 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Aga Khan, H.H.The. INDIA IN TRANSITION - A Study in Political Evolution. |
£450 |
|
|
| |
|
|
310pp. Index. Presented by the Maharaja of Idar (the successor and adopted son of Sir Pratap Singh) in 1918 to the first owner who has made light pencil notes giving an ICS perspective on the ideas. These could easily be removed with an eraser. Very good. A nice copy of a very scarce title also published in London and New York. 1918 First Indian edition, Bennett, Coleman, Bombay and Calcutta. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Akbar, M.J. NEHRU. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Making of India. 609pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 1988 First edition, Viking. |
|
|
|
| |
|
al Mujahid, Shafif (edits). IN QUEST OF JINNAH. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Diary, Notes and Correspondence of Hector Bolitho. 221pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2007 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Alexander, Horace. INDIA SINCE CRIPPS. |
£6 |
|
|
| |
|
|
93pp. Light card wrappers. Impressions of events in India in 1942 and 1943. The author was serving in a Friends Ambulance Unit in Calcutta. Very good. 1944 First edition, A Penguin Special. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Amery, L.S. INDIA AND FREEDOM. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
128pp. The text of speeches on Indian affairs by the Secretary of State for India, in Parliament and elsewhere. Very good in rubbed dw. 1942 First edition, Oxford University Press, India. |
|
|
|
| |
|
An Indian. BRIDGING THE GULF. |
£15 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Study of the Background of the Indian Situation with Some Suggestions. 182pp. Index. Presentation inscription. Very good indeed. 1930 First edition, P.S.King. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Anderson, Benedict. IMAGINED COMMUNITIES. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. 224pp. Index. Card covers. How post-colonial countries in Africa and Asia created identities. Fine. 1992 Revised edition, Verso. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Andrews, C.F. and Mookerjee, Girija. THE RISE AND GROWTH OF THE CONGRESS. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
304pp. Index. Ex-college library with book plate and some marginal markings Very good in chipped dw. 1938 First edition, Allen & Unwin. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Azad, Maulana Abul Kalam . INDIA WINS FREEDOM. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Complete Version. 283pp. Index. Memoirs of Muslim politician who became President of Congress in 1940 Very good indeed in chipped dw. 1989 First thus, Sangam Books. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Azad, Maulana Abul Kalam. INDIA WINS FREEDOM. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
An Autobiographical Narrative. 252pp. Index. Muslim politician who became President of Congress in 1940. Very good. No date (Preface dated 1958) Orient Longman. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Azad, Maulana Abul Kalam. INDIA WINS FREEDOM. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
252pp. Index. Muslim politician who became President of Congress in 1940 Very good in chipped dw. 1959 reprint, Orient Longmans. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Azad, Maulana Abul Kalam. INDIA WINS FREEDOM. |
£20 |
|
|
| |
|
|
252pp. Index. Muslim politician who became President of Congress in 1940 Very good in dw with slight staiing to spine panel. 1959 First edition, Orient Longmans. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Aziz, K.K. BRITAIN AND MUSLIM INDIA. |
£24 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Study of British Public Opinion vis-à-vis the Development of Muslim Nationalism in India 1857-1947. 278pp. Index. Very good in very good dw. 1963 First edition, Heinemann. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Aziz, K.K. THE MAKING OF PAKISTAN. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Study in Nationalism. 223pp. Index. Fine in very good dw. Owner's name deleted. 1967 First edition, Chatto & Windus. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Aziz, Qutubuddin. QUAID-I-AZAM JINNAH AND THE BATTLE FOR PAKISTAN. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
220pp. Index. 22 small b/w photographs. Card covers. Fine. 1997 Karachi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Baillie, Sir Adrian et al. INDIA FROM A BACK BENCH. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
78pp. Stiff card wrappers. Four Conservative MPs and a peer explore constitutional issues. Very good. 1934 Methuen. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Banerjee, Mukulika. THE PATHAN UNARMED. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
238pp. Index. History of the Gandhian 'red shirt' movement of Abdul Gaffar Khan through interviews with those who participated. Fine in fine dw 2000 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi and New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Birdwood, Lt.-Colonel C.B. A CONTINENT EXPERIMENTS. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
276pp. Index. 23b/w photographs. Endpaper maps. Very good in rubbed dw with some wear to edges. No date (1945?) Skeffington. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Birla, G.D. IN THE SHADOW OF THE MAHATMA. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Personal Memoir. 337pp. Index. Bookplate of Malcolm Macdonald. Very good in very good dw. 1953 First Longmans, India. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Bolton, Glorney. PEASANT AND PRINCE. |
£8 |
|
|
| |
|
|
296pp. Index. A vivid account of 1930s political issues and personalities. Very good. 1937 First edition, Routledge. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Bose, Krishna. NETAJI. |
£5 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A biography for the young. 64pp. Card covers. Drawings. Fine. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Bose, Nirmal Kumar. MY DAYS WITH GANDHI. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
270pp. Index. Memoir by Gandhi's secretary 1946-47. Very good in very good dw. 1974 First edition, Orient Longman. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Bose, Sisir K. (edits). A BEACON ACROSS ASIA. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Biography of Subhas Chandra Bose. 340pp. Index. 20 b/w illustrations. Internally very good. Boards a little rubbed and a section from the dustwrapper pasted to front board. 1973 Orient Longman, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Bose, Sisir K. (edits). A BEACON ACROSS ASIA. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Biography of Subhas Chandra Bose. 340pp. Index. 20 b/w illustrations. Formerly owned by Hugh Toye with a letter and a card to him inserted. Very good in worn dw. 1973 First edition, Orient Longman, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Bourke-White, Margaret. INTERVIEW WITH INDIA. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
192pp. 30 b/w photographs. Includes a visit to the newly established Pakistan and an interview with Gandhi. Very good. 1951, The Travel Book Club. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Brailsford, H.N. REBEL INDIA. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
183pp. Card covers. Socialist visits India in 1930. Very good. 1931 First, Leonard Stein. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Brailsford, H.N. SUBJECT INDIA. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
223pp. Index. Very good. Paper browning. 1943 Gollancz for The Left Book Club. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Brock, Peter. THE MAHATMA AND MOTHER INDIA. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Essays on Gandhi's Non-violence and Nationalism. 223pp. Index. Very good. 1983 First edition, Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Brown, D.Mackenzie. THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT. |
