An excellent copy. 1987 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton. |
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Pincher, Patrick (edits). THREE MONTHS IN CASHMERE. |
£24.00 |
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From a Lady's Diary, May, June, July 1887 by Mary Elizabeth Sykes. 157pp. Large 8vo. Card covers. Photographs and drawings in b/w. Fine. 2010 First edition, The Pearl Press. |
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Rankin, Sir Reginald. A TOUR IN THE HIMALAYAS AND BEYOND. |
£40.00 |
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297pp. A nicely observed daily journal of a trek in 1898 from Simla to Srinagar. Very good indeed. Bookplate. 1930 First edition, The Bodley Head. |
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Robertson, Sir George. CHITRAL. |
£85.00 |
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The Story of a Minor Siege. 368pp. Index. Folding map. 32 illustrations. Attractive armorial bookplate. Very good indeed. Short tear to folding map. 1898 First edition, Methuen. |
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Rodale, J.L. THE HEALTHY HUNZAS. |
£16.00 |
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263pp. 16 illustrations. An early analysis of Hunza to recommend organic farming. Very good indeed in chipped dw. 1949 Second impression, Emmaus Pensylvannia. |
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Rowell, Galen. IN THE THRONE ROOM OF THE MOUNTAIN GODS. |
£18.00 |
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334pp. Index. Large 8vo. Card covers. American attempt on K2. Owner's name neatly written. Otherwise fine. An outstanding copy. 1986 Sierra Club, San Francisco. |
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Russell, Scott. MOUNTAIN PROSPECT. |
£5.00 |
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248pp. Index. 47 b/w plates and 7 maps. Includes 30pp chapter on climbing with Shipton in the Karakoram Very good indeed in cut-down dw. 1946 First edition, Chatto & Windus. |
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Saunders, Victor. ELUSIVE SUMMITS. |
£12.00 |
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Four Expeditions in the Karakoram. 191pp. Index. 16 colour photographs and 9 maps and drawings. Fine in fine dustwrapper 1990 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.. |
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Schofield, Victoria. KASHMIR IN CONFLICT. |
£10.00 |
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India, Pakistan and the Unfinished War. 286pp. Index. Card covers. 9 maps. Fine. 2000, I.B. Tauris. |
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Schofield, Victoria. KASHMIR IN CONFLICT. |
£10.00 |
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India, Pakistan and the Unfinished War. 286pp. Index. 9 maps. Card covers. Fine. 2000 I.B.Tauris. |
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Singh, Dr Manmohan. KARAN SINGH: A TRYST WITH HISTORY. |
£18.00 |
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144pp. 4to. Many b/w photographs, Biography. Fine in fine dw. Stamped 'presentation copy'. 2007 First edition, Nyogi Books, New Delhi. |
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Singh, Karan. HEIR APPARENT. |
£16.00 |
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An Autobiography. 171pp. Index. 31 b/w photograhs. Indian politician writes about his early life, 1931-53, as son of the Maharaja of Kashmir. Biographical note on the author inserted. 5 b/w photographs, 4 including the author, loosely inserted. Fine in very good dustwrapper. 1982 First edition, Oxford University Press, India. |
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Singh, Raghubir (photographs). KASHMIR. |
£21.00 |
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Garden of the Himalayas. 4to landscape. Introduction and 80 superb colour photographs. Fine in very good dw. 1983 First edition, The Perennial Press, Hong Kong. |
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Singh, Raghubir (photographs). KASHMIR. |
£14.00 |
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Garden of the Himalayas. 4to landscape. Full-size paperback edition. Introduction and 78 superb colour photographs. Fine. 1987 Thames & Hudson. |
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Sinha, Sachchidananda. KASHMIR. |
£18.00 |
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Playground of Asia. A Handbook for Visitors to the Happy Valley. 448pp. Index. Much on routes, topography, houseboats, motor cars, amenities etc. With 44pp critical bibliography and many other appendices. Hinges slack and nick to head of spine. Internally sound. 1943 First Allahabad. |
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Thakur, Sankarshan et al. GUNS AND YELLOW ROSES. |
£12.00 |
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Essays on the Kargil War. 246pp. Card covers. 10 essays from a wide range of viewpoints, Indian, Pakistani and Kasmiri. Fine 1999 Harper Collins, New Delhi. |
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Tobe, John H. HUNZA |
£18.00 |
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Adventures in a Land of Paradise. 646pp. Index. 17 b/w photographs. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. 1971 Fifth printingn, Provoker Press, Ontario. |
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Trevelyan, Raleigh. THE GOLDEN ORIOLE. |
£10.00 |
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Childhood, family and friends in India. 536pp. 66 photographs. Journeys across India by Raj-born author who revisits the places of his childhood, including Gilgit lovingly remembered, and evokes the spirit of British India. Fine in fine dw. Owner's bookplate and address label. 1987 First edition, Secker& Warburg. |
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Tyndale-Biscoe, Canon C.E. TYNDALE-BISCOE OF KASHMIR. |
£12.00 |
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An Autobiography. 280pp. Celebrated headmaster in imperial Kashmir. Very good in remans of dw. No date, Seeley, Service. |
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Tyndale-Biscoe, E.D. 50 YEARS AGAINST THE STREAM. |
£21.00 |
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The Story of a School in Kashmir 1880-1930. 96pp. Many b/w photographs. Presentation copy inscribed 'with C.P.Tyndale Biscoe's compliments. Very good. Edges and prelims spotted. Boards unevenly faded. 1930 First edition, Mysore. |
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Vas, Lt Gen E.A. WITHOUT BAGGAGE. |
£12.00 |
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A Personal Account of the Jammu & Kashmir Operations 1947-49. 173pp. Index. Description of the campaign by retired Indian general. Maps and plans. Fine in fine dustwrapper. No date (Preface dated 1988), First edition, Dehra Dun. |
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Venables, Stephen. PAINTED MOUNTAINS. |
£25.00 |
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Two Expeditions to Kashmir. 239pp. Unclimbed peaks in the Western Himalaya. His first book. Prizewinner as the best mountain book of 1986. Inscribed 'Best wishes, Stephen' on title page. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1986 First edition, Hodder. |
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Wahid, Siddiq. LADAKH. |
£14.00 |
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Between Earth and Sky. 4to. 107pp. Many full-page colour photographs by Kenneth Storm. Fine in fine dw. 1981 First edition, Edita, Lausanne. |
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Zutshi, Chitralekha. LANGUAGES OF BELONGING. |
£16.00 |
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Islam, Regional Identity and the Making of Kashmir. 359pp. Index. 10 b/w plates and 3 maps. A study of colonial and post-colonial Kashmir. Fine in fine dw. 2004 First edition, Oxford University Press, New York. |
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