Indian Every Day: Light, Healthy Indian Food by Anjum Anand

Indian Every Day: Light, Healthy Indian Food by Anjum Anand lands on the shelves of my shop.

London: Headline, 2003, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Colour Photographs;

From the cover: ANJUM ANAND has given the Indian food we love a mouth-watering new taste, drawing inspiration from the cooking very few of us have had the good fortune to try homemade food fresher, healthier and simpler fare that is worlds away from oily curries and flock wallpaper. Using all the exotic traditional ingredients and fragrant spices she fuses them into contemporary, holistic dishes that sing with the home-style flavours she adores.

Anjum learned her craft at home and in trend-setting restaurants around the world. She appreciates the struggle to find light and healthy Indian food and so has packed her first book with recipes for delicious balanced meals we can indulge in every day, such as Spiced Colocasia, Creamy Lentil Risotto, and Luscious Lamb Brochettes.

This is authentic Indian food with a modern touch, created for people with busy lives who want to cook both for everyday meals and for special occasions. Indian Every Day will spice up your cooking and give you a new perspective on the unique taste of Indian food.

Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper.

Matching Pictorial boards. 224 pages. Index. 10″ x 7¾”.

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Colonial Small Wars, 1837-1901 by Donald Featherstone

Colonial Small Wars, 1837-1901 by Donald Featherstone lands on the shelves of my shop.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1973, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Diagrams; Maps; Plans;

From the cover: Queen Victorias long reign was constantly disturbed by almost ceaseless warfare that flared along the extending frontiers of the British Empire, indeed there was not a single year in which somewhere in the world British soldiers were not in action.

From 1837 to 1901 in Canada, Afghanistan, India, Africa, and elsewhere, military expeditions were undertaken to protect British interest, extend a frontier or repel an unprovoked attack. It became in the Victorian era an accepted way of life.

In this lively and useful study Donald Featherstone, after defining small wars and describing the Victorian soldier and his weapons, covers all these minor actions in detail. Most of the accounts are complemented by specially drawn maps and plans which have never before been collected together in a single volume.

Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Gently bruised at the spine ends and corners with commensurate wear to the dust wrapper which is lightly pulled at the head of the upper panel. Text complete, clean and tight.

Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 223 pages. Index. Bibliography. 9¾” x 7½”.

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The World of Buddhism: Buddhist Monks and Nuns in Society and Culture by Edited by Heinz Bechert & Richard Gombrich

The World of Buddhism: Buddhist Monks and Nuns in Society and Culture by Edited by Heinz Bechert & Richard Gombrich lands on the shelves of my shop.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1993, Paperback.

Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Facsimiles; Colour Photographs; Black & White Drawings; Maps;

From the cover: Half a millennium before Jesus, more than a millennium before Mohammed, the Buddha found Enlightenment. Today there are as many Buddhist believers as Christians and Muslims combined. The fortunes of Buddhism are traced through time and space, from the founding of the worlds largest monastic order in northeastern India 2,500 years ago to contemporary Europe and America, where many are attracted by this supremely civilized ethos of benevolence, honesty and self-control.

The spread, decline and resurgence of Buddhism is central to whole epochs and cultures in the eastern half of the globe. The result of years of painstaking and imaginative research and preparation, this volume presents in a vivid and authoritative manner the whole of Buddhisms widely ramified formative influence on Asiatic civilization. World-renowned scholars provide the eleven chapters, which are richly illustrated with examples drawn from the fabulous canon of Buddhist art.

Introduction by: Heinz Bechert

Very Good.

308 pages. Index. Bibliography. 11¾” x 8¾”.

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Boarding Party by James Leasor

Boarding Party by James Leasor lands on the shelves of my shop.

London: William Heinemann, 1978, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Maps;

From the cover: In late 1942, when Allied fortunes stood at their lowest, German U-boats began to decimate shipping in the Indian Ocean. In one month alone they sank 46 ships, a total of 250,000 tons.

These U-boats were guided to their targets by a secret transmitter aboard a German ship which had sought shelter in the neutral harbour in the Portuguese colony of Goa, 400 miles south of Bombay. No action involving regular British forces could be taken against this ship for fear of infringing Portuguese neutrality yet it was imperative to silence this transmitter. The result seemed stalemate until someone remembered that in Calcutta, 1,400 miles away, some civilian merchants, bankers, solicitors and accountants belonged to a part-time territorial unit, The Calcutta Light Horse. They had joined because they liked riding and racing. Military activities were limited to an evening parade once a week and often drinks at the bar constituted this parade. These civilians were asked to volunteer for a task no-one else could undertake at their own risk and expense. If they failed, then the whole episode could be written off as a regrettable drunken prank that misfired.

