History of Central Asia; Bronze Age (2000 b.c.) to Chengiz Khan (1227 a.d.)
by Rahula Sankrityayana, Mahapandita, text and editorial assistance; Sir Jollymohan Kaul, translator into English
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Calcutta/New Delhi: New Age Publishers Private Ltd, 1964. Hardcover. xiv, 307p., illustrated with a few plates (coins), vignette period imagery and a line-drawn map, hardbound in 10x6.5 inch papered boards titled in bold red, a blue cloth backstrip, and dust jacket. The lower edge of the casing is very abraded with lots of card showing, the backstrip has a sprinkle of spots, and the jacket is edgeworn and dirty with verso tape repairs. Text is quite good: sound, clean and unmarked. A brief publisher's note quotes the author: "During my travels in Russia and Central Asia I came in direct contact with the peoples there.." We note a personal, at times conversational tone running throughout. Rahula wrote in Hindi, translations, favored Russian-language transliterations ("The English and their pronunciation are the worst. The Germans are better..
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 235283
- Title
- History of Central Asia; Bronze Age (2000 b.c.) to Chengiz Khan (1227 a.d.)
- Author
- Rahula Sankrityayana, Mahapandita, text and editorial assistance; Sir Jollymohan Kaul, translator into English
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New Age Publishers Private Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Calcutta/New Delhi
- Date Published
- 1964
- Bookseller catalogs
- Soviet Union; Asia; Genealogy; Archaeology; Prehistory, prehistoric;
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- Verso
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- New
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