Ahmad, Aziz. THE SHORE AND THE WAVE. | £5.00 | |||||
167pp. Translated from the Urdu by Ralph Russell. Unesco Asian Fiction Series. Novel set in fictionalised Hyderabad by leading Pakistani novelist. Deleted inscription. Otherwise very good in very good dw. 1971 First edition, Allen & Unwin. | ||||||
Ahmed, Akbar S. RELIGION AND POLITICS IN MUSLIM SOCIETY. | £16.00 | |||||
Order and Conflict in Pakistan. 215pp. Index. A study of Waziristan where the author was Political Agent. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1983 First edition, Cambridge University Press. | ||||||
Ahmed, Akbar S. MILLENNIUM AND CHARISMA AMONG PATHANS. | £12.00 | |||||
A Critical Essay in Social Anthropology. 173pp. Index. Card covers. Based on field-work in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan's N.W.Frontier Province. The author was Political Agent, South Waziristan Agency. Fine. 1976 Routledge & Kegan Paul. | ||||||
Ahmed, Akbar S. PUKHTUN ECONOMY AND SOCIETY. | £35.00 | |||||
Traditional Structure and Economic Development in a Tribal Society. 406pp. Index. Based on field-work in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan's N.W.Frontier Province. The author was political Agent, South Waziristan Agency. Fine in very good dustwrapper. 1980 First edition, Routledge & Kegan Paul. | ||||||
Ahmed, Akbar S. MILLENNIUM AND CHARISMA AMONG PATHANS. | £16.00 | |||||
A Critical Essay in Social Anthropology. 173pp. Index. Based on field-work in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan's N.W.Frontier Province. The author was Political Agent, South Waziristan Agency. Very good in very good dustwrapper.. 1976 First edition, Routledge & Kegan Paul. | ||||||
Aijazuddin, F.S. LAHORE RECOLLECTED. | £28.00 | |||||
An Album. 236pp. 4to. Index. In pictorial boards. Illustrated in colour and b/w. Many maps and annotated archive photographs of the city sector by sector. Fine in pictorial boards. Not issued in wrapper, 2003 First edition, Sang-e-Meel, Lahore. | ||||||
Aijazuddin, F.S. HISTORICAL IMAGES OF PAKISTAN. | £55.00 | |||||
170pp. Index of places and artists. 4to. Catalogues 237 19th century pictures and photographs of scenes in what is now Pakistan. Illustrated in colour and b/w. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1996 Reprint, Ferozsons, Lahore. | ||||||
Akhund, Iqbal. OF PEARLS AND PECKS OF STRAW. | £15.00 | |||||
Recollections, Essays, After-thoughts 227pp. 35 year service of Pakistani diplomat, UN administrator and government adviser. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2017 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karacki. | ||||||
Ali, Tariq et al ON THE ABYSS. | £10.00 | |||||
Pakistan after the Coup. 280pp. Card covers. 11 essays by Pakistani, Indian and Western contributors. Fine. 2000 HarperCollins, New Delhi. | ||||||
Ali, Tariq. THE DUEL. | £10.00 | |||||
Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power. 288pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2008 First edition, Simon & Schuster. | ||||||
Amin, Mohamed, Willetts, Duncan and Tetley, Brian. KARACHI. | £16.00 | |||||
136pp. 4to. Many colour photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1986 First edition, Pak-American, Karachi. | ||||||
Anon. THE STORY OF THE PAKISTAN AIR FORCE. | £90.00 | |||||
A Saga of Courage and Honour. 719pp. Lists of commanders. Many colour paintings of aircraft and photographs in b/w. A heavy book. Fine in near-fine dw. 1988 First edition, Shaheen Foundation, Islamabad. | ||||||
Askari, Nasreen and Crill, Rosemary. COLOURS OF THE INDUS. | £15.00 | |||||
Costume and Textiles of Pakistan. 144pp. 4to. Index. 200 colour photographs of textiles and 60 of places and people. Card covers. Fine with small ownership label. 1997 Merrell Holberton in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum. | ||||||
Aziz, Mazhar. MILITARY CONTROL IN PAKISTAN. | £55.00 | |||||
The Parallel State. 144pp. Index. Fine. 2008 First edition, Routledge. | ||||||
Aziz, Sartaj. BETWEEN DREAMS AND REALITIES. | £25.00 | |||||
Some Milestones in Pakistan's History. 555pp. Index. Colour photographs. Autobiography of economist, civil servant and minister. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2020 Second edition, Oxford University Press, Karacki. | ||||||
Barnds, William J. INDIA, PAKISTAN AND THE GREAT POWERS. | £10.00 | |||||
388pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 1972 First edition, Pall Mall Press. | ||||||
Bealby, Jonny. FOR A PAGAN SONG. | £12.00 | |||||