£6 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Indian Political Thought from Ranade to Bhave. 244pp. Index. Very good. Paper darkening. 1961 University of California Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Brown, Judith M. GANDHI. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Prisoner of Hope. 441pp. Index. Fine in very good dw. 1989 First edition, Yale University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Brown, Judith M. MODERN INDIA. |
£24 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Origins of an Asian Democracy. 429pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 1984 First, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Brown, Judith M. NEHRU. |
£24 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Political Life. 407pp. Index. 20 b/w illustrations and 5 maps. Fine in fine dw. 2003 First edition, Yale University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Campbell-Johnson, Alan. MISSION WITH MOUNTBATTEN. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
383pp. Index. 28 photographs and 2 maps. Press Attache to the Viceroy. A day by day record of crucial events. Very good indeed in chipped dw. Edges spotted. 1951 First, Hale. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Campbell-Johnson, Alan. MISSION WITH MOUNTBATTEN. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
383pp. Index. 28 photographs and 2 maps. Press Attache to the Viceroy. A day by day record of crucial events. Presentation copy signed by 'Alan', presumably the author. Very good indeed in very good dw. Armorial bookplate. 1972 Reprint, Hale. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Casey, R.G. AN AUSTRALIAN IN INDIA. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
120p. Card covers. Casey was Governor of Bengal 1944-1946. Very good in dw. 1947 First edition, Hollis & Carter. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Caveeshar, Sardul Singh. NON-VIOLENT NON-CO-OPERATION. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
388pp. Ex-university library. Front hinge cracked. Otherwise very good. 1934 National Publications, Lahore. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Chakrabarty, Bidyut. SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE AND MIDDLE CLASS RADICALISM. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Study in Indian Nationalism 1928-1940. 240pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 1990 First edition, I.B.Tauris. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Chatterji, Bhola. ASPECTS OF BENGAL POLITICS IN THE EARLY NINETEEN-THIRTIES. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
83pp. Index. Very good in very good dw. 1969 The World Press, Calcutta. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Chirol, Valentine. INDIAN UNREST. |
£28 |
|
|
| |
|
|
371pp. Index. This book gave rise to a libel action in the English courts. Lokamanya Tilak alleging that statements on page 48 accused him of direct complicity in terrorist murders. It appears that material used in the book was supplied to Chirol, of 'The Times', by government sources. Sir John Simon appeared for Tilak and Carson for Chirol. Tilak lost the case. Very good. 1910 First edition, Macmillan. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Collett, Nigel. THE BUTCHER OF AMRITSAR. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
General Reginald Dyer. 575pp. Index. 28 b/w photographs. 7 maps and plans. New. 2005 First edition, Hambledon & London. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Collins, Larry and Lapierre, Dominique. FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
How Britain gave away an Empire. 500pp. Index. Dramatic and detailed account of events leading to and following the transfer of power. Fine in chipped dw. 1975 First edition, Collins. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Coupland, R. THE CRIPPS MISSION. |
£8 |
|
|
| |
|
|
64pp. Card covers. 4 b/w photographs and a cartoon. The author was on the staff of the Mission. Very good. 1942 First, Oxford University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Coupland, Reginald. THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM IN INDIA. |
£28 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Three vols in one. 161, 347 and 208pp. Each with index. Part I. The Indian problem, 1933-35. Part II. Indian Politics, 1936-42. Part III. The Future of India. Maps, tables etc. Known as 'The Nuffield Report'. Very good in in very good dw. 1944 First edition thus, Oxford University Press, India. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Coupland, Sir Reginald. INDIA: A RE-STATEMENT. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
311pp. Index. Folding map. Fine in very good dw. Inscription. 1945 First edition, Oxford University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Cumming, Sir John (edits). POLITICAL INDIA 1832-1932. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Co-operative Survey of a Century. 324pp. Index. 20 contributors. The mandarins of the ICS survey their opponents, the Indian nationalists. Some slight fraying to spine and fading to boards. 1932 First edition, Oxford University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Das, Durga. INDIA FROM CURZON TO NEHRU AND AFTER. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
487pp. Index. The history of twentieth century India reflected in the life of leading political journalist born in 1900. He knew all the key figures for 50 years. Very good indeed in chipped dw. 1969 First edition, Collins. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Das, M.N. THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF JAWAHARLAL NEHRU. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
256pp. Index. Very good in chipped dw. Fore-edge and wrapper spotted. 1961 First edition, Allen & Unwin. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Das, M.N. THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF JAWAHARLAL NEHRU. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
256pp. Index. Very good in very good dw. 1961 First edition, Allen & Unwin. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Das, Manmath Nath. PARTITION AND INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Inside Story of the Mountbatten Days. 344pp. Index. Researched from the Montbatten Papers. Fine in fine dw. 1982 First edition, East-West. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Das, Manmath Nath. PARTITION AND INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Inside Story of the Mountbatten Days. 344pp. Index. Based on the `Mountbatten Papers'. Fine in very good dw. 1982 First, East-West. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Das, Sitanshu. SUBHAS. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Political Biography. 634pp. Index. Photographs in b/w. Card covers with laminated transparent film. Very good. 2006 Reprint, Rupa, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Datta, V.N. and Settar, S (edit). JALLIANWALA BARGH MASSACRE. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Indian Council of Historical Research, Monograph Series 4. 297pp. Index. Fine in near-fine dw. 2000 First edition, Pragati Publications, Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Desai, Mahadev. THE STORY OF BARDOLI. |
£24 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Being a History of the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928 and its Sequal. 249pp. Index. Card covers. Folding map. The first reprint after the original edition of 1929. Very good. A very nice copy. 1957 Reprint, Navajivan, Ahmedabad. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Draper, Alfred. AMRITSAR. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Massacre that Ended the Raj. 301pp. Index. 30 b/w photographs and 2 maps. Fine in fine dw. 1981 First edition, Cassell. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Draper, Alfred. AMRITSAR. |
£15 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Massacre that Ended the Raj. 301pp. Index. 17 b/w photographs. Fine in near-fine dw. 1981 First edition, Cassell. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Draper, Alfred. THE AMRITSAR MASSACRE. |
£8 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Twilight of the Raj. 301pp. Index. 30 b/w photographs. Paperback reprint. Fine. 1985 Buchan & Enright. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Dutt, R.Palme. GUIDE TO THE PROBLEM OF INDIA. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
