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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
8177697153.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
19049958London: Heinemann 1904. Second impression the same year as the first. 8vo pp. 301. Bookplate a good tight copy. The author was a disciple of Swami Vivekananda and brought to the study of Indian life and literature a sound knowledge of Western education and social science. Heinemann unknown books
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.
192721056Calcutta: W. Newman & Co. Ltd. . 1927. Softcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name inside front board. Faint spotting to back board. ; Vintage travel guide with many pictures and a rear fold-out map. Small rear ad section. ; B&W Photographs; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; xxii 172 xxiv pages . W. Newman & Co. Ltd. paperback
2013044509Mississauga. Ontaro: Spirit Born Foundation 2013 Book. As New. Trade Paperback. Signed by Translator. Re-issue. Hindi poems in Roman script with English translations. "Kumar's translations of Kabir are sensitive remarkably close to the original in spiirit and music" First publiished 1984 by Alpha & Omega Books The translator is Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo. 244p bibliography.index. Editor inscription on ffep. Spirit Born Foundation paperback
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
1798319520London: Henry Hughes 1798. First edition. Folding map frontispieces plates. xv 263 9 index; x 374 12 pp. 2 vols. 4to 11 x 9 inches. Contemporary full tan calf rebacked retaining original boards lower corner of Vol. I repaired. 19th-century ownership inscriptions to first blanks 1-inch tear to map near mount some thumb soiling and scattered spotting. First edition. Folding map frontispieces plates. xv 263 9 index; x 374 12 pp. 2 vols. 4to 11 x 9 inches. "This tireless naturalist and antiquary reached out to the ends of the world to gather in knowledge" Cox. <br/>These are volumes one and two on India and Ceylon of an intended 14-volume series entitled "Outlines of the Globe." Welshman Pennant died in 1798 the year of publication and only two more volumes China and Japan were published after his death by his son. ESTC T145966; Cox I p. 307 Henry Hughes unknown books
1798319520London: Henry Hughes 1798. First edition. Folding map frontispieces plates. xv 263 9 index; x 374 12 pp. 2 vols. 4to 11 x 9 inches. Contemporary full tan calf rebacked retaining original boards lower corner of Vol. I repaired. 19th-century ownership inscriptions to first blanks 1-inch tear to map near mount some thumb soiling and scattered spotting. First edition. Folding map frontispieces plates. xv 263 9 index; x 374 12 pp. 2 vols. 4to 11 x 9 inches. "This tireless naturalist and antiquary reached out to the ends of the world to gather in knowledge" Cox. <br /> These are volumes one and two on India and Ceylon of an intended 14-volume series entitled "Outlines of the Globe." Welshman Pennant died in 1798 the year of publication and only two more volumes China and Japan were published after his death by his son. ESTC T145966; Cox I p. 307 Henry Hughes unknown
1972030517Leiden 1972 E. J. Brill Hardcover 1st Edition
1905026968London 1905 Edward Arnold Hardcover
198466377Cambridge, 1984, in-8, 189pp, Reliure éditeur, jaquette illustrée, Quelques défauts mineurs sinon bel exemplaire! 189pp
9332701326.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1334601623.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0428132472.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0428429297.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
