May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons: A Journey Through the Women of Idea
New York: Random House, 1990. Illustrated in black and white. 306 pages. 8vo, 1/2 cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, (1990). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
HINDUISM
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Les Etats Hindouises d'Indochine et d'Indonesie
Paris: Boccard, 1948. Illustrated in black and white with several fold out maps. xi, 466, [7] pages. 8vo, brown paper wrappers (torn and toned, crudely repacked in Kraft paper with handwritten title at spine). Paris: E. De Boccard, 1948. Internally clean. Good. Histoire du Monde publiee sous la direction de M.E. Cavaignac -- Tome VIII. More
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
New York: Knopf, 2010. xviii + 276 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. First U.S. edition. Pages toned, else a fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Les Enseignements Iconographiques de l'Agni-Purana
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1963. Illustrated in black and white. xii, 371 pages. Tall 8vo, decorative paper wrappers. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1963. First Edition. Some pages unopened. Very good(+). Annales du Musee Guimet. Bibliotheque d'Etudes - Tome LXVII. More
Erotic Spirituality: The Vision of Konarak
New York: Macmillan, 1971. B/W illustrations throughout. 125 pages. 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: The Macmillan Company, (1971). First edition. Pages lightly yellowed, dust wrapper has small tears and a water stain near spine. Still a very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
History of the Art of Orissa
Bombay: Orient Longman, 1974. Illustrated in black and white. xxiv, 220, [120] pages. 8vo, green cloth (lightly edgeworn). Bombay: Orient Longman, (1974). First edition. A very good(+), lacking the dust wrapper. Scarce. More
Researches on the Tenets and Doctrines of the Jeynes and Boodhists; Conjectured to be the Brachmanes of Ancient India.
London: John Rodwell, 1827. In which is introduced a discussion on the worship of the serpent in various countries of the world. 6 black & white plates (frontispiece was intended to be bound opposite p. 84). 213pp., 4to, rebound tan morocco-backed marbled boards with raised bands, t.e.g. London: Printed for the author, and sold by John Rodwell, 1827. Faint ex-lib stamp on title page and scattered light foxing, else near fine. More
Angkor: The Hidden Glories
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. 253 pages. 4to, green cloth, d.w. (some scuffing to rear panel). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1990). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
City of Victory: Vijayanagara; The Medieval Hindu Capital of Southern India
New York: Aperture, 1991. Illustrations in b/w. 118 pages. Slim 4to, black cloth-backed boards, pictorial d.w. New York: Aperture (1991). Corner bumped, stilla very good(+) copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Introduction Generale a l'Etude des Doctrines Hindoues
Paris: Marcel Riviere, 1921. 347 pages including the table of contents. 8vo, green cloth-backed marbled boards with the original printed wrappers bound-in; leather spine label. Paris: Marcel Riviere. Paris: Marcel Riviere, 1921. First edition. Some light penciling throughout, and the woodpulp pages are browned and somewhat brittle, still a very good copy of this unusual book. More
Koyils in the Colamandalam: Typology and Development of Early Cola Temples: An Art-Historical Study Based on Geographical Principles
Netherlands: Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam, 1981. Illustrated in black and white. 486 pages. Large 8vo, printed pictorial wrappers (lightly edgeworn, toned, dampstained at edge). Netherlands: Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam, 1981. Text block dampstained at bottom edge and with some rippling of pages, still a good usable copy. More
Exploring India's Sacred Art: Selected Writings of Stella Kramrisch
Philadelphia: University of Pennyslvania, 1983. Edited with a biographical essay by Barbara Stoler Miller. Illustrated. xviii + 356 pages, tall 8vo, printed wrappers; lightly rubbed and spine sunned. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983. A very good copy. More
The Hindu Temple
Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1976. Photographs by Raymond Burnier. 2 volumes. Volume I: illustrated, including one folding plate x + 295 pages, Volume II: pages 296-466 plus 80 full-page black-and-white photographic plates. Short 4to, white cloth, clear plastic wrappers. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, (1976). A very good(+) set. More
The Artisans of Banaras: Popular Culture and Identity, 1880-1986
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988. xix + 279 pages, 8vo, brown cloth, un-evenly faded dust wrapper. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1988). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
India: A Wounded Civilization
London: Andre Deutsch, 1977. 174 pages. Slim 8vo, green cloth, d.w. (scuffed). London: Andre Deutsch (1977). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Hindu Law; as interpreted by the Judges in India and the Privy Council.
2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco; (several pages underlined in vol. I). Madras: (vol. I): National Stores, 1911, (vol. II: Hindu Law Office, 1913. More
Life of Sri Ramakrishna
Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama, 1964. Frontispiece illustrated in color. viii, 619 pages. 8vo, yellow cloth-backed boards, d.w. (spine sunned, lightly spotted). Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama, (1964). Pages evenly toned, still internally clean and tight. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Iconography of Minor Hindu and Buddhist Deities
New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, 1975. Illustrated in black and white. xiv, 295, [29] pages. 8vo, orange cloth with red lettering (cloth significantly dampstained). New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, 1975. Few pages with ink underlining/marginalia, otherwise internally clean and tight. A very good(-) solid copy of this uncommon book. More
In The Realm of Gods and Kings: Arts of India
London: Philip Wilson, 2013. Profusely illustrated in color. 416 pages. 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. London: Philip Wilson, (2013). Revised edition. A near fine copy. More
Angkor
Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 1971. Illustrated mostly in b/w. 78 pages of text in English, French, Spanish, and German. 128 pages of photos and folding index at rear. Square 8vo, natural cloth, pictorial d.w. (edge worn with light tear at head). Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, (1971). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Angkor
Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 1971. Text in English, French, Spanish, and German. Illustrated primarily with b/w photos. 78 pages of text, 128 pages of photos and folding index at rear. Small, square 4to, tan cloth, d.w. Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 1971. A very good solid copy but with foxing to top outer edge and a touch to pages; in a near fine dust wrapper. More
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