Low sir sidney (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 216 pages, a very good plus hardback, publisher's original red cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, hard to tell that it is from a uk university.

Zustand: Very Good. 1928. Hardback. Benn's Sixpenny Library No30 First Published 1928 80pp.Original Printed Wrappers. . . . .

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxiv, 290 pages frontispiece, portraits 22 cm. Subjects; Great Britain Foreign relations Egypt. Egypt Description and travel. Egypt Politics and government 1882-1952. Sudan Description and travel. Sudan; customs and culture. 1 Kg.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In The Indian States and Ruling Princes, first published in 1929, Sir Sidney Low provides an excellent snapshot of Indian politics in what were, unforeseen to him, the twilight years of the British Raj. He describes clearly and concisely the changing relationship between Britain and India over the course of the centuries, speculating on the future nature of it in view of the increased national self-consciousness in the country. Low saw that future not in independence, which he regarded as a 'futile dream', nor necessarily in dominion status, but in some form of federation of states with British-India at the very heart of it: 'What India needs, much more than any political changes, is social and economic reform. In that sense it does require to be modernised, to be brought more closely into touch with newer conceptions of intelligent freedom, to shake off the shackles fastened upon it by bigotry and irrational prejudice in the past. Nationalist agitation takes small note of the most urgent problems. Such is the testimony of the greatest Indian writer of our age, Rabindranath Tagore. 'Political freedom,' he has written recently, 'will not give us freedom if the mind is not free.' He goes on to say: 'The British bayonet will not fade out of the picture for a long time to come. We are not going to 'leave India' to-morrow, or for very many morrows.' Low could not have anticipated the advent of the Second World War and the consequently accelerated decline of the British Empire.…

Zustand: Very Good. 1928. Hardback. Benn's Sixpenny Library No30 First Published 1928 80pp.Original Printed Wrappers. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 316 pages; Physical desc. : xxiv, [2], 316 p : illus ; 23 cm. Subject: Egypt -- Description and travel. Egypt -- Politics and government -- 1882-1914 1 Kg.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. 1928 New edition, completely reset. Presentation bookplate on FFEP and ex libris bookplate on front pastedown. Ex library stamp on half title page. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. Rubbing to corners and edges of spine. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 332 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Zustand: New. In English.

8°, illustr. Orig.Brosch. 6 Bl. Anzeigen / 125 S. Frontispiz, Abbildungen; Rückenbezug teils abgeblättert, sonst gut erhaltene erste Ausgabe, selten. Sir Sidney James Mark Low (22. Januar 1857 14. Januar 1932) war ein britischer Journalist, Historiker und Essayist. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. …

Author. The letters total 5 pages, 8vo. He anticipates the publication of his "Governance of Britain", giving his view of the book. He thanks Shorter for as review (presumably in "The Sphere"), expresses admiration for Mrs Shorter's work (Dora Sigerson), discusses public reaction to his "Vision of India". He is thinking of writing a "Vision of Ireland". Three items.…