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	GOLDSTON, JAMES A. AND PATRICIA GOSSMAN Human Rights in India: Kashmir Under Siege New York, Human Rights Watch. 1991. First edition. [v], 161pp, Introduction, Summary of Conclusions, Historical Background, Scope of Conflict and Applicable Law, Violations by Government Forces, Violations by Militant Organizations, Conclusion and Recommendations, Appendix. 8vo/23cm. Card wrappers, light wear, internally fine. Mentioned inTaylor 203 along with a 1992 follow-up report by Asia Watch: The Human Rights Crisis in Kashmir--a pattern of impunity.. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 003907 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	BAZAZ, PREM NATH Truth About Kashmir Delhi, Kashmir Democratic Union. 1950. First Edition. 13pp. Tall 8vo/24cm. Printed wrappers, stapled, light wear, internally fine. A brief summary of the political situation in Kashmir by probably the most eminent Kashmiri Pandit to enter the Kashmir political fray on an independent secularist agenda. Pt. Prem Nath Bazaz (1905-c.1984?) entered politics during the troubles of 1931, became a colleague of Sheikh Abdullah, edited several publications and was jailed a number of times by Kashmiri and Indian authorities for his views. Of socialist leanings, he often wrote for M.N.Roy's Radical Humanist and Thought publications. He is listed here as Officiating President, Kashmir Kisan Mazdor Conference. Scarce. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 002913 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	BISCOE, C.E. TYNDALE Kashmir in Sunlight and Shade...With an Introduction by Maj. Gen. L.C. Dunsterville. London: Seeley, Service, 1925. Second & Cheaper Edition. 315 pp, 15 illustrations, index. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, spine ends frayed, joints splitting near head, hinges tender, internally clean. Overall G+. Similar to Ernest Neve's, Beyond the Pir Panjal: Life and Missionary Enterprise in Kashmir (1915), i.e. a standard missionary memoir to attract others in pursuit of converts and opportunities for service. Taylor 12; Yakushi T146. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 000221 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	CHARAK, SUKHDEV SINGH. FOREWORD BY KARAN SINGH History and Culture of Himalayan States: Volume V Jammu Kingdom Part II New Delhi and Jammu, Light & Life Publishers. 1980. First Edition. xvi, 421pp, 28 illustrations, 3 folding maps, 14 appendices, bibliography, index. Tall 8vo/24.5cm. Red cloth silver lettering, light wear but several small closed splits at spine ends, front hinge paper beginning crack but otherwise internally clean and very good, in protected but chipped dj. G++/Fair. -"..a careful historical treatment of the rise of Jammu state from one of many small hill states in the region to the dominant force within the declining Sikh state of Ranjit Singh and, eventually, in 1846 to control of Kashmir and surrounding areas." (Taylor 104). USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 \| £UK 11.5 \| JP¥ 1677] Book number: 001477 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	PAULY, SARAH BUIE; REBECCA WELLES CORRIE AND ALAN SHESTACK The Kashmir Shawl. Yale University Art Gallery [Exhibit], February 12--April 6, 1975 New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery. 1975. Ill.: Catalogue & Exhibit design by Josef Godlewski. First Edition. 52pp text plus 29 monochrome plates with facing captions. 4to/25.5cm. Printed card-stock wrappers, light soil, internally fine. Text includes Preface by Yale Art Gallery Director Alan Shestack and 2 essays: "The Shawl--Its Context and Construction", pp 7-22, by Sarah Buie Pauly and, "The Paisley", pp 24-49, by Rebecca Wells Corrie. USD 26.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.5 \| £UK 15.75 \| JP¥ 2295] Book number: 004345 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	HUSSAIN, SYED TAFFAZULL Sheikh Abdullah: A Biography (based on Sheikh Abdullah's Memoir, "Atish-e-Chinar" (Urdu) by M.Y. Taing. Volume I (1905-1934) Indianapolis, IN, Wordclay. 2008. First Edition. xv, 105pp, 8vo/23cm. Illustrated card-stock wrappers. NF. This is a bit of a puzzler. Nothing is known about the author who appears to be a U.S. resident and has published the book using Wordclay, a vanity press. The Urdu version of Sheikh Abdullah's supposed "memoir" is not in the Library of Congress and appears to be unavailable on the usual large bookdealer sites. The author is very critical of it. e.g. "written in a flowery style", "there are grievous errors in the chronology..", and has apparently extensively changed it using other works which he cites in his Preface and "Bibilography"; also mentioning that much of it is similar to the Wikipedia article on Sheikh Abdullah which, "has a large contribution from my efforts." M.Y. Taing (1934- ) appears to be a widely published and respected writer of Kashmir but in an unsourced and effusively laudatory article about him on Wikipedia, it does not mention Atish-i-Chinar among his various publications. Until more can be determined about Syed Taffazzull Hussain, the author, this memoir should be viewed with some skepticism. