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1930250591930. Very good condition. Three magnificent large b&w photographic portraits of Indian elephants painted and lavishly dressed for a festival. The elephants have painted faces & trunks and are dressed in rich saddle cloths laden with priceless embroidery.<br /> <br /> Images include a close up view of the head of one elephant with jewels on his tusks and the mahout in white turban on his back; a single elephant full length flanked by attendants exiting the court yard of a stately residence; and two decorated elephants standing side by side on a road presumably at the head of a procession with mahouts on their back and flanked by attendants.<br /> <br /> Each image captioned "India" in period ink at the lower left outside the border of the print. <br /> <br /> The photographs are printed on beautiful thick photographic paper. The images 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 paper 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 unknown
196888421Government of India 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Revised Edition. Published by the Government of India 1968. Quarto. Tan cloth boards stamped in maroon. Book is very good with sharp corners and spine straight. Dust jacket is very good with some light shelf wear. A scarce copy of this visual biography of Gandhi. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ships with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton New York. Government of India hardcover
195762102New York: Oxford Univ. Press 1957. Three works in one vol. 8vo. xiii 1 233 1; 188; 197 1 pp. With illust. title photo plate tables charts. Orange tweed boards tiger paw print on front cover pictorial map endpapers minor shelfwear slight rubbing w/ d.j. cover art of tiger stalking minor scuffing edgewear price-clipped still VG/VG copy. First American omnibus edition of this extraordinary trilogy recounting Corbett’s experiences as big game hunter of Man-Eating Tigers in his lifetime career in India. He hunted down eight man-eating tigers and two man-eating leopards and in The Chowgarh Tigers he records his year-long quest from 1929-1930 to hunt and ill a female tiger that killed over 64 people in her five-year rampage. Corbett was a meticulous hunter expert tracker and persistent in preparation and often carried his favorite rifles - an M98 bolt-action Rigby-Mauser and a .450-400 Double Barrel Nitro Express. Oxford Univ. Press, hardcover
1988I6006Calcutta: White Lotus 1988. Paperback. Good/no dj. 1.00. Zoological Survey of India. Management of Mammal Collection in Tropical Environment White Lotus paperback
194571942black and white map Scale of 1;1000000 1 millimetre = 1 kilometre heights and depths are in metres and feet contains both english and french text double sided map scaling and formatting is the same on either side handwritten note on map detailing travel information dated 1945 Published by the Survey of India Offices paperback
193363863Edinburgh & London UK: The Moray Press 1933. Thick 8vo. xi 1 279 1 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads. Tipped-in colour frontisp. 7 tipped-in colour plates all mounted on thick black paper numerous photo plates. Red publisher’s cloth white lettering on spine minor shelfwear minor rubbing to lettering minor soiling slightly cocked w/ d.j. printed on thick orange paper stock edgewear creasing dustsoiling couple minor closed tears still VG-/VG- copy. First edition of this gripping memoir of how a tea planter in India became a noted hunter of man-eating tigers after being mauled and losing a right arm and left leg below the knee while managing a tea plantation for Finlay Muir & Cowas in Goombira. He lost his job with the company and subsequently became a tiger hunter and artist. See: Mr. Strachan: Tea Estates and Tiger Attacks Scottish Business Archive University of Glasgow Archive Services Working Archive June 10 2013. The Moray Press, hardcover
1938165001938. India Women in Sciences Mary Pauline Jeffrey. Dr. Ida: India The Life Story of Ida S. Scudder. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company 1938. 212 pages. 8 x 6 in. Original blue cloth boards. Signed and inscribed by author on front end page. Frontispiece portrait of author and 18 other images throughout.<br /> <br /> Biography of Ida Scudder pioneering woman physician who founded clinics and medical schools for women in India. Scudder was born in India to American missionaries and dedicated her life to the health of Indian women many of whom were reluctant to see male physicians. In 1899 she was one of the first women graduates from Cornell Medical College; and shortly after Scudder returned to India where she started a rural medical clinic for women only. Within two years she was treating thousands of patients. Few pages have corrections or annotations in ink. Very good. unknown