200pp. Card covers. Revised and condensed version of 'India Today'. Very good. 1942 Gollancz. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Dutt, R.Palme. INDIA TODAY. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
544pp. Index. A Marxist analysis of the political crisis. Very good. Owner's name. 1940 First edition, Victor Gollancz. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Dwarkadas, Kanji. TEN YEARS TO FREEDOM 1938-1947. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
An Eye Witness Story. 296pp. Index. The author, who knew all the main Congress figures, blames the party for the split with the Muslim League. Very good in chipped dw. 1968, Popular Prakashan, Bombay. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Edwardes, Michael. NEHRU. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Political Biography. 351pp. Index. Fine in near fine dw. 1971 First edition, Allen Lane. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Edwardes, Michael. THE LAST YEARS OF BRITISH INDIA. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
250pp. Index. Independence and partition. Fine in fine dw. 1963 First, Cassell. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Elwin, Verrier. TRUTH ABOUT INDIA: CAN WE GET IT? |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
106pp. Index. Card covers. With seven appendices. Preface by Laurence Housman. A case for Indian independence. Very good. 1932 Allen & Unwin. |
|
|
|
| |
|
French, Patrick. LIBERTY OR DEATH. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
India's Journey to Independence and Division. 467pp. Index. 33 b/w photographs and 6 maps. Fine in fine dw. 1997 First edition, Harper Collins. |
|
|
|
| |
|
French, Patrick. LIBERTY OR DEATH. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
India's Journey to Independence and Division. 467pp. Index. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in fine dw. 1997 First edition, Harper Collins. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Gandhi, Sonia (edits). FREEDOM'S DAUGHTER. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Letters between Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru 1922-1939. 483pp. Index. Fine in very good dw. 1989 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Gandhi, Sonia (edits). TWO ALONE, TWO TOGETHER. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Letters between Indira Gandhi and Jawarahal Nehru 1940-1964. 697pp. Index. 22 photographs. Fine in fine dw. 1992 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Gangulee, N. THE MAKING OF FEDERAL INDIA. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A brief survey of the development of Indian Constitutional Reform from 1911-1935. 352pp. Index. Folding map. Very good. 1936 First, James Nisbet. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Ghosh, Sudhir. GANDHI'S EMISSARY. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
351pp. Index. Gandhi's dealings with the Labour government 1945-47. Fine in very good dw. 1967 First, Cresset. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Gopal, Ram. HOW INDIA STRUGGLED FOR FREEDOM. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Political History. 469pp. Index. A very detailed account of the nationalst movement by the biographer of Tilak who was himself imprisoned by the British. Very good in very good dw. 1967, The Book Centre, Bombay. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Gopal, Ram. LOKMANYA TILAK. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Biography. 467pp. Index. Very good in worn dw. Paper browning at edges. 1956 First Asia Publishing House. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Gopal, Sarvepalli. JAWARHARLAL NEHRU. |
£45 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Biography. In 3 vols. 398, 346 and 336pp. Index. 99 b/w photographs. Fine in fine dws. 1975, 1979 and 1984 First editions, Cape. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Gopal, Sarvepalli. JAWARHARLAL NEHRU. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Biography. 503pp Index. Edited from the 3 volume original. Very good in very good dw. 1989 Abridged edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Gordon, Leonard A. BENGAL: THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT 1876-1940. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
407pp. Index. An account of the national movement in Bengal, its ambivalence to Gandhian ideas and detailed portraits of the leaders, R.C.Dutt, C.R.Das and Subhas Bose Very good indeed in slightly spotted dw. 1974 First edition, Colombia University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Griffiths, Percival. VIGNETTES OF INDIA. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
218pp. Index. Memoirs of a long contact with India (1922-70) in the I.C.S, as a legislator and businessman. Fine in fine dw. 1985 First edition, privately published, |
|
|
|
| |
|
Haithcox, John Patrick. COMMUNISM AND NATIONALISM IN INDIA. |
£28 |
|
|
| |
|
|
M.N.Roy and Comintern Policy 1920-1939. 389pp. Index. Bibliography. 15 b/w photographs. Fore-edge spotted. Otherwise fine in fine dw. 1971 First edition, Princeton University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Hangen, Welles. AFTER NEHRU, WHO? |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Incisive portraits of eight eminent Indians one of whom may suceed Nehru as head of the world's largest democracy. 303pp. Index. Very good indeed in slightly chipped dw. 1963 First edition, Hart-Davis. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Hardie, J.Keir M.P. INDIA IMPRESSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
141pp. First issued in 1909. Foreword by Philip Snowden. Early Labour Pary thinking on India. Very good. 1917 New edition, Home Rule for India League. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Hardie, J.Keir M.P. INDIA, IMPRESSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
126pp. Early Labour Pary thinking on India. Very good. 1909 First edition, Independent Labour Pary. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Hardiman, David. GANDHI IN HIS TIME AND OURS. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Global Legacy of his Ideas. 338pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2003 First edition, Hurst & Company. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Hasan, Mushirul. THE NEHRUS. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Personal Histories. 320pp. Text illlustrated with superb photographs from family collections. Very good indeed in fine dw. 2006 First edition, Mercury Books. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Hasan, Mushirul. THE NEHRUS. |
£24 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Personal Histories. 320pp. Text illlustrated with superb photographs from family collections. Fine in fine dw. 2006 First edition, Mercury Books. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Heehs, Peter. INDIA'S FREEDOM STRUGGLE 1857-1947. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Short History. 199pp. Index. An excellent summary. Very good in very good dw. 1988 First edition, Oxford University Press, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
HMSO (publishes). REPORT OF THE INDIAN STATUTORY COMMISSION. |
£150 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Volume 1 - Survey. Volume 2 - Recommendations. Volume 3 - Reports. In 3 vols. 409pp with 4 folding maps mounted on linen; 344pp with one folding map; 611pp. The report of Sir John Simon's commission (Clement Atlee was a member) on constitutional progress in India set up as a response to Congress activity. Beautifully bound for the West Sussex County Library with leather spines and rear pockets for maps. Very good indeed. A superb set where library binding has enhanced the flimsy official publications. 1930. |
|
|
|
| |
|
HMSO (publishes). REPORT OF THE INDIAN STATUTORY COMMISSION. |
£15 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Volume 2 - Recommendations. 344pp with one large folding map. The report of Sir John Simon's commission (Clement Atlee was a member) on constitutional progress in India set up as a response to Congress activity. Bound in black cloth with spine mark and a few library rubber stamp marks. Very good. 1930. |
|
|
|
| |
|