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah (1905 -1982), also known as Sher-i-Kashmir (lion of Kashmir) was probably the most important political figure in the modern history of Jammu and Kashmir. He was head of the state's largest party, the National Conference, and served both as Prime Minister and Chief Minister of the state. Two of his sons, Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah have followed in his footsteps as Chief Minister of the state, the latter presently beomg the incumbent. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 004413 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Kashmir Handicrafts Delhi, Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. 1954. Unpaged [28], 33 black & white photo illustrations--some full page. 8vo/23cm. Red pictorial wrappers, light wear, internally fine. A very well illustrated pamphlet giving an introduction and brief history of Kashmir's various handicrafts including silk weaving, shawls, carpets, embroidery, wood-carving, papier-mache, metalware, pottery and the newer processing of furs. The majority of the illustrations show craftsmen at work. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 003143 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	JAISINGH, HARI Kashmir: A Tale of Shame New Delhi, UBS Publishers' Distributors Ltd. 1996. First Edition. 235pp, select bibliography, index. 8vo/22.5cm. Hardcover. Fine. The author is a prominent Indian journalist and in some respects represents mainstream Indian political opinion but he is very critical of Sheikh Abdullah's role and also believes that the ceasefire line could be changed into an international boundary. Taylor 182. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 002540 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	JETTMAR, KARL Bronze Axes from the Karakoram. Results of the1958 Expedition in Azad Kashmir Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society. 1961. Reprinted from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol 105, No 1, pp 98-104, 8 photo illustrations, map, bibliography. 4to/26.5cm. Printed wrappers, light wear, internally fine. Professor Jettmar, perhaps the leading Western authority on this area, accompanied the Austrian Haramosh Expedition of 1958. Scarce in this format. USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 \| £UK 11.5 \| JP¥ 1677] Book number: 001311 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	JETTMAR, KARL Ethnological Research in Dardistan 1958. Preliminary Report Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society. 1961. Photocopy of reprint from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol 105, No 1, February 1961, pp 79-97, bibliography. 4to/26.5cm. As new. A very good overview of the subject with an excellent bibliography. Dr. Jettmar, Emeritus professor of Heidelberg University, formerly of Vienna and Mainz universities, is one of the leading authorities on the culture and peoples of the area between the Karakorams and the Hindu Kush. He was and perhaps still is without peer as the expert on the petroglyphs of Baltistan, Gilgit and adjacent areas. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 004524 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	SHARMA, S.K. AND S.R. BAKSHI, EDITORS Sheikh Abdullah and Kashmir. Volume 7 of Encyclopaedia of Kashmir New Delhi, Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. 1996. Second Printing (1995). vii, 359pp. 8vo/22.5cm. Cloth in dj. NF/NF. Sheikh Abdullah (1905-1982), also known as 'Sher-i-Kashmir' (Lion of Kashmir) was probably the leading Kashmiri politician of the twentieth century. Taylor 18. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 002260 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	KHAN, MOHAMMAD ISHAQ Kashmir's Transition to Islam: The Role of Muslim Rishis (15th to 18th Centuries) New Delhi, Manohar Publishers & Distributors. 2002. 3rd Edition (1994). xii, 302pp, 6 appendices, glossary, bibliography, index. 8vo/21.5cm. Softcover. As new. A fresh look at the dynamics of the Sufi mystics (Muslim rishis) from Persia and Central Asia who converted much of the population of Kashmir to Islam in the fifteenth and succeeding centuries. Based on research in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Urdu and Kashmiri sources, "the book makes a seminal contribution to the understanding of Kashmir and its people." (Henry Martyn Institute Bulletin). Mohammad Ishaq Khan (1946- ) is Professor of History at the University of Kashmir in Srinagar. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 002795 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	KOUL, SAMSAR CHAND Pahalgam and Its Environs Srinagar, Self Published. N.d. [1960?]. Third Edition. 