Travels in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. 235pp. Map. A lively travelogue of a journey following the characters of 'The Man Who Would Be King'. Through a very dangerous Afghanistan to find the pagan tribes of Kafiristan. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1998 William Heinemann. | ||||||
Bealby, Jonny. FOR A PAGAN SONG. | £12.00 | |||||
Travels in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. 235pp. Map. A lively travelogue of a journey following the characters of 'The Man Who Would Be King'. Through a very dangerous Afghanistan to find the pagan tribes of Kafiristan. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1998 William Heinemann. | ||||||
Bealby, Jonny. FOR A PAGAN SONG. | £12.00 | |||||
Travels in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. 235pp. Map. A lively travelogue of a journey following the characters of 'The Man Who Would Be King'. Through a very dangerous Afghanistan to find the pagan tribes of Kafiristan. Fine in complete dustwrapper with slight fading to the spine panel.. 1998 First edition,William Heinemann. | ||||||
Beg, Aziz. SEVENTEEN SEPTEMBER DAYS. | £28.00 | |||||
297pp. A Pakistani account of the 1967 war with India. Very good in unlettered boards No date (Preface dated 1967), revised edition, Lahore. | ||||||
Bhutto, Benazir. RECONCILIATION. | £10.00 | |||||
Islam, Democracy and the West 328pp. Fine in fine dw. Karachi bookseller's label on title page. 2008 First edition, Simon & Shuster. | ||||||
Bhutto, Fatima. SONGS OF BLOOD AND SWORD. | £10.00 | |||||
A Daughter's Memoir. 470pp. Index. 39 b/w photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2010 Penguin Viking, New Delhi. | ||||||
Blinkenberg, Lars. INDIA-PAKISTAN | £80.00 | |||||
The History of Unresolved Conflicts. In 2 vols. 336 and 433pp. Large 8vo. Card covers. Fine. An outstanding set. 1998 Odense University Press, Denmark. | ||||||
Blood, Peter R. (edits). PAKISTAN: A COUNTRY STUDY. | £13.00 | |||||
395pp. Index. Fine. 1995 Sixth edition, Library of Congress, Washington. | ||||||
Boivin, Michel and Cook, Matthew A. (edit). INTERPRETING THE SINDHI WORLD. | £75.00 | |||||
Essays on Society and History. xx + 226pp. Index. 10 essays. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2010 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Brines, Russell. THE INDO-PAKISTANI CONFLICT. | £25.00 | |||||
481pp. Index. 4 maps. Very good. Owner's name on plastic strip. 1968 First edition, Pall Mall Press. | ||||||
Brown, William A. THE GILGIT REBELLION. | £45.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal. THE ARMED FORCES OF PAKISTAN. | £14.00 | |||||
220pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2003 Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Cohen, Stephen P. INDIA, EMERGING POWER. | £16.00 | |||||
377pp. Index. Distinguished military historian analyses the strategic significance of nuclear India. Fine in fine dw. 2001 First edition, The Brookings Institution, Washington. | ||||||
Corera, Gordon. SHOPPING FOR BOMBS. | £10.00 | |||||
Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity and the Fall of the A.Q.Khan Network. 288pp. Index. 12 b/w illustrations and 2 maps. Fine in fine dw. 2006 First edition, C.Hurst & Co.. | ||||||
Crowden, James. THE FROZEN RIVER. | £10.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
Dani, Ahmad Hasan. PESHAWAR. | £45.00 | |||||
Historic City of the Frontier. 253pp. Index. 3 folding maps. 29 plates. The author was Professor of Archaeology at the University of Peshawar. Very good in complete dustwrapper without lettering on spine panel. Owner's name. 1969 First edition, Khyber Mail Press, Peshawar. | ||||||
Dani, Ahmad Hasan. PESHAWAR. | £25.00 | |||||
Historic City of the Frontier. 152pp. 4to. Many photographs in colour. The author was Professor of Archaeology at the University of Peshawar. Fine in pictorial boards. 2002 Reprint, Sang-e-Meel, Lahore. | ||||||
Dar, Farooq Ahmad. JINNAH'S PAKISTAN. | £16.00 | |||||
Formation and Challenges of a State. 447pp. Index. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2014, First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Darling, M.L. AT FREEDOM'S DOOR. | £120.00 | |||||
369pp. Index. Endpaper maps. 21 b/w photographs. In the original cloth. ICS officer on horseback from Peshawar across the Punjab and into the Central Province in November 1946 to March 1947 taking stock of the country as partition approached. Inscribed 'Joyce with much love from the author August 17 1956.' Very good indeed. An outstanding copy. 1949 First edition, Oxford University Press, India. | ||||||
Dichter, David. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER OF WEST PAKISTAN. | £36.00 | |||||
