Search Results: History - India & the Indian Sub-Continent from Browse Awhile Books

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2001. Book. VG+. Hard Cover (x-library). Large Octavo. Ex-library with usual markings and labels. Dust jacket in plastic sleeve, glued to end papers..

New York: Basic Books, 2018. "One of the most interesting and informative works yet published on the Indian Army during World War I ... Morton-Jack's use of little known accounts from Indian Army veterans is what really brings the book to life." (History of War Magazine [UK]). 608pp.. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/DJ Fine. Thick Large Octavo.

New York: Random House, 1990. 329pp. Account of the brutal wars and international intrigues of the nineteenth century in India and Afghanistan - the British side of the "Great Game" that culminated in the siege of Kabul and the deaths of 16,000 British soldiers, their families and camp followers. A cautionary tale of the dangers of imperial ambition in central Asia.. BCE. Hard Cover. VG (bottom corners bumped)/DJ VG- (corner tear). Large Octavo.

New York: Dorset Press, 1989. 1st Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/DJ Near Fine. Octavo.

New York: Facts on File, 2007. 308pp.. BCE. Hard Cover. Fine/DJ Fine. Large Octavo.

New York: Facts on File, 2007. Hard Cover. Fine/DJ Fine. Large Octavo.

Wayland Publishers, 1972. Dust jacket has minor wear extremities and a tiny chip on bottom front edge.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/DJ Very Good (small faults). Large Octavo.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003. The story of the largest covert operation in history. This is the untold story of the last battle of the Cold War and how it fueled the new jihad. The author tells how Charlie Wilson, a maverick congressman from East Texas, conspired with a rogue CIA operative to launch the biggest, meanest, and most successful covert operation in the Agency's history, defeating the Soviets in Afghanistan.. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/DJ Very Good. Large Octavo.

London: Phoenix Press, 2002. 344pp + ads. Ex-library with usual markings and labels.. Soft cover (x-library). Near Fine/Cover laminated. Octavo.

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/DJ Fine. Octavo.

New York: Touchstone, 1988. 1st Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Thick Large Octavo.

Boulder: Westview Press, 1998. 259pp. A history of the hill stations of Asia, where the colonials, missionaries, merchants and civil administrators escaped the heat of the tropics in search of "health, relaxation, and sometimes their sanity.". Later Printing (4th). Hard Cover. Fine/DJ Fine. Large Octavo.

New York: The Viking Press, 1978. 472pp. A fresh, nice copy.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/DJ Near Fine. Large Octavo.

New York: Harper & Row, 1983. 288pp. Owner's handstamp on ffep, blindstamp on title page.. 1st U.S. Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/DJ Near Fine. Small Quarto.

Ware: Wordsworth Editions Ltd., 2001. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small Quarto.

London: I.B. Tauris, 2003. Soft Cover. VG+. Large Octavo.

New York: Union Square Press, 2008. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/DJ Fine. Large Octavo.

New York: The Viking Press, 1930. Blue and silver pictorial titles on light brown cloth. 299pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1935. Photo-Play Edition, with scenes from the 1935 film starring Gary Cooper and Franchot Tone on dust jacket and end papers. Owner's notes on Contents page. Dust jacket is heavily worn on top front edge, with loss at top of spine, but quite presentable nonetheless within new Brodart sleeve. Book is slightly toned on top front corner of spine, where loss from the jacket exposed the yellow cloth. Hinges firm and corners square.. Hard Cover. Very Good/DJ Fair. Octavo.

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1985. Hard Cover. Near Fine/DJ Near Fine. Large Octavo.