32pp, 7 photo illustrations, folding map.12mo/18.5cm. Original wrappers, light soil and wear o/w VG. History and trekking guide by the author of a number of guides on Kashmir beauty spots and natural history. Warikoo 1447 lists this prolific author as Samsar Chand KAUL gives a date of 1955, possibly for the first edition. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 000704 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	LAMB, ALASTAIR The Kashmir Problem. A Historical Survey NY: Praeger, 1967. First American Edition. viii, 163 p, map, bibliog, index. 8vo. Original green cloth, ex-lib, end pocket and usual marks, dj lightly edgeworn w/spine label, o/w VG. A balanced study by one of the more well-informed analyst-commentators on the problem. Alastair Lamb (1930- ) has taught at a number of universities and written several other books on the Kashmir problem. At a conference on Kashmir at Leicester University in 2002, he was introduced as, "the world's leading authority on the Kashmir problem." David Taylor in his CLIO Press Kashmir bibliography of 2000 describing Lamb's work also evaluates him as one of the leading scholars of Kashmir and says that his 1991 book (#87) "sums up nearly a lifetime'w work on the region" although he admits that some of Lamb's views are controversial. USD 17.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 \| £UK 10.25 \| JP¥ 1500] Book number: 000293 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	BRIGADIER C.G. LEWIS, O.B.E., SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA Map: Kashmir & Jammu and Gilgit Agency N.P. Survey of India. First Edition. N.d. (ca. 1940?). 33 x 34 inches folded to 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches in a 4 3/4 x 7 1/4' printed folder of the Survey of Pakistan, Government of Pakistan with handwritten price of 2/2 rupees. Folder soiled, map consists of two sheets neatly joined at center, in fine condition. Officially referred to as, "One Million Kashmir & Jammu and Gilgit Agency First Edition". Originally published by the Survey of India and apparently part of its stock transferred to the newly created Survey of Pakistan after Partition in 1947. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 004453 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	MADHOK, BALRAJ Bungling in Kashmir Delhi, Hind Pocket Books. 1974. First Paper edition. Appears to be a reprint or update of his 1972, A Story of Bungling in Kashmir. 178pp. 12mo/16.5cm. Wrappers, light rubbing, internally fine. The story of Nehru's bungling in Kashmir by a widely published conservative political commentator. Balraj Madhok (1920- ) is often called, "the stormy petrel of Indian politics". Dogra p.272. USD 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 \| £UK 6.75 \| JP¥ 971] Book number: 001982 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	MAHAJAN, SKUMAR Debacle in Baltistan New Delhi, The Author. 1973. 148pp, frontis portrait, map, illustrations, index. 8vo/22cm. 1/2 Indian cloth, light wear, in slightly edgeworn dj, internally as new. VG/G+. The author, who appears to have been the son of the head official of the Wazir Wazarat (district) of Skardu, gives an "eye-witness" account of the siege by Pakistani soldiers and tribals from February to August 1948 and its capture by Pakistan. He was held prisoner in Pakistan with his widowed mother until 1950. He published this account more than twenty years after the event and makes a number of accusations about facts regarding the event being suppressed by the Indian Government. Baltistan is in northeast Kashmir, part of the Pakistan administered "Northern Areas" of Gilgit and Baltistan. In the past it was also known as, 'Little Tibet'. In the recent past, and currently, it is known mainly as the backdrop for international mountaineering expeditions in the challenging high peaks of the Karakorams. Dogra p 245; Warikoo 4021. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 004186 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	SCHETTLER, MARGRET AND ROLF. WITH ANTHONY & MAUREEN WHEELER Kashmir, Ladakh and Zanskar Victoria, Australia, Lonely Planet. 1981. First Edition in English (from the 1974 German, Kaschmir & Ladakh). 176pp, liberally illustrated with maps and photographs, both black & white and color. 12mo/18cm. Paperback. VG condition. As Taylor (74) describes it, the "standard guide for budget travellers..with down-to-earth advice for budget based on the direct experience of the authors." Some details updated by Maureen and Anthony Wheeler. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 002855 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	NAIR, KUSUM "Kashmir Today: Background Study for the Jarring Report." In, Foreign Affairs Reports, Vol.VI/No 6 (June 1957), pp 52-63 New Delhi, Indian Council of World Affairs. 1957. 