A Study in Regional Geography. 231pp. 22 plates of b/w photographs. 21 maps and figures in the text. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. 1967 First edition, Oxford University Press. | ||||||
Dinshaw, Farishta Murzban. AHMED E.H. JAFFER AND THE MAKING OF PAKISTAN. | £12.00 | |||||
200pp. Index. B/w photographs and many facsimiles. Son of a merchant family prominent in Poona who located to Pakistan on partition. A family memorial. Inscription. Otherwise fine in fine dw. 2001 Ahmed Jaffer and Company, Karachi. | ||||||
Dixit, J.N. INDIA-PAKISTAN IN WAR & PEACE. | £12.00 | |||||
501pp. Index. A very clear analysis of conflict in South Asia, from 1947 to the Kargil War, by a former Indian Foreign Secretary. Fine in fine dw. 2002 First edition, Books Today, New Delhi. | ||||||
Dixit, J.N. INDIA-PAKISTAN IN WAR & PEACE. | £14.00 | |||||
501pp. Index. A very clear analysis of conflict in South Asia from 1947 to the Kargil War by a former Indian Foreign Secretary. Fine in fine dw. 2002 First edition, Routledge. | ||||||
Durrani, Tehmina. MY FEUDAL LORD. | £5.00 | |||||
365pp. Account of the failing marriage of a Pathan beauty to a Pakistani minister. Paperback edition. Very good. 1992 for the author, Lahore. | ||||||
Durrani, Tehmina. MY FEUDAL LORD. | £21.00 | |||||
365pp. Account of the failing marriage of a Pathan beauty to a Pakistani minister. Fine in fine dw. 1991 First edition, for the author, Lahore. | ||||||
Eglar, Zekiye. A PUNJABI VILLAGE IN PAKISTAN. | £15.00 | |||||
xv + 240pp. Index. 3 maps. Study of a village in Gujrat District. Fine in chipped dw. An excellent copy. 1960 First edition, Columbia University Press, New York. | ||||||
Endicott, Wendell. THE SAGA OF THE TENTED CITIES. | £95.00 | |||||
237pp. 80 b/w photographs. Rich American's account of a lavish hunting expedition in Pakistan. Presentation copy inscribed by the author. Fine. 1952 Privately printed at the Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass.. | ||||||
Fairley, Jean. THE LION RIVER THE INDUS. | £5.00 | |||||
290pp. Index. 37 b/w illustrations. Fine in fine dw. 1975 Bookclub reprint. | ||||||
Faruqi, Ahmad. RETHINKING THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF PAKISTAN. | £25.00 | |||||
190pp. Index. Fine in laminated boards. Not issued with a dustwrapper. 2003 First edition, Ashgate Publishing. | ||||||
Feldman, Herbert. KARACHI THROUGH A HUNDRED YEARS. | £20.00 | |||||
The Centenary History of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry 1860-1960. 258pp. Very good in slightly chipped dustwrapper. 1960 First edition, Oxford University Press, Pakistan. | ||||||
Ganguly, Sumit. CONFLICT UNENDING. | £5.00 | |||||
India-Pakistan Tensions since 1947. 187pp. Index. Card covers. Fine. 2001, Columbia University Press, New York. | ||||||
Gaylor, John. SONS OF JOHN COMPANY. | £24.00 | |||||
The Indian and Pakistan Army 1903-1991. 379pp. Traces the continuity of all regiments from their foundation to the present. With a check list of books relating to each unit. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1992 First edition, Spellmount, Tunbridge Wells. | ||||||
Gohari, M.J. THE TALIBAN. | £10.00 | |||||
Ascent to Power. 158pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2000 First, Oxford University Press, Karachi | ||||||
Greig, Andrew. SUMMIT FEVER. | £5.00 | |||||
281pp. Index. 24 colour photographs and 2 maps. Expedition to the Mustagh Tower Fine in fine dw. 1985 First edition, Hutchinson. | ||||||
Hamid, Major General S.Shahid. KARAKURAM HUNZA. | £28.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
Haqqani, Husain. PAKISTAN. | £16.00 | |||||
Between Mosque and Military. 397pp. Index. Study of the links between the army and Islamic radicals. Fine in very good dw. 2005 First edition, Vanguard Books, Lahore. | ||||||
Hasnain, Rear Admiral Syed Zahid. ODYSSEY OF A SAILOR. | £12.00 | |||||
260pp. Index. 32 b/w illustrations. A career from 1935 in the Royal Indian Navy and the Pakistan Navy. Near-fine in fine dustwrapper. 2012 Second impression, Sama, Karachi. | ||||||
Husain, Urfan (edits). PAKISTAN. | £16.00 | |||||
208pp double column. Index. Profusely illustrated in colour. 4to. An encylopedia of all aspects of Pakistani life and society. Over 50 contributors. Fine in fine dw. 1997 First Stacey. | ||||||
Hussein, Zahid. FRONTLINE PAKISTAN. | £5.00 | |||||
The Struggle with Militant Islam. 220pp. Index. Fine. 2007 First edition, I.B.Taurus. | ||||||
Ingall, Francis. THE LAST OF THE BENGAL LANCERS. | £10.00 | |||||
157pp. Index. 19 b/w photographs. Service on the Frontier, in India to 1947 and later in Pakistan. With presentation inscription signed by the author. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1988 First US edition, Presidio. | ||||||
