Uncle Sham

1929. GAUBA, Kanhaya Lal. UNCLE SHAM: BEING THE STRANGE TALE OF A CIVILISATION RUN AMOK. Illustrated. Lahore, India: The Times Publishing Co., [1929]. Small 4to, cloth in the uncommon dust jacket. First Edition. Very Good; some wear & soil (small chips and several tears) d/j. $100.00.

New York: Claude Kendall Publisher, 1929. First US Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo. Pp. xi, 261. Red cloth, titles stamped in dark blue on the cover and spine, red topstain. Corners bumped, moderate age toning to endpapers and leaf edges. A screed against American imperialism and cultural mores, which the Indian author claims is in response to Katherine Mayo's… Read more about this item

Lahore: The Times Publishing Company, [1929]. First Edition. Octavo (25cm). Publisher's blue cloth boards; 214pp; illus. Ownership signature to title page, dated 1929. Mild external wear; one binding signature slightly pulled; a Good, tight copy. A strident rejoinder to Katherine Mayo's Mother India (1927), which had created a furore among Indian intellectuals by criticising many aspects of traditional Indian… Read more about this item

New York: Claude Kendall Publisher, 1929 A comparative study of practice and profession, of publicity and fact, a strange tale of democracy and civilization run amok. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His stamp to the ffep. Provenance provided upon request.… Read more about this item

Lahore, India:: Times Publishing Company,, [1929].. First edition.. original cloth.. Light wear to the binding; text block a trifle loose; but on the whole a very good copy. Ink name to pastedown.. 8vo,. 16 plates and a few text illustrations.

Lahore, India: Times Publishing Company, 1929. blue c w/navy sp;ine titles; lite wear at extremities; 261 clean, unmarked pages...A pointed attack on American culture in rebuttal to Katherine Mayo's book on India, not too far off as it seems today. 3rd. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontis Portrait of Herbert Hoover; b/w Plates. 4 vo.

Lahore (India): The Time Publishing Company, 1930. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 214 pp. Decorated black cloth binding. Head and tail of spine bumped and worn. Corners worn. Frontis. Illustrated with more than 40 annotated b/w photos. Light browning to edges of pages not affecting text. A serious but naive and often humorous look at 1920's American morals. In good… Read more about this item

Lahore: The Times Publishing Company, 1929. Large 8vo, pp. 213, [1]; portrait frontispiece of Herbert Hoover and 14 plates plus text illustrations; original black cloth; very good in a toned and shallowly chipped green pictorial dust jacket. Uncle Sham was a response to Mother India, a book focused on child marriage in India. The response focuses on US imperialism,… Read more about this item

Lahore: Times Publishing. Good/Good (see notes). 1929. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 214pp . Some bowing to covers. P O name and date ffep. DJ has some water spotting rear panel, 1/4" chips and tears, soiling. A not terribly kind appraisal of the US, from India, from the Klan to Busby Berkeley. Regarding the condition, keep in mind this was produced… Read more about this item

New York Claude Kendall, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Covers frayed at spine and corners; split… Read more about this item

Lahore: Times Publishing, 1929. hardcover. very good. Over 40 illustrations. 214 pages. Tall 8vo, black cloth. Lahore, India: The Times Publishing Co., (1929). Very good.<br/> <br/> A critical view of American society during the 1920's.<br/> <br/>

Times Publishing, 1929-01-01. First Edition. hardcover. Used - Acceptable. 0x0x0. some wear. edgewear. discoloration from age. some stains inside. no jacket. Still readable copy.

Claude Kendall. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (United States, moral conditions, social conditions) 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. Bundled media such as CDs,… Read more about this item

Being the Strange Tale of a Civilisation Run Amok. Lahore: Times Publishing Co, (May 1, 1929). 214p. Halftones & cartoons. 23x16cm, cloth. Virulent putdown of American polics (boss rule, kkk, racial prejudice) & sexual mores (women cabdrivers, strip poker, divorce). Damped, G.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.