12pp, text of article, appendix (Selected excerpts from the Report of Gunnar Jarring on the Kashmir Questions, 31 April 1957). Tall8vo/25cm. Printed magazine format, light edgewear, internally fine. A rumination by a veteran Indian journalist on the prospect of holding a plebiscite on Kashmir's accession to India or Pakistan. Her conclusions were entirely negative. Gunnar Jarring was the Swedish representative to the UN Security Council which in February 1957 assigned him to visit South Asia and to determine with the governments of India and Pakistan whether there were any practical proposals which might lead to the settlement of their dispute on Kashmir. Mrs Kusum Nair (also spelled Nayyar) wrote a number of books on Indian affairs and organized the first newspaper syndicate in India in association with her husband. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 004167 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	SHESTACK, ALAN WITH SARAH BUIE PAULY AND REBECCA WELLES CORRIE The Kashmir Shawl. Yale University Art Gallery [Exhibit], February 12--April 6, 1975 New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery. 1975. Ill.: Catalogue & Exhibit design by Josef Godlewski. First Edition. 52pp text plus 29 monochrome plates with facing captions. 4to/25.5cm. Printed tan card-stock wrappers, grey lettering, very light wear, internally fine. Text includes Preface by Yale Art Gallery Director Alan Shestack and 2 essays: "The Shawl--Its Context and Construction", pp 7-22, by Sarah Buie Pauly and, "The Paisley", pp 24-49, by Rebecca Wells Corrie. Alan Shestack was later Chief Curator and Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Art. USD 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 \| £UK 17 \| JP¥ 2471] Book number: 004358 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	RAM, HARI Special Status in Indian Federalism: Jammu and Kashmir Delhi, Seema Publications. 1983. First Edition. xi, 230pp, map, 4 appendices, 6 tables, bibliography, index. 8vo/22cm. Plain black cloth, light wear, in slightly chipped dj adhered to pastedowns, internally clean, tight and very good. According to David Taylor, this is a political rather than a constitutional study. It discusses the way the special status of Jammu and Kashmir within the Indian Union has operated in practice and draws attention to its implications for relations between Kashmir on the one hand and Jammu and Ladakh on the other.(92) Hari Ram (1932- ) was then a professor of history at the Government College of Education at Jammu. Taylor 92. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 002148 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	SHALI, S.L. Kashmir: History and Archaeology Through the Ages New Delhi, Indus Publishing Company. 1993. First Edition. 311pp, 65 black & white illustrations, bibliography, index. 4to/24.5cm. Blue cloth, light wear in very good dj. NF/VG. An overview of Kashmir's history and archaeology from the paleolithic period to the 19th century based on a wide variety of academic sources. S.L. Shali (1922- ) retired as Deputy Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India and was Research Associate in charge of archaeology and ecology at the Centre for Central Asian Studies at Kashmir University at the time of writing. He did special work with the Kashmir Paleoclimatic Project and it is reflected in this book. Taylor 122. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 002543 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	SMITH, NICOL Golden Doorway to Tibet Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill. 1949. Ill.: Photographs by Loren Tuthill. First Edition. 288pp, endpaper map, nearly fifty photo illustrations. 8vo/22.5cm. Blue cloth gilt, light wear at spine ends, protected but chipped dj, internally fine. Basically an adventure story of a trip through Kashmir to the eastern border of Ladakh at the time of Partition, from July to October 1947, by the writer-lecturer and former OSS officer Nicol Smith. Several adventures. USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 \| £UK 11.5 \| JP¥ 1677] Book number: 002846 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	YATU, ABDUS-SALAM The Monthly Moralist. Volume I, No 1 (24 September 1956) Rawalpindi, Abdus Salam Yatu at Noor Art Press. 1956. First issue of new monthly. 12pp, 2 editorials, 3 articles. Tall 8vo/24cm. Light soil, otherwise very good. One of the editorials and all three of the articles are about Kashmir. The Editor-Publisher, Abdus Salam Yatu (also spelled Yatoo) was President of the Jammu and Kashmir Kisan Mazdoor Conference which is described as "the Representative Organization of the Kashmiri peasants and workers." so it can be assumed that this is basically a Kashmir-issue oriented publication. The last article is a speech of Prem Nath Bazaz, Secretary of the Kashmir Democratic Union (KDU) in Delhi on his release from one year in prison. Yatu was co-author with Bazaz of a 1951 Kashmir Democratic Union publication, The Problem of Kashmir: Plea for Rational Solution so there may be a connection between the KDU and the J & K Kisan Mazdoor Conference?. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 004162 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.

