South Asia Books for Sale

Most of the books on offer are related to India - fiction, poetry, anthropology, etc., with some books on Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. We are downsizing, thus offering our books, collected over 30 years, for sale.

The books are listed under subject headings and then alphabetical by author. I would be happy to answer any questions you have on the books listed. Just send me an e-mail.

All prices are in Canadian dollars.

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Anthropology/Sociology * Arts * Classical Dance * Fiction * General

* History * Linguistics * Memoirs * Natural History * Poetry

* Political Science * Religion * Theatre * Travel

Anthropology/Sociology

128 Avinashilingam, T.S. Gandhiji's Experiments in Education. New Delhi: Government of India, 1960. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Light wear on covers. Some soiling. Spine rubbed. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $6.00

160 Bailey, F.G. Stratagems and Spoils: A Social Anthropology of Politics. Toronto: Copp Clark, 1969. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Some underlining. Binding tight. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. The covers show some wear. Spine is lightly creased. Pages are slightly yellowing. The book is about political competition, the nature of the search for power, and the effect of the power struggle on life in society. Nothing much has changed. $12.00

190 Burling, Robbins. Hill Farms and Padi Fields - Life in Mainland Southeast Asia. Englewood, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1965. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. 180 pp. Some underlining in text. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. $4.00

7 Chavarria-Aguilar, O.L. Traditional India. Englewood. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1964.   8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Covers show wear. Spine is creased. Previous owner's name written on inner front cover. Underlining and comments here and there in text. Binding tight. $2.25

538 Dube, S. C. Indian Village. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1967. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Prof. Dube presents a fascinating, well-rounded, in-depth description of an Indian village. He describes a village in its social, economic, ritual and kinship aspects. 248 pp. Pages unmarked and binding in excellent condition. Covers show some shelfwear and spine is sun-faded. Previous owner's name stamped on front flyleaf. $5.50

143 Gilbert, William H. Jr. Peoples of India. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1944. First edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. This booklet is the Smithsonian Institution War Background Studies Number Eighteen. The covers show some rubbing. The price Slicker has left behind a "glue outline" on the front cover. Contains a map of India and numerous photographs. 86 pp. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $4.50

216 Hoffman, Daniel P. India's Social Miracle: The Story of Acharya Vinoba Bhave and His Movement for Social Justice and Cooperation.. Healdsburg, California: Naturegraphy Company, 1961. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. 168 pp. Covers show rubbing. Pages yellowing. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $6.00

578 Lewis. Oscar. Village Life in Northern India. New York: Vintage Books, 1958. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. 384pp. Pages have some underlining. Covers show medium wear. Binding in excellent condition. Previous author's name and notes written on inside front and back covers. An excellent study of village life in northern India - very detailed with a wealth of ethnographic material. $5.00

362 Singer, Milton, Ed. Traditional India: Structure and Change. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society. 1959. First Edition. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. This 332pp. book shows light wear and some soiling. There is a small tear up the front left spine. Pages unmarked and binding tight. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Heavy book. $7.00

168 Srinivas, M.N. India's Villages. Bombay: Asia Publishing House, 1963. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Hard Cover. Good / Jacket Fair. 2nd (Revised) edition. Pages unmarked except a few pencil notations on the table of contents page. Binding tight. Dust jacket has a few tears and a couple of pieces chipped out. Covers of the book itself show fading and some discolouration. Collection of essays from Indian and international experts on the socio-cultural changes taking place in India's villages. $10.00

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Arts

40 Archer, W.G. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry. New York: Grove Press, 1960. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. 3rd printing, no date noted. Light wear on covers. Tight binding. Creases on spine. No dust jacket issued. 40 halftone illustrations. Previous owner's name stamped on flyleaf. $5.00

336 Bussabarger. Robert F. and Robins, Betty Dashew. The Everyday Art of India. ill. Tau, Andrew. Photographer. New York: Dover Publications, 1968. First Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall.   Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Presumed first edition. 205pp. Wonderfully illustrated with b&w photos of objects. Covers show light wear. Back cover a bit yellowed. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Heavy book. will incur additional mailing costs. $6.00

159 Carruthers, Jeanne. Arts Sampler from Southeast Asia. New York: Friendship Press, 1968. First Edition. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 24 p. Includes 33 1/3 rpm recording of Church music from Southeast Asia bound in book as a cut-out to then play. This booklet is illustrated with b&w photos. Definite Christian viewpoint. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Someone wrote Dr. Carruthers' name on the back cover over her photo. $18.00

114 Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. The Dance of Shiva: On Indian Art and Culture. New York: Noonday Press, 1967. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Revised edition, sixth printing. Covers show light wear and some soiling. Pages have underlining. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. Binding tight. $4.00

148 Pillai, K.S. Shankar's Children's Art Number Vol. 16. New Delhi: Children's Book Trust. 1964. First Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall.   Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Fair. A collection of original art and essays from children all over the work who won prizes in Shankar's 1964 Children's Competition. Rare book. Dust jacket has a few tears and some chipping. Book itself is in very good condition and only shows light wear. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Photos of the book available on request. $80.00

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Classical dance

140 Agarkar, A.J. Folk-Dance of Maharashtra. Bombay: Rajabhau Joshi, 1950. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Hard Cover. Fair / No Jacket. 36 plates - photographs. Covers show wear and a little soiling. The bound pages have detached (in a bound group) from the covers. Pages unmarked. $32.00

138 Jones, Clifford R and Jones, Betty True. Kathakali - An Introduction to the

Dance Drama or Kerala. San Francisco: Theatre Am Books, 1970. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. First edition. Signed by Betty True Jones on the page before the title page. Pages unmarked. Spine is faded. Binding tight. $25.00

141 Rao, Gopinath and Rao, S.V. Ramana. The Classical Dance Poses of India. Madras: Natana Niketan Publications, 1955. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Jacket Poor. Book jacket is ripped in many places. Cover comers show wear. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Some fading at top of spine. $6.00

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Fiction

393 Ali, Monica. Brick Lane. Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Scribner, 2003. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Very Good. ISBN: 0743243307. A rich novel of the Indian immigrant experience in London. A compelling read. Book and book jacket are in near mint condition. Pages unmarked. Book jacket is unclipped. 369 pp. Book is heavy. $7.00

464 Ali, Monica. Brick Lane. New York: Scribner, 2003. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Very Good. ISBN: 0743243307. Remarkable novel about love and the immigrant experience from Bangladesh to London. 369 pp. Book in excellent condition, as is the book jacket. Neither shows much wear. $7.00

66 Anand, Mulk Raj. Lament on the Death of a Master of Arts. Delhi: Orient Paperbacks. 1967. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Some wear on the cover and spine. Binding light. Pages unmarked. $25.00

46 Anand, Mulk Raj. The Dancing Fool. Delhi: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 1967. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Good / Jacket Fair. Small rip on back cover. Wear on cover edges. 35 pp. tight binding. Illustrated with line drawings and colour photos. $4.50

189 Anderson, C.L. Ed. Masterpieces of the Orient. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1961. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Collection of classical writings from Asia, including China, India. Near East. 385 pp. Wear and fading on covers. Some underlining in text. Binding tight. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. $4.00

49 Badami, Anita Rau. Tamarind Men. Toronto: Viking, 1996. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0670869163. Almost like new - no rips, tears, creases. A wise and affectionate portrait of two generations in an East Indian family. It explores the mutability of memory and unravels the deep ties of love and resentment that bind mothers and daughters everywhere. $7.00

2-165E Badami, Anita Rau. Tamarind Men. Toronto: Viking, 1996. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0141002492. Almost like new - no rips, tears, creases. A wise and affectionate portrait of two generations in an East Indian family. It explores the mutability of memory and unravels the deep ties of love and resentment that bind mothers and daughters everywhere. $7.00