HMSO (publishes). REPORT OF THE INDIAN STATUTORY COMMISSION. |
£50 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Volume 1 - Survey. Volume 2 - Recommendations. In 2 vols. 409pp with 4 folding maps mounted on linen; 344pp with one folding map. The report of Sir John Simon's commission (Clement Atlee was a member) on constitutional progress in India set up as a response to Congress activity. Beautifully bound for the Scottish Police College Library with leather spines and rear pockets for maps. Very good indeed. A nice set where library binding has enhanced the flimsy official publications. 1930. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Hoyland, J.S. THE MAN INDIA LOVED. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
C.F.Andrews. 126pp. Very good in chipped dw. 1945 Second impressionn, Lutterworh Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Hutchins, Francis G. INDIA'S REVOLUTION. |
£26 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Gandhi and the Quit India Movement. 326pp. Index. Study of the politics of 1942. Very good in slightly rubbed dw. 1973 First edition, Harvard University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Ikramullah, Begum Shaista. FROM PURDAH TO PARLIAMENT. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
168pp. 13 b/w photographs. From Calcutta childhood, through nationalist politics to Pakistan parliament. Fine in very good dw. 1963 First edition, The Cresset Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Indian National Congress. THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS. |
£45 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Part 1 - 1027pp. Congress Presidential Addresses from the first Congress in Bombay 1885 to twenty sixth Congress Allahabad 1910. Part 2 - 34pp. Miscellaneous Utterances.Part 3 - 200pp. Resolutions of Congress. All bound together in modern plain cloth. No title page. Very good. No date (c1910). |
|
|
|
| |
|
Israel, Milton. COMMUNICATIONS AND POWER. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Propaganda and the Press in the Indian Nationalist Struggle, 1920-1947. 336pp. Index. South Asian Studies 56. Fine in fine dw. 1994 Cambridge University Press, India. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Israel, Milton. COMMUNICATIONS AND POWER. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Propaganda and the Press in the Indian Nationalist Struggle, 1920-1947. 336pp. Index. Card covers. South Asian Studies 56. Fine. 1994 Cambridge University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Iyengar, Uma (edits). THE OXFORD INDIA NEHRU. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
758pp. Index. 18 b/w illustrations. A collection of his writings organized by major themes. Fine in fine dw. 2007 First edition, Oxford University Press, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Iyer, Ragahavan (edits). SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
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. Fine in fine dw. 1960 First edition, Chatto & Windus. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Jack, Homer A. (edits). THE GANDHI READER. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Source Book of his Life and Writings. 532pp. Index. Fine in very good dw. 1958 First edition, Dobson. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Jaffrelot, Christophe. THE HINDU NATIONALIST MOVEMENT AND INDIAN POLITICS 1925 TO THE 1990s. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
592pp. Index. Translated from the French. Fine in fine dw. 1996 Columbia University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Jalal, Ayesha. THE SOLE SPOKESMAN. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan. 310pp. Index. Paperback edition. Very good. 1992 Reprint, Lahore. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer. ESMOND IN INDIA. |
£8 |
|
|
| |
|
|
269pp. Novel of post-independence Indian nationalists. Very good indeed in fine dw. 1978 Reissue, Murray. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Johnson, Richard L. (edits). GANDHI'S EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH. |
£28 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Essential Writing by and about Mahatma Gandhi. 388pp. Index. Fine. 2006 First edition, Lexington Books, Maryland. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Jones, George E. TUMULT IN INDIA. |
£15 |
|
|
| |
|
|
277pp. Index. 'New York Times' correspondent observes India's independence and partition. Very good in very good dw. 1948 First edition, Dodd Mead, New York. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Jordens, J.T.E. DAYANANDA SARASVATI |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
His Life and Work. 368pp. Index. Biography of the founder of the Arya Samaj (1824-83). Fine in fine dw. 1978 First edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Karaka, D.F. OUT OF DUST. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
301pp. Portrait of Gandhi and his influence on events by the first Indian to become President of the Oxford Union. Very good in chipped dw but one section is loose. 1940 First edition, Thacker & Co., Bombay. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Kazimi, M.R. (edits). M.A.JINNAH. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Views and Reviews. 260pp. Index. A collection of articles written by eminent international authorities on South Asian history. Fine in fine dw. 2005 Oxford University Press, Karachi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Keer, Dhananjay. LOKAMANYA TILAK. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Father of our Freedom Struggle. 446pp. Index. Very good in very good dw. 1959 First, Bombay. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Khan, Yasmin. THE GREAT PARTITION. |
£24 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Making of India and Pakistan. 251pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2007 First edition, Yale University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Krishan, Shri. POLITICAL MOBILIZATION AND IDENTITY IN WESTERN INDIA, 1934-47. |
£8 |
|
|
| |
|
|
279pp. Index. Card covers. Fine. 2005 Sage Publications, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Krishnamurti, Y.G. JAWARAHLAL NEHRU. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Man and his Ideas. 168pp. Index. Very good in worn dw. Front endpaper removed. 1945 Reprint, Popular Book Depot, Bombay. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Kudaisya, Medha M. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF G.D.BIRLA. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
434pp. Index. 10 b/w photographs. Story of Calcutta Marwari bussiness family at whose house Gangdi was shot. Fine in fine dw. 2003 First edition, Oxford University Press, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Kumar, R (edits). ESSAYS ON GANDHIAN POLITICS. |
£36 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Rowlatt Satyagraha of 1919. 347pp. Index. Near-fine in like dw. Slight spotting to fore-edge. A lovely copy. 1971 First edition, Oxford University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Kundra, T.N. GLIMPSES OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
From Inception to Attainment of Freedom (1885-1947). 170pp. Fine in very good dw. 1996 First, Regency Publications, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Low, D.A. BRITAIN AND INDIAN NATIONALISM. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Imprint of Ambiguity 1929-1942. 358pp. Index. 5 maps. Fine in fine dw. 1997 First edition, Cambridge University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Low, D.A. (edits). CONGRESS AND THE RAJ. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Facets of the Indian Struggle 1917-1947. 513pp. Index. 15 studies of Congress activity throughout India. Very good in very good dw. 1977 First edition, Heinemann. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Malaviya, the Hon Pandit Madat Mohan. HIS LIFE AND SPEECHES. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