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	GOLDSTON, JAMES A. AND PATRICIA GOSSMAN Human Rights in India: Kashmir Under Siege New York, Human Rights Watch. 1991. First edition. [v], 161pp, Introduction, Summary of Conclusions, Historical Background, Scope of Conflict and Applicable Law, Violations by Government Forces, Violations by Militant Organizations, Conclusion and Recommendations, Appendix. 8vo/23cm. Card wrappers, light wear, internally fine. Mentioned inTaylor 203 along with a 1992 follow-up report by Asia Watch: The Human Rights Crisis in Kashmir--a pattern of impunity.. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 003907 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	BAZAZ, PREM NATH Truth About Kashmir Delhi, Kashmir Democratic Union. 1950. First Edition. 13pp. Tall 8vo/24cm. Printed wrappers, stapled, light wear, internally fine. A brief summary of the political situation in Kashmir by probably the most eminent Kashmiri Pandit to enter the Kashmir political fray on an independent secularist agenda. Pt. Prem Nath Bazaz (1905-c.1984?) entered politics during the troubles of 1931, became a colleague of Sheikh Abdullah, edited several publications and was jailed a number of times by Kashmiri and Indian authorities for his views. Of socialist leanings, he often wrote for M.N.Roy's Radical Humanist and Thought publications. He is listed here as Officiating President, Kashmir Kisan Mazdor Conference. Scarce. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 002913 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	BISCOE, C.E. TYNDALE Kashmir in Sunlight and Shade...With an Introduction by Maj. Gen. L.C. Dunsterville. London: Seeley, Service, 1925. Second & Cheaper Edition. 315 pp, 15 illustrations, index. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, spine ends frayed, joints splitting near head, hinges tender, internally clean. Overall G+. Similar to Ernest Neve's, Beyond the Pir Panjal: Life and Missionary Enterprise in Kashmir (1915), i.e. a standard missionary memoir to attract others in pursuit of converts and opportunities for service. Taylor 12; Yakushi T146. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 000221 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	CHARAK, SUKHDEV SINGH. FOREWORD BY KARAN SINGH History and Culture of Himalayan States: Volume V Jammu Kingdom Part II New Delhi and Jammu, Light & Life Publishers. 1980. First Edition. xvi, 421pp, 28 illustrations, 3 folding maps, 14 appendices, bibliography, index. Tall 8vo/24.5cm. Red cloth silver lettering, light wear but several small closed splits at spine ends, front hinge paper beginning crack but otherwise internally clean and very good, in protected but chipped dj. G++/Fair. -"..a careful historical treatment of the rise of Jammu state from one of many small hill states in the region to the dominant force within the declining Sikh state of Ranjit Singh and, eventually, in 1846 to control of Kashmir and surrounding areas." (Taylor 104). USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 \| £UK 11.5 \| JP¥ 1677] Book number: 001477 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	PAULY, SARAH BUIE; REBECCA WELLES CORRIE AND ALAN SHESTACK The Kashmir Shawl. Yale University Art Gallery [Exhibit], February 12--April 6, 1975 New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery. 1975. Ill.: Catalogue & Exhibit design by Josef Godlewski. First Edition. 52pp text plus 29 monochrome plates with facing captions. 4to/25.5cm. Printed card-stock wrappers, light soil, internally fine. Text includes Preface by Yale Art Gallery Director Alan Shestack and 2 essays: "The Shawl--Its Context and Construction", pp 7-22, by Sarah Buie Pauly and, "The Paisley", pp 24-49, by Rebecca Wells Corrie. USD 26.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.5 \| £UK 15.75 \| JP¥ 2295] Book number: 004345 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	HUSSAIN, SYED TAFFAZULL Sheikh Abdullah: A Biography (based on Sheikh Abdullah's Memoir, "Atish-e-Chinar" (Urdu) by M.Y. Taing. Volume I (1905-1934) Indianapolis, IN, Wordclay. 2008. First Edition. xv, 105pp, 8vo/23cm. Illustrated card-stock wrappers. NF. This is a bit of a puzzler. Nothing is known about the author who appears to be a U.S. resident and has published the book using Wordclay, a vanity press. The Urdu version of Sheikh Abdullah's supposed "memoir" is not in the Library of Congress and appears to be unavailable on the usual large bookdealer sites. The author is very critical of it. e.g. "written in a flowery style", "there are grievous errors in the chronology..", and has apparently extensively changed it using other works which he cites in his Preface and "Bibilography"; also mentioning that much of it is similar to the Wikipedia article on Sheikh Abdullah which, "has a large contribution from my efforts." M.Y. Taing (1934- ) appears to be a widely published and respected writer of Kashmir but in an unsourced and effusively laudatory article about him on Wikipedia, it does not mention Atish-i-Chinar among his various publications. Until more can be determined about Syed Taffazzull Hussain, the author, this memoir should be viewed with some skepticism. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah (1905 -1982), also known as Sher-i-Kashmir (lion of Kashmir) was probably the most important political figure in the modern history of Jammu and Kashmir. He was head of the state's largest party, the National Conference, and served both as Prime Minister and Chief Minister of the state. Two of his sons, Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah have followed in his footsteps as Chief Minister of the state, the latter presently beomg the incumbent. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 004413 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Kashmir Handicrafts Delhi, Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. 1954. Unpaged [28], 33 black & white photo illustrations--some full page. 8vo/23cm. Red pictorial wrappers, light wear, internally fine. A very well illustrated pamphlet giving an introduction and brief history of Kashmir's various handicrafts including silk weaving, shawls, carpets, embroidery, wood-carving, papier-mache, metalware, pottery and the newer processing of furs. The majority of the illustrations show craftsmen at work. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 003143 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	JAISINGH, HARI Kashmir: A Tale of Shame New Delhi, UBS Publishers' Distributors Ltd. 1996. First Edition. 235pp, select bibliography, index. 8vo/22.5cm. Hardcover. Fine. The author is a prominent Indian journalist and in some respects represents mainstream Indian political opinion but he is very critical of Sheikh Abdullah's role and also believes that the ceasefire line could be changed into an international boundary. Taylor 182. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 002540 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	JETTMAR, KARL Bronze Axes from the Karakoram. Results of the1958 Expedition in Azad Kashmir Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society. 1961. Reprinted from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol 105, No 1, pp 98-104, 8 photo illustrations, map, bibliography. 4to/26.5cm. Printed wrappers, light wear, internally fine. Professor Jettmar, perhaps the leading Western authority on this area, accompanied the Austrian Haramosh Expedition of 1958. Scarce in this format. USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 \| £UK 11.5 \| JP¥ 1677] Book number: 001311 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	JETTMAR, KARL Ethnological Research in Dardistan 1958. Preliminary Report Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society. 1961. Photocopy of reprint from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol 105, No 1, February 1961, pp 79-97, bibliography. 4to/26.5cm. As new. A very good overview of the subject with an excellent bibliography. Dr. Jettmar, Emeritus professor of Heidelberg University, formerly of Vienna and Mainz universities, is one of the leading authorities on the culture and peoples of the area between the Karakorams and the Hindu Kush. He was and perhaps still is without peer as the expert on the petroglyphs of Baltistan, Gilgit and adjacent areas. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 004524 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	SHARMA, S.K. AND S.R. BAKSHI, EDITORS Sheikh Abdullah and Kashmir. Volume 7 of Encyclopaedia of Kashmir New Delhi, Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. 1996. Second Printing (1995). vii, 359pp. 8vo/22.5cm. Cloth in dj. NF/NF. Sheikh Abdullah (1905-1982), also known as 'Sher-i-Kashmir' (Lion of Kashmir) was probably the leading Kashmiri politician of the twentieth century. Taylor 18. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 002260 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	KHAN, MOHAMMAD ISHAQ Kashmir's Transition to Islam: The Role of Muslim Rishis (15th to 18th Centuries) New Delhi, Manohar Publishers & Distributors. 2002. 3rd Edition (1994). xii, 302pp, 6 appendices, glossary, bibliography, index. 8vo/21.5cm. Softcover. As new. A fresh look at the dynamics of the Sufi mystics (Muslim rishis) from Persia and Central Asia who converted much of the population of Kashmir to Islam in the fifteenth and succeeding centuries. Based on research in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Urdu and Kashmiri sources, "the book makes a seminal contribution to the understanding of Kashmir and its people." (Henry Martyn Institute Bulletin). Mohammad Ishaq Khan (1946- ) is Professor of History at the University of Kashmir in Srinagar. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 002795 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	KOUL, SAMSAR CHAND Pahalgam and Its Environs Srinagar, Self Published. N.d. [1960?]. Third Edition. 