Rajasthan (?). 18 x 18 inches, hand-painted on silk, very good with some folds that can probably be pressed out, light fraying along edges, minor soil. We are not at all schooled in Mughal art, so could be way off, but it looks late 19th century to us.
Delhi: The Government of India State Railways, Ca. 1940. Wraps. 8 x 6.5 inches, wraps, very good, light wear, title page a bit discolored. 52 unnumbered pages with photos and captions of Indian life.
Bombay / Mumbai: Kalakshetra Festival Committee, 1965. First Printing. Wraps. 11 x 8.5 inches, pictorial wraps, good with some stains and abrasions along spine, contents very good, about 50 pp, many photos and articles about Indian culture and arts, including a number by Srimathi Rukmini Devi (known now as Arundale).....
Bombay / Mumbai: Vasant Shripad Satwalekar, printer, 1956. Hardcover. 3rd edition. Tall 8vo, cloth backed boards in dust jacket, approximately 150 pp. Jacket with some wear. Uncommon. One of the four Vedas from the ancient Vedic Sanskrit texts that comprise the sacred Hindi scripture.
Bombay / Mumbai: Vasant Shripad Satwalekar, printer, 1956. Hardcover. 3rd edition. Tall 8vo, cloth backed boards in dust jacket, approximately 150 pp. Jacket with some wear. Uncommon. One of the four Vedas from the ancient Vedic Sanskrit texts that comprise the sacred Hindi scripture.
Hardcover. Facsimile of original edition, but little in the way of publisher's information, probably ca. 1990s. Tall 8vo, red leatherette gilt, near fine with minimal wear, 385 pp.
Concord: The W. B. Ranney Company, 1922. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1922. Cloth hardcover, 143 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, age-toning to the pages and page-edges, some rubbing and wear to the edges of the book's covers, no dust jacket.
Varanasi: Prithivi Prakashan, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. 8.5 x 6.75 inches, boards in dust jacket, book very good, light foxing to covers, signed on the flyleaf by Agrawala's son, Vishnu. Jacket good with some wear, foxing to fore-edge, longish tear to rear panel -- but hidden now by a dj.....
Varanasi, India: Prithivi Prakashan, 1983. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards in dust jacket, small quarto [7.5" X 10"], not illustrated. Book has toning and rubbing to boards and spine, binding tight, endpapers off-set, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. DJ in several pieces, torn and worn, held together in archival.....
Varanasi: Prthivi Prakasana, 1964. First Printing. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, very good, with ownership signature of the author's son. Light spotting to covers and tanning to text, which is in Hindi. 16, 160 pp. Very uncommon book by this prolific author on Indian culture, history and religion.
Nandesar, Banaras Cantt. Mata Prasad, 1952. Second edition. Paperback. 1952, Second Edition. 66 pp. Softcover. Picture of the author at title page, 5 photo illustrations. Very Good copy: covers show light soil. Few pencil notes to text, mostly at page 9. Else, clean contents.
New York: The British Library of Information, (1940). First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear and soil, 11 pp. Uncommon. The secretary of state for India was a controversial figure, not least for his suppression of information on the famine in Bengal in 1943 that would have been.....
New Delhi: M D Publications, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY ANNPURNA NAUTIYAL. First Edition. c.1996. Hardcover. Black cloth. 8vo. 150pp. Very Good in Very Good (minus) dustjacket. Light general shelfwear, 'Author's Copy' stamp on half-title. Rubbing to dustjacket, light edgewear, mild soil.
Delhi: Idarah-I Adabiyat-I Delli, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1975, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 152pp., not illustrated. Book VG+ with mild shelfwear to boards, binding tight, previous owner's stamp to front flyleaf, small note to gutter and faint stain on full-title, otherwise text clean.....
Muncie, IN: Art Gallery, Ball State University, 1976. Original Wraps. Exhibition Catalogue. Original Wraps. c.1976. Staple-Bound. 8vo. Illus. Very Good+. Mild shelfwear/soil, light bump to head of spine.
Boston: Heathen Woman's Friend, ca. 1875. Paperback. ca. late 1875 Softcover 12mo, 65pp. Generally very good with light general soil to wrappers and a persistent stain to the upper right corner after p. 23. Small spot on rear wrapper. A rare volume, with only 2 copies on OCLC. Relating to.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Hardcover. Glossy paper covered boards, octavo, 313pp., illustrated in b&w. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1881. Third edition. Hardcover. Third edition, 1881. Dark olive green small 4to's, 287pp; 294pp.; 294pp. Each in near fine condition with black embossed ruling to the boards, gilt titles on cover and spine. Each volume is abundantly illustrated with in-text engravings. From the collection.....
Delhi, India: Publications Division, 1958. Paperback. Printed paper wraps, octavo, illustrated in b&w. Book has creasing and sun to spine, mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, previous owner's small signature to front endpaper, otherwise text clean and unmarked but toned throughout.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. Hardcover. 1908, Edition not stated. Hardcover in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear. Else clean and tight.
Delhi: The Manager of Publications, 1965. Hardcover. RARE! Hardcover with cloth-backed printed boards, 1965, quarto, 68pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with mild wear to corners, gentle rubbing and toning to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. No DJ.
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition, 1966, hardcover, octavo, 80pp., illustrated in color. Book near fine with a couple small lead notes to front flyleaf, otherwise fine with tight binding, unmarked and clean text. DJ VG- with edge wear that includes some small.....
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010. Hardcover, 2010, octavo, 262pp., illustrated in b&w. Book as new. DJ as new.
Calcutta: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, 1969. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has gentle shelfwear and soil to boards and spine, binding tight, text has some scattered ink underlining and marginalia. DJ rubbed and soiled, edgewear that includes some small tears and small hole in front.....
New York: Asia Publishing House, 1961. Hardcover. 1961. Hardcover, 8vo., black cloth. 136 pp. Very Good+ copy in a Very Good- dust jacket. Light bunching to cloth at front cover; previous owner's name at fly leaf; light soil to half-title page. Else, a tight, clean copy. DJ shows tearing and.....