Cope, Wendy, Duncan Forbes, Michael Hofmann, Medbh McGuckian, Blake Morrison, Simon Rae, and Joe Sheerin

Poetry Introduction Five (No. 5)

London, Faber & Faber, 1982. First Edition. 0 pp. Hardcover. 057111914X. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Brief shadow from a removed sticker on the front endpaper and light wear to dust jacket. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: b11594

Keywords: 057111914X

FORBES DUNCAN

The Heart of Ethiopia

London, Travel Book Club. 1972, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. first thus book club edition very tidy in same DW, 224pp a cultural and historical look at Ethiopia. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011970

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Travel Exploration History Ethipoia Africa

Duncan Forbes

The Adventures of Hatim Tai, a Romance

London, Oriental Translation Fund, 1830. First edition. Leather. The very scarce translated edition of this Persian work, translated by Duncan Forbes. Very scarce. The first edition in English of this work. Translated from the Persian by Duncan Forbes. Quarto. Half title and errata slip have been discarded. With a leaf from the Oriental Translation Fund presenting this copy to subscriber Peter Johnston Esq. Johnston of Carnsalloch, Dumfries was the Commissioner of Bankruptcy in England and Wales between 1784 and 1831. Six pages of advertisements to the rear of the work. The Adventures of Hatim Tai tells the story of the titular protagonist as he battles with dragons and master mountains to save a princess. The work is a classic romantic adventure story. A scarce first English edition of this classic story. In full calf. Rebacked. Hinges reinforced. Externally sound with rubbing to the joints and extremities. The odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot and handling mark, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 886K7

Catalogue: World Literature

Keywords: Persia Hatim Tai Duncan Forbes Hatim Tai None

FORBES DUNCAN OF CULLODEN [ COMPILED BY ]

Ane Account of the Familie of Innes with an Appendix of Charters and Notes

Aberdeen, Printed for the Spalding Club. 1864. Half Calf, Large 8vo. Book measures 24x19.cm. ix,286,[1]pp. Bound in half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, raised bands, gilt lines and title lettering, marble endpapers. Calf heavily rubbed, scuffed, worn on head of spine, institutional library stamp on spine. Internally, very occasional stamp. Pages clean. Good Plus.

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Book number: 016161

Catalogue: History

Keywords: innes

FORBES (Duncan)

Bagh o Bahar; Consisting of Entertaining Tales in the Hindustani Language, by Mir Amman of Dihli... to which is added, A Vocabulary of all the Words Occuring in the Work.

London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1873. Fourth edition, large 8vo, vi, 120, [4], [259]pp., orig. cloth, spine lettered in gilt, minor worm track to upper board otherwise a very nice copy. Provenance: Ownership signature of 'W. R. Partridge, May 1882' to front endpaper.

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Book number: 37978

Keywords: HINDUSTANI LINGUISTICS INDIA LANGUAGES

FORBES, DUNCAN

British fossils.

1885. Black, London. viii, 96 pp. 13 fig. 23 photoplts. h.t. Orig. cloth, dustjacket with repair and libr. ticket, cancelled libr. book plate behind french title, book otherwise and contents very good.

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Book number: 24070

Catalogue: General paleontology & evolution

Duncan Forbes

Ex Officio [Cellar Press Poem Nine]

Hitchin, Cellar Press, 1973. 1st Edition . Soft cover. In fine internal order. Minor edgewear to printed card covers. From an edition of 200. 8vo. [8pp] . Ill.: Alex Watson. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008497

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: Alex Watson Poetry Private Press

FORBES, DUNCAN

A Grammar of the Persian Language. To which is added, a Selection of Easy Extracts for Reading; Together with a Vocabulary and Translations

London, Wm. H. Allen. 1862, Third Edition. Hardcover. Book, vi, 176, 22, [40] pages. 2 old book plates on front endpapers, moderate wear on edges. a few interesting old handwritten annotations. Good.

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Book number: 011566

Catalogue: Language

Keywords: Farsi

Duncan Forbes

A Grammar of the Hindustani Language

London, Wm. H. Allen & Co, 1855. Cloth. An uncommon grammar and vocabulary for Hindustan, an in-depth and illustrated look at the language by Duncan Forbes. An uncommon work, this being a 1855 new edition.This is a detailed linguistic work, exploring the Hindu language, it's history, and presenting it's grammar and vocabulary to the reader in a digestible form. Including the original characters alongside their romanisation, a selection of "easy extracts for reading", and more.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and fifteen plates.Collated, complete.By the linguist Duncan Forbes, who rose to become an eminent linguist and orientalist, despite being illiterate until the age of thirteen. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, cloth is a little faded, mostly to the spine. Light marks and rubbing to the boards and spine, including ink marks to the rear board. Light bumping to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spine. Cracks to the head of the joints, heavier to the rear joint. Front hinge is a little strained, rear hinge is starting. Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and generally clean with some scattered spots. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 909P33

Catalogue: Social Sciences

Keywords: A Grammar of the Hindustani Language hindustani hindu language hindustani Not Stated

Forbes, Duncan

The Heart of India

South Brunswick and New York, A. S. Barnes and Company, 1969. 205p. b/w illus. dj. .

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Book number: 014743

Keywords: India

DUNCAN FORBES

The Heart of India

London, Robert Hale, 1969, Reprint. (ISBN: 709104081) Hardcover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Illlustrated. Book, 205pp. A lovely clean copy, illustrated d.j. price clipped, a short dedication on the first page, otherwise tight and firm throughout. Good/Good.

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Book number: 4599

Catalogue: Travel and Exploration

Keywords: 709104081 Illlustratedplaces

FORBES, Duncan

The heart of Nepal

London, Travel Book Club, 1962. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket . Book Club edition. Pages clean; binding tight; slight wear at head of dust jacket spine Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS124680I

FORBES, DUNCAN

The Hindustani Manual, intended to facilitate the essential attainments of conversing with fluency, and composing with accuracy, in the most useful of all the languages spoken in our Eastern Empire : part I. A compendious grammar of the language, with exercises, useful phrases, dialogues, etc. part II. A vovabulary of the useful words, English and Hindustani, showing at the same time the difference of idiom between the two languages.

London, Wm. H. Allen. 1874, New Edition. Full-Leather, 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Book, ix, 188 page, name stamp on front endpaper, lacks bottom corner of rear cover. Good.

Tinakori BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 009155

Catalogue: Language

FORBES, Duncan

The Hindustani Manual

1874. FORBES, Duncan, ed. John T. PLATTS. THE HINDUSTANI MANUAL. London: Wm. H. Allen & Co. 1874. [x] + 188 pp. 32mo. black morocco stamped in gilt. Red speckled edges. Leather worn at edges and spine, joints splitting. Ink ownership to coated brown endpapers; pencil ownership to copyright page. Overopened at Editor's Preface. Block tight, contents clean. Title page cont'd: "..Part I. A Compendious Grammar of the Language, with exercises, useful phrases, dialogues, etc. Part II. A Vocabulary of Useful Words, English and Hindustani, showing at the same time the difference of idiom between the two languages." As is. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 84849

Catalogue: Japan and East Asia

FORBES, Duncan

A Hindustani and English dictionary

Asian Educational Services, 1995. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in red cloth . Red cloth with yellow and maroon lettering on front, yellow lettering on spine. Text clean and tidy. Tiny cracks in rear hinge repaired. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_26815_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS251093I