2-164E Badami, Anita Rau. The Hero's Walk. Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2000. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0676973604. This novel won the Writer's Trust, Marian Engel Award and was shortlisted for the 2000 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. This is the story of a man whose life is transformed when his estranged daughter comes to live with him.   Pages unmarked and binding tight. $7.00

120 Banerjee, Tarasankar. Ganadevata - The Temple Pavilion. Bombay: Pearl Publications, 1969. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. trans. by Lila Ray. Won Jnanpith Award. Covers show light wear and some soiling. Spine creased. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. Binding tight. Pages ummarked. $7.75

60 Bedi, Rajinder Singh. I Take This Woman. Delhi: Orient Paperbacks. 1967. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Translated by Khushwant Singh. Front cover is creased. Wear on covers. Tight binding. Some soiling on covers and some slight water damage. $4.00

443 Bhat, D.N. Shankara. Sound Change. Poona: Bhasha Prakashan, 1972. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. This softcover book is in good condition· pages unmarked, binding in excellent shape. Some rubbing on edges of book, previous owner's name written on front endpaper, and large chip out of paper cover at top of spine. 98pp. $5.00

24 Bhattacharya, Bhabani. Shadow from Ladakh. Delhi: Orient Paperbacks, 1969. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Fair / No Jacket. Front cover has detached with tape remains. Otherwise binding is tight. Some pencil marks, underlining and comments in text. $4.50

8 Chakravarty, Basudha. Kazi Nazrul Islam. New Delhi: National Book Trust, India, 1968. First Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Paperback. Binding is intact. Some tears in outer covering on spine. Scuffing on cover. 101pp. $6.00

82 Chatterjee, Bankim-Chandra. Krishnakanta's Will. New York: New Directions, 1967. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Rubbing on front cover and spine. Creases on lower front cover and on spine. Binding tight. Previous owner's name on inside cover. Some underlining in text. $3.75

88 Desai, Anita. Baumgartner's Bombay. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1988. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Hard Cover. As New / Jacket As New. First Canadian edition. Book and dust jacket are like new. Unmarked pages. Binding tight. $19.00

2-144E Desai, Anita. Fasting, Feasting. London: Vintage, 1999. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Softcover. As New / No Jacket.   ISBN: 009928963. 228 p. Nominated for the Booker Prize. Poetical, rich in detail, this novel explores what happens to women in other parts of the world. Pages unmarked, binding tight. $9.00

096 Desai, Anita. Fire on the Mountain. London: Penguin, 1981. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Some wear on covers. Spine is uncreased. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $3.25

29 Desani, G.V. All About H. Hatterr. New York: Lancer Books, 1972. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall.   Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Covers show wear and some soiling. Spine creased. Some yellowing. Binding tight. $45.00

158 Dimock, Edward, Jr. Bengal: Literature and History. East Lansing: Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1967. First Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. This 177 page paperbound book was part of the Asian Studies Center's occasional papers series. The papers in this volume are divided under the following categories: studies in the medieval period and studies in the nineteenth century and after. The pages are unmarked and the binding is tight. Some soiling of the edges of the pages. The book is in excellent condition. $17.50

77 Forster, E.M. A Passage to India. London: Penguin, 1946. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Covers show wear and some soiling. Chips along spine. Binding tight. Some light underlining in pencil. but most pages unmarked. Pages yellowing. $2.25

117 Forster, E.M. The Hill of Devi. London: Penguin, 1965. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Covers show some wear. Spine is creased. Pages unmarked. Pages yellowing. b&w photos. Binding tight. $6.00

90 Ghosh, Amitav. The Circle of Reason. London: Abacus. 1987. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall.   Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0349114285. Book is in excellent condition. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Spine creased. Little wear on covers. $2.99

97 Jhabvala, R. Prawer. Esmond in India. London: Penguin, 1985. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Some wear on covers. Spine is lightly creased. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Black marker slash on bottom of book. $3.25

39 Jhabvala, R. Prawer. Like Birds, Like Fishes and Other Stories. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1964. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Fair. Little wear on edges. Some fading on top edge of front book cover. Dust jacket has tears on top front and small chips off at top of spine. Book pages are like new. Price of book stamped on flyleaf. $7.00

54 Karanjia, B.K. More of an Indian. Delhi: Orient Paperbacks. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Some wear on covers. Front cover has a crease. Tight binding. $4.99

2-151   Mahfil, Vol. IV, No. 1, Autumn 1968. East Lansing, Michigan: Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1970. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. Softcover. Very Good/ No Jacket. 59pp. editors: C.M. Naim, Carlo Coppola. Various short stories and poems, such as Saratchandra Chatterji: Mahesh; Nirmal Varma: In a Foreign City. Aslo Lois Harley on The Indian Novels of Jon Godden... Pages unmarked and binding tight. $10.00

2-150   Mahfil, Vol. IV, No. 2, Winter 1968. East Lansing, Michigan: Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1970. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. Softcover. Very Good/ No Jacket. 59pp. editors: C.M. Naim, Carlo Coppola. Various short stories, such as Vera Harma: An Old Woman's Pride or Khwaja Ahmad Abbas: The Dumb Cow... Pages unmarked, binding tight. Small tear on paper-covered spine. $10.00

2-152   Mahfil, Vol. VII, Nos. 3 and 4, Fall-Winter 1971. East Lansing, Michigan: Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1970. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. Softcover. Very Good/ No Jacket. 257 pp. Guest editor: Barbara Stoler Miller. This is the "Sanskrit Edition." Articles include: Sanskrit Rhetoric and Poetic by Vidya Niwas Misra; The Creative role of the Goddess Vac in the Rgveda; Some Sanskrit   Poetic Motifs in the Prakrit "Sattasai" by John T. Roberts and much more. Pages unmarked and binding tight. $15.00

2-153   Mahfil, Vol. VIII, No. 4, Winter 1972. East Lansing, Michigan: Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1970. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. Softcover. Very Good/ No Jacket. 146 pp. this is the "English Poetry from India" issue. It contains, in addition to many poems, articles such as Indian Poetry in English Today by Suresh Kohli... Pages unmarked and binding tight. $10.00

2-154   Mahfil, Vol. IV, Nos. 3 and 4, Spring and Summer, 1968. East Lansing, Michigan: Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1970. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. Softcover. Very Good/ No Jacket. 121 pp. Guest editors: Kamil Zvelebil and Donald Nelson. This is the "Tamil Issue." Articles include: Kamil Zvelebil, Tamil Short Story Today; A Select Bibliography of books and Articles on Tamil Literature in English by Susan Neild; and various short stories. There are two small tears in the paper-covered spine. Pages unmarked and binding tight. $10.00

2-155   Mahfil, Vol. VI, No. 4, Winter 1970. East Lansing, Michigan: Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1970. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. Softcover. Very Good/ No Jacket. editors: C.M. Naim, Carlo Coppola. 106 pp. Various literary articles such as the resignation: A Fully Indian Novel by Stanley Orman. Pages unmarked and binding tight. $10.00

2-156   Mahfil, Vol. VI, Nos. 2 and 3, 1970. East Lansing, Michigan: Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1970. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. Softcover. Very Good/ No Jacket. editors: C.M. Naim, Carlo Coppola. 154 pp. Various literary articles such as A Fraternity with Diversity and Individuality by E. Annamalai and various short stories and reviews. Pages unmarked and binding tight. $10.00

2-157   Mahfil, Vol. V, Nos. 1 and 2, 1968-1969. East Lansing, Michigan: Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1970. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. Softcover. Very Good/ No Jacket. editors: C.M. Naim, Carlo Coppola. 152 pp. Various literary articles such as Interview with Prabhakar Padhye and various short stories and reviews. Pages unmarked and binding tight. Front cover has separated from spine half way up the front side. $10.00

