Allen Charles Edited (89 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Orders shipped daily from the UK. Professional seller.

Condition: Good. B/W Photographs (illustrator). DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned, spotted. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First. A very Good+ unmarked copy. First American Edition, First Printing. A rectangular format book of 240 pages. Illustrated throughout with historic photographs Old photographs painstakingly reproduced in duotone. Memorabilia - the nostalgic and affecting artifacts of another time. Lush paintings of a romantic landscape. And the words and memories of more than sixty people who were part of it all - the oldest born in 1876 the youngest when partition still divided India. Drawing on journals, memoirs, diaries, family albums, scrapbooks and private letters and most especially over 250 hours of taped interviews of the men and women who lived and worked for the Raj. 15 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A hardback volume in Very Good condition, in a similar dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Paperback 1988 reprint. Flat spine. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref H199.

Condition: Poor. Tanning/foxing/fading & scratches/some tears to dustjacket. Tanning to cover. Foxing to textblock edges/endpapers. Tanning to pages. Content good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 1986 reprint. Paperback. 20x13cm. 575 pages with index. Flat spine. Flat covers. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref dch.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Contents: 1. The symbolism of marriage prestation/Monika Krengel. 2. Symmetry and consanguinity in the kinship system of Kumaon, North India/Joanne Moller. 3. Tribal Brahmans? The case of the Rajopadhyaya of Nepal/Gerard Toffin. 4. Residence and ritual in the Garhwal Himalaya/William S. Sax. 5. The role of women in the Uttaranchal regional movement/Emma Mawdsley. 6. The Avataras of Varaha in the Nepal Himalayas/Marie Lecomte-Tilouine. 7. Rulers, reconstructions and responses: Kumaon under British rule/Barbara Chinn. 8. Revenue records of the Duchy of Sira: a preliminary interpretation/Maheshwar P. Joshi and Charles W. Brown. 9. Buddhism in Lahul: emergence and evolution/Tobdan. 10. A note on the castes and sub-castes of Garhwal/Tara Dutt Gairola.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Dust wrapper much sunned at the spine with the price clipped. The contents complete, clean and tight.; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over brown boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (0.9 kg); pp (xvii) 166; Preface by Anthony Kirk-Greene; Includes: Line drawings; Black & white photographs; Glossary of Anglo-African words, phrases and slang; Photographic lining papers; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #201245 ||.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition (hardback). Square 4to (26cm by 26cm), 224pp. 160 illustrations, including 140 in colour. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. Light rubbing of the front free endpaper, else the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition (dustwrapper price-clipped). ISBN 0297785265.

Hard back binding in publisher's original cobalt blue cloth covers, red title and author lettering to the spine, Army and Navy archive illustrated end papers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 240 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs to the centre. Tiny rubs to the spine tips. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with a little sun fading to the spine, nicks to the lower spine end, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. INDIA (Bharat Ganarajya).

Condition: Good. Wear, marks & tanning to jacket. Boards are worn & foxed at the edges. Lightly tanned & foxed textblock edge. Content is very good.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original chocolate paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xvii] 166 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout, old sepia advertisements to the end papers. A little wear to the lower edges. Near Fine condition book in near Fine condition photographic dust wrapper with minimal creasing to the spine ends, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0563177543 AFRICAN CONTINENT.

Softcover. 286 p. Good condition. The reading pages are clean and unmarked. Slight signs of storage and wear. Binding with crease. Spine with reading creases. Retired library copy with corresponding labelling. Otherwise a good copy. 9780195133295 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Condition: Gut. Erstauflage / First publication. Karten + XIV + Bll. + 226 S. inkl. kl. Glossar u. mit s/w. u. farb. Illustrationen im Text. * In association with the National Army Museum, London Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1005 Kl.-4° small, O(Schwarz)-GanzLnw. mit Goldgepr.-Rückentitel u. OIll.-Umschlag. Gut erhalten.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback in jacket. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket is complete. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 36.3. From Fort Laramie to Wounded Knee. In the West That Was.

