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24 watercolors + 15 Drawings and studies + 26 Etchings. Many of the subjects are of scenes in India. Oblong folio. Original full cloth binding.Original dust jacket, frayed at extremities. Number 82 of a Limited Edition. With a presentation card signed by the artist. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W38
Sm. 8vo., printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo originale completo de "La Domenica del Corriere" del 25/03/1951
in-8 broché. Bel exemplaire. [NV-24]
Thomas Hoover. Thomas Hoover. un romanzo dell'India - Moghul.. Cles (TN), Arnoldo Mondadori editore 1983 italiano, in ottavo pp.509 Romanzo di rievocazione storica dell'India di quattrocento anni fa: la prima spedizione della Compagnia delle Indie e l'ascesa di un avventuriero inglese alla corte del Moghul. Volume conservato quasi come nuovo.
1st edition. VG pbk. 13897. eng
Folio in color pictorial wraps (white spine) in cardboard slipcase; illus. (some color); includes 3 deminsion map of Tokyo; includes original advertisment inserts; 412 p., 34 cm. In original cardboard printed slipcase. In English. Annual periodical. **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply.**Extra shipping charges may apply for international shipping**
97pp.with some illustrations out-of-text, cart.cover, 23cm., VG
2 works bound in 1 volume: 97 + 100pp.with some illustrations out-of-text, cart.cover, 24cm.
8vo,. Hardcover.. First. 558pp. Contents 1. Agriculture 2. Amulet 3. Amusements 4. Armenians 5. Arms, Armour 6. Army 7. Art 8. Arya Samaj 9. Astrology 10. Baboo 11. Bamboo 12. Banyan Tree 13. Barasaul Guns 14. Bathing 15. Bazaar 16. Birth-rites 17. Bore, Macareo 18. Brahman 19. Brahmo Samaj 20. Buddhism 21. Bunjara 22. Cambay Stones 23. Camel 24. Carpets 25. Carriages, Carts 26. Caste 27. Cattle 28. Chess 29. Children 30. Chinese 31. Cholera 32. Coffee 33. Cooly 34. Crocodile 35. Curry 36. Dacoity 37. Dancing 38. Dead, Disposal of 39. Demonology 40. Diamond 41. Divination 42. Dog 43. Dolmen 44. Drama 45. Dress 46. Education 47. Elephant 48. Embroidery 49. Emigration 50. Etiquette 51. Eurasian 52. Evil Eye 53. Fair 54. Fakir 55. Falconry 56. Famine 57. Festivals, Fasts 58. Fever 59. Fire-worship 60. Fish, Sacred 61. Folk-tales 62. Food 63. Footprints, Sacred 64. Forest or Jungle Trides 65. Fruits 66. Furniture 67. Gardens 68. Gipsies 69. Hindu, Hinduism 70. Horse 71. House 72. Human Sacrifice ;Cannibalism 73. Idolatry 74. Infanticide 75. Intoxicants 76. Irrigation 77. Jaimsm, Jains 78. Jewellery 79. Tews 80. Johar 81. Juggurnaut 82. Kafir, Gaffer, Cafiristan 83. Lat 84. Leprosy 85. Lion 86. Magic 87. Marriage 88. Medicine 89. Monastery 90. Monkeys 91. Mosque 92. Muhammadans 93. Music 94. Names 95. Oaths 96. Omens 97. Opium 98. Ordeals 99. Pariah 100. Parsee, Parsi 101. Pearls 102. Pilgrimages 103. Pinjrapole 104. Plague 105. Poisoning 106. Polo 107. Polyandry 108. Polygamy Pottery 109. Prayer-wheel 110. Precious Stones 111. Processions 112. Raja 113. Rice 114. Roads 115. Rosary 116. Sacrifice 117. Salt 118. Servants 119. Shawls 120. Sheep, Goats 121. Shikar 122. Ships and Boats 123. Sikhs 124. Silk 125. Slavery 126. Snakes 127. Sun-worship 128. Suttee 129. Symbolism 130. Tank 131. Tattooing 132. Tea 133. Temple 134. Thread, Sacred 135. Thuggee 136. Tiger 137. Tobacco 138. Tombs 139. Tope 140. Towers of Silence 141. Trade 142. Tree-worship 143. Twice-born 144. Village 145. Waterfalls 146. Weaving 147. Wells 148. Wine 149. Witchcraft 150. Wolf-children 151. Wood-carving 152. Wrestling 153. Writing
2 volumes, 384 and 415 pages. Some foxing, later cloth binding w. gilted labels. Chinese seal of former owner on front pages. Preface ; The dramatic system of the Hindus ; Dramatic arrangement ; Characters of the drama ; Objects of dramatic representation ; The language of the Hindu theatre ; Scenic apparatus ; Sanskrit dramas ; Short accounts of different dramas / H.H. Wilson -- Theatre architecture in ancient India
x, 206 p., illus.(6 leaves of plates) 19 cm. Hardcover Good condition, light damp stain throughout, inquarter leather & printed boards
Jamila Brijbhushan The world of Indian miniatures. Tokyo, Kodansha International ; New York : distributed in the United States through Harper and Row 1979 english, 205 1979 Opera con copertina rigida, sovraccoperta, illustrazioni ft in b/n. ST1078
