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Minor rubbing. VG. 20pp photoplates Botany Central Council for Research New Delhi (1999) orig. wrappers xiv,94,(20)pp, 24x18cm, Concerning propagation of the medicinal plant Commiphora wighhti (Arn) Bhand. used in the preparation of "Drayva" - an important compnent of Ayruvedic therapy. Includes textual maps, graphs & tables + 20pp single- side color & black/white photoplates. Contents: Introduction: Guggulu: Its Distribution & Habitat; Need for Cultivation; Cultivation of Guggulu at Guggulu Herbal Farm, Mangliawas; Germ Plasm Collection; Propagation: Through Seeds; Vegetative Propagation, Air Layering; Tissue Culture; Culture Practices: Transfer of Rooted Cuttings; Wedding; Association of Guggulu; Irrigation, Drip System of Irrigation; Manure & Fertilizers; Other Operations; Guggulu Conservation; Insects, Pests & Diseases; Extraction of Guggulu Gum: Extraction in Rajasthan; Extraction in Gujarat; Tapping, Methods of Tapping; Yield, Grading of Guggulu Gum; Marketing… Read More

Some binding stains. Some wear. Good. Ancient India Manohar Publications New Delhi 1991 orig. cloth 22x14cm, xiii,145 pages A bibliography listing 1349 items concerning Historical Backround; Society & Economy; Religious Sects: Hindu, Buddhist, Jaina; Archaeology; Epigraphy;Numismatics; Art, Iconography & Sculpture;Terracottas; Architecture; Painting; Music & Dance.

Some wear. Good., dustwrapper Textual maps & tables Indian Mutiny Manohar Publications New Delhi 1977 orig. cloth 22x14cm,, (4),192 pages. Contents: Historical Perspective; The Gathering Storm; The Outburst; Haryana Goes Independent; The Administrative Arrangements; The Communal Problem; The Role of Princes; Restoration of British Rule; Conclusion.

Binding smudged, minor rubbing, VG., dustwrapper Textual map & tables Indian Colonial History Manohar Publications New Delhi 1987 Reprint orig. cloth 22x14cm, v, 152 pp, A reprint of the Tokyo 1981 edition. Contents: Introduction: The Electoral System, 1920 - 1947; Election Returns: The Central Legislature; The Panjab Legislative Council/Assembly; Appendices.

Some rubbing, page browning & page-edge soil. Good., dustwrapper. Medieval Indian History Concept Publishing Co. New Delhi (1982) orig. cloth 22x14cm, xv,276 pp. "This work is based on thee writings of Dhanapala, an outstanding man of letters, who enjoyed the patronage of the Paramara rulers of Malwa, Munja and Bhoja (10th-11th centuries, A.D.)" - dustwrapper. Contents: Dhanpala - Man & Works; Political Conditions; System of Administration; Social & Economic Conditions; Religious Condition?; Arts & Learning.

Minor rubbing, one page has a small tear, VG. Indo-Aryan Linguistics Royal Nepal Academy Kathmandu (1999) orig.wrappers 22x13cm, (6), 241 pp, Slight corner bump. Contains 15 papers. Includes: Y.P. Yadava "The Maithili Language & Linguistics: An Overview"; U.N. Singh "Subjecthood Hierarchy in Maithili"; R. Yadav "Causativization in Maithili: A Preliminary Enquiry"; S.K. Jha " Gemination of Consonants in Maithili"; G. Jha "Euphemism in Maithili"; R. Bimal "The Declensions of Personal Pronouns in Nepali, Maithili & Hindi"; Y.P. Yadeva "Anaphoric Relations In Maithili"; A.K. Jha "Some Observations on the Phonetic Studies of Maithili Language"; D.N. Yadav "A Syntactic Analysis of the Maithili Compound Verbs"; R.D. Rakesh "The Aesthetics of Vidyapati's Lyrics"; R.K. Raman "The Social Context of Dhirendra's Story"; R.R. Lal "Evolution of Maithili Short Stories"; R. Pandey… Read More

Minor rubbing. Textual photo illustrations. Zionism Daf-Noy Press [Ma'oz Hayim, Israel] (1999) orig.wrappers 23x15cm, 152 pp., Inscribed by editor on title-page. Edited and translated by Elisheva Yaron. Memoirs of an early Zionist Youth Movement activist : Haganah, "The Wanderers", Palmach; Shabtai Luzinsky; Maoz Hayim kibbutz.

Cover label. Rubberstamps to title. Fair condition. Islamic Jurisprudence Imp. Graphique Paris 1926 1/4-leather 24x15cm, v,163 pp., Cobntemporary binder's quarter-leather. Spine heavily scuffed. A side-page-edge bump. Binding corners heavily rubbed. University of Paris doctoral dissertation.

