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
The Sepoy and the Cossack: The Anglo-Russian Confrontation in British India
New York: World, 1971. Illustrated with a section of glossy black-and-white maps and photographs. 274 pages. 8vo, hardcover, red cloth, toned d.w. New York: World. 1971. First edition. Faint rubbing to rear board. Light edgewear to d.w. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. 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
Khajuraho
Bhopal: Directorate of Information and Publicity, 1958. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Unpaginated; text in English and Hindi. Tall 8vo, brown boards, d.w. (Fading and tiny soil mark to spine). Bhopal: Directorate of Information and Publicity, (1958). Marks from tape to free end papers, bookplate and ownership signature to front paste down. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. 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. 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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