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The Discovery of India
de Jawaharlal Nehru
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
India: Asia Publishing House, 1973. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". None . A copy of this work on the development of India by former Prime Minister of the country Jawaharlal Nehru, bound in half calf. Rebound in half calf with cloth to the boards. This work is written by Jawaharlal Nehru, the former first Prime Minister of India and the leader of the Indian Nationalist movement. The work was written, along with other works, during Nehru's time in prison due to his political activism. The work begins with the ancient history of India and leads up to the last years of the British rule of the Indian subcontinent. Rebound in a calf calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally very smart with slight rubbing to the extremities of the boards and the odd minor mark to the spine and boards. Bookplate belonging to 'Tessier-Yandell' to the front pastedown and binders stamp from 'Satra Bandhu Book Binders' to the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages with a minor mark to the title page. The odd spot to the fore edges. Very Good Indeed
Sinopsis
The Discovery of India was written by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during his imprisonment in 1942-1946 at Ahmednagar in the Ahmednagar Fort. Nehru was jailed for his participation in the Quit India movement along with other Indian leaders, and he used this time to write down his thoughts and knowledge about India's history.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 878Z6
- Título
- The Discovery of India
- Autor
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Asia Publishing House
- Lugar de publicación
- India
- Fecha de publicación
- 1973
- Tamaño
- 9" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- India Jawaharlal Nehru Half calf Jawaharlal Nehru
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