2-158   Mahfil, Vol. V, No. 4, 1968-1969. East Lansing, Michigan: Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1970. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. Softcover. Very Good/ No Jacket. editors: C.M. Naim, Carlo Coppola. 134 pp. This is the Ghalib Issue with contributors such as Muhammad Hasan, Robert Bly, Raymond Oliver, B.V.L. Narayana Row, C.M. Naim and others. Pages unmarked and binding tight. $15.00

2-159   Mahfil, Vol. VIII, No. 3, Spring 1968-1969. East Lansing, Michigan: Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1970. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. Softcover. Very Good/ No Jacket. editors: C.M. Naim, Carlo Coppola. 124 pp. This issue is devoted to the poetry of G. Sankara Kurup. Pages unmarked and binding tight. $15.00

2-160   Mahfil, Vol. V, No. 1, Spring 1972. East Lansing, Michigan: Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1970. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. Softcover. Very Good/ No Jacket. editors: C.M. Naim, Carlo Coppola. 135 pp. This issue is devoted to the poetry and short stories of Amrita Pritam. Covers show shelf wear. Pages unmarked and binding tight. $15.00

25 Malgonkar, Manohar. A Bend in the Ganges. London: Pan Books. 1967. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Fair / No Jacket. Water damage on front and back covers and pages at bottom right of book. Wear on covers and spine. Binding tight. $3.99

591 Malgonkar, Manohar. The Princes. New York: Macfadden Banner Book, 1968. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Some wear on covers. Spine creased. Some underlining. Inscription to previous owner on flyleaf. $3.25

062 Masters, John. Bhowani Junction. London: Penguin, 1967. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Some wear on covers. Spine creased. Pages yellowing. Binding tight. Bookstore stamp on flyleaf. $2.25

101 Masters, John. Coromandel!. New York: Ballantine, 1967. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Some wear on covers. Crease on back cover. Spine is lightly creased. Pages unmarked. Binding light. Pages yellowing. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. $2.25

61 Masters, John. Nightrunners of Bengal. London: Penguin, 1966. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall.   Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Bookstore stamp on flyleaf. Slight wear on covers. Spine creased. Pages yellowing. Binding tight. $2.25

102 Masters, John. To the Coral Strand. New York: Dell, 1967. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Some wear on covers. Spine is lightly creased. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Pages yellowing. Bookseller's stamped address on inside front cover. $2.25

2-147   Meidav, Edie. The Far Field: A Novel of Ceylon. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001.   Hardback. Very Good / Jacket Very Good. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. First edition. 584 pp. From the jacket blurb: "Fusing brave eloquence and sly humor, Meidav grapples with the consequences of the West's fascination with the East and explore the nature of faith and love ... a singular work of sweeping imaginative power..."   $10.00

75 Menen, Aubrey. The Prevalence of Witches. London: Penguin, 1957. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Front cover creased a bit. Wear and chipping on spine. Water mark on back cover. $3.00

2-146   Miller, Almeda Glenn. Tiger Dreams. Vancouver: Polestar, 2002. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. As New / No Jacket. First edition. ISBN: 1551925729This novel is set in India and Canada. The main character travels to India to meet her last remaining relatives. It is more than just a story of a woman discovering her heritage. Beautifully written. 366 pp. Pages unmarked, binding tight. $10.00

119 Miller, Barbara Stoler, Trans. Bhartrihari: Poems. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. First edition. Some underlining and comments in pencil. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. Binding tight. Covers show light wear. $6.50

55 Milton, Daniel L And Clifford, William, Eds. A Treasury of Modern Asian Stories. New York: Mentor Book, New American Library, 1961. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Wear on covers. Portion of lower right front cover comer missing. Spine creased. Binding tight. A few pages have underlining in ink. Contents include: Tell me a story / Rabindranath Tagore - Feast of the Dead / Amos

Mossenson - Uncle Mitwalli / Mahmud Taimur Trial by Cobra / Sadegh Hedayat - Odor / Saadat Hasan Manto Miss Malti. The Shroud / Prem Chand - Under the Yoke. The Monkee God / Vyankatesh Madgulkar - Eyes / K. T. Mohamed - Prelude to penance / C. Rajagopalachari - The man .., etc. $3.25

2-168   Mistry, Rohinton. A Fine Balance. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1995. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Very Good. ISBN:0771060521. Won the Giller Prize, governor General's Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, the SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. 748 pp. Set in India in the mid-1970s, the ups and downs of the characters lives are set against a turbulent time in the country's history. Pages unmarked, binding tight. $15.00

2-169   Mistry, Rohinton. A Fine Balance. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1995. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Softcover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN:0771060548. Won the Giller Prize, governor General's Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, the SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. 748 pp. Set in India in the mid-1970s, the ups and downs of the characters lives are set against a turbulent time in the country's history. Pages unmarked, binding tight. $7.00

454 Mistry, Rohinton. Family Matters. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2002. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Very Good. ISBN: 0771061277. This fantastic novel is in nearly new condition. Both the book and the dust jacket do not show any wear. Pages unmarked. A good gift book! $15.00

2-141   Mistry, Rohinton. Such a Long Journey. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2002. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   338 pp. Softcover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0771060580. This fantastic novel is in nearly new condition. This novel of family life won Canada's Governor General's Award in 1991 and was a nominee for the Booker Prize. $10.00

073 Mokashi, D.B. Farewell to the Gods. Delhi: Orient Paperbacks, 1972. First Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Some soiling/discolouration on covers. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Rare title. Please e-mail us for photo of book. $50.00

266 Mukherjee, Bharati. The Holder of the World. Toronto, Ontario. Canada: HarperCollins Publishers Canada. Limited, 1995. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0006479421. First Canadian edition. Light wear. Pages unmarked. Binding light. $5.99

268 Mukherjee, Bharati. The Tiger's Daughter. Toronto: Penguin Books, 1987. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 01400930Ix. Book shows shelf wear. but it is tight. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Pages yellowing a bit. $5.99

52 Muzumdar. Sachindra. Creatures of Destiny. Bombay: Jaico Books, 1956. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Covers show wear. Top and bottom comers of front cover are creased. Pages have yellowed. Binding tight. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. $9.50

65 Naipal, Shiva. The Chip-Chip Gatherers. London: Penguin, 1976. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall.   Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Light wear on covers. Binding tight. Spine creased. Pages yellowing. $2.50

68 Nanda, Gulshan. Frozen Lips. Bombay: Pearl Publications, 1967. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Translated from Hindi. Binding tight. Short tear along left edge of front cover. Pages unmarked. Previous owner's name stamped on inside front cover. $4.99

72 Narayan, RK. Gods, Demons and Others. Mysore: Indian Thought Publications, 1967. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Covers are won and chipped in places. Binding is tight. Pages unmarked. Previous owner's name written on flyleaf. Stain on the back cover. $3.50

71 Narayan. RK. Next Sunday. Bombay: Pearl Publications, 1960. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Light wear on covers. Some rubbing. Light soiling on covers. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $60.00

089 Narayan, R.K. Swami and Friends and The Bachelor of Arts. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1954. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Jacket Very Good. Wear and soiling on dust jacket. Faded colour on spine of dust jacket and on top inch of dust jacket. Price stamped on flyleaf by bookseller. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Book covers like new except for some rubbing on the top and bottom edges. $23.00

98 Narayan, R.K. The Financial Expert. New York: Noonday Press, 1964. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Some wear on covers. Spine is lightly creased. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Black marker slash on bottom of book. $3.25

32 Narayan, R.K. The Guide. Mysore: Indian Thought Publications, 1966. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall.   Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Binding tight. Tears along spine at top and bottom. Covers show some wear. Previous owner's name on outer flyleaf. $5.00

