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Original Wraps. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo. 326pp + index. A very good copy in red and white wraps. Library name stamped on top edge. No other evidence of exlibrary.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. xl, 136, [139] pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), plates (of the original Hindustani manuscript) ; 25 cm. The autobiography of Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah Khan 'Azar', a Kati from the Bashgal Valley in Afghanistan, was written in 1908, in exile in India, after a long period of service with the colonial rulers. In his account, Azar recollects the laws, customs, religion and history of his people, and adds his own life story. It is the only insider account of the Katis as they lived before their subjugation and conversion by Amir Abdur Rahman Khan in 1895-96, as well as an account of the Amir's campaign; and a rare description of his English masters by a colonial subject, at a time when the British Empire was at the height of its power. This book has been long in the making. Georg Morgenstierne bought the Urdu manuscript from Abdullah Khan in 1929, and began the work of transcription and translation. Knut Kristiansen did the bulk of transcription and translation after Morgenstierne's death in 1978. Following Kristiansen's death in 1999, the torch was passed to Ruth Laila Schmidt, who asked the noted expert on Nuristan and Chitral, Alberto Cacopardo, to prepare a detailed commentary on the manuscript, with a bibliography. Knut Kristiansen researched and lectured in modern Indian languages at the University of Oslo. Ruth Laila Schmidt is professor of Urdu at the University of Oslo, and has done research in Urdu and the Dardic language Shina. Alberto Cacopardo is a member of the Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente and has done anthropological research on the cultures of the Hindukush.…

Hardcover. Zustand: sehr gut. Hardcover gr. 8°. xxxi, 677 pages, with figures, some small marks of use, really good condition. in englischer Sprache (in english).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 416 p. : illustrated (many in color) ; 32 cm. ; LC: CB351; Q914.031 H; Dewey: 914/.03/1 ; LCCN: 68-27730 ; OCLC: 272326 ; decorative brown cloth, in color pictorial dustjacket ; name on front endpaper ; wear to dustjacket ; price-clipped ; all illustrations fully referenced to their original sources ; Contents : The long dark.--The High Middle Ages.--Knights in battle.--The noble's life.--An age of faith.--Towns and trade.--The life of labor.--The life of thought.--The artist's legacy.--End of an era. ; Bishop was a Cornell University graduate who remained as Kappa Alpha Professor of Romance Literature. He was the author of several biographies, wrote a popular survey of French literature, and was known for his limericks and didactic verse, one of which, "How to Treat Elves", has the final quatrain: "It gives me sharp and shooting pains / To listen to such drool / I lifted up my foot and squashed / The God damn little fool." Here, Bishop brings a lucid and knowledgeable commentary on the Middle Ages ; large, heavy volume ; VG/G. Book. …

Softcover. First Edition. Large Quarto, 280 pages. In Very Good minus condition. In original gray wraps, age-toned to tan, with red titling on front cover and spine. Boards are creased and faintly stained, with rubbing wear along edges and joints. Scuffing to spine, with chipping at the head and tail. Paper label affixed to top end of spine. Clear tape on both boards at the bottom of the joints. Text block edges are moderately worn and toned. Institutional copy, with stamps and numbering inside front cover and on early pages; patch of wear inside back cover where a label has been cut away. Pen ownership inscription inside front cover; gift inscription on front free endpaper. Front hinge adhesive has separated. Fore corners of early pages are mildly curling. Interior otherwise clean. Shelved in Room F Elephant. . This rare study of post-WWI, New Objectivity-style housing construction in Germany was conceived as a multi-volume work, but only the present first volume, focusing on Berlin and Brandenburg, and a further volume on the Rhineland were ever published. 1410403. Special Collections.…