591pp. Bound in later plain red cloth. Congress leader from Allahabad, an influence on Motilal Nehru. Interally very good but damp stains to edges of first few leaves. No date (c1920) Ganesh & Co., Madras. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Malik, Hafeez (edits). IQBAL. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Poet-Philosopher of Pakistan. 441pp. Index. Very good indeed in like dw. 1971 First edition, Columbia University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Mansergh, Nicholas (edits). THE TRANSFER OF POWER 1942-7. |
£35 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Constitutional Relations between Britain and India. Volume IV. The Bengal Famine and the New Viceroyalty, 15 June 1943 - 31 August 1944. 1,295pp. Index. Folding map. Very good in very good dw. Edges a little dusted. 1973 HMSO. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Mansergh, Nicholas (edits). THE TRANSFER OF POWER 1942-7. |
£750 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Constitutional Relations between Britain and India. Complete in 12 volumes . Each volume has about a thousand pages and separate index. The assistant editor of vols 1-4 was E.W.R.Lumly, of vols 5-12 Penderel Moon. Each volume weighs about 3kg. Fine in very good dws. A complete set in superb condition. 1970-1983 HMSO. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Mansergh, Nicholas (edits). THE TRANSFER OF POWER 1942-7. |
£38 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Constitutional Relations between Britain and India. 851pp. Index. 4 folding maps. Volume XII: 'The Mountbatten Viceroyalty, Princes, Partition and Independence, 8 July - 15 August 1947'. The final volume of a massive work. Little-used ex-library copy with minimal markings. Very good in very good dw. 1983 HMSO. |
|
|
|
| |
|
May, Dr. L.S. THE EVOLUTION OF INDO-MUSLIM THOUGHT AFTER 1857. |
£35 |
|
|
| |
|
|
488pp. Index. Very good indeed in like dw. 1970 First edition, Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, Lahore. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Mehta, Shirin. THE PEASANTRY AND NATIONALISM. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
215pp. Index. Rural unrest in Gujarat and its relationship with the Gandhian movement. Very good in very good dw. 1984 First edition, Manohar, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Menon, V.P. THE TRANSFER OF POWER IN INDIA. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
543pp. Index. 12 illustrations. A day by day factual narration of events by a participant who was the Constitutional Adviser to the Governor-General. Very good indeed in very good dw. 1957 First US, Princeton University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Menon, V.P. THE TRANSFER OF POWER IN INDIA. |
£8 |
|
|
| |
|
|
543pp. Index. 12 illustrations. A day by day factual narration of events by a participant who was the Constitutional Adviser to the Governor-General. Paperback edition. Very good but a little scuffed. 1981 Reprint, Sangam Books, India. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Menon, V.P. THE TRANSFER OF POWER IN INDIA. |
£35 |
|
|
| |
|
|
543pp. Index. 12 illustrations. A day by day factual narration of events by a participant who was the Constitutional Adviser to the Governor-General. Near-fine in like dw. 1957 First edition, Orient Longman. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Menon, V.P. THE TRANSFER OF POWER IN INDIA. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
543pp. Index. 12 illustrations. A day by day factual narration of events by a participant who was the Constitutional Adviser to the Governor-General. Paperback edition. Very good. 1993 Reprint, Orient Longman. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Menon, V.P. THE TRANSFER OF POWER IN INDIA. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
543pp. Index. 12 illustrations. A day by day factual narration of events by a participant who was the Constitutional Adviser to the Governor-General. Very good indeed in tatty dw. 1957 First Orient Longman. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Mishra, Neelam. THE SOCIALIST ORIENTATION OF JAWAHARLAL NEHRU. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
230pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 1989 First, Gian Publishing, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Moon, Penderel. STRANGERS IN INDIA. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
212pp. Index. Small 8vo. As India approaches independence, a District Officer experiences the political issues in his work and debates his position. Very good in dw with worn top edge. 1944 Second impression, Faber and Faber. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Moon, Penderel. STRANGERS IN INDIA. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
212pp. Index. Small 8vo. As India approaches independence, a District Officer experiences the political issues in his work and debates his position. Very good in dw with worn edges. 1945 Third impression, Faber and Faber. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Moon, Penderel. THE FUTURE OF INDIA. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
64pp with 16pp of photographs. An ICS view of the movement to independence. Very good in very good dw. An outstanding copy. 1945 First edition, The Pilot Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Moore, R.J. THE CRISIS OF INDIAN UNITY 1917-1940. |
£35 |
|
|
| |
|
|
334pp. Index. Fine in near-fine dw. 1974 First edition, Oxford University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Muzumdar, Haridas T. MAHATMA GANDHI. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Peaceful Revolutionary. 127pp. Index. Very good in very good dw. 1952 First edition, Charles Scribner's, New York. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nanda, B.R. GOKHALE, GANDHI AND THE NEHRUS. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Studies in Indian Nationalism. 203pp. Index. Ex-public library copy. Very good in very good dw. 1974 First edition, Allen & Unwin. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nanda, B.R. GOKHALE, GANDHI AND THE NEHRUS. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Studies in Indian Nationalism. 203pp. Index. Finer in fine dw. 1974 First edition, Allen & Unwin. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nanda, B.R. GOKHALE. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Indian Moderates and the British Raj. 520pp. Index. 14 b/w photographs. The Indian nationalist movement between 1885 and 1915. Fine in fine dw. 1977 First edition, Princeton University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nanda, B.R. MAHATMA GANDHI. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Biography. 542pp. Index. Very good in chipped dw. 1958 First edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nanda, B.R. MAHATMA GANDHI. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Biography. 542pp. Index. Very good in very good dw. 1958 First edition, Allen & Unwin. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nanda, B.R. MAHATMA GANDHI. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Biography. 542pp. Index. Very good. 1958 First, Allen & Unwin. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nanda, B.R. THE NEHRUS. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Mitilal and Jawaharlal. 357pp. Index. Very good. 1963 First US, John Day, New York. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nanda, B.R. THE NEHRUS. |
£8 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Mitilal and Jawaharlal. 378pp. Index. Paperback. Very good. 1989 Enlarged edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Narain, Kirti. PRESS, POLITICS AND SOCIETY: UTTAR PRADESH 1885-1914. |
£15 |
|
|
| |
|
|
302pp. Index. The role of Indain language newspapers in the develompent of nationalist ideas. Fine in fine dw. 1998 First edition, Mahohar, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Narain, Savita. THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE JALLIANWALA BARGH MASSACRE, 1919. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
76pp. Card covers. Fine. Owner's rubber stamp mark. 1998 Spantech & Lancer. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Natwar-Singh, K (edits). THE LEGACY OF NEHRU. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Memorial Tribute. 128pp. Presentation copy signed by the editior. Fine in slightly chipped dw. 1965 First edition, The John Day Company, New York. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nayar, Sushila and Mankekar, Kamla. WOMEN PIONEERS IN INDIA'S RENAISSANCE. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