81 Narayan, R.K_. The Vendor of Sweets. Mysore: Indian Thought Publications, 1967. First Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. 1 st Indian edition. Rubbing and some soiling on front and back covers. Some chipping on front cover edges. Two small tears on upper back cover paper. Spine cover has small pieces missing at top and bottom. Some page comers folded from storage. Binding tight. Pages unmarked. $35.00

91 Neog, Maheswar. Sandaradev8. New Delhi: National Book Trust, India, 1967. First Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Paperback. Binding tight. Small tear at top and bottom of spine cover. Some scuffing on covers. 112 pp. $6.00

2-167   Ondaatje, Michael. Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2000. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Softcover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0676973612. 311 pp. Won the Giller Prize, Governor General's Award and the Prix Medicis. A story of love, family, identity, the unknown enemy and a quest to unlock the hidden past through the eyes of Anil Tissera, educatied in England and America, who returns to Sir Lanka as a forensic anthropologist. Pages unmarked, binding tight. $7.00

136 Pandey, B.N., Ed. A Book of India: An Anthology of Prose & Poetry From the Indian Sub-continent. London: Collins, 1965. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Good. Book jacket is rubbed and chipped in places. Book itself shows little wear. Edges are rubbed. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $4.00

80 Pillai, Thakazhi S. Chemmeen. Bombay: Jaico Books, 1966. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. 2nd Indian edition. Previous owner's name stamped on inside front cover. Some soiling of covers. Slight crease on upper top comer of back cover. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $18.00

70 Pillai, Thakazhi S. Two Measures of Rice. Bombay: Jaico Books, 1967. First Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISI Jaico Edition - Very Good paperback - glossary of Malayali words - 117pp. Translated from Malayalam. Light wear on covers and spine. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $10.00

135 Rao, Raja. Kanthapura. New York: New Directions, 1967. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall.   Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Wear and some soiling on covers. Spine rubbed. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Bookseller's price stamped on flyleaf. $4.99

264 Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Random House of Canada. Limited, 1997. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. As New / Jacket As New. ISBN: 0679308504. First Canadian edition. Near mint condition of book and book jacket. Book jacket is unclipped. $10.00

047 Sanyal, Ashis, Ed. Bengali Literature. Calcutta: 1967. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Vol. 2, No. I, Autumn 1967. Title written in pen on spine. Some yellowing. Spine covering ripped at bottom and creased. Pages are clean, binding is tight. $2.50

67 Scott, Paul. The Birds of Paradise. London: Penguin, 1964. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Wear on covers. One inch of bottom of spine cover missing. Binding light. Pages unmarked. $3.25

2-166E Selvadurai, Shyam. Funny Boy. A Novel in Six Stories. Toronto: McClellan & Stewart, 1994. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Softcover. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0771079508. 312 pp.   Won the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada first Novel Award. This novel traces a young boy's bittersweet passage to maturity against the growing political tensions in Sri Lanka. Pages unmarked, binding tight. $7.00

28 Singh, Khushwant. Black Jasmine. Bombay: Jaico Books, 1971. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall.   Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Covers are worn. Binding tight. $15.00

50 Singh, Khushwant. The Courtesan of Lucknow - Umrao Jan Ada. Delhi: Orient Paperbacks. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Translated by Khushwant Singh and M.S. Husaini. Some soiling on covers. Previous owner's name written on inner cover. Tight binding. Pages unmarked. No date, but the book was bought in India in 1973. Previous owner's name written on inside cover. $11.00

2-163E Suri, Manil. The Death of Vishnu. New York: Perennial, 2002. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   338 pp. Softcover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 060000438-X. A mix of Hindu gods, humour, compassion and "a dash of Bollywood sparkle." 301 pp. Pages unmarked, binding tight. Normal wear on cover and spine. $6.00

13 Tagore, Rabindranath. The Housewarming and Other Selected Writings. New York: New American Library, 1965. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Normal wear on cover and spine. Previous owner's name on inside cover. $8.50

2-148 Vassanji, M.G. AMRiiKA. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1999. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   412 pp. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good Jacket. ISBN: 0771087233. This is a novel of personal and political awakening that spans three decades and explores the eternal quest for home. Pages unmarked, binding tight. $12.00

2-161 Vassanji, M.G. The Assassin's Song. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2007. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   316 pp. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good Jacket. ISBN: 9780385663519. This amazing novel takes place in western India and Canada. As quoted from the dust jacket: "a stunning evocation of the physical and emotional landscape of a man caught between the ancient and the modern, between legacy and discovery, between the most daunting filial obligation and the most undeniable personal yearning..."   Pages unmarked, binding tight. $12.00

 

General

155 Cousins, Norman, Ed. Profiles of Gandhi. Delhi: Indian Book Company, 1969. First Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. This is a collection of essays by prominent Americans about Gandhi and his legacy and in tribute to the man. 235 pp. b&w photos. Decorative cover rubbed in places. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Photos of the book available on request. $51.00

561 Ferguson, Joan M. and Ferguson, Henry, eds. South Asian Library and Research Notes. Vol. VI; South Asian Microform Union List of Citations in South Asian Microform Newsletter. New York: Educational Resources Center, University of the State of New York, 1969. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. This is a bibliography of materials that were microfilmed and mentioned in the South Asian Library and Research Notes journal. They include materials up to 1966. 151 pp. The bibliography is divided between official and non-official documents. Pages unmarked, binding in excellent condition. Covers show very little wear. $15.00

103 Hallmark Cards. Oriental Treasures Wisdom from the Great Inspirational Books of Asia. Kansas City: Hallmark Cards, 1967. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Very Good. [Kansas City 1967], Hallmark. Brown boards, dj., 62p. 10 color text illustrations, illustrated endpapers, In excellent condition. The dust jacket is unclipped. Some wear on comers of book itself. Pages unmarked. Binding light. $26.00

2-162   Hardy, Justine. Scoop-wallah: Life on a Delhi Daily. London: John Murray, 1999. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. With humour and pathos this true-life account tells the story of one British journalist's extraordinary experience after taking a job on a daily newspaper in Delhi. Pages unmarked, binding tight. $5.00

178 Karan, Pradyumma P. and Jenkins, William M. Jr. The Himalayan Kingdoms: Bhutan, Sikkim, and Nepal. New York: Van Nostrand. 1963. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Some b&w line drawings. Light wear on covers. Spine faded. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $4.00

84 Laxman. You Said It. Bombay: Pearl Publications, 1967. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall.   Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. 2nd revised edition of the first of these books by Indian cartoonist Laxman. Soiling on covers. Small stain on front and back covers that has penetrated top of some pages. Chipping on top of spine covering. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $12.00

2-149 Mahfil, Vol. VI, No. 1, Spring 1970. East Lansing, Michigan: Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1970. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. Softcover. Very Good/ No Jacket. 63 pp. This issue focuses on the Symposium on the Teaching of Asian Literatures held in Rochester, NY, in July 1969. Papers included were authored by Edward C. Dimock, Jr.; Gordon C. Roadarmel; Barbara Stoler Miller; R.E. Asher. Introduction by O.L. Chavarria-Aguilar and Comments on the Symposium by Steven M. Poulos, who is also the editor of this issue. Pages unmarked, binding tight. $10.00

577 Moscati, Sabatino. The Face of the Ancient Orient: A Panorama of Near Eastern Civilization in Pre-Classical Times. Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor Book, 1962. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. 375 pp. Pages have underlining in pencil. Binding in very good condition. Covers rubbed and show shelfwear. Professor Moscati surveys the Near Eastern civilizations and culture from 3000 B.C. to the defeat of the Persians by Alexander the Great. Fascinating study. There are also 32 b&w photos, a detailed map and an index. $4.25

2-145 Paz, Octavio. In Light of India. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0156005786.   209 pp. Octavio Paz, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990, has written a book of essays on his years as Mexico's ambassador to India. As the jacket blurb notes: "he brings his poetic insight and voluminous knowledge to bear on a vast and extraordinary subject: the culture, landscape and essence of India..." Pages unmarked and binding tight. $10.00

213 Ross Institute of Tropical Hygiene. The Preservation of Personal Health in Warm Climates. London: Ross Institute of Tropical Hygiene, 1965. 16mo - over 5 ¾" - 6 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. 91 pp. Everything you want to know about tropical diseases and how not to get them. b&w photos. Some wear and light soiling. Small tear al bottom of spine. Pages unmarked. Binding light. $7.00

108 Stein, Burton. Essays on South India. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, 1975. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. This is the Asian Studies at Hawaii, No. 15 edition. Covers show very slight wear. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $5.50

History

357 Burland, Cottie A. The Exotic White Man. ill. Fonuan, Werner, Photographer. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969. First Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Good. First English edition. The author describes the changing role of the white man in the countries he visited as a trader. missionary. explorer, missionary or colonial administrator -- from the 15th century up into the early 1900s. The text is lavishly illustrated with an works by local artists depicting their view of the white man. The book shows very light wear. Pages unmarked and binding tight. The dust jacket has several short tears along the top and bottom edges. Heavy book, so may incur extra mailing costs - depending on destination. $7.00

Crossette, Barbara. The Great Hill Stations of Asia. New York: Basic Books, 1999. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. As New / No Jacket. 259 pp. Ms. Crossette has written a witty, entertaining history of the colonial era in Asia by focusing on the region's hill stations. Wonderful, compassionate and wise. Pages unmarked, binding tight. $10.00

104 Majumdar, R.C, Raychaudhure, H.C. And K. Datta. An Advanced History of India. London: Macmillan, 1967. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. Previous owner's name stamped on flyleaf. Rubbing on both covers. some creasing. Spine is creased. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $3.50

95 Moore. Clark D. and Eldredge, David, Eds. India Yesterday and Today. Toronto: Bantam Pathfinder Edition. 1970. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Some wear on covers. Spine is creased. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $3.25

132 Spear, Percival. A History of India, Vol. II. London: Pelican Books, 1965. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Wear and some soiling on covers. Text is underlined in many places. Binding tight. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. $7.99

78 Spear, Percival. India, Pakistan, and the West. London: Oxford University Press, 1965. 3rd Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. The Home University Library of Modem Knowledge edition. Some pencil underlinings. Previous owner's name on inside cover. A little soiling on covers. Binding tight. $2.75

131 Thapar, Ramila. A History of India, Vol. I. London: Pelican Books, 1972. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Wear and some soiling on covers. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Previous owner's name and note written on inside front cover. $7.99

146 Wilkin, Elizabeth Crawford. Dekho! The India That Was. ill. Browne, Major General H.J.P. Sanbornville. New Hampshire: Wake-Brook House, 1958. First Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall.   Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / No Jacket. Decorative cloth cover. Shows light wear and light soiling. Comers a bit bruised. A beautiful book, bound in hand-blocked Indian cotton on boards. Hardcover. Photos of book available on request. $100.00

Linguistics

447 Agesthialingom, S. A Generative Grammar of Tamil (A Fragment of Tamil Syntax). Annamalainagar, Tamilnadu: Annamali University, 1967. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. This softcover book is in good condition. The covers show wear and some soiling. Small rip at top and bottom of spine. Front cover shows creasing. 256pp. Pages unmarked. binding in excellent shape. Pages yellowing. $49.00

162 Agesthialingom, S. and Shanmugam, S.V. Third Seminar on Dravidian Linguistics. Annamalainagar. Tamilnadu: Annamali University, 1972. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. This 415-page softcover book contains 25 papers on Dravidian linguistics. Pages unmarked. Paper covering of spine is torn at top and bottom. Binding is tight. Light wear and some soiling on covers. Photos of the book available on request. $45.00

458 Bendix, Edward Herman. International Journal of American Linguistics; Componential Analysis of General Vocabulary: The Semantic Structure of a Set of Verbs in English, Hindi, and Japanese. Bloomington. Indiana: Indiana University Research Center, 1966. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. This is vol. 32, no. 2 April 1966 issue of the International Journal of American Linguistics. Covers of the journal arc a bit soiled. A few pages have some penciled notations. Previous owner's name is stamped on front endpaper. Binding is in excellent condition. 190 pp. $9.99

180 Bhaskararao, Peri. Practical Phonetics, Part I. Poona: Deccan College, 1972. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Covers show light wear and soiling. Notes by previous author written on inside back cover. $5.00

445 Bhaskararao, Peri. On the Syntax of Telugu Existential and Copulative Predications. Dordrecht. Holland: D.Reidel Publishing Company, 1972. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. This is a softcover reprint of an article that appeared in The Verb 'Be' and its Synonyms· Philosophical and Grammatical Studies (5), edited by John W.M. Verhaar in 1972. 54pp. The reprint is in excellent condition - some wear and fading of the covers, but pages unmarked and binding in excellent condition. $20.00

113 Bhat, D.N. Shankara. Descriptive Analysis of Tulu. Poona: Deccan College, 1967. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Deccan College Building Centenary and Silver Jubilee Series: 15. Previous owner's name written on front endpaper. Covers show light wear and light soiling. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $39.00

444 Bloch, Jules. The Grammatical Structure of Dravidian Languages. Poona: Deccan College, 1954. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. The softcover book is in good condition. The covers show wear and fading. Spine covering has small rip. Previous owner's name written on front endpaper. Pages unmarked and binding in excellent condition. Pages yellowing. 127pp. $100.00

549 Bright, William. An Outline of Colloquial Kannada. Poona: Deccan College, 1958. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. Comers of this paper bound publication are a bit scrunched. The covers show some soiling. Previous owner's name written on front flyleaf. $45.00

313 Department of Linguistics, Osmania University. Osmania Papers in Linguistics. Hyderabad: Osmania University, 1978. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. This is vol. 3, Feb. 1977 issue of this series. 4 articles include such as D. Bradley's Modernization and diglossia in Burmese. Paper cover has some sun damage. Pages unmarked. Binding light. Rare. $35.00

312 Department of Linguistics, Osmania University. Osmania Papers in Linguistics. Hyderabad: Osmania University, 1977. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. This is vol. 2, Feb. 1976 issue of this series. 5 articles include such as Bh. Krishnamurti's Problems of language standardization in India. Paper cover has some sun damage. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Rare. $35.00

448 Department of Linguistics, Osmania University. Osmania Papers in Linguistics. Hyderabad: Osmania University, 1981. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. This is vol. 4, 1978 issue of this series. 6 articles include such as H. Spitzbardt's Anthropological outlook in modem linguistics: A. Usha Devi's A note on Tulu tense forms; or T. Vinoda's The plural morpheme in Erukula language.. Paper cover has some sun damage. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Rare. $35.00

451 Ghatage, A.M., Ed. Indian Linguistics, Vol. 27, 1968. Poona: Linguistic Society of India, 1968. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. This is Vol. 27, Winter seminar in linguistics, 1964 edition. Articles include: Compound verbs in Telugu by Bh. Krishnamurti; Juncture in Sindhi by L.M. Khubchandani, and others. 65pp. Covers a bit rubbed and a little soiled, but pages unmarked and binding tight. Tear and chip missing at bottom of spine. $15.00

174 Gowda, K.S. Gurubasave. Ao Grammar. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, 1975. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Inscription by author to previous owner on front endpaper. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Covers show light wear and light soiling. Photos of the book available on request. $50.00

446 Gowda, K.S. Gurubasave. Ao-Naga Phonetic Reader. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages,1972. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Good / No Jacket. This softcover is in very good condition. Light wear, pages unmarked, binding tight. 60pp. Signed by author. Pages yellowing. $35.00

  310 Joshi, D.M. et aI, eds. Indian Linguistics: Journal of the Linguistic Society of India. Poona: Deccan College, 1976. First Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. This is vol. 37, no. 1, March 1976 issue of this journal. Two major articles: The Analysis of Hindi Morphologically Related Verb Sets by MC Shapiro and A Phrase Structure Rule for Hindi Noun Phrase and Universal Grammar by AC Sionha. Paper covers a bit sun damaged. Pages unmarked, but a bit yellow. Binding tight. $20.00

311 Joshi, D.M. et al. eds. Indian Linguistics: Journal of the Linguistic Society of India. Poona: Deccan College, 1977. First Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. This is vol. 37, no. 3, September 1976 issue of this journal. 9 articles such as MM Deshpane's On the Rk-Pratisakhya or VM Beskrovny's a study of gypsy numerals. Paper covers are a bit sun damaged. Pages unmarked, but a bit yellow. Binding tight. $20.00

157 Kachru, Yamuna. An Introduction to Hindi Syntax. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois, 1966. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. Softcover - heavy paper covers. Some pencil notations in text. Paper covering the spine chipping off. Some soiling. Binding tight. $20.00

450 Kalelkar, N.G., Ed. Linguistics and Language Planning in India. Poona: Deccan College, 1969. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. This is a report of proceedings of a seminar held at Deccan College. Poona, in April 1967. Articles include: S.M. Katre's Linguistics and language planning in India: Y.B. Damle's Language Problem: A sociological analysis. and others. 77 pp. Green boards are rubbed and a little soiled. Previous owner wrote title on spine of booklet. Pages unmarked and binding tight. $15.00

161 Katre, S.M. Prakril Languages and Their Contribution to Indian Culture. Poona: Deccan College. 1964. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. This 95 page booklet surveys Middle Indo-Aryan languages. Rare title. Previous owner's name written on front endpaper. Part of the paper covering at the top and bottom of the spine is missing. Some light wear. Pages unmarked. Tight binding. $I2.00

324 Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju, Ed. Studies in Indian Linguistics (Professor M.B. Emeneau Sastipurti Volume). Poona: Deccan College, 1968. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. Paper bound. 377pp. Pages unmarked, but yellowing. Paper covers show light wear and some soiling. Previous owner wrote name of volume on spine of book. Binding tight. Small tears on edge of spine at top and bottom. Heavy book. $60.00

  309 Linguistic Society of India. Bibliography of South Asian Linguistics 1973. Pune: Linguistic Society of India, 1976. First Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Very Good / No Jacket. This is vol. 35, 1974 of this publication. The Bibliography lists books, articles, dissertations, etc. that appeared in 1973 having to do with South Asian linguistics. 64pp. The covers are sun damaged a bit. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Stapled binding. Rare. $20.00

319 Miltner, Vladimir. Early Hindi Morphology and Syntax. Prague (Praha): Oriental Institute, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. 1966. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / No Jacket. This booklet is a "key to the analysis of the morphologic and syntactic structure of ukti-vyakti-prakarana." Signed by author on the title page. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Some soiling. 67pp. Hard to find! $50.00

183 Pathak, RC., Comp. Bhargava's Standard Illustrated Dictionary of the Hindi Language. Varanasi: Bhargava Book Depot, 1966. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fair / No Jacket. Previous owner's name written on inside cover. Previous owner taped tabs at each letter division. Book has come away from covers. Pages still bound together. Heavy book. $8.00

315 Pandit, P.B., Ed. Linguistics and English Language Teaching. Poona: Deccan College. 1965. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. This is a Building Centenary and Silver Jubilee Series 36 copy. It is the proceedings of a seminar held at the Centre of Advanced Study in Linguistics, Deccan College Poona. 130 pp. Sun damage on covers. Previous owner's name written on title page. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Rare. $35.00

303 Polkam, D.B. Merolu Telugu. Poona: Deccan College, 1971. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Presumed first edition. Series: Linguistic Survey of India Series: 4. Study of the Telugu dialect spoken by approximately 1,000 tailors who emigrated to Maharashtra from Hyderabad about 300 years ago. The monograph contains sections on Phonology; Morphology; Texts; Vocabulary. Book is a bit worn and has faded sections near edges of covers. Previous owner wrote name of book down spine. Otherwise. in very good shape with pages unmarked and binding tight. Rare. $30.00

152 Porizka, Vincenc. Hindi Language Course, Part I. Prague (Praha): Statni Pedagogicke Nakladatelstvi, 1963. First Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Book includes a separate key to the lessons· translations of texts and answers to exercises. The covers are worn and a bit soiled. Pages have some pencil marks. Binding tight. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. Heavy book. $20.00

314 Reddy, C.N. A Study of Telugu Semantics. Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Venkateswara University, 1966. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Rare copy. Owner's name written on title page. Binding unglued at spine, but tight on back. Pages unmarked. Cover written on in one spot. Some soiling on covers. $40.00

462 Sankalia, H.D. 150th Anniversary Year: Souvenir 1971. Poona: Deccan College. 1971. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. This is Vol. XXX of the Bulletin of the Deccan College in Pune, India. 204+ pp. Celebrates JSO years of linguistic and archaeological studies. Book shows rubbing and light wear. Pages unmarked and binding light. $35.00

55 Sankalia, H.D., Ed. Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute Memorial Volume in Honour of Dr. Irvali Kharve. Poona: Deccan College, 1973. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. This is vol. XXXI·XXXII, Part I- 1970-71 - Part II - 1971-72. Over 40 articles contributed to this memorial volume for Dr. Irvali Kharve. 436 pp. The articles treat many subjects: history, archaeology, folk lore. linguistics, anthropology. The volume is in good condition. The bottom and top edges of the spine show some short tears. However, pages unmarked, binding tight. Some soiling on covers. $45.00

552 Sankann, C.R. and Strong, Leon Henri. A Critique of Experimental Techniques. Methods and Analyses in the Study of Structure in Speech. Poona: Deccan College. 1965. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. 63pp. Soft-bound book in good condition. Pages unmarked. binding in excellent condition. Spine a bit frayed at top and bottom. Some soiling of covers. Previous owners name written on front flyleaf. Rare. $35.00

171 Sekhar, A.C. Evolution of Malayalam. Poona: Deccan College, 1953. First Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Deccan College dissertation Series: 10. The paper covers are torn at the bottom and top of the spine. Previous owner's name is written on front endpaper. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $39.00

169 Stall, J.F. Word Order in Sanskrit and Universal Grammar. Dordrecht. Holland: D.Reidel Publishing Company, 1967. First Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Foundations of Language/Supplementary Series I Volume 5. Light wear and soiling on covers. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $18.00

550 Verhaar, John W.M. The Verb 'Be' and Its Synonyms. Dordrecht, Holland: D.Reidel Publishing Company. 1966. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. Reprint. Not sure of exact date of publication, but is around 1966. Cover shows areas of sun fade. Otherwise the booklet is in very good condition with pages unmarked and binding excellent. 59pp. The author describes the syntax of the coupla verb (to be) in the Hindi language. $20.00

176 Whitney, William Dwight. Sanskrit Grammar, Including Both the Classical Language, and the Older Dialects. of Veda and Brahmana. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1967. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 11th issue of the second edition. Very few pencil notations. Previous owner's name stamped on inside cover. Light wear on covers. Heavy book. $32.00

03 Whitney, William Dwight. Oriental and Linguistic Studies. First Edition. The Veda, the Advesta, The Science of Language. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1872. First Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Hardcover. Good condition. Wear on the four comers. Top of cover al spine is chipped halfway across. Previous owner glued bookplate to inside front cover, and also wrote his name on the inside page. Heavy book. $40.00

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Memoirs

436 Blaise, Clark; Mukherjee, Bharati. Days and Nights in Calcutta. New York. New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1977. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Jacket Good. ISBN: 0385028954. The book itself shows light shelf wear. The dust jacket has a couple of small tears al the bottom spine. some rubbing. frayed at comers and along front edges and the spine is faded by the sun. Pages unmarked and binding in excellent condition. Pages beginning to lightly yellow. Wonderfully written! 300pp. $6.99

1221 Chaudhuri, Nirad C. The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1951. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Covers are lightly rubbed. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. Spine creased. Pages mostly unmarked. Binding tight. Heavy book. $5.50

92 Mehta, Ved. Face to Face. London: Penguin, 1970. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Book covers are worn. Spine is creased. Pages unmarked. Pages yellowing. Binding tight. $4.00

114 Moraes, Dom. My Son's Father: An Autobiography. Delhi: Bell Books, 1971. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall.   Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Book shows some wear and soiling. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Tear up bottom of spine. 242 pp. $4.00

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Natural history

030 Ali, Salim. Birds of India. Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society, 1946. 4th Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fair / No Jacket. 440 pp. b&w photos and colour plates. Water damage on lower back and front covers and bottom of pages. This has caused some red dye to bleed onto some pages. Binding tight. $4.00

31 Ali, Salim and Futehally, Laeeq. Common Birds. New Delhi: National Book Trust, India. 1970. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Buckram. Good / Jacket Fair. Book jacket is tom on front, small piece missing on back and chips out of it on spine. Some marks on front cover. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. Binding is tight. Many colour plates - all in very good condition. $8.50

149J Ali, Salim and Futehally, Laeeq. Common Indian Birds: A Picture Album. New Delhi: National Book Trust. India. 1968. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Pictorial Cover. Good / Jacket Good. The dust jacket/soft cover is rubbed and chipped in places and a few tears. Some soiling. Pages unmarked. Many colour illustrations of birds. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. Binding tight. $13.00

147 Alvie, M.A. and Rahman, A. Jahangir the Naturalist. New Delhi: National Institute of Sciences of India. 1968. First Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Good. Comers worn. Dust jacket with a couple of small tears and some soiling. otherwise in good condition. 26 plates in colour and b&w· reproductions of painting made by Jahangir's court artists. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Previous owner's inscription written on inside front cover. Jahangir was a Mughal emperor of India from 1605 to 1627. This book is a collection of Jahangir's descriptions of plants and animals. Original Persian text is followed by English translation. A wonderful book! Hardcover. Photos of the book available on request. $70.00

83 Department of Tourism. Wild Life Sanctuaries in India. New Delhi: Government of India, 1961. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Rubbing and some sun damage to covers. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Map plus colour and b&w photos. $5.00

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Poetry

48 Ahman, Aijaz, Trans. Poems By Ghalib. New York: Hudson Review, 1969. First Edition. 8vo - over 7W' - 9" tall. Very Good / No Jacket. First edition. Translated by Aijaz Ahmad with William Stafford and Adrienne Rich. Foreword by Ahmad. 16 pp. Stapled binding. Included loose in pamphlet is a mimeographed program for a reading at the University of Pennsylvania, Department of South Asia Regional Studies by Adrienne Rich and Aijaz Ahmad, 20 November 1969. $20.00

105 Ahman, Aijaz. Trans. Poems By Ghalib. New York: Hudson Review. 1969. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Good / No Jacket. First edition. Translated by Aijaz Ahmad with William Stafford and Adrienne Rich. Foreword by Ahmad. Good condition overall except for water glass stains on front cover and a couple of grease spots. 16 pp. Stapled binding. $15.00

142 Brown. C.P. Verses of Vemana (In the Telugu Original with English Rendering). Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, 1967. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Fair. Book jacket is worn and has some chips. The spine of the jacket has faded. The book itself shows very light wear. The previous owner's name is stamped on the flyleaf. Pages are unmarked. Binding is tight. $50.00

27 Tagore, Rabindranath. Farewell, My Friend and The Garden. Bombay: Jaico Books, 1956. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. Spine creased. Upper right hand corners of a few pages and back cover are creased. Some pages are yellowing. $10.50

26 Tagore, Rabindranath. Gitanjali: Song Offerings. Boston: International Pocket Library, 12mo· over 6~ - 7" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Introduction by W.B. Yeats. Covers scuffed. Ink underlining on a few pages. Binding tight. Previous owner's name in ink on inside bottom cover. $10.50

22 Tambimuttu. India Love Poems. ill. Stewart, Pal. Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1967. First Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Good. Dust jacket has some wear and one small tear. Book covers - decorated - are in fine condition. 62 pp. $5.99

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Political science

576 Bone, Robert C., Jr. Contemporary Southeast Asia. New York: Random House, 1965. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. 132 pp. Heavily underlined (mostly lines made down the margin), but is a good reading copy. Binding in very good condition. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. Covers show shelfwear. Very good survey of the history and social, economic. political, etc. problems of Southeast Asia in the early 1960s. $3.50

15 Brown, D. Mackenzie. The white umbrella: Indian political thought from Manu to Gandhi. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1959. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No   Jacket. Binding light. Wear on edges. $5.50

14 Brown, D. Mackenzie. The Nationalist Movement: Indian Political Thought from Ranade to Bhave. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1965. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Second printing. Binding tight. Some scuffing on front cover. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. $8.00

187 Burtt, E.A. The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha. New York: Mentor Book. New American Library, 1955. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. 9th printing. This 247 page book contain the early discourses, the Dhammapada, and later basic writings of the Buddha. Cover shows wear and some soiling. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. $4.00

182 Director of Publicity. Handbook of Maharashtra State. Bombay: Government of Maharashtra, 1960. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. This 137 page booklet contains interesting. detailed information about Maharashtra in the 1960s. Covers show rubbing and some soiling. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Previous owner's name written on from endpaper. $9.50

69 Foreign Languages Press. The Sino-Indian Boundary Question. Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1962. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / Jacket Good. Peking Foreign Languages Press. I962 Enlarged Edition. Second enlarged edition. Light wear. Softcovers. 13 foldout maps/diagrams. The boundary question from the Chinese point of view. 134pp. Previous owner's name written on front cover. Heavy book. $13.00

188   Hangen, Welles. After Nehru, Who? New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1963. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 301 pp. Light wear and some fading on covers and spine. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $4.00

191 Heginbotham, Stanley J . Cultures in Conflict - The Four Faces of Indian Bureaucracy. New York: Columbia University Press, 1975. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Good. ISBN: 0231038887.236 pp. Study of India bureaucracy from organization theory and cultural approaches to administrative behaviour. Book jacket shows light wear and some yellowing. Pages unmarked. Binding light. $4.00

127 Information Service or India. India the World's Largest Democracy. New Delhi: Government of India, 1966. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Light wear on covers. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $4.50

572 Lamb, Beatrice Pitney. India: A World in Transition. New York: Praeger, 1968. 3rd Edition, Revised. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. 3rd edition, revised and expanded. 428 pp. Pages have some underlining. Covers show shelfwear. The binding is in good condition except for one "crack" in the binding. However, all pages are tight. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. A great introduction to the history and politics of India from its earliest civilization to the transition times of the 1960s. $5.00

134 Lach, Donald F. India in the Eyes or Europe - The Sixteenth Century. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. First Phoenix Edition. Wear and some soiling on covers. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $6.00

186 Mehta, Ved. The New India. London: Penguin, 1978. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0140045708. I68pp. Said to be "a searching, compassionate look at the world's most popular democracy in the light of Indira Gandhi's rise and fall. Possible remainder mark on bottom. Light wear. some soiling. Pages unmarked. Binding light. $4.00

