Siddiqi Abdul (35 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New. pp. 320.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Spine yellowed. Some writing in ink above publication information on front cover. 98 pp.

Condition: New. pp. 320.

Condition: New. pp. 306.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Fair to Good in red cloth boards, no jacket, some wear to exterior, stain to upper right corner of front cover, Volume 4 only of a larger set, we ship in boxes, not bags, LOC1.

Condition: New. pp. 228.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. (Arabic Language) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789350020722,316pp.

Condition: New. pp. 256.

Condition: New. pp. 256.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 3rd revised edition. 245p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine and corners crinkled. Owner's stamps inside; otherwise clean and tight.

Condition: New. pp. 256.

Contents Foreword by Sheila Dikshit 1 Childhood reveries 2 Ballimaran--Haveli Hissamuddin Haider--Mahal Sarai 3 A marriage birth and death in the family 4 The shop 5 The silver jubilee 6 Off to school 7 Winds of change 8 Amongst Taliban and Pehelwans 9 The quit India interlude 10 The war ends 11 On the eve 12 The flight AppendicesThe book could have been appropriately sub-titled as Life in Pre-Partition Delhi Dilli Laid Bare It is the first and easily the last one of its kind by one of the vanishing breed of vintage Dilliwalas born bred and educated over there before emigrating to Pakistan Old Dilli of the author?s childhood breathed the very air of the life and times of Ghadar-the Revolt or the Mutiny of 1857 Until the early 30s there was hardly any electricity running water pucca paved streets and public transport except for tongas and dolies for women traveling from one mohallah one house one street to anotherThe book covers the intriguing canvas of life as seen by the author as a child and a Youngman It also tells the story of an old family through its cycles of birth marriage and deathThe author pries deep into the back alleys of the ancient city and portrays the youthful and adult delinquencies seen in their nook and crannies The book is the third of the author?s Partition Qartet The other two being Tuqseme-i-Hind aur Bahadur Shah Zafar ki Wapsi Partition and the Return of Bahadur Shah Zafar-Urdu and Partition and the Making of Mohajir Mindset Oxford The fourth and the last of the quartet Partition An Emperor?s Nightmare is under publication The book is refreshingly free from the kind of morbid nostalgia associated with such personal narratives 306 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Original hardcover, no jacket as issued, gilt titles on red boards and spine. Text in English. Light wear along edges and corners. Mild wear from reference. Previous pencil price smudge, light corner crease on endpaper. Very nice overall.

8vo Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 384p. Bright pages are unmarked. Blue boards with gold gilt design and lettering have gently bumped corners and old price sticker on backside. Binding is tight, hinges are secure.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Volume 2. (islam ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Volume 3. (islam) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Volume 4. (islam ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Published. (IND) 12th printing (1997): this edition was first published in 1977 consisting of the four volumes presented in two volumes. Owner's name to end paper, pages generally clean but there are little stars markings some of the pages, , the production values are not high so there is some waviness to the lower edge of the front pastedown and to the lower corner of the back cover in the first volume, covers are slightlyed bowed, otherwise Good; no dust jacket as published. Volume I & II: red boards with gold titles and border, xxv, then xii, 790pp. Volumes III & IV: green boards with gold titles and borders, xvi, then xv, 791 -1613pp. index. This is the first English translation of the four volumes of the Sahih Muslim, one of the six most authentic collections of the traditions of Holy Prophet of Islam , with exhaustive notes and commentary based on authentic original sources and brief biographical sketches of major Hadith narrators. The text is in English. A heavy set. (7.5 JM HOJ 302/a1 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Kitab Bhavan 1982 reprints. Pages clean and bright, bindings firm, minor shelf wear to dust jackets. 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . B004X6Y38W Hardback. No Dustjacket. Second revised edition from 1985 as stated on the copyright page. Tight sound copy in Very Good condition. No Signature.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. As new hardcover.

1st ed. - Softcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover, no dust jacket. Marbled edges of text. All volumes: Exposure to moisture in initial pages; Slight dent to corners of cover. Volume I and II exposure to moisture on facing of cover. Otherwise VG pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN 97881715110412. Hardback; four volume set. No statement of later printing on copyright page. No dustjackets; bound in black boards with gold gilt lettering and design. Slight wear to board corners and edges; slight browning to page edges; faint stains on outer edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.…

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD.