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ISLAM AND THE ARMY IN COLONIAL INDIA: SEPOY RELIGION IN THE SERVICE OF EMPIRE
Written by Nile Green.
Stock no. 1818887
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A ground-breaking study of the cultural world of the Muslim soldiers of colonial India. Set in Hyderabad in the mid nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the book focuses on the soldiers' relationships with the faqir holy men who protected them and the British officers they served. Black boards, silver title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780521898454.

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IRAQ A HISTORY
Written by John Robertson.
Stock no. 2132129
Published by Oneworld. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781851685868. Small knock to base of spine.

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THE LEGACY OF ISRAEL
Written by I. Abrahams.
Stock no. 1818856
Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 1948. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Legacy series. Companion to The Legacy of Greece and The Legacy of Rome. This volume deals with those elements that Western Civilization has drawn from Israel throughout the ages. A collection of essays concerned with the history and character of Israel only in so far as these have determined Israel's gifts to the World. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. White marks to front edge of spine. Heavy foxing to text block and browning to endpapers. Musty odour present. Price-cut white pictorial dustwrapper has a few edge-chips and is heavily scuffed/grubby.

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AKBAR THE GREATEST MOGUL
Written by S.M. Burke.
Stock no. 1818763
Published by Munshiram Manoharlal. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Based mainly on accounts left behind by those who personally knew the emperor well, the result of several years of research. Insight into the character and achievements of the founding fathers of the celebrated Mogul dynasty in India. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND THE KASHMIR DISPUTE ON REGIONAL CONFLICT AND ITS RESOLUTION
Written by Robert G. Wirsing.
Stock no. 1818628
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A response to mounting international concern about Kashmir with specific, step-by-step recommendations for breaking the existing diplomatic stale-mate between India and Pakistan. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0333638182. Top & tail of spine bumped. Mark to front board. White label to front pastedown. Yellow dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly edge-rubbed and scuffed.

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STALIN'S NEMESIS: THE EXILE AND MURDER OF LEON TROTSKY
Written by Bertrand M. Patenaude.
Stock no. 1318387
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of one of the twentieth century's most notorious political murders: the assassination of Leon Trotsky. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780571228751. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed, tiny piece torn from top corner of rear panel.

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STALIN'S NEMESIS: THE EXILE AND MURDER OF LEON TROTSKY
Written by Bertrand M. Patenaude.
Stock no. 1818240
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The story of one of the twentieth century's most notorious political murders: the assassination of Leon Trotsky. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780571228751.

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GREAT ZULU BATTLES 1838-1906
Written by Ian Knight.
Stock no. 2131429
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps and plates. ISBN: 1854093908.

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SHAKA'S CHILDREN A HISTORY OF THE ZULU PEOPLE
Written by Stephen Taylor.
Stock no. 2131031
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Zulu world, its passions, intrigues and ideals, the sly white traders, the squabbling Boers, the thunderous battles and the bright African landscape. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 416 pages including index. ISBN: 0002551446.

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FOOD FOR THE CHILDREN
Written by Anna Boguslawska.
Stock no. 2128993
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Diary of the Warsaw Rising - Summer 1944. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0850521882. Some bumping along cover edges. Page browning. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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PASTURE AND POLITICS
Written by Richard Tapper.
Stock no. 2126439
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Economics, conflict and ritual among Shahsevan nomads of north western Iran. Studies in Anthropology Series. ISBN: 0126836604. Wrapper is edge-creased with some rubbing.

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CUSTER'S LUCK
Written by Edgar I. Stewart.
Stock no. 2126197
Published by University of Oklahoma Press. 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Olive green cloth with maroon/gilt title box to spine. Bumping along cover edges. Foxing and marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; some small amounts of loss; faded to spine.

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