HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2000* Publisher: Harper Collins.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £24.99. Absolutely minimal shelf wear. Now in clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, coloured (red) end papers, slight paper ageing to page margins and edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 535 pp. text. xlvi pp. apps. acks, notes, bibliography, advertisements & index at rear.* Description: A cradle of civilisation, the subcontinent is today the cockpit of one of its most explosive disputes. From the myths of an impossible antiquity to the masterpieces of classical glory, from the boasts of obscure dynasts to the chronicles of Islamic conquest, and from the triumphs of liberation to the recriminations of partition, Kray recounts a five-thousand-year epic in which conflict underwrites achievement and kings defer to saints.* A NEAR FINE copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS. This is a large & heavy item, a small extra amount has been included in the price to assist with the additional postage.* 2000-04-16. Seller Inventory # 1720

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Title: India: A History (1st Edition)

Publisher: HarperCollins

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG/VG++/F

Edition: y 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp. FNL.

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Cocksparrow Books are a small on-line second hand book sellers which originated 25 years ago with a high street second-hand Book Shop in Wadhurst, East Sussex.
We specialise in non-fiction, collectible first editions of hardback fiction and first impression issues of un-usual paperbacks. We also carry a range of good condition ex-library books. We tend to avoid bestsellers and airport fiction.
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