Chitrakar: The Artist
Calcutta: Seagull Books, 2006. With a handful of b/w photos and color illustrations. 196 pages. 8vo, black boards, d.w. Calcutta: Seagull Books, 2006. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Calcutta: Seagull Books, 2006. With a handful of b/w photos and color illustrations. 196 pages. 8vo, black boards, d.w. Calcutta: Seagull Books, 2006. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
New Delhi: Oriental Books Reprint Corp. 1974. 3 volumes, 8vo, green cloth, d.w.; dust wrappers torn New Delhi: Oriental Books Reprint Corp., 1974. Second edition. A very good set in a poor dust wrappers. Containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Ayurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine. More
Frontis, illus., 311pp., 8vo, pr. wrs. Paris, 1924. More
New York: Basic Books, 1953. xiv + 306pp., short 8vo, blue cloth, d.w.; dampstain to lower corners of front and rear covers. New York: Basic Books, (1953). First edition. Based on the Unesco studies by social scientists conducted at the request of the Government of India. More
Calcutta: Firma K. L. M, 1977. Illustrated. xv + 340 pages, 8vo, red cloth, somewhat chipped d.w. Calcutta: Firma K. L. M, 1977. Front endpapers a bit wrinkled, still a very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
London: Henry Colburn, 1851. 428 pages. 8vo, original blind-stamped red cloth with gilt emblem on cover; covers show some shelf-wear, corners bumped and worn, some light foxing, previous owner's bookplate on endpaper. London: Henry Colburn, 1851. First edition. A very good copy. More
London: Boone, 1845. Two parts, bound together. 5 plans. 531 pages. Thick 8vo, re-bound in modern brown cloth; marbled edges. London: T. & W. Boone, 1845. First Edition. The title page is dust-soiled; the rest of the text clean & fresh. More
London: Chapman Hall, 1851. Illustrated sepia frontispiece with tissue-guard, 12 tinted plates depicting perspective views, 3 maps of which 2 are folding. 415 pages, slight age toning. Handsomely rebound in full brown blind stamped calf, red leather spine label, marbled page edges. First edition. William Napier was the brother of Charles Napier, who had conquered and administered Sindh and been a leading figure in British India. More
New York: Harcourt, 1964. xiv, 145 pages. Thin 8vo, red cloth-backed boards (front cover bumped), d.w. (some edgewear). New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, (1964). First Edition. Tear on page 83, repaired with tape. Otherwise internally clean and tight. Very good in a very good dust wrapper. More
Vienna: 1956. Color & b/w illustrations. 150pp., 4to, cloth, dust wrapper; small tear on d.w. spine, cardboard slipcase. Wien, (1956). Very good. More
Delhi: Publications Division, 1949. Frontispiece portrait and other b/w photos throughout. 403 pages. Thick 8vo, red cloth Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1949. First edition. Private ink stamp and gift inscription on front endpaper, else clean. A very good(+) copy. More
Selected, edited and with commentary by Doroty Norman. Frontis. 2 vols. 698 + 612pp. 8vo, cloth, slipcase. N.Y., 1965. More
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980. With a few b/w photographs. 297pp. 8vo, gray cloth, d.w. (a few tiny tears at head of spine). Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1977. black and white illustrations. 227 pages. 8vo, brown cloth in dust wrapper (dust wrapper price clipped and a bit torn at corners). London: Weidenfield & Nicolson, 1977. A near fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. More
London: The British Library, 1999. Two volume set in cloth slipcase. 8vo, burgundy & green leather-backed pictorial boards. London: The British Library, (1999). Limited edition -- from a total of 1000 copies, this is number 215 of only 250 signed copies. Fine in near fine box. The second (limited) printing of O'Brian's first two books, originally published in 1930 and 1938; now with a new foreword by the author. More
New Delhi: Brijbasi, 1995. Photographs by Jean-Louis Nou. Introduction by Andre Bareau. Beautifully and extensively illustrated with color photographs. 216pp., 4to, cloth, d.w.; corners slightly bumped, dust wrapper mildly worn. New Delhi: Brijbasi, (1995). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
312pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, (1971). More
Paris: Maisonneuve, 1864. 238 pages with text in French and Sanskrit. 8vo, pebbled blue cloth (corners bumped; very neatly re-cased with most of original spine preserved; light scattered foxing throughout). Paris: Maisonneuve & Berlin: Springer, 1864. Second edition. A very good copy of this uncommon book. More
Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, 2001. Color photographic illustrations and reproductions throughout. 348 pages. 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum/Philip Wilson Publishers, (2001). A near fine copy. With an essay by Hiram Woodward. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, 20 October, 2001 - 13 January 2002. More
Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2003. Color illustrations throughout. 308 pages. 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, (2003). First Edition. The exterior bottom edge of the pages is slightly dust soiled. A near fine copy. With contributions by Amy Heller, Oskar von Hinuber, and Gautama V. Vajracharya. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure", organized by The Art Institute of Chicago. More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1994. Extensively illustrated in both color and black & white. 279pp., tall 8vo, stiff, pictorial wrappers. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (1994). A near fine copy. More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1994. Extensively illustrated in color and in black and white. 279 pages. 4to, stiff printed pictorial wrappers (lightly worn at corners/scratched). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (1994). A near fine copy. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986. More than 200 illustrations. 231pp., 4to, stiff, pictorial wrappers. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, (1986). A fine copy. More
Leiden: Brill, 1972. 107 black & white plates, 24 text illustrations. xvi + 171pp., tall 8vo, red cloth; spine lightly faded. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1972. A very good (+) copy. More
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