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Kamala: The Story of a Hindu Life by Krupabai Sattianadhan

Hardback, 1998 Classic Reissue, first edition thus, published by Oxford University Press, Delhi, 173 pages + xvi.
In good condition. Wear to edges of dust jacket, with scuffing, some marking and price stickers to rear. Binding firm. Paper on card binding, pictorial detail to front board. some marking, scuffing and wear. A little tanning and marking to page edges. A little marking to endpapers, the odd mark to page surfaces but otherwise clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

Katoushka by Margaret Cameron
Hardback, 1966, first edition, rare cover, published by Hurst & Blackett, 184 pages. No dust jacket but has pictorial boards and a laminate coating applied by the publisher. Seems to be a former library book and has remnants of what might be a library sticker as well as a stamp. Some shelf-wear to boards and bumped corners and a bit of a forward tilt to the book. Browning to page edges with a bit of foxing on the surface of the odd page. Page surfaces generally clean, the odd pen or pencil mark but no underlining, marginalia, etc. A decent copy. See pictures for further information.

The Keepers of the Walls by Helga Harrison.
Hardcover, 1955, first edition, published by Secker & Warburg, London, 248 pages.
Measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/4" by 1". Dust jacket is a little torn and slightly tattered at edges, with a little scuffing and marking and some staining on rear, but reasonably clean and colouring/design to front cover area is vivid. Deep maroon cloth binding, very clean. Very slightly bumped corners. Small signs of shelf-wear. Slight slackness to binding but reasonably firm. Page edges a little scuffed, foxed and browned. Some marking to endpapers, staining to rear pastedown and endpaper and some staining to pages towards end of book. A couple of inked initials to rear pastedown, gift inscription to front free endpaper. Otherwise page surfaces clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Khaki Boys and Other Stories by Angela Brazil
Hardback, year unstated but appears to be from 1923 (with gift inscription dated 1924) and believed to be first edition, contains a number of black and white illustrations and a coloured frontispiece, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., London, 122 pages
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 1/4" by 5" by 3/4". No dust jacket. Pale blue cloth binding, pictorial black and white detail and black lettering to spine, black detail to spine. Some marking and scuffing to binding, heavy discolouration and wear to spine with tear across centre. Signs of shelf-wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Bumped corners. A little slackness to binding but book contents quite firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and a bit foxed. Some marking to endpapers, gift inscription on front free endpaper. Some marking, thumbing and foxing to page surfaces but otherwise clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Kilgorman: A Story of Ireland in 1798 by Talbot Baines Reed.
Hardback, 1895, first edition, published by T. Nelson and Sons, 420 pages, vintage children's book.
Pictorial cloth boards and spine. Gilt lettering and picture detail to front board and spine, somewhat faded, more so on spine. Boards are quite scuffed, a bit faded and marked but have retained much of their colours. Signs of rubbing and shelf-wear. Corners bumped and a little torn. Binding reasonably firm though front and rear inner hinges are cracked. Gilt upper page edge, scuffed but still quite visible. Page edges browned and a bit marked. Seller stamp to FFEP with corner torn which is still attached but only just. Written school prize-giving inscription to next page. A little foxing to endpapers. The odd mark here and there but otherwise page surfaces are quite clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Kill the Messenger by Bernard Ingham

Hardcover, 1991, first edition, first print, published by Harper Collins, London, 408 pages + xvi. Contains note of erratum pasted onto front free endpaper. Signed/inscribed by author on title page: "To Clare, with every good wish to a fellow Yorkshire [illegible - maybe "person"] Bernard Ingham 30.5.1991".
In very good condition. Light scuffing and some marking and yellowing to dust jacket. Binding firm and clean. Page edges very clean, only slight marking and scuffing to page edges. The odd mark to a few page surfaces but otherwise clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

The King of the Dark Chamber by Rabindranath Tagore, translated into English by the author.

















Hardback, 1918, second reprint (first published 1914, reprinted 1915), published by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 200 pages + 4-page publisher catalogue at rear.











Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 3/4" by 5 3/8" by 7/8". No dust jacket. Blue cloth binding, gilt lettering to front board and faded gilt lettering to spine. A little scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring vivid. Signs of wear, a little rubbing at edges and on hinges. A little strain to binding, the odd crack, some slackness but holding quite well. Page edges browned, scuffed and a bit marked. Lower and fore-edges deckled, fore-edges opened with some rough edges. Some marking to endpapers, gift inscription on front free endpaper. Page surfaces otherwise quite clean, a pencil mark to one page but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.