193276366Calcutta & Delhi: Central Publication Branch & Manager of Publications 1932-1938. First editions. Fifteen folio publications bound in four volumes. Each part complete as issued. All bound in library buckram with gilt spine lettering. Bookplate pockets and small stamps to the verso of every full page photographic illustration with "Withdrawn" stamp. in each volume. The marking are actually less onerous than usual and the spine call letters were on paper labels that have been peeled away. A very clean and complete copy in humdrum clothing.Contains numerous seminal publications such as 'Explorations in Sind. Being a Report of the Exploratory Survey Carried Out during the Years 1927-28 1929-30 and 1930-31" By N. C. Majumdar #48; "The Ananda Temple at Pagan by C. Duroiselle #56; "A Record of all the Quranic and Non-historical Epigraphs on the Protected Monuments in the Delhi Province" by Maulvi Muhammad Ashraf Husain #47; Central Publication Branch & Manager of Publications hardcover
1981016621Calcutta: Geological Survey of India / Indian Government 1981. Reprint. . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good. 1981 facsimile reprint of the original 1899 edition. Size octavo 379 pages plus index and plates. Green cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine beige end-papers. Condition very good the covers are very clean hinges cracked pages are clean throughout. From the Library of Nicholas Ambraseys. Nicholas Neocles Ambraseys FICE FREng 1929-2012 was a Greek engineering seismologist. He was emeritus professor of Engineering Seismology and Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London. For many years Ambraseys was considered as the leading figure and absolute authority in earthquake engineering and seismology in Europe. This copy was presented to Ambraseys and there is a label to the front end-paper that reads: "Presented to Prog N N Ambraseys in recognition of over 40 years advice to Black & Veatch formerly Binnie & Partners on the engineering aspects of earthquakes for projects worldwide." With full reproductions of all the original plates including fold out plates and large fold-out maps. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall <br/> <br/> Geological Survey of India / Indian Government hardcover
1939AQ23672New Delhi: Printed by the Manager Government of India Press 1939. 2 viii 370pp. Original publisher's black cloth-backed printed paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. An uncommon revision of the register of provincial rulers of Indian States. The entries for each of the states or estates record the name title and caste of the current ruler - alongside their date of birth and succession - the area that the state or estate covers in square miles the population according to the 1931 census average revenue and expenditure and numbers of military and police forces; for example Manipur Assam is governed by His Highness Maharaja Sir Chura Chand Singh covers an area of 8638 has a population of 445606 an annual revenue of Rs. 871000 expenditure of Rs. 781000 and a police force comprised of 233 military and 55 civil personnel. OCLC records copies at just six locations Berlin BL California MPIFA Pennsylvania and Toronto; COPAC adds no further. . 8vo. Printed by the Manager, Government of India Press hardcover
1911011408Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing India 1911. Book measures 33.5x21.cm. Collation in 2 parts 22999pp. Bound in original printed boards. Boards rubbed spine sellotaped library labels and withdrawal stamp binding slightly loose. Internally occasional library stamp or mark. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy. . Hard Cover. Good Plus. Quarto. Superintendent of Government Printing India Hardcover
1913011429Lahore: Printed at the mufid-I-Am Press. By R. B. L. Mohan Lal 1913. Book measures 27x18.cm. vi cxviiipp. Bound in original publishers printed boards. Boards lightly rubbed dust marked spine sellotaped library label and withdrawal stamp. Internally occasional library stamp or mark. Pages in very good clean condition. A good clean copy. . Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Printed at the mufid-I-Am Press. By R. B. L. Mohan Lal Hardcover