As I Remember Her. 447pp. 67 essays each on a woman prominent in literary, nationalist and political fields by a woman who knew her. Photographs in b/w. Paperback. Very good. 2002 National Book Trust, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nehru, Jawaharlal (edits). A BUNCH OF OLD LETTERS. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Written mostly to Jahawarlal Nehru and some written by him. 523pp. Index. 366 letters to and from the great men of the day arranged in date order, 1917-1948. Very good in very good dw. 1988 Centenary edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nehru, Jawaharlal. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. |
£15 |
|
|
| |
|
|
With musings on recent events in India. 618pp. Index. First published 1936. Very good indeed. 1937 Reprint, Bodley Head. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nehru, Jawaharlal. INDEPENDENCE AND AFTER. |
£24 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Collection of Speeches 1946-1949 403pp. Very good indeed. Inscription. 1950 First US edition, John Day, New York. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nehru, Jawaharlal. INDIA'S FOREIGN POLICY. |
£26 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Selected Speeches September 1946- April 1961 612pp. Index. Very good in very good dw with minor repair to head of wrapper spine. 1961 First edition, Publications Division, Government of India.Reprint, Meridian. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nehru, Jawaharlal. MAHATMA GANDHI. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
171pp. 8 b/w illustrations. Very good in dw with a single short tear. 1966 Reprint, Asia Publishing House. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nehru, Jawaharlal. THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
550pp. Index. An exploration of Indian society and British rule. Written while in prison in 1944. Very good. 1951 Reprint, Meridian. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nehru, Jawaharlal. THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA. |
£8 |
|
|
| |
|
|
582pp. Index. An exploration of Indian society and British rule. Written while in prison in 1944. Paperback edition. Very good. 1981 Nehru Memorial Fund, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Nichols, Beverley. VERDICT ON INDIA. |
£10 |
|
|
| |
|
|
256pp. An account exploring likely independence. A very early case for the creation of Pakistan. Very good indeed in rubbed dw. 1944 First edition, Jonathan Cape. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Pandey, B.N.(edits). THE INDIAN NATIONALIST MOVEMENT 1885-1947. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Select Documents. 272pp. Index. Documentary study of Indian nationalism based on the private papers of Indian leaders and political parties. Fine in very good dw. 1979 First edition, Macmillan. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Panikkar, K.M. THE FOUNDATIONS OF NEW INDIA. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
259pp. Index. The creation of a national identity synthesising Eastern and Western values. Very good in very good dw. 1963 First edition, Allen & Unwin. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Paul, E Jaiwant and Paul, Shubh HAR DAYAL. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Great Revolutionary 184pp. Study of independence struggles 1905-19. Much on his role in the Ghadar movement. Making use of British official documents. Fine in fine dw. 2003 First edition, Roli Books, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Philips, C.H. and Wainwright, Mary Doreen (edit). THE PARTITION OF INDIA. |
£28 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Policies and Perspectives 1935-1947. 607pp. 29 essays. Chronology, bibliography and index. Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies. Fine in very good dw. 1970 First edition, Allen & Unwin. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Polak H.S.L., Brailsford H.N. & Pethick-Lawrence, Lord. MAHATMA GANDHI. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
320pp. Index. Endpaper maps. 25 b/w photographs. Very good. Spine faded and front hinge cracked. 1949 First edition, Odhams. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Polak H.S.L., Brailsford H.N. & Pethick-Lawrence, Lord. MAHATMA GANDHI. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
320pp. Index. Endpaper maps. 25 b/w photographs. Very good in rubbed dw. 1949 First edition, Odhams. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Power, Paul F. GANDHI ON WORLD AFFAIRS. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
166pp. Index. An analysis of Gandhi's ideas. Very good indeed in like dw. 1961 First edition, Allen & Unwin. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Prasad, Rajendra. INDIA DIVIDED. |
£35 |
|
|
| |
|
|
397pp. Index. Senior Congress politician outlines the intellectual history of the idea of Partition. Printed on hand-made paper. Very good in darkening dw. 1946 First edition, Hind Kitabs, Bombay. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Prasad, Rajendra. INDIA DIVIDED. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
427pp. Index. Senior Congress politician outlines the intellectual history of the idea of Partition. Very good in very good dw. 1947 Third edition, Hind Kitabs, Bombay. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Qureshi, Ishtiaq Husain. THE STRUGGLE FOR PAKISTAN. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
389pp. Index. Full account of the movement that led to the foundation of Pakistan. Very good in very good dw. 1974 Reprint, University of Karachi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Rahman, T.A. WHAT DOES GANDHI WANT? |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
117pp. Index. Very good in very good dw. 1942 First edition, Oxford University Press, New York. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Rai, Lajpat. UNHAPPY INDIA. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Being a Reply to Miss Katherine Mayo's 'Mother India'. 536pp. The author, a veteran Congress politician from Lahore, died in the year of publication of this influential book after a blow from a police lathi in a demonstration against the Simon Commission. Very good indeed. 1928 First edition, Banna Publishing Co., Calcutta. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Rai, Lajpat. UNHAPPY INDIA. |
£28 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Being a Reply to Miss Katherine Mayo's 'Mother India'. 565pp. Index. Many photographs of nationalist figures. The author, a veteran Congress politician from Lahore, died in the year of publication of this influential book after a blow from a police lathi in a demonstration against the Simon Commission. A little rubbed and shaken. 1928 Second edition revised, enlarged and illustrated, Banna Publishing Co., Calcutta. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Rajput, A.B. MUSLIM LEAGUE YESTERDAY AND TODAY. |
£24 |
|
|
| |
|
|
288pp. Index. Very good in rubbed dw with a little loss. 1948 First edition, Muhammad Ashraf, Lahore. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Rau, B.N. INDIA'S CONSTITUTION IN THE MAKING. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
510pp. Index. After a first at Cambridge in 1910 he chose the ICS rather than a fellowship. 14 years as a judge in Bengal led to a post with the Legislative Council in Assam. He presented the Assam Government's case in London in 1933 and was asked to lead on the adaptation of all provincial and Central statutes to the new constitution of 1935. He became Prime Minister of Kashmir for 18 months in 1944-45 and then became Constitutional Adviser to the Constituent Assembly in 1946 as it prepared for Independence in 1947. From 1949-52 he was India's ambassador to the UN and was elected as a judge to the International Court of Justice briefly before his death in 1953. Very good in chipped dw. 1960 First, Longmans, Bombay. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Read, Anthony and Fisher, David. THE PROUDEST DAY. |
£8 |
|
|
| |
|
|