1997. North America, Native Americans. University of Nebraska Press. Very good to good+ paperback with slight wave or ripple along top fore-edge/margin, otherwise tight and very clean 286p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 1983 BBC reprint of 1982 Andre Deutsch first edition. Inscribed by author. Size octavo, 9.25" tall, 240 pages. Maroon hard cover with gilt title on the spine, end-papers printed with contemporary photos, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, gift inscription on front end-paper, pages very slightly toned otherwise clean throughout. Dust jacket condition very good, spine a little faded, very small mark to lower edge, 2x3mm, price clipped. Inscribed by the Author on the title page "For H.E. & Mrs J Denson with the Author's Best Wishes Charles Allen Sep. 1983". Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Washington D.C. Contents: Fixing a shadow / Vidya Dehejia -- The appeal of the panorama / John Falconer -- A passion for documentation: architecture and ethnography / John Falconer -- Topography and memory: Felice Beato's photographs of India, 1858-1859 / David Harris -- Undiscovered amateur: Macfarlane and the picturesque / Jane Ricketts -- Photographer of the picturesque: Samuel Bourne / Gary D. Sampson -- India of the princes and maharajas / Charles Allen -- Maharajas as photographers / Vidya Dehejia -- Imperial image: the grand durbars of 1903 and 1911 / Charles Allen -- Lala Deen Dayal: between two worlds / Gary D. Sampson -- Shades of sepia: photographic processes / Michael Gray. 315 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 x 28 cm. 2006 reprint. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. B&W Photographs (illustrator). Reprint. Former owner's ink notation along upper edge fep and rear ep; Age-toned, else textblock very clean and tight. Lightly creased corners, bump on foot of spine, reading crease along the spine. 287p., including notes and glossary. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback.

oblong 4to, hard cover, maroon cloth, with decorated label covering the front board, no dust jacket, gilt lettering, 239pp including index, glossary, colour plates and black and white photographs and illustrations throughout, all in very good condition, small stain to back cover, some small scratches to front label, 1cm tear to lower edge of endpapers at fold, internally no marks or inscriptions, a nice copy. ISBN 0712607153.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1988 1st ed. thus. 226pp. illus. hardback sm 4to: near Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [spot of foxing; else a nice crisp copy; dj = bit of fading of text inside front fold; else F] A colorfully illustrated, abridged and edited edition of Captain Albert Henry Andrew Hervey's (1814-77) famous British Indian Army memoir, originally published in three volumes in 1850.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xiv, 768 pp. LCC: 921353.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 8vo, 23.3cm, First edition, 240p., with 12 pages of plates (mainly photographs) and illustrations in the text; decorated endpapers; original publisher's cloth in jacket, near mint copy in the cellophane shipping wrapper (tr.ds.38893) ~ This volume is the third and final part of a series of stories of what might be called an "Imperial Trilogy", all of which were broadcast as part of the BBC "oral histories documentaries" program. Tales form the South China Seas charts the adventures of the British men and women who sought their fortune in the various colonial territories around the South China Seas in the early twentieth century.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. DJ spine has faded.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Soldier and Company: Life on an Indian Frontier 1833-43 by Captain Albert Henry (Edited by Charles Allen) is a significant literary work that explores Soldier and Company: Life on an Indian Frontier 1833-43 by Captain Albert Henry (Edited by Charles Allen) is a significant work that delves into A vivid portrayal of military life on the Indian frontier during the early 19th century. Through Captain Albert Henry's detailed accounts, readers gain insight into the challenges faced by soldiers between 1833 and 1843. Edited by renowned historian Charles Allen, this work emphasizes personal narratives shaping the colonial frontier. It provides an in-depth analysis of Military History, Colonialism, India, 1830s-1840s. A must-have for collectors and historians. Captain Albert Henry (Edited by Charles Allen), a renowned figure in Military History, has contributed extensively to the field. The book has been well-received for its Colonialism, influencing discussions in academic and literary circles. It has played a role in shaping public perception about India and has even inspired adaptations, including numerous scholarly debates. This collectible edition is a must-have for historians, scholars, and collectors alike. The jacket is good with some signs of wear including slight creasing on the edges, very small tears at top of spine. DJ not clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. VG+++/VG+++. Former owners ownership stamp on free front endpaper and half title. Dust jacket has scratch on back cover and light edgewear. Very nice hardcover with dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. There are many other authors. B1 2.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. London. Michael Joseph. HARDCOVER. 1988. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing. AS NEW, bound in black with gold titles and map endpapers in grey pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Edited and abridged edition of memoirs of Captain Albert Hervey. Published in association with the National Army Museum, London. Illustrated.

Condition: New. Brand New.