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Allen, Joan 'MISSY BABA' TO 'BURRA MEM'. |
£10.00 |
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153pp. Card covers. Photographs in b/w. She grew up in a Bihar plantation and, after an eventful war, lived in Assam where her husband was Political Officer. Fine. 1998 First edition, BACSA (28). |
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Ao, A Lanu (edits). NAGA CULTURAL ATTIRES AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. |
£5.00 |
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132pp. Index. Many colour photographs. Very good in fine dw. Bookplate. 1999 First edition, Concept Publishing, New Delhi. |
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Baldizzone, Tiziana and Gianni (photograph). BRAHMAPUTRA. |
£16.00 |
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Tales from the River. 240pp. 4to. Map. Superb colour photographs. Following the river from Tibet to the sea with history of exploration Fine in fine dw. 1998 Local Colour, Hong Kong. |
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Butler, John. TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN THE PROVINCE OF ASSAM during a Residence of Fourteen Years. |
£16.00 |
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260pp. Large folding map, folding plan and 8 plates. Facsimile reprint of 1855 original Fine in fine dw. 2004 Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi. |
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Channa, Subhadra Mitra (edits). NAGALAND. |
£10.00 |
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A Contemporary Ethnography. 311pp. Index. 11 academic essays. Very good in chipped dw. Inscription and bookplate. 1992 Cosmo Publications, New Delhi. |
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Chaube, S.K. HILL POLITICS IN NORTHEAST INDIA. |
£5.00 |
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292pp. Index. Paperback. Fine. 1999 Updated edtion, Sangam Books. |
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Elwin, Verrier. A PHILOSOPHY FOR NEFA. |
£22.00 |
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296pp. Index. Endpaper maps. Many b/w illustrations. Foreword by Prime Minister Nehru. Fine in fine dw. 1960 Reprint, Shillong. |
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Elwin, Verrier. MARIA MURDER AND SUICIDE. |
£10.00 |
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259pp. Index. Photographs in b/w. 2 maps. A slack copy with marked boards but internally clean and complete. 1943 published in India for Oxford University Press. |
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Endle, Rev Sidney. THE KACHARIS. |
£10.00 |
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121pp. Index.16 rather smudgy illustrations in b/w. Folding map. Facsimile reprint of 1911 original. Study of tribal people of North Bengal. Very good in very good dw. 1995 Cosmo Publications, Delhi. |
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Gait, E.A. A HISTORY OF ASSAM. |
£95.00 |
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383pp. Index. Folding map. 4 plates. Very good. A little slack. 1906 First edition, Thacker, Spink, Calcutta. |
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Ganchaudhuri, Jagadish et al (edit). PEOPLE OF INDIA: TRIPURA. |
£25.00 |
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Anthropological Survey of India Vol XLI. 553pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 1996 First edition, Seagull Books, Calcutta. |
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Ghose, Sumita (edits). SANJOY'S ASSAM. |
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Diaries and Writings of Sanjoy Ghose. 258pp. Card covers. Writings of community activist on Majuli Island who was abducted and presumed killed by ULFA. Fine 1998 Penguin Books, India. |
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Hewson, Eileen. GUWAHATI WAR CEMETERY, ASSAM, INDIA. |
£15.00 |
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50pp. Card-covered stapled booklet. Fine. 2007 Kabristan Archives. |
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Jenkins, Rev. W.M. LIFE AND WORK IN KHASIA. |
£28.00 |
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97pp. 20 b/w photographs. The story of the Welsh Calvinist methodist Mission to the Khasia Hills. Very good. Chapel library rubber stamp. No date (c1910), Newport, Mon.. |
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Johnstone, Sir James. MANIPUR AND THE NAGA HILLS. |
£8.00 |
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286pp. Index. 7 rather smudgy illustrations. Facsimile reprint of 1896 original. Very good in worn dw. 1987 Masas Publications, Delhi |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. PLANT HUNTING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. |
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383pp. Facsimile of 1930 original. The North East Frontiers in 1926. Very good in chipped dustwrapper. Owner's rubber stamp mark. 1974 Reprint, Minerva Press |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. A PLANT HUNTER IN TIBET. |
