Ancient Historians of India: A Study in Historical Biographies
by Pathak, Vishwambhar Sharan
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
London: Asia Publishing House, 1966. 1st edition. Hardback. Red cloth with faded lettering to spine. Octavo. [xv prelims] 184 pages. Good in Fair jacket. Boards faded, particularly around the spine. Text brown at the edges; small bumps to the fore-edges of the last thirty-odd pages. A bit of tape residue to each of the paste-downs. Jacket price-clipped, faded and frayed, with chipped and torn edges. Small losses at the spine ends and in each corner. Both faces rubbed and marked; back stained along its leading edge.
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- Bookseller
- Alex Richardson
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2239
- Title
- Ancient Historians of India: A Study in Historical Biographies
- Author
- Pathak, Vishwambhar Sharan
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Asia Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History, India, Indian, Asia, Asian, Historiography, Ancient, Historical, Writing, Writings
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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Alex Richardson
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