RARE comprehensive illustrated monograph on the World of Buddha by one of the leading 20th-century scholars of Buddhism - Hajime Nakamura (1912-1999), a Japanese academic of Vedic, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures. Nakamura was an expert on Sanskrit and Pali, Professor in Tokyo Imperial University from 1954 to 1973, as well as the founder of Toho Gakuin (The Eastern Institute). Among his many writings are commentaries on Buddhist scriptures and the first translation of the entire Pali Tripitaka into Japanese, a work still considered the definitive translation to date against which all later translations are measured. The book contains numerous color and b&w illustrations and maps. 365x270mm. 512 pages. Orange-brown cloth bound Hardcover laid in illustrated slipcase. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Slipcase rubbed. Slipcase front side bumped. Slipcase edges/corners peeling. Spine edges slightly bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare and profusely illustrated history of Buddhism in its various manifestations throughout the ages, beautifully bound and published in album format, is in very good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
8vo., First Edition; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Peter Curl. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
London, printed for T. Cadell, C. & J. Rivington, J. Cuthell, etc., 1827, voll. 8, in-8, mezza pelle coeva ed angoli, titolo e fregi oro ai dorsi, piatti marmorizzati, pp. (6), CXXX, (2), 427, (3); (4), 479 (1); (2), VIII, 402; (4), 456; (4), (420); (2), XXVIII, 452; (4), 469, (1); (4), IV, 448. Ritratto inciso in acciaio da T.A. Dean (da ritratto di Reynolds) all'antiporta del vol. 1°, 6 carte piegate (Sud America, Messico, Asia) ed una tavola poste alla fine degli ultimi 3 volumi. Qualche traccia d'uso alle coperte e fioriture, ma buone condizioni generali.
Legatura in cartoncino rigido telato, con titolo in oro al dorso, protetto da sovraccoperta illustrata con bandelle. Firma di appartenenza all' occhietto. Risguardi illustrati. Buonissimo lo stato generale, pagine perfettamente tenute, velate da tonalità seppia, come i tagli, ricche di fotografie in bianco e nero, nel testo, e una tavola a colori in antiporta. Numero pagine 568. USATO
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 223pp. Amy Carmichael, Christian missionary from Northern Ireland who worked tirelessly to provide a safe home for South Indian children who were forced into a life of prostitution.
London, Collins, 1964, in-8, tela edit., pp. 192. Con numerose riproduzioni fotografiche su tavv. f.t.
Stories: Burned Boats; Smashing the Dope-Smugglers; The Gold Thieves; Wayside India; Three Rogues; Rod's Tiger; Nuts!; Fire-Walkers of the South Seas; A Deal in Rubber; The Unlucky Tree; With Hounds in Mashonaland; Welsh John; Johny the Jackaroo. Average wear. Book
Stories: Scraps of Paper; Through India with a Camera; The Road to Fortune; The Curse of Kali; Country Beat; My First Boar-Hunt; A Birth of a Volcano; One African Night; The Wide World in War-Time; Pilot Adrift; The Imposter; Mr. Williams; Lucky Break; The Second Escape. Above-average wear. Book
In-16 (cm 19,9x14,4), pp. 80, brossura edit. illustrata a colori, fotografie a colori e b.n. nel testo. Prefazione di Marco Balma. I edizione. Come nuovo. WORLDWIDE DELIVERY
In-8 p. (mm. 222x135), tela editoriale (picc. spacchi alle cerniere esterne), pp. XIV,326,(2), con vignette xilograf. nel testo. Buon esemplare.
578 pages, light creasing to covers. eng
VG. no dj. no inscriptions. lovely clean copy. 1st. British. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The English subcontinent has produced some of the world's greatest writer's, and a body of literature unsurpassed in its sustained imagination, impassioned lyricism and sparkling tragi-comedy. Now Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West have collected together the finest Indian writing of the last fifty years. Published to coincide with the anniversary of India's independence, it is an anthology of extraordinary range and vigour, as exciting and varied as the land that inspired it