19803231Calcutta: Firma KLM Pvt. Ltd. 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Very good condition. Spine binding and cover all fine. Contents unmarked and no inscription. Dustcover fine and protected by clear sleeve. 729 pages. Firma KLM Pvt. Ltd. hardcover
1902049851Bruxelles: Imprimerie Scientifique Ch. Bulens 1902. Leather Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 460 pages indexed. Hardcover bound in red quarter leather with red cloth-covered boards. Light to moderate rubbing to the binding. A sound copy with secure hinges. Marbled endpapers. Prior owner's mid-20th century bookplate on the front pastedown. Text is clean. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and with a few color plates. Text is in French. An attractive copy. <br/> <br/> Imprimerie Scientifique Ch. Bulens hardcover
1967mon0000002176Dept. of Archaeology Education 1967-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. 6 pages of text in English remaining page are B&W photos. Ex University of California Berkeley library book with usual library markings. No DJ. Binding is tight text clean. From the Intro: Here is the birds-eye view of some of the outstanding monuments revealing the high cultural level attained in the field of visual art of Gujarat in the past. Dept. of Archaeology (Education) unknown
2000Q-0618093974Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2000-10-18. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Houghton Mifflin Harcourt hardcover
1961127885New Delhi India: Lalit Kala Gallery. As New. 1961. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked crisp tight to the spine - Text in English. FIVE 5 VOLUME SET 1961-1965 : Vol. I: 32 pp. With 10 ills. Vol. II: 36 pp. With 10 ills. Vol. III: 32 pp. With 10 ills. Vol. IV: 32 pp. With 10 ills. Vol. V: 36 pp. With 10 ills. 18 x 22 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Lalit Kala Gallery paperback
1967510373Oxford University Press 1967. Leather. NEAR FINE. Large 8vo 10.5x8.1.25' India Paper Smyth-sewn and bound in brown GENUINE COWHIDE leather gilt edges gilt-tooled turn-ins place ribbon thumb indexed dual column with center-column references and footer notes. Large print with generous spacing and wide margins for notes. Owner's name imprinted to front cover pristine otherwise dedication blank entirely clean and sharp with no markings and crisp unused pages. A very uncommon setting. Oxford University Press unknown
1940031551London: Cassell 1940. Book. Good . Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. G Shelfwear spine crease bumping spine lean dealer sticker foxing browning/G Edgewear chips tears dealer sticker on spine panel staining browning. Drama set in India. Expanded condition report/photo on request. Cassell Hardcover
1996290648PN. New. 1996. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
19875207Sapienza". 1987. Softcover. Near Fine. Light Discoloration to spine and section of wraps. Very minor shelfwear.; A combination of two stories whose content focuses predominately on Iranian linguistics particularly during prehistoric times when a mixture of Indo European Semitic and various other linguistic influences were present in Iran in Italian Old Persian Avestan Latin.; Biblioteca Di Ricerche Linguistiche E Filologiche 20; 98 pages . Sapienza" paperback
19631206120081New Delhi : Ministry of External Affairs Govt. of India 1963. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 8vo. No. 1 to IV. Quarter bound in contemporary black leather. Good binding and cover. Wear to extremities. Water damage to margins. Armorial bookplate of Robert Trotti Jr. on inside board. New Delhi] : Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India hardcover
19631206120084New Delhi : Ministry of External Affairs Govt. of India 1963. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 8vo. No. V to VIII Quarter bound in contemporary black leather. Good binding and cover. Wear to extremities. Water damage to margins. Armorial bookplate of Robert Trotti Jr. on inside board. New Delhi : Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India hardcover
1971395E. J. Brill. 1971. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Softcover has been rebound in cloth.; Handbuch der Orientalistik. 2. Abt.: Indien; 1.1; 230 pages . E. J. Brill hardcover
1908318465London: Church Missionary Society 1908. First edition. 8vo. Bound in three quarters modern polished brown polished calf and marbled boards. Fine. First edition. 8vo. <br/><br/> Church Missionary Society hardcover