Inskeep, Steve. INSTANT CITY. | £10.00 | |||||
Life and Death in Karachi. 284pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2011 First edition, The Penguin Press, New York. | ||||||
Iyer, Ragahavan (edits). SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS. | £5.00 | |||||
St Antony's Papers Number 8. 155pp. Essays on topics that include Imperialism, the 1958 Revolution in Pakistan, a Soviet view of Gandhi, the Congress Party, and Indian Immigration to Sri Lanka. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1960 First edition, Chatto & Windus. | ||||||
Jaffar, S.M. PESHAWAR. | £16.00 | |||||
City on the Frontier. xvi + 192pp. Index. Reprint of 1945 book together with other articles by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2008 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Jaffrelot, Christophe (edits). A HISTORY OF PAKISTAN AND ITS ORIGINS. | £14.00 | |||||
326pp. Index. Translated from the French. Fine in fine dw. 2002 First edition, Anthem Press. | ||||||
Jamshed Memorial Volume Committee JAMSHED NUSSERWANJEE: A MEMORIAL. | £18.00 | |||||
266pp. Many photographs in b/w. Very good. 1954 Karachi. | ||||||
Kak, B.L. THE FALL OF GILGIT. | £25.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
Kalter, Johannes. THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF THE SWAT VALLEY. | £26.00 | |||||
Living Traditions in the Hindu Kush. 180pp. 248 illustrations, 90 in colour. Superbly illustrated account of society, architecture and craft traditions. Fine in fine dw. 1991 First edition, Thames & Hudson. | ||||||
Kasuri, Khurshid Mahmud. NEITHER A HAWK NOR A DOVE. | £25.00 | |||||
An Insider's Account of Pakistan's Foreign Relations Including Details of the Kashmir Framework. xxxvi + 851pp. Index. Account by former Foreign Minister of Pakistan about relations with India. Fine in fine dw. 2015 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Kaul, Lt-Gen B.M. CONFRONTATION WITH PAKISTAN. | £13.00 | |||||
338pp. Index. Account of military and political command in India. Fine in rubbed dw. Owner's name. 1971 First edition, Vikas, Delhi. | ||||||
Khan, Dr F.A. ARCHITECTURE AND ART TREASURES IN PAKISTAN. | £20.00 | |||||
Prehistoric, Protohistoric, Buddhist and Hindu Periods. 200pp. Index. 4to. Illustrations in colour and b/w. Fine in fine dustwrapper in rubbed and grubby original slipcase, 1969 First edition, Elite Publishers, Karachi. | ||||||
Khan, Hamid. A HISTORY OF THE JUDICIARY IN PAKISTAN. | £24.00 | |||||
xxviii + 562pp. Index. Large 8vo. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2016 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Khan, Hamid.` CONSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF PAKISTAN. | £28.00 | |||||
xxv + 959pp. Index. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2001 First edition, Oxford University Press. | ||||||
Khan, Lt.Col M.Afzal. CHITRAL AND KAFIRISTAN: | £16.00 | |||||
A Personal Study. 104pp. Card covers. The author commanded the Chitral Scouts for three years. 3 folding maps, a folding genealogy of the ruling family and 20 b/w photographs. Very good. 1980 Reprint, for the author , Peshawar, | ||||||
Khan, Nichola (edits). CITYSCAPES OF VIOLENCE IN KARACHI. | £25.00 | |||||
Publics and Counterpublics. 273pp. Index. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2017 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Khan, Pervez A. (photographs). WONDERS OF THE KARAKORUM. | £32.00 | |||||
160pp. 4to. Short text and colour photographs by mountaineer-photographer. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1996 First edition, Ferozsons, Lahore. | ||||||
Konieczny, M.G. TEXTILES OF BALUCHISTAN. | £10.00 | |||||
77pp. 4to. Card covers. 48 plates in colour and b/w. Fine. 1979 The British Museum. | ||||||
Konieczny, M.G. TEXTILES OF BALUCHISTAN. | £10.00 | |||||
77pp. 4to. Card covers. 48 plates in colour and b/w. Fine. 1979 The British Museum. | ||||||
Kremmer, Christopher. THE CARPET WARS. | £12.00 | |||||
Ten Years in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, 448pp. Index. Map. 27 b/w photographs. Travels in dangerous places in quest for carpets. Fine in fine dw. 2002 First edition, HarperCollins. | ||||||
Lamb, Christina. FAREWELL KABUL. | £12.00 | |||||
From Afghanistan to a More Dangerous World. 640pp. Index. 3 maps and photographs in colour. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2015 First edition, William Collins. | ||||||
Lambrick, H.T. SIND, A GENERAL INTRODUCTION. | £18.00 | |||||
