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About The Book : The Kath?sarits?gara is a large work. Each book comprises a number of stories loosely strung together, by being narrated for the recreation or information of the same individuals, or arising out of their adventures. These are Udayana, king of Kosambi, and his son Naravahanadatta. The marriage of the latter with various damsels of terrestrial or celestial origin, and his elevation to the rank of king of the Vidyadharas, a class of heavenly spirits, are the leading topics of most of the books; but they merely constitute the skeleton of the composition, the substance being made up of stories growing out of these circumstances, or springing from one another with an ingenuity of intricacy which is one of the great charms of all such collections. About The Author : Somadeva Bhatta was an eleventh century writer from Kashmir.Not much is known about him except that his father's name was Rama and he composed his work (probably during the years 1063-81 CE) for the entertainment of the queen Suryamati, a princess of Jalandhara and wife of King Ananta of Kashmir. The queen was quite distraught as it was a time when the political situation in Kashmir was 'one of discontent, intrigue, bloodshed and despair'.Though he was a Shaiva Brahmin, he was respectful of Buddhism and some of the tales in the Kathasaritsagara show Buddhist influences.Revised by Pansikar Wasudev Laxman Sastri has written famous books, like, Panchdashi with commentary; Yajnavalkya with the commentary, Kavyapradipa (An old and rare book); and many more, the master piece of all is The Ramayana of Valmeki a curious amalgamation of the aforementioned three mediums of teaching. The Title 'The Kathasaritsagara of Somadevabhatta written/authored/edited by Revised by Wasudev Laxman Sastri Panisikar', published in the year 2022. The ISBN 9788121266055 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 613 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in Sanskrit. The subject of this book is Tales -- India / Social life and customs / Hindu mythology Folk literature -- Themes, motives. Size of the book is 21.59 x 27.94 cms Vol:-
1971035839USA: Naval Institute Press 1971. Cover: creamy beige cloth on boards with gilt titles & gilt Junk to spine; front cover vertical blindstamped Chinese characters; faint dusting of foxing. Edges: top-edge once dark red or plum now slightly faded; moderate foxing and dusting of smudges. Foot of ffep & refp with thin short ex-bookcover residue. Plum sepia toned illiustrations and line drawings. Binding is As New. 626p Dj: very faint sunning to flaps spine; just a few tiny light marks. Faint touch of a little rubbing to edges. Light creasing to head of spine. Large & heavy book: 315 x 225 mm. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG. Naval Institute Press Hardcover
19782090502128300271Yuzankaku 1978. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Yuzankaku paperback
1989100133270Cadmus Pr 1989 in8. 1989. Cartonné jaquette.
No jacket as issued: minor shelfwear only. Contents clean, sound, bright throughout. Used
318 p. illus. 28 cm. Paperback Very good condition
60 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
112 pages. List of plates. "We enter through Ms. Fellman's large-format Polaroid colour prints into a strange and even frightening world where members of the Yakuza, the Japanese equivalent to the Mafia, spend hundreds of thousands of yen and hundreds of hours of pain and torment being tattooed." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Please note: Top edges of all pages undulate mildly due to moisture exposure which has resulted in occasional very light discolouration. Remains an enchanting copy of this wonderfully unique and visual work. Book
1333866925.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1990100133763Palgrave Macmillan 1990 in8. 1990. Broché.
Pages 999- 1042. Features: Cover photo of destruction of the Crystal Palace by fire; Photo of the late Sir Basil Zaharoff, the armaments financier, with his wife; Page of photos of Italy's naval review for Adm. Horthy; Book review of "Walkabout", by Lord Moyne; Page of photos of New Guinea's strange customs and creatures; 10 photos of naval vessels controlled by Gen. Franco and by the Spanish government; One-page pictorial map of Barcelona, with its harbour and buildings, and an inset map showing the position of the safety zone for foreign and neutral ships; Three pages of photos of the highest peak ever climbed, 25,660 foot Nanda Devi, and climbers upon her; Photos of Dr. T. D. A. Cockerell with Grey Owl and his wife; Photos of Crystal Palace before and after the tragic fire; Lovely colour centrefold painting of the town of Paarl, South Africa, by Montague B. Black; Charming one page colour ad for McVitie & Price's Christmas specialties - biscuits and sweets; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Edwin Deller, Capt. E. C. Cobb, J. T. Christie, R. Gibson, Adm. Sir Reginald Tupper, H. L. French, Carl von Ossietzky, Maj. J. W. B. Tindall, Emil Stickling, the Duke of Kent, Adm. Horthy, and King Victor Emmanuel; Photo of Von Ribbentrop and Viscount Mushakoyi signing German- Japanese Pact in Berlin; Photo of Italian subs under construction; Photo of Stalin introducing new Soviet Constitution; Photo of the Tori Khel tribe handing over rifles to a British agent; Photo of the opening of Egypt's parliament under the new Anglo-Egyptian treaty; One page Harrods ad features practical clothing items; Four illustrated pages of suggested Christmas gifts; Full-page Egyptian travel ad; Half-page German travel ad; Half-page Bentley sports car ad; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound a vintage copy. Magazine
325 pages. "Roy MacGregor is the ultimate hockey writer... insider's knowledge, wit, elegant prose... deft skill and thorough research." - The Ottawa Citizen. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