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317pp. Index. 19 photographs. Folding map. From Assam into south eastern Tibet. Very good indeed. A clean, bright copy with a little rubbing to the corners. 1937 Reprint, Cape. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. PILGRIMAGE FOR PLANTS. |
£14.00 |
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191pp. Index. 36 b/w photographs. Autobiography. Full bibliography of his books and other publications. Very good in chipped dustwrapper.. 1960 First edition, Harrap. |
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Map. MAP OF BENGAL ASSAM RAILWAY. |
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Scale: 10miles = 1 inch. 89 x 97cms. On folded paper, Showing lines open, under construction and surveyed. Very good. A little rubbing at the folds but undamaged map. No date (early 20th century). |
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McCall, Major Anthony G. LUSHAI CHRYSALIS. |
£25.00 |
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Land of Tranquility and Upheaval. 304pp. Folding map. 54 b/w plates. By the ICS officer in charge of the Lushai Hills from 1931-43. Fine in very good dustwrapper. 1949 First edition, Luzac. |
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Morse, Belinda. CALAMITY AND COURAGE. |
£12.00 |
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A Heroine of the Raj. 139pp. Index. Illustrated in b/w and colour. The story of Ethel Grimwood and the uprising in Manipur, Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2008 First edition, The Book Guild, Brighton |
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Rowntree, John. A CHOTA SAHIB. |
£10.00 |
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Memoirs of a Forest Officer. 110pp. 18 b/w photographs. The author was in Assam from 1929-47. Card covers. Very good. A little rubbed. Owner's mame. 1981 Tabb House, Padstow. |
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Shand, Mark. QUEEN OF THE ELEPHANTS. |
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193pp. Colour photographs. With wild and rescued elephants in West Bengal and Assam. Fine in fine dw. 1995 First, Cape. |
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Singh, B.P. THE PROBLEM OF CHANGE. |
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A Study of North-East India. 222pp. Index. Member of the Indian Administrative Service writes of development and volatility in the 7 states of the North-East. Fine in fine dw. 1987 First, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
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Singh, B.P. THE PROBLEM OF CHANGE. |
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A Study of North-East India. 222pp. Index. Member of the Indian Administrative Service writes of development and volatility in the 7 states of the North-East. Bookplate. Otherwise fine in fine dw. 1987 First edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
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Smith, W.C. THE AO-NAGA TRIBES OF ASSAM. |
£7.00 |
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243pp. Index. Facsimile reprint of scarce 1925 original. Introduction by J.H.Hutton. Good in chipped dw. Front endpaper missing. 1981 Gian Publications, Delhi. |
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Smith, William Carlson. THE AYO NAGA TRIBE OF ASSAM. |
£58.00 |
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A Study in Ethnology and Sociology. xxvii + 244pp. Index.16 b/w photographs. Very good internally but cup ring and other marks on blue boards. 1925 First edition, Macmillan. |
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von Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph. HIMALAYAN BARBARY. |
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241pp. Index. 35 b/w photographs. Map. Tribal peoples on the borders of Assam and Tibet. Very good in rubbed dw. Bookplate. 1955 First edition, Murray. |
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von Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph. THE APA TANIS AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS. |
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A Primitive Society of the Eastern Himalayas. 166pp. Index. 2 maps. 8 b/w photographs. Very good in very good dw. 1962 First edition, Routledge. |
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Whitehead, John. THANGLIENA. |
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A Life of T.H.Lewin amongst the Wild Tribes on India's Nort-East Frontier. 437pp. Index. 21 photographs. Account of service of soldier, administrator, scholar who ruled the Lushai Hill Tracts from 1865-74. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1992 First edition, Paul Strachan. |
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Whitehead, John. THANGLIENA. |
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A Life of T.H.Lewin amongst the Wild Tribes on India's Nort-East Frontier. 437pp. Index. 21 photographs. Account of service of soldier, administrator, scholar who ruled the Lushai Hill Tracts from 1865-74. Fine in fine dw. 1992 First edition, Paul Strachan. |
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