274pp Index. 8 plates. 15 maps (several folding) . Photographs (rather smudgy). Account of the Indus Civilisation and of Sind in classical, Muslim and modern times. The author had an ICS career in Sind prior to 1946. Very good in chipped dustwrapper. 1964 First edition, Sindi Adabi Board, Pakistan. | ||||||
Lambrick, H.T. SIND, A GENERAL INTRODUCTION. | £28.00 | |||||
274pp Index. 8 plates. 15 maps (several folding) . Photographs (rather smudgy). Account of the Indus Civilisation and of Sind in classical, Muslim and modern times. This copy is inscribed to A.G.M.Waddell and initialled by the author who had an ICS career in Sind prior to 1946. Very good in chipped dustwrapper. 1964 First edition, Sindi Adabi Board, Pakistan. | ||||||
Linck, Orville F. A PASSAGE THROUGH PAKISTAN. | £10.00 | |||||
261pp. Index. An American professor (of English) gives a lively account of Pakistan. Very good in chipped dw. 1959 First edition, Wayne State University Press, Detroit. | ||||||
Low, D.A. et al (edit). GOVERNMENT ARCHIVES IN SOUTH ASIA. | £15.00 | |||||
A Guide to National and State Archives in Ceylon, India and Pakistan. 355pp. Very good in dustwrapper with section lost from spine panel. 1969 at the University Press, Cambridge. | ||||||
Mahmood, Safdar. PAKISTAN: POLITICAL ROOTS AND DEVELOPMENT 1947-1999. | £10.00 | |||||
440pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2000 Second impression, Oxford University Press. | ||||||
Mahmood, Safdar. A POLITICAL STUDY OF PAKISTAN. | £12.00 | |||||
395pp. Index. Very good in dw with a little loss to the top edge. 1972 First edition, Ashraf, Lahore. | ||||||
Mail, General V.P. KARGIL. | £13.00 | |||||
From Surprise to Victory. 436pp. Index. Maps. By the Chief of the Indian Army Staff. Fine in near-fine dw. 2006 Second Impression, HarperCollins, New Delhi. | ||||||
Malik, Hafeez (edits). PAKISTAN: FOUNDERS' ASPIRATIONS AND TODAY'S REALITIES. | £24.00 | |||||
469pp. Index. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2001 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Malik, Iftikhar. CULTURE AND CUSTOMS OF PAKISTAN. | £18.00 | |||||
220pp. Index. Fine in pictorial boards. 2006 First edition, Greenwood Press, Connecticut. | ||||||
Matheson, Sylvia A. THE TIGERS OF BALUCHISTAN. | £14.00 | |||||
A woman's five years with the Bugti tribe. 213pp. Index. 26 photographs. 27pp introduction and bibliography on the Bugti people. Fine in fine dw. 1997 Reprint, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Mayne, Peter. SAINTS OF SIND. | £16.00 | |||||
200pp. Frontispiece photograph and map. Journeys to Sufi shrines. Very good in slightly chipped dw. 1956 First edition, John Murray. | ||||||
Miedma, Vergil. MURREE: A GLIMPSE THROUGH THE FOREST. | £120.00 | |||||
Views of a British Hill Station. 210pp. 4to landscape. A wonderful collection of archive photographs with well-researched commentary. Fine in fine dustwrapper.. 2002 First edition, Amur Maple Books, Washington. | ||||||
Miller, K.J. (edits). THE INTERNATIONAL KARAKORAM PROJECT. Volumes 1 and 2. | £75.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
Moggach, Deborah. HOT WATER MAN. | £7.00 | |||||
251pp. Novel of East/West personal encounters in modern Pakistan. Near-fine in like dw. 1982 First edition, Jonatahan Cape. | ||||||
Mujeeb, M. THE INDIAN MUSLIMS. | £24.00 | |||||
590pp. Index. A major historical and sociological account. Very good in very good dw. 1967 First edition, Allen & Unwin. | ||||||
Mujeeb, M. THE INDIAN MUSLIMS. | £30.00 | |||||
590pp. Index. A major historical and sociological account. Near fine in like dw. Inscription on front endpaper 1967 First edition, Allen & Unwin. | ||||||
Mukerjee, Dilip. ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO: THE QUEST FOR POWER. | £24.00 | |||||
240pp. Very good in edge-worn dustwrapper. 1972 First edition, Vikas Publishing House, Delhi. | ||||||
Murphy, Dervla. WHERE THE INDUS IS YOUNG. | £5.00 | |||||
A Winter in Baltistan. 266pp. Index. 9 b/w photographs. Three month's winter travelling in the Karakoram with her six year old daughter. Bookclub edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper. 1978 Readers Union. | ||||||
Murphy, Dervla. WHERE THE INDUS IS YOUNG. | £24.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
Naipaul, V.S. BEYOND BELIEF. | £5.00 | |||||
Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples. 439pp. His view of 'what Islam has done to the histories of Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan and Malaysia', as a follow-up, after 17 years, to 'Among the Believers'. Fine in fine dw. 1998 First, Little Brown. | ||||||
Nawaz, Shuja. CROSSED SWORDS. | £25.00 | |||||