India's Long Road to Independence. 565pp. Index. 36 photographs. Card covers. Fine. 1998 Pimlico. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Read, Anthony and Fisher, David. THE PROUDEST DAY. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
India's Long Road to Independence. 565pp. Index. 36 photographs. Fine in fine dw. 1997 First Cape. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Robinson, Francis. SEPARATISM AMONG INDIAN MUSLIMS. |
£36 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The politics of the United Provinces' Muslims 1960-1923. 469pp. Index. 76pp appendices with short biographies of key figures Fine in very good dw. An outstanding copy. 1974 First edition, cambridge University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Ronaldshay, Lord. THE HEART OF ARYAVARTA. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Study of the Psychology of Indian Unrest. 262pp. Index. The author had been aide to Lord Curzon, Governor of Bengal and Secretary of State for India. Very good. Inscription. 1927 Third impression, Constable. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Rumbold, Sir Algernon. WATERSHED IN INDIA 1914-1922. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
344pp. Index. A study of the development of British policy. The author served in the India Office from 1929-1947. Fine in fine dw. 1979 First edition, University of London, The Athlone Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Safrani, Abid Hasan and Thivy, John H. THE MEN FROM IMPHAL and THE STRUGGLE IN EAST ASIA. |
£15 |
|
|
| |
|
|
106pp. Card wrappers. An INA soldier's account and an overview of events. Very good. 1971 First edition, Netaji Research Bureau, Calcutta, |
|
|
|
| |
|
Saggi, P.D. (edits). LIFE AND WORK OF SARDAR VALLHABHBHAI PATEL |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Nation's Homage. c200pp (paginated in sections). Many b/w photographs. In unlettered binding. Copy sent for review inscribed by the editor. Binding slack but otherwise sound. No date (c1950) Overseas Publishing House, Bombay. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Salisbury, The Marquis of, et al. JOINT COMMITTEE ON INDIAN CONTITUTIONAL REFORM. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Statement Representing Minority Recommendations. 52pp. The statement of 'Conservative Members of the India Committee opposed to the White Paper and the Majority Report'. Very good. Private library rubber stamp marks. 1934 The St. Catherine Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Sangharakshita. AMBEDKAR AND BUDDHISM. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
181pp. Card covers. Very good. Covers a little rubbed. 1996 Windhorse Publications, Glasgow. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Sarila, Narendra Singh. THE SHADOW OF THE GREAT GAME. |
£15 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Untold Story of India's Partition. 436pp. Index. 16 b/w photographs and 7 maps. Fine in fine dw. 2006 Reprint, HarperCollins, India. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Satyapal and Chandra, Prabodh. SIXTY YEARS OF CONGRESS. |
£28 |
|
|
| |
|
|
384pp. Colour frontispiece and many full-page photographs. Souvenir of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations held at Meerut. Very good indeed in chipped dw he edges of which have been stuck to the endpapers. 1946 First edition, The Lion Press, Lahore. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Seal, Anil. THE EMERGENCE OF INDIAN NATIONALISM. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Competition and Collaboration in the Later Nineteenth Century. 416pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 1971 First, Cambridge University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Shah, Sayed Wiqar Ali. ETHNICITY, ISLAM AND NATIONALISM. |
£18 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Muslim Politics in the North-West Frontier Province 1937-47. 311pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 1999 First, Oxford University Press, Karachi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Shaw, Graham and Lloyd, Mary. PUBLICATIONS PROSCRIBED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. |
£28 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Catalogue of the collections in the India Office Library and Records and the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books, British Library Reference Division. 203pp. Indexed by title and subject. Fine. 1985 First edition, The British Library. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Shelvankar, K.S. THE PROBLEMOF INDIA. |
£6 |
|
|
| |
|
|
208pp. Index. Paperback original. Very good. Neat owner's name on cover. 1943 Reprint, Penguin. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Shridharani, Krishnalal MY INDIA, MY AMERICA. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
647pp. Index. Follower of Gandhi travels to America in 1934. Autobiography and analysis of nationalist issues. Near-fine. Slight wear at top of spine. 1941 Fourth printing, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Shridharani, Krishnalal. WAR WITHOUT VIOLENCE. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Study of Gandhi's Method and its Accomplishments. 351pp. Index. The author was a young Satyagrahi volunteer from 1929 to 1933. He was arrested whilst on the Salt March with Gandhi in 1930 and imprisoned for several months. In 1934 he went to New York. Ex-university library with minimal marking. Very good. 1939 First edition, Harcourt Brace, New York. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Shuja, Shaikh. JINNAH. |
£9 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Constitutional Path to Indian Independence and the Creation of Pakistan. 211pp. Index. Card covers. Fine. 2004 Reprint, Historical Publications, Cambridge. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Singh Jaswant. JINNAH. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
India - Partition - Independence. 659pp. Index.25 b/w photographs. Fine in fine dw. 2009 Reprint, Rupa, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Singh, Anup. NEHRU. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Rising Star of India. 168pp. Very good in chipped dw. 1940 First edition, Allen & Unwin. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Singh, Durlab (edits). FORMATION AND GROWTH OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY (Azad Hind Fauj). |
£24 |
|
|
| |
|
|
160pp .' Exhibits' relevent to the INA Red Fort trials including long extracts from the Diary of Shah Nawaz Khan. In unlettered stiff card wrappers Small scribble on front board otherwise very good. 1946 Hero Publications, Lahore. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Singh, Jaswant. JINNAH. |
£24 |
|
|
| |
|
|
India - Partition - Independence. 669pp. Index. 25 b/w illustrations. Fine in fine dw. 2009 Ninth imprsssion, Rupa, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Singh, Karan. PROPHET OF INDIAN NATIONALISM. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Study of the Political Though of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh 1893-1910. 163pp. Foreword by Jawarhalal Nehru. Very good in darkening dw. 1963 First edition, Allen & Unwin. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Sinha, Sasadhar. INDIAN INDEPENDENCE IN PERSPECTIVE. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
311pp. Index. Bengali nationalist and translator of Tagore reviews and criticises India's progress to independence. Very good in very good dw. 1964 First edition, Asia Publishing House. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Sitaramayya, B.Pattabhi. HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS. |
£45 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Volume II (1935-1947). 827pp + 271pp appendices. Internally very good. In chipped dw. The unlettered cloth boards are stained with very minor worm holes. 1947 First edition, Padma Publications, Bombay. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Smith, William Roy. NATIONALISM AND REFORM IN INDIA. |
£32 |
|
|
| |
|
|
485pp. Index. Near-fine. 1938 First edition, Yale University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Studdert-Kennedy, Gerald. BRITISH CHRISTIANS, INDIAN NATIONALISTS AND THE RAJ. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
274pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 1991 First, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Suri, A.Pershad Promila. MOTILAL NEHRU. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
A Short Political Biography. 118pp. Photographs in b/w. Very good in complete dw. 1961 First, Chand, Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Sykes, Sir Frederick. FROM MANY ANGLES. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
An Autobiography. 592pp. Index. 15 b/w illustrations and 7 maps and diagrams. Sykes was Governor of Bombay from 1928-33 where he was involved with constitutional and social reform. Slack and rubbed. Corners bruised and edges spotted. 1943 Reprint, Harrap. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Tahmankar, D.V. LOCKMANYA TILAK. |
£24 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Father of Indian Unrest and Maker of Modern India. 340pp. Index. Very good indeed. 1956 First edition, John Murray. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Tahmankar, D.V. LOCKMANYA TILAK. |
£26 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Father of Indian Unrest and Maker of Modern India. 340pp. Index. Presentation copy signed by the author. Very good in very good dw. 1956 First edition, John Murray. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Tharoor, Shashi. NEHRU. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Invention of India. 282pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2003 First edition, Arcade Publishing, New York. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Thompson, Edward. ENLIST INDIA FOR FREEDOM! |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
120pp. A passionate argument for Churchill to grant Dominion status to India and then to fight the war together. Very good in rubbed dw. 1941 Reprint, Victor Gollancz. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Thompson, Edward. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF INDIA. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
320pp. Index. Folding map. Account of the political crisis and discussion of constitutional issues by distinguished novelist sympathetic to Indian nationalism. Ex-public library copy in the original blue cloth. Very good. 1930 First edition, Faber. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Thompson, Edward. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF INDIA. |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
320pp. Index. Folding map. Account of the political crisis and discussion of constitutional issues by distinguished novelist sympathetic to Indian nationalism. Ex-private library (National Liberal Club) with minimal markings. Very good. Head of spine slightly frayed. 1930 First edition, Faber. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Thorat, Sukhadeo and Kumar, Narender (edit). B.R.AMBEDKAR. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Perspectives on Social Exclusion and Inclusive Politics. 386pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2008 Second impression, Oxford University Press, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Times, The. THE NEW INDIA. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Reprinted from 'The Times' India number published on 23 March 1937. 177pp. 45 b/w photographs. Determinedly optimistic to mark contitutional progress. With advertising features for 5 princely states, Patiala, Indore, Bhavnagar, Baroda and Travancore, supporting the new federal arrangements. Very good. 1937 The Times Publishing Co. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Tinker, Hugh. FOUNDATIONS OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN INDIA, PAKISTAN AND BURMA. |
£32 |
|
|
| |
|
|
376pp. Index. Very good in very good dw. 1954 First edition, University of London, The Athlone Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Tinker, Hugh. FOUNDATIONS OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN INDIA, PAKISTAN AND BURMA. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
376pp. Index. Ex-library copy with minimal markings. Very good. 1954 First edition, University of London, The Athlone Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Tinker, Hugh. THE ORDEAL OF LOVE. |
£15 |
|
|
| |
|
|
C.F.Andrews and India. 334pp. Index. Biography of Anglican priest who was a friend of Gandhi and Tagore. Near-fine in near-fine dw. Owner's name. 1979 First edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Tomlinson, B.R. THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND THE RAJ, 1929-1942. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
208pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 1976 First edition, Macmillan. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Vadgama, Kusoom. INDIA. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
British-Indian Campaigns in Britain for Indian reforms, justice and freedom 1831-1947. 240pp. Index. Many b/w illustrations. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in fine dw. 1997 First, Banyan Tree. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Vadgama, Kusoom. INDIA. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
British-Indian Campaigns in Britain for Indian reforms, justice and freedom 1831-1947. 240pp. Index. Many b/w illustrations. Fine in fine dw. 1997 First edition, Banyan Tree. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Verma, M.M. GANDHI'S TECHNIQUE OF MASS MOBILISATION. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
255pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 1990 First, Gupta, New Delhi. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Wasti, Syed Razi. LORD MINTO AND THE INDIAN NATIONALIST MOVEMENT 1905-1910. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
254pp. Index. Very good indeed. 1964 First, Oxford University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Watson, Francis. THE TRIAL OF MR.GANDHI. |
£24 |
|
|
| |
|
|
288pp. Index. His trial for sedition at Ahmedabad in 1922. Signed by the author. Very good. 1969 First edition, Macmillan. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Weiner, Myron. PARTY POLITICS IN INDIA. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Development of the Multi-Party System. 319pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 1957 First edition, Princeton University Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Wells, Ian Bryant. JINNAH. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity. 269pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2006 First edition, Seagull Books. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Wolpert, Stanley. SHAMEFUL FLIGHT. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
The Last Years of the British Empire in India. 238pp. Index. 15 b/w photographs and 4 (small) maps. Examines the failures of the key figures, British and Indian, which led to partition. Fine in fine dw. 2006 First edition, Oxford University Press, New York |
|
|
|
| |
|
Wolpert, Stanley. TILAK AND GOKALE. |
£24 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Revolution and Reform in the Making of Modern India. 362pp. Index. Fine in rubbed dw. 1962 First edition, University of California Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Wolpert, Stanley. TILAK AND GOKALE. |
£16 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Revolution and Reform in the Making of Modern India. 370pp. Index. Fine. 1977 Reprint, University of California Press. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Wrench, Sir Evelyn. IMMORTAL YEARS (1937-44). |
£14 |
|
|
| |
|
|
232pp. Index. Stuck in India by the war, the author was close to all the leading figures from the Viceroy to Gandhi and describes them well. An excellent document of that time. Very good in worn and loose dw. No date (1945), Hutchinson. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Younghusband, Sir Francis. DAWN IN INDIA. |
£25 |
|
|
| |
|
|
British Purpose and Indian Aspiration. 331pp. Index. Very good. 1930 Second edition, John Murray. |
|
|
|
| |
|
Zinkin, Taya. INDIA. |
£12 |
|
|
| |
|
|
236pp. Index. 100 illustrations and 3 maps. A short history with strong analysis of the problems and personalities of newly independent India. Fine in fine dw. 1965 First edition, Thames and Hudson. |
|
|
|