The date for this strange and desperate assault was March 9th 1943. What happened when 18 middle-aged civilians formed their own boarding party and the astonishing results makes this one of the strangest, funniest and most exciting stories of war in the East,

Introduction by: Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Good+ in Good+ Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper which has a little tanning overall. Leans slightly. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. Previous owners’ inscription to the first blank. Text complete, clean and tight.

Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XVI] 204 pages. Index. 8¾” x 5¾”.

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Chinnery: The Man and the Legend with a Chapter On Chinnery’s Shorthand by Geoffrey W. Bonsall by Robin Hutcheon

Chinnery: The Man and the Legend with a Chapter On Chinnery’s Shorthand by Geoffrey W. Bonsall by Robin Hutcheon lands on the shelves of my shop.

South China Morning Post, 1975, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Colour Plates; Black & White Plates; Maps [1];

From the cover: This new study of the life of the British artist, George Chinnery (1774-1852) has been prepared by Robin Hutcheon following a series of newspaper articles he wrote in 1974 to commemorate Chinnerys bicentenary.

The newspaper series has been extensively revised and rewritten and a good deal of new material has been included. A large number of coloured and black and white pictures have been incorporated.

A special chapter has been written on Chinnerys shorthand by Mr Geoffrey Bonsall, Director of the Hongkong University Press, making this the most comprehensive and up-to-date record of Chinnerys life and work.

The author, who has had a casual interest in Chinnery for many years, began a more serious study at the prompting of Dr J. R. Jones, who helped the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation assemble its major collection. Dr Jones, who collaborated with Mr Francis Lothrop, Hon. Trustee of the Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, U. S. A. on research into Chinnerys life, made this available to the author who supplemented it with material collected by Mr Bonsall and others. The outcome was the newspaper articles in the Sunday Post-Herald, beginning in January 1974.

Since then the author has continued his investigations by correspondence with and personal visits to people in countries such as Britain, America, India, Japan and the Netherlands to collect information culminating in the present book.

Good+ in Good Dust Wrapper. Edges of the dust wrapper somewhat frayed, heavily so at the head of the upper panel, and a little tanned. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding which is also lightly soiled. Text complete, clean and tight.

[XII] 180 pages. Index. 10¾” x 7½”.

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Shooting Leave: Spying Out Central Asia in the Great Game by John Ure

Shooting Leave: Spying Out Central Asia in the Great Game by John Ure lands on the shelves of my shop.

Constable, 2009, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Black & White Drawings; Maps to the endpapers and blanks;

From the cover: Snow leopards and Cossacks can both be dangerous. But for young British officers in the mountains and steppes of Central Asia in the nineteenth century, the most excitement came from spying out those uncharted lands and impeding Tsarist Russias advance towards the frontiers of the British Raj. When both sporting and spying activities combined known euphemistically as shooting leave adventures followed thick and fast.

John Ure tells the thrilling story of the dashing cavalry officers who volunteered for these adventures individuals of talent and courage as well as disturbing prejudice, aristocratic arrogance, missionary zeal and trigger-happy temperament. But whatever their specific task, one factor remained common to officers sent out on covert and exploratory missions: they were expendable. Here they are brought to life as characters in their own right as well as players in the Great Game; the real stories behind the phantom worlds of Kipling, John Buchans heroes and Flashmans villains.

Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper.

Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XXVII] 275 pages. Bibliography. 8¾” x 5½”.

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The Heart of India by Mark Tully

The Heart of India by Mark Tully lands on the shelves of my shop.

Viking, 1995, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Contains a glossary of terms.

From the cover: Born in Calcutta, educated in England, for more than twenty years Mark Tully was the BBC Chief of Bureau in Delhi and his name and his voice became synonymous with the country he had made his home. For years he sent back dispatches interpreting that sub-continent to the outside world, but the truth of India is remarkably resistant to reportage.

Imbued with his love for India and informed by his vast experience of India, Mark Tully has -woven together a series of stories of extraordinary depth and eloquence. All the stories are set in Uttar Pradesh and tell of very different lives. Of a barren wife who visits a holy man and subsequently conceives but is it a miracle or something more worldly? Of a sons carefully laid plot to take revenge against his fathers murderer, -with a surprising twist when his case comes to court. Of a daughter, persuaded by her friends to spurn an arranged marriage, whose romance ends in blackmail. Of a mans inability to overcome the conventions of caste and go into business, which leads to his wife breaking purdah and taking control of the family.

In these and in other stones Mark Tully delicately probes the nuances of life in India, taking us to its very heart.

Good+ in Good+ Dust Wrapper. A little faded at the spine of the dust wrapper. Gently bruised at the head of the spine and the top corners of the boards with commensurate wear to the dust wrapper. Leans slightly. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Text complete, clean and tight.

Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XII] 241 pages. 9½” x 6¼”.

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Uncorked! Diary of a Cricket Year by Dominic Cork with David Norrie

Uncorked! Diary of a Cricket Year by Dominic Cork with David Norrie lands on the shelves of my shop.

Richard Cohen, 1996, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Signed by the author on the title page unverified and reflected as such in the lack of premium. Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs;

From the cover: NOT SINCE IAN BOTHAM has an England cricketer made such an impact on the international scene as Dominic Cork in the past year. His startling debut at Lords, his rare wicket-taking capabilities, his whole-hearted approach to the game, his theatrical and passionate appealing and his undoubted determination to help England back to the top again have endeared him already to the sporting nation.

After four successive England A tours, Cork had begun to despair of ever making the England Test side. The Derbyshire fast bowler felt that the 1995 summer was make-or-break for him, so he decided to keep a diary of his feelings and performances during that season. As events transpired, this has now become a remarkable record of his meteoric rise to cricket stardom, putting him alongside Brian Lara and Shane Warne as one of the most exciting young cricketers around today.

Cork reveals his. worries and doubts before his sensational entry against the West Indies at Lords where his match-winning 7/43 were the best-ever bowling figures on an England debut. Two Tests later, at Old Trafford, Cork removed Richie Richardson, Junior Murray and Carl Hooper in successive deliveries. Cork explains the background to the first hat-trick by an England bowler for 38 years and why he had no argument with Peter Levers assessment You bowled like a pillock when he returned to the dressing-room.

Cork decided not only to continue this diary during Englands winter tour of South Africa and the World Cup campaign in India and Pakistan, but to make it available for publication to try to give a better understanding of the life, the highs and lows, the rewards and drawbacks of a modern cricket star, home and away and in the middle of a frantic event like the cricket World Cup.

Very Good+ in Very Good Dust Wrapper.

Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 216 pages. Index. 9½” x 6¼”.

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One and Two Halves to K2 by James Ballard

One and Two Halves to K2 by James Ballard lands on the shelves of my shop.

British Broadcasting Corporation [B.B.C. BBC], 1996, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Colour Photographs;

From the cover: In August, 1995, just three months after becoming the first woman to reach the summit of Everest alone, unsupported and without artificial oxygen, climber Alison Jane Hargreaves was blown to her death on her descent from the 8611-metre (28,250-foot) summit of killer mountain K2.

One and Two Halves to K2 is the story of her husband Jims trip to Pakistan shortly afterwards with Tom (then 6) and Kate (4) to show them Mums last mountain and to share with them some of Alisons experiences in the last days of her life. It is a story that is touching, adventurous and revealing, including as it does extracts from Alisons last diaries, recovered after her death by the Pakistan government.

Above all, though, James Ballards book is a moving testament to an exceptionally talented and courageous woman whose achievements will be remembered with admiration and affection for many years to come.

Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper. Pages lightly age-tanned.

Blue boards with Silver titling to the Spine. 208 pages. Index. 9½” x 6¼”.

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Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry

Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry lands on the shelves of my shop.

Faber & Faber, 2002, Hardback in dust wrapper.

From the cover: Family Matters is Rohinton Mistrys eagerly anticipated third novel, following the success of his highly acclaimed A Fine Balance (1995), which won several major literary awards internationally.

This new novel takes us to Bombay in the mid-1990s. Nariman Vakeel is a 79-year-old Parsi widower and the patriarch of a small discordant family. Beset by Parkinsons disease and haunted by memories of the past, he lives in a once-elegant apartment with his two middle-aged stepchildren Coomy, bitter and domineering, and her brother, Jal, mild-mannered and acquiescent. When Narimans illness is compounded by a broken ankle, Coomy plots to turn his round-the-clock care over to Roxana, her sweet-tempered sister. She succeeds, but not without cost, and eventually Nariman takes up residence with Roxana, her husband, Yezad, and their two young sons. The effect of the new responsibility on Yezad, who is already besieged by financial worries, pushes him into a scheme of deception involving Vikram Kapur, his eccentric, often exasperating employer at Bombay Sporting Goods Emporium. This sets in motion a series of events a great unravelling and a revelation of the familys love-torn past that leads to the narratives final outcome.

In this wise and compassionate novel, Mistry has once again created a beautifully realized world. As his unforgettable characters confront situations over which they have no control, their tragedies and their triumphs ultimately become our own.

Family Matters has all the richness, the gentle humour, and the narrative sweep that have earned Rohinton Mistry the highest of accolades around the world. It is a stunning achievement from one of the finest writers of our time.

Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper.

Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 487 pages. 9½” x 6¼”.

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