Pakistan: Its Army, and the Wars Within. 655pp. Index. Colour photographs. US-based journalist studies the place of the army in Pakistan Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2008 Second impression, Oxford University Press, Karacki. | ||||||
Norman, Omar. PAKISTAN: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY SINCE 1947. | £5.00 | |||||
238pp. Index. Card covers. Very good. 1992 Kegan Paul International. | ||||||
Ondaatje, Christopher. SINDH REVISITED. | £16.00 | |||||
A Journey in the Footsteps of Sir Richard Francis Burton. 1842-1849 The India Years. 351pp. Many photographs in colour. Fine in fine dw. 1996 First edition, Harper Collins. | ||||||
Pakistan Air Force. THE STORY OF THE PAKISTAN AIR FORCE 1988-1998. | £67.00 | |||||
A Battle against Odds. 414pp. Index. Large 8vo. Illustrated in colour and b/w. 5 appendices. Fine in fine dw. 2000 First edition, Shaheen Foundation, Islamabad. | ||||||
Palit, Major-General D.K. THE LIGHTNING CAMPAIGN. | £14.00 | |||||
The Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. The Indian invasion of East Pakistan. 172pp 19 maps 23 photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1972 First edition, Compton Press, Salisbury. | ||||||
Pataudi, Sher Ali. QUEST OF IDENTITY. | £45.00 | |||||
The Entanglement of Muslims in India and Pakistan. 480pp. Index. Presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author. Very good indeed in very good dw.. 1984 First edition, Al Kitab, Lahore. | ||||||
Pearce, Roger. ONCE A HAPPY VALLEY. | £55.00 | |||||
Memoirs of an ICS Officer in Sindh, 1938-1948. 514pp. Index. 34 b/w photographs and 3 maps. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2001 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Pehrson, Robert N. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE MARRI BALUCH. | £10.00 | |||||
127pp. Index. Card covers. Very good. Wrappers a little darkened 1966 Wenner-Gren Foundation, New York. | ||||||
Prasad, Rajendra. INDIA DIVIDED. | £14.00 | |||||
566pp. Index. Paperback edition. Senior Congress politician outlines the intellectual history of the idea of Partition. Fine. An immaculate copy. 2010 Reprint, Penguin Books, India | ||||||
Quereshi, Saleem (edits). JINNAH, THE FOUNDER OF PAKISTAN. | £18.00 | |||||
in the eyes of his contemporaries and his documentary records at Lincoln's Inn. 122pp. Index. Presentation copy signed and inscribed by the editor. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1998 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Rahman, Matiur. FROM CONSULTATION TO CONFRONTATION. | £10.00 | |||||
A Study of the Muslim League in British Indian Politics 1906-12. 313pp. Index. Very good. No date (c1990) First edition, Luzac. | ||||||
Raja, Masood Ashraf. CONSTRUCTING PAKISTAN. | £12.00 | |||||
Foundational Texts and the Rise of Muslim National Identity 1857-1947. xxv + 156pp. Index. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2011 Second impression, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Rashid, Ahmed. DESCENT INTO CHAOS. | £12.00 | |||||
The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. lviii + 484pp. Index. 6 maps. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2008 First edition, Viking. | ||||||
Rashid, Ahmed. PAKISTAN ON THE BRINK. | £10.00 | |||||
The future of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the West. 232pp. Index. 2 maps. Very good indeed in fine dustwrapper. 2012 First edition, Allen Lane. | ||||||
Rashid, Ahmed. DESCENT INTO CHAOS. | £13.00 | |||||
How the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. 484pp. Index. Fine in near-fine dw. 2008 First edition, Allen Lane. | ||||||
Rashid, Ahmed. DESCENT INTO CHAOS. | £12.00 | |||||
How the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. lviii + 484pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2008 First edition, Allen Lane. | ||||||
Raza, Rafi (edits). PAKISTAN IN PERSPECTIVE 1947-1997 | £24.00 | |||||
320pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1997 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Razvi, Mujtaba, THE FRONTIERS OF PAKISTAN. | £24.00 | |||||
A Study of Frontier Problems in Pakistan's Foreign Policy. 339pp. Index. Card covers. 6 maps (5 folding). 13 appendices of treaties and agreements relating to the frontiers of East and West Pakistan.. Wrappers worn at edges but internally very good. Owner's name (Gary Alder). 1971 National Publishing House, Karachi. | ||||||
Razvi, Mujtaba, THE FRONTIERS OF PAKISTAN. | £35.00 | |||||
A Study of Frontier Problems in Pakistan's Foreign Policy. 339pp. Index. 6 maps (5 folding). 13 appendices of treaties and agreements relating to the frontiers of East and West Pakistan.. Very good in dustwrapper with a little loss to the top edge. 1971 National Publishing House, Karachi. | ||||||