32pp, 7 photo illustrations, folding map.12mo/18.5cm. Original wrappers, light soil and wear o/w VG. History and trekking guide by the author of a number of guides on Kashmir beauty spots and natural history. Warikoo 1447 lists this prolific author as Samsar Chand KAUL gives a date of 1955, possibly for the first edition. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 000704 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	LAMB, ALASTAIR The Kashmir Problem. A Historical Survey NY: Praeger, 1967. First American Edition. viii, 163 p, map, bibliog, index. 8vo. Original green cloth, ex-lib, end pocket and usual marks, dj lightly edgeworn w/spine label, o/w VG. A balanced study by one of the more well-informed analyst-commentators on the problem. Alastair Lamb (1930- ) has taught at a number of universities and written several other books on the Kashmir problem. At a conference on Kashmir at Leicester University in 2002, he was introduced as, "the world's leading authority on the Kashmir problem." David Taylor in his CLIO Press Kashmir bibliography of 2000 describing Lamb's work also evaluates him as one of the leading scholars of Kashmir and says that his 1991 book (#87) "sums up nearly a lifetime'w work on the region" although he admits that some of Lamb's views are controversial. USD 17.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 \| £UK 10.25 \| JP¥ 1500] Book number: 000293 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	BRIGADIER C.G. LEWIS, O.B.E., SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA Map: Kashmir & Jammu and Gilgit Agency N.P. Survey of India. First Edition. N.d. (ca. 1940?). 33 x 34 inches folded to 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches in a 4 3/4 x 7 1/4' printed folder of the Survey of Pakistan, Government of Pakistan with handwritten price of 2/2 rupees. Folder soiled, map consists of two sheets neatly joined at center, in fine condition. Officially referred to as, "One Million Kashmir & Jammu and Gilgit Agency First Edition". Originally published by the Survey of India and apparently part of its stock transferred to the newly created Survey of Pakistan after Partition in 1947. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 004453 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	MADHOK, BALRAJ Bungling in Kashmir Delhi, Hind Pocket Books. 1974. First Paper edition. Appears to be a reprint or update of his 1972, A Story of Bungling in Kashmir. 178pp. 12mo/16.5cm. Wrappers, light rubbing, internally fine. The story of Nehru's bungling in Kashmir by a widely published conservative political commentator. Balraj Madhok (1920- ) is often called, "the stormy petrel of Indian politics". Dogra p.272. USD 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 \| £UK 6.75 \| JP¥ 971] Book number: 001982 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	MAHAJAN, SKUMAR Debacle in Baltistan New Delhi, The Author. 1973. 148pp, frontis portrait, map, illustrations, index. 8vo/22cm. 1/2 Indian cloth, light wear, in slightly edgeworn dj, internally as new. VG/G+. The author, who appears to have been the son of the head official of the Wazir Wazarat (district) of Skardu, gives an "eye-witness" account of the siege by Pakistani soldiers and tribals from February to August 1948 and its capture by Pakistan. He was held prisoner in Pakistan with his widowed mother until 1950. He published this account more than twenty years after the event and makes a number of accusations about facts regarding the event being suppressed by the Indian Government. Baltistan is in northeast Kashmir, part of the Pakistan administered "Northern Areas" of Gilgit and Baltistan. In the past it was also known as, 'Little Tibet'. In the recent past, and currently, it is known mainly as the backdrop for international mountaineering expeditions in the challenging high peaks of the Karakorams. Dogra p 245; Warikoo 4021. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 004186 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	SCHETTLER, MARGRET AND ROLF. WITH ANTHONY & MAUREEN WHEELER Kashmir, Ladakh and Zanskar Victoria, Australia, Lonely Planet. 1981. First Edition in English (from the 1974 German, Kaschmir & Ladakh). 176pp, liberally illustrated with maps and photographs, both black & white and color. 12mo/18cm. Paperback. VG condition. As Taylor (74) describes it, the "standard guide for budget travellers..with down-to-earth advice for budget based on the direct experience of the authors." Some details updated by Maureen and Anthony Wheeler. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 002855 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	NAIR, KUSUM "Kashmir Today: Background Study for the Jarring Report." In, Foreign Affairs Reports, Vol.VI/No 6 (June 1957), pp 52-63 New Delhi, Indian Council of World Affairs. 1957. 