Unopened. Some page yellowing. Light cover spotting. VG. Turkish Literature Yeditepe Yayinlari Istanbul (1976) orig.wrappers 19x13cm, 74 pp, Series: Yeditepe Yayinlari, 224. Text entirely inj Turkish. Poetry.

Rubbed. Good. Arabic Philology al-Munazzamah al-Arabiya Baghdad 1983 orig.wrappers 24x15cm, 165 pp. Text entirely in Arabic. Ghasan Kanafani and his efforts at novels.

Minor rubbing. VG. Iranian Political History State Univ. of New York Albany [NY] 2002 orig.wrappers 23x14, x,269 pp., PAPERBACK. "Having spent one year in Iran in 1998, Yaghmaian (economics, Ramapo College) attempts to tell the day-to-day stories of a range of people resisting state violence, neoliberal economics, and social repression in the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as analyzing the prospects for social change" - Publisher's description.

Rubbed. Pencilled textual notes & underlinings. Just Good. Medieval Jewish Theology C.F. Winter Darmstadt [1904] boards 22x14cm, viii,43,[49]pp, Later crude binder's cloth-backed boards Text in Arabic [49pp]. Commentary in German & Hebrew [51pp]. Full title reads: "Prolegomena zu einer erstmaligen Herausgabe des kitab Al-Hidaja ' il a fara 'id al-qulub (hovot ha-levavot) von Bachja ibn Josef ibn Paquda aus dem Andalus nebst einer grösseren Textbeilage / von A.S. Yahuda". Added title-page in Arabic: "Bab al-tawhid min kitab al-Hidayah ilá fara' id al-qulub". Series: Schriften / herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin.

Minor rubbing. VG. Text. photoplates History of Science [Al-Attique Publishers] [Scarborough, Ontario] 2001 orig. wrappers 23x16cm,, 199,(8) pp Islamic creationist / anti-Darwinian evolutionary theory. Contents: Introduction: Ceux qui ont propoge la souffrance au 20 -eme siecle; Une breve histoire du Darwinisme; Le racisme de Darwin et le colonialisme; L' Alliance terrible entre Darwin et le fascisme; Le Darwinisme: Source de la sauvagerie communiste; Le capitalisme et le combat pour la survie dans l'é conomie; L'ecroulement moral provoque par le Darwinisme; Conclusion: Le Marais du Darwinisme doit être draine; Appendice: Le Mensonge de la Theorie de l'evolution. Includes bibliographical references. ["Adnan Oktar (born 2 February 1956), also known as Adnan Hoca or Harun Yahya, is a Turkish religious sex cult leader, creationist, conspiracy theorist, preacher and anti-evolutionist. ..,." - wikipedia].

Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper. Russian Political History Yale University Press New Haven [CT] (2002) orig.boards 24x15cm, xvii,254 pp "Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev..,.was a Russian economist who was a Soviet governmental official in the 1980s and a member of the Politburo from 1987 to 1990. He was called the "godfather of glasnost"[1] as he is considered to be the intellectual force behind Mikhail Gorbachev reform program of glasnost and perestroika" - wikipedia

Minor rubbing. Some stains to binding. Good 12pp plates. Indian Folk Dance Sangita Nataka Akademi Nayi Dilli (1980) orig.cloth 24x15cm, xx,407,(12) pp Hindi text. Entirely in Devanagari characters. Study on the philosophical background of Rasalila, dance of Krishna with milk maids, and its impact on the Indian folk dance.

Slight binding corner bump. Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper Textual drawings Platyhelminthes University of Hawaii Press Honololu (1968) orig.cloth 28x20cm, 287 pp, Some rubbing & soil to dustwrapper.

Rubberstamps to covers. Some minor wear. Good. 26pp plates. Marine Biology n.p. [Kyoto] 1936 orig. wrappers 26x18cm, (77) pp., THREE VOLUMES. This is a collection of three fascicules, each separately bound in original wrappers. Includes Part 1. Cyclopoida - I [8pp + 5 plates]; Part 2. Caligoida I [22pp + 12 plates]; Part 3. Caligoida II [21pp + 9 plates].

Minor wear. VG. Albania [West Print] Tiranë 2015 2nd Edition. orig. wrappers 20x13cm, 416 pp. Bilingual Albanian - English text. The Albanian text runs pages 1-219; the English text runs pages 221-416. The English text is the second revised edition of the author's "The Ethical Structure of Kanun and Its Cultural Implications" [New York, 2005].

Minor rubbing. VG. Japanese Economic History Stanford University Press Stanford [CA] 1987 orig.wrappers 23x15cm, xxvii,665 pp, PAPERBACK.

Minor wear. VG. Textual photo illustrations Alevism Can Yayinlari Istanbul 2003 orig. wrappers 19x13cm, 85,(6) pages. Text entirely in Turkish. Contains descriptions, photos & prayers detailing the Turkish Alevi funeral rites.