Riza, Major General Shaukat (retd). THE PAKISTAN ARMY: WAR 1965. | £25.00 | |||||
311pp. Index. 39 b/w illustrations and 14 maps. Very good in very good protected dustwrapper. 2000 Reprint, Natraj Publicarions, Dehra Dun. | ||||||
Rooney, John. ON HEELS OF BATTLES. | £10.00 | |||||
A History of the Catholic Church in Pakistan, 1780-1886. 129pp. Index. Soft covers. Pakistan Christian History Monograph No 3. Very good. Some underlining. 1986 Christian Study Centre, Rawalpindi | ||||||
Rumi, Raza. DELHI BY HEART. | £12.00 | |||||
Impressions of a Pakistani Traveller. 322pp. Card covers. Fine 2013 Harper Collins, India. | ||||||
Sattar, Abdul. PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN POLICY 1947-2005. | £16.00 | |||||
A Concise History. 329pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2007 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Saxena, K.C. PAKISTAN: HER RELATION WITH INDIA 1947-66. | £18.00 | |||||
267pp. Very good in fine dustwrapper. 1966 First edition, Vir Publishing House, New Delhi. | ||||||
Schmidt, John R. THE UNRAVELLING. | £10.00 | |||||
Pakistan in the Age of Jihad. 279pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2011 First edition, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York. | ||||||
Schofield, Victoria (edits). OLD ROADS NEW HIGHWAYS. | £16.00 | |||||
Fifty Years of Pakistan. 341pp. Index. 16 essays on aspects of culture. Fine in fine dw. 1997 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Schofield, Victoria. KASHMIR IN CONFLICT. | £10.00 | |||||
India, Pakistan and the Unfinished War. 286pp. Index. Card covers. 9 maps. Fine. 2000, I.B. Tauris. | ||||||
Schofield, Victoria. KASHMIR IN CONFLICT. | £10.00 | |||||
India, Pakistan and the Unfinished War. 286pp. Index. 9 maps. Card covers. Fine. 2000 I.B.Tauris. | ||||||
Sehgal, Ikram. ESCAPE FROM OBLIVION. | £12.00 | |||||
The Story of a Pakistani Prisoner of War in India. 138pp. Index. Captured by Indian forces in East Pakistan in 1971. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2012 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Sethi, Ali. THE WISH MAKER. | £6.00 | |||||
421pp. Novel. Family saga of modern Pakistan. Fine in fine dw. 2009 HarperCollins, Canada. | ||||||
Shamsie, Kamila. BURNT SHADOWS. | £5.00 | |||||
371pp. Novel of family lives in Japan, Pakistan and New York. Fine in fine dw. 2009 First edition, Bloomsbury. | ||||||
Sheikh, Moazzam (edits). A LETTER FROM INDIA. | £10.00 | |||||
Contemporary Short Stories From Pakistan. 168pp. Card covers. Fine. 2004 Penguin Books, India. | ||||||
Siddiqa-Agha, Ayesha. PAKISTAN'S ARMS PROCUREMENT AND MILITARY BUILDUP, 1979-99. | £38.00 | |||||
In Search of a Policy. 231pp. Index. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2001 First edition, Palgrave. | ||||||
Singer, Andre. GUARDIANS OF THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER. | £12.00 | |||||
The Pathans. 168pp. Card covers. Beautifully colour-illustrated study of Pathan life and society. Based on the Mohmand village of Kado near Peshawar. Very good indeed. 1982 Time-Life Publications. | ||||||
Singh Jaswant. JINNAH. | £14.00 | |||||
India - Partition - Independence. 659pp. Index.25 b/w photographs. Fine in fine dw. 2009 Reprint, Rupa, New Delhi. | ||||||
Singh, Jaswant. JINNAH. | £21.00 | |||||
India - Partition - Independence. 669pp. Index. 25 b/w illustrations. Fine in fine dw. 2009 Ninth imprsssion, Rupa, New Delhi. | ||||||
Singh, Karan. HEIR APPARENT. | £16.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
Sorley, H.T. THE FORMER PROVINCE OF SIND (including Khairpur State). | £45.00 | |||||
Gazetteer of West Pakistan. 809 + clii pp. Index. 10 appendices. Very good in very good dw. Sellotape marks on endpapers. Very heavy book. No date (Foreword dated 1968), Government of West Pakistan. | ||||||
Spain, James W. PEOPLE OF THE KHYBER. | £28.00 | |||||
The Pathans of Pakistan. 190pp. Index. 14 b/w photographs. Very good indeed in slightly chipped dw. Owner's name. 1963 First edition, New York, Praeger. | ||||||
Spain, James W. PATHANS OF THE LATTER DAY. | £18.00 | |||||
163pp. Index. 12 full-page drawings. Map. Fine in fine dustwrapper.. 2009 Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Survey of India. MAP : LANDI KOTAL, N.W.FRONTIER PROVINCE. | £85.00 | |||||
One Inch Sheet No. 38 N4 17 x 23 inches on folded paper.. Scale 1" = 1 mile. The Khyber Pass (before the railway), the Kabul River and the frontier with Afghanistan. Surprisingly the frontier is not marked on the map. Good but damaged by a tear in the centre of the map which does not affect the main points of interest. 1917 Reprinted from surveys of 1905-8. | ||||||