12pp, text of article, appendix (Selected excerpts from the Report of Gunnar Jarring on the Kashmir Questions, 31 April 1957). Tall8vo/25cm. Printed magazine format, light edgewear, internally fine. A rumination by a veteran Indian journalist on the prospect of holding a plebiscite on Kashmir's accession to India or Pakistan. Her conclusions were entirely negative. Gunnar Jarring was the Swedish representative to the UN Security Council which in February 1957 assigned him to visit South Asia and to determine with the governments of India and Pakistan whether there were any practical proposals which might lead to the settlement of their dispute on Kashmir. Mrs Kusum Nair (also spelled Nayyar) wrote a number of books on Indian affairs and organized the first newspaper syndicate in India in association with her husband. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 004167 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	SHESTACK, ALAN WITH SARAH BUIE PAULY AND REBECCA WELLES CORRIE The Kashmir Shawl. Yale University Art Gallery [Exhibit], February 12--April 6, 1975 New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery. 1975. Ill.: Catalogue & Exhibit design by Josef Godlewski. First Edition. 52pp text plus 29 monochrome plates with facing captions. 4to/25.5cm. Printed tan card-stock wrappers, grey lettering, very light wear, internally fine. Text includes Preface by Yale Art Gallery Director Alan Shestack and 2 essays: "The Shawl--Its Context and Construction", pp 7-22, by Sarah Buie Pauly and, "The Paisley", pp 24-49, by Rebecca Wells Corrie. Alan Shestack was later Chief Curator and Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Art. USD 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 \| £UK 17 \| JP¥ 2471] Book number: 004358 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	RAM, HARI Special Status in Indian Federalism: Jammu and Kashmir Delhi, Seema Publications. 1983. First Edition. xi, 230pp, map, 4 appendices, 6 tables, bibliography, index. 8vo/22cm. Plain black cloth, light wear, in slightly chipped dj adhered to pastedowns, internally clean, tight and very good. According to David Taylor, this is a political rather than a constitutional study. It discusses the way the special status of Jammu and Kashmir within the Indian Union has operated in practice and draws attention to its implications for relations between Kashmir on the one hand and Jammu and Ladakh on the other.(92) Hari Ram (1932- ) was then a professor of history at the Government College of Education at Jammu. Taylor 92. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 002148 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	SHALI, S.L. Kashmir: History and Archaeology Through the Ages New Delhi, Indus Publishing Company. 1993. First Edition. 311pp, 65 black & white illustrations, bibliography, index. 4to/24.5cm. Blue cloth, light wear in very good dj. NF/VG. An overview of Kashmir's history and archaeology from the paleolithic period to the 19th century based on a wide variety of academic sources. S.L. Shali (1922- ) retired as Deputy Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India and was Research Associate in charge of archaeology and ecology at the Centre for Central Asian Studies at Kashmir University at the time of writing. He did special work with the Kashmir Paleoclimatic Project and it is reflected in this book. Taylor 122. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 002543 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	SMITH, NICOL Golden Doorway to Tibet Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill. 1949. Ill.: Photographs by Loren Tuthill. First Edition. 288pp, endpaper map, nearly fifty photo illustrations. 8vo/22.5cm. Blue cloth gilt, light wear at spine ends, protected but chipped dj, internally fine. Basically an adventure story of a trip through Kashmir to the eastern border of Ladakh at the time of Partition, from July to October 1947, by the writer-lecturer and former OSS officer Nicol Smith. Several adventures. USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 \| £UK 11.5 \| JP¥ 1677] Book number: 002846 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	YATU, ABDUS-SALAM The Monthly Moralist. Volume I, No 1 (24 September 1956) Rawalpindi, Abdus Salam Yatu at Noor Art Press. 1956. First issue of new monthly. 12pp, 2 editorials, 3 articles. Tall 8vo/24cm. Light soil, otherwise very good. One of the editorials and all three of the articles are about Kashmir. The Editor-Publisher, Abdus Salam Yatu (also spelled Yatoo) was President of the Jammu and Kashmir Kisan Mazdoor Conference which is described as "the Representative Organization of the Kashmiri peasants and workers." so it can be assumed that this is basically a Kashmir-issue oriented publication. The last article is a speech of Prem Nath Bazaz, Secretary of the Kashmir Democratic Union (KDU) in Delhi on his release from one year in prison. Yatu was co-author with Bazaz of a 1951 Kashmir Democratic Union publication, The Problem of Kashmir: Plea for Rational Solution so there may be a connection between the KDU and the J & K Kisan Mazdoor Conference?. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 004162 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.