368 pages including index, black and white illustrations and 26"x23" fold-out map entitled Map of the Northern Interior of British Columbia by author, dated 1907. Map in excellent condition. Reprint of 1906 publication by The Bodley Head in London. Contains two additional prefatory sections documenting the life of the author and some early historians of British Columbia. Represents an enlargement of a paper the author had prepared on Aboriginal History, embodying facts which, on account of the light they threw on the manners and customs of the natives in pre-European times, he thought it well to preserve for posterity. Gift inscription opposite copyright page, else unmarked. Contents lightly yellowed. Minor lean to spine. Very light wear to book. Attractively illustrated dust jacket shows light edge wear with half inch tears to top and bottom edges of front panel. An excellent copy. Book
Facsimile of the edition first published by Richard Bentley in 1842 NOTE: This is part 3 of a 3 volume set - and will NOT be sold separately. . Volume 3 is stuffed with fascinating details on such things as "smiths, cutlers, armourers, mining, charcoal making. house-builders, cabinet-makers, turners, musical instrument makers, potters, glass-workers. druggists, collectors of simples. weavers, glovers, sock-makers, cordwainers, tanners, hatters, dyers of purple. fishermen" 475p. Book
Facsimile of the edition first published by Richard Bentley in 1842 NOTE: This is part 2 of a 3 volume set - and will NOT be sold separately.Volume 2 is stuffed with fascinating details on such things as " Marriage, women, dress, housing, furnishing, food, entertainment and also of rural life including gardens, orchards, vineyards,,agriculture, pastoral life." 433p. Book
Facsimile of the edition first published by Richard Bentley in 1842 NOTE: This is part 1 of a 3 volume set - and will NOT be sold separately.Volume 1 is stuffed with fascinating details on such things as " People and their customs, places Athens, Sparta, children,toys, education,sports, hunting, philosophy, arts, literature, religion" 424p. Book
249pp. 22 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Facsimile of the Greek portion of the German work 'Das Leben der Griechen und Römer ' [which had been originally published in English by Chatto & Windus 1878]. In its day it was described as "Superbly illustrated with woodcuts from various authoritative sources, the authors have uncovered myriad aspects of Greek life - whether it be the architectural ground plan for one of the oldest Greek temples, or Greek music and education - and have produced a thoroughly researched instructive and entertaining book which will appeal to scholar and layman alike." 293+9p. illus.(B & W) Book
"A portrait of the manners, morals, habits qualities and defects of tody'a Hellenes" The author casts a skeptical as well as sypathetic eye on his fellow Greeks (written just as the Junta took control in 1967) 120p. index (bookplate inside cover) Book
International Library of Political Studies (Volume 22) "How do those living in diaspora form their own national and transnational identity? The Greek Idea offers a new critical paradigm from which to explore these identities. Drawing upon postcolonial theory, Maria Koundoura addresses and analyzes the cultural material that produced Greeces representation as both Europes origin and "other". The long association of Greece and English Literature began with English travellers' "discovery" of Greece in the late-eighteenth century and the reinforcement of the myth which placed Greece as the location of Western culture. However Greece now finds itself on the boundary of a Europe which had originally placed it at the center. Koundoura maps what this dual representation signifies for Greeks, both national and diasporic. In doing so she touches on England, Greece, the United States, Australia and twentieth century diaspora cultures. For scholars of postcolonial, English, European, Balkan, Modern Greek, and Diaspora studies this fascinating contribution to the growing area of transnational culture studies opens up the critical discourse in their field." 214p.bibiography index. Book
Pages 159-192. Features: Politician Herbert F. Norris - article and full-page illustration of Mr. Norris; Early history of the Concord press; Decisions of Chief Justice Smith; Congressional Papers, No. 4 - Illusions Dispelled; Manners and Customs in Hopkinton - No. 1 - Domiestic, Social and Moral. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
Pages 225-256. Features: Article on Hon. Levi W. Barton with handsome one-page engraving of him; Congressional Papers, No. 5 - Forty-Fifth Congress; A Bit of Newspaper History - Henry G. Carleton and Matthew Harvey; An Old Sketch of Lancaster; Manners and Customs in Hopkinton - No. 3 - Funereal, Matromonial, Benevolent, Financial, Inter-Communicative, Mutual and Protective; One page ad for The Manchester Weekly Times inside back cover; Back cover ads for Evans, Sleeper & Evans Book and Job Printers of Concord, N.H., and Fred'k S. Crawford, Bookbinder and Blank Book Manufacturer of Concord, N.H. Average wear. Prior owner's name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
Pages 193-224. Features: Col. John Hatch George - article with full-page illustration of Mr. George; Men of Old Nottingham at the Battle of Bunker Hill; The N.H. Seventh at Ft. Wagner; In Battle and in Prison - A Reminiscence of the War of the Rebellion, by William E. Stevens; Manners and Customs in Hopkinton - No. 2 - Religious, Commercial, Political; Malaga. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
1332244335.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0267630182.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