Swayne-Thomas, April. INDIAN SUMMER. | £16.00 | |||||
A Mem-sahib in India and Sind. 175pp. 4to. Letters home with lively descriptions of Sind and places all over India. Profusely illustrated with her drawings and paintings, many in colour. The author and her engineer husband were in India from 1939 and later in Pakistan. She painted murals in Quetta, Karachi and Bangalore. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title. Fine in fine dw. A lovely copy. 1981 First edition, New English Library. | ||||||
Thakur, Sankarshan et al. GUNS AND YELLOW ROSES. | £12.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
Thurley, Jon. HOUSEHOLD GODS. | £5.00 | |||||
278pp. Barrister travels to Pakistan to explore his father's disappearance during Partition in 1947. Novel. Fine in fine dw. Slight browning to paper. 1987 First edition, Hamish Hamilton. | ||||||
Tinker, Hugh. INDIA AND PAKISTAN. | £5.00 | |||||
A Political Analysis. 248pp. Index. 2 maps. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1967 Second revised and enlarged edition, Pall Mall Press. | ||||||
Toynbee, Arnold J. et al. CRESCENT AND GREEN. | £12.00 | |||||
A Miscellany of Writings on Pakistan. 170pp. 20 b/w plates. 16 essays. Very good indeed in very good dw. Owner's name. 1955 First edition, Cassell. | ||||||
Verkaaik, Oskar. MIGRANTS AND MILITANTS. | £12.00 | |||||
Fun and Urban Violence in Pakistan. 214pp. Index. Field work with militant youth in the MQM movement.. Near-fine in like dw. 2005 Manas Publications, New Delhi. | ||||||
Vogel, J.Ph. TILE-MOSAICS OF THE LAHORE FORT. | £48.00 | |||||
69pp. Index. 4to. 116 illustrations in colour from the edition of 1920 with 12 further illustrations from colour transparencies. Folding plan showing positions. Excellent colour printing of a remarkable decorative achievement. Fine in very good dustwrapper. No date, Pakistan Publications, Karachi. | ||||||
Watts, Rosemary. A MILITARY MEMSAHIB. | £10.00 | |||||
The light-hearted impressions of a Defence Attache's wife, Islamabad Pakistan 1982-1985. 130pp. Card covers. Photographs in b/w. Fine. 1993 for the author, Wiltshire. | ||||||
Weller, Anthony DAYS AND NIGHTS ON THE GRAND TRUNK ROAD. | £8.00 | |||||
Calcutta to Khyber. 383pp. Card covers. Travels through India and Pakistan by poet and journalist with an eye for landscape, history and literature. Fine. 1997 Marlowe and Company, New York. | ||||||
Wheeler, R.E.M. FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF PAKISTAN. | £14.00 | |||||
150pp. Index. 22 b/w plates. The archaeology of East and West Pakistan. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Inscription. 1950 First edition, Royal India and Pakistan Society. | ||||||
Williams, L.F.Rushbrook. THE STATE OF PAKISTAN. | £12.00 | |||||
254pp. Index. Fine in very good dw. Inscription. 1962 First edition, Faber. | ||||||
Williams, L.F.Rushbrook. THE BLACK HILLS. | £10.00 | |||||
Kutch in History and Legend. xii + 276pp. Index. 17 illustrations and 2 maps. Fine in fine dw. 1999 Reprint, Bhuj. | ||||||
Williams, L.Rushbrook. THE EAST PAKISTAN TRAGEDY. | £10.00 | |||||
140pp. 10 b/w photographs. Fine in fine dw. 1972 First edition, Tom Stacey. | ||||||
Williams, L.Rushbrook. PAKISTAN UNDER CHALLENGE. | £10.00 | |||||
233pp. Index. Achievements and challenges during the Bhutto government. Very good in torn dw. 1975 First, Stacey International. | ||||||
Yousaf, Mohammad and Adkin, Mark. AFGHANISTAN - THE BEAR TRAP. | £24.00 | |||||
The Defeat of a Superpower. 243pp. Index. Account of covert Pakistani command and supply by I.S.I. Commander. First published in 1992. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. 2001 Casemate, Havertown PA. | ||||||
Yousaf, Mohammad and Adkin, Mark. AFGHANISTAN - THE BEAR TRAP. | £5.00 | |||||
The Defeat of a Superpower. 243pp. Index. Card covers. Account of covert Pakistani command and supply by I.S.I. Commander. First published in 1992. Fine. 2001 Reprint, Leo Cooper. | ||||||
Zajadacz-Hastenrath, Salome. CHAUKHANDI TOMBS. | £25.00 | |||||
Funerary Art in Sind and Baluchistan. 182pp. Index. 112 b/w illustrations. Map. 10pp of decorative patterns. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2003 Reprint, Oxford University Press, Karachi. | ||||||
Ziring, Lawrence et al (edit). PAKISTAN: AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY. | £21.00 | |||||
383pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2003 Oneworld, Oxford. | ||||||
Zutshi, Chitralekha. LANGUAGES OF BELONGING. | £16.00 | |||||
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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