113 Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, India. Speeches of Maulana Azad, 1947-1955. Delhi: Government of India, 1956. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Light wear on the edges of the covers. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. b&w photos. $26.00

116 Naipal, V.S. India: a Million Mutinies Now. London: Minerva, 1990. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall.   Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0749399201. Covers show light wear. Spine creased. Pages unmarked. Previous owner's name written on flyleaf. Binding tight. $3.25

94 Naipal, V.S. India: A Wounded Civilization. London: Penguin, 1979. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Some wear on covers. Back cover has a slight crease. Spine is uncreased. Bookseller stamp on flyleaf. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $3.25

79 Peace Corps. The Peace Corps Reader. Washington, D.C.: Quadrangle Books, 1967. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Front cover has slight crease. Some wear and soiling on covers. Binding tight. Pages unmarked. $4.50

11 Rosen, George. Democracy & Economic Change in India. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Covers show some wear. Spine creased. Sporadic underlining in text. Binding light. $5.25

575 Roosevelt, Eleanor. India and the Awakening East. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1953. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 237 pp. Pages unmarked, binding in excellent condition, some rubbing from shelfwear: otherwise in great shape. The amazing Eleanor Roosevelt's impressions (social, political and economic) of counties in South Asia and the Middle East during an exhaustive trip in the early 1950s. Text is illustrated by numerous b&w photos. A collector's item. $5.50

38 Talbot, Phillips and Poplai, S.L. India and America - A Study of Their Relations. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1958. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fair / No Jacket. 2nd printing. A lot of underlining of text with ink. Tight binding. $3.25

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Religion

023 Beswick, Ethel. Tales of Hindu Gods and Heroes. Bombay: Jaico Books, 1960. 12mo - over 6" -7" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Complete and unabridged. Cover by Ramesh Mudholkar. Cover edges and comers worn, and a bit creased. Spine is creased with a tear on either side of bottom. Binding is tight. Pages are yellowing. $15.99

87 Challopadhyaya, Harindranath. Siddhartha Man of Peace. Delhi: Jaico Books, 1956. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Possible first Indian edition. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. Wear on front and back covers. Short rips at top and bottom of spine covering. Spine creased. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $12.00

579 Conze, Edward, Horner, J.B., Snellgrove, David, and Waley, Arthur, eds. Buddhist Texts Through the Ages. New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1964. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. 322 pp. Very few pages have underlining. Covers show shelfwear. Binding is in excellent condition. "Used" sticker on front cover. Previous owner's name written on inside flyleaf. A wide range of important Buddhist texts translated from the original Pali Sanskrit. Chinese, Tibetan, Japanese and Apabhramsa. This is a very comprehensive anthology. $5.00

129 De Bary, Wm. Theodore, Ed. Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. I. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Wear and soiling on covers. Spine creased. Text underlined. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. Binding tight. $4.00

10 Gangal, V.D. Harsha. New Delhi: National Book Trust, India, 1968. First Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Paperback. Binding is tight. Small stain on top of a few pages. Small tear at top and bottom of spine covering. 98 pp. $6.00

33 Gottz, Hermann. Mira Bai: Her Life and Times. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1966. First Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Some wear on front and back covers. Some fading on front cover. Binding tight. Pages unmarked. Collectable. 46pp. Rare. $400.00

99 Guillaume, Alfred. Islam. Baltimore. Maryland: Pelican Books. 1964. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Some wear on covers. Spine is lightly creased. Pages have some underlining. $2.25

153 Ions, Veronica. Indian Mythology. London: Paul Hamlyn. 1967. First Edition. 4to - over 9 ¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Very Good. This is a fine copy. The dust jacket is in very good condition except for a couple of creases on !he inside nap. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Many colour and b&w illustrations.139pp plus index. $5.99

123 Muller, F. M. Trans. The Upanisads, Part II. New York: Dover Publications, 1962. Bvo· over 7-Y."9" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Covers show some wear. Spine faded. Small tear at top left along spine. Pages unmarked. Binding excellent. Heavy book, may incur bit more mailing cost. $6.50

  125 Muller, F. Max, Trans. The Upanisads, Part I. New York: Dover Publications, 1962. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Covers show some wear. Spine faded. Some highlighting in text. Binding excellent. Heavy book, may incur bit more mailing cost. $6.00

290 Narasimhan, Chakravarthi V. The Mahabharata: An English Version Based on Selected Verses. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Very Good / Jacket Fair. This 254 page book is in good condition. However, the previous owner's name is written on the front endpaper. There are underlinings in the text - less than a fifth of the pages. The dust jacket is rubbed and chipped. The book itself shows light wear. $10.00

112 Nikhilananda. Swami. Trans. The Upanishads. New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1963. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Abridged edition. Some wear on covers. Spine creased. Previous owner's name written on title page. Some underlining. Binding tight. $5.50

177 Prabhavananda, Swami and Manchester, Frederick, Trans. The Wisdom of Hindu Mystics - The Upanishads Breath of the Eternal. New York: Mentor Book, New American Library, 1957. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Pages yellowing. Light wear. Some creases on front cover. $4.00

34 Rajagopalachari. C. Ramayana. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1965. 5th Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Binding tight. Covers are scuffed. some marks on back cover, small tear on bottom of front cover, light stain on bottom left of front cover. $7.50

21 Ramesan, N. Temples and Legends of Andhra Pradesh. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1969. 2 nd Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Binding tight Wear on covers and tear up along lower back spine. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. Details about 24 temples in Andhra Pradesh. Many b&w photographs. 179+pp. $8.99

11 Singh, Samar Bahadur. Rahim. New Delhi: National Book Trust, India, 1967. First Edition. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Paperback. Binding is tight. Scuffing on covers. Small rip on cover of spine. 117 pp. $6.00

139 Springs of Indian Wisdom: Aurobindo, Gandhi, Hitopadesa, Ramakrisna, Tagore. New York: Herder Book Center, 1965. First Edition. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / Jacket Good. Little wear, but some soiling. Pages unmarked. Original plastic cover still intact. Spiral binding. $3.25

35 Upadhye, A.N. Sravana Belgola and Gommatesvara. Varanasi: Bharatiya Jnanapitha, 1967. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Very Good / No Jacket. 18pp. Pamphlet. 9 cm x 12 cm. A little soiled. Text clean. Describes the mammoth Jain statue - Gommatesvara. $5.99

476 Warren, Henry Clarke. Buddhism in Translations. New York: Athenaeum, 1968. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Paperback in very good shape· pages unmarked and binding in very good condition. Sun fading on cover and spine. Previous owner's name on inside cover. $7.00

42 Zimmer. Heinrich. Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization. New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1962. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Fair / No Jacket. The first 18 pages have separated as a group from the glued binding. Otherwise tight binding. b&w photographs as illustrations. Previous owner's name stamped on inside front cover. Light soiling on covers. Light spots on page edge. $5.00

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Theatre

118 Adigal, Prince Ilango. Shilappadikaram (The Ankle Bracelet). New York: New Directions, 1965. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Alain Danielou. trans. This paperback shows light wear. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. Pages have some underlining. Binding tight. $4.00

106 Gargi, Ballwant. Theatre in India. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1962. First Edition. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Jacket Very Good. Possibly first edition. Dust jacket is in very good condition with a little soiling. Book itself is in very good condition. Slight wear on edges. Pages unmarked. Tight binding. Previous owner's name written on inside cover. $10.50

181 Kalidas. Shakuntala and Other Writings. New York: E.P. Dunon & Co., 1959. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Rubbing on covers. Tight binding. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover. Some underlining of text. $4.75

137 Lal, P. Great Sanskrit Plays in Modern Translation. New York: New Directions. 1964. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Wear on covers. Spine creased. Previous owner's name written on flyleaf. Binding tight. A few comments written on pages here and there -- very few. $5.00

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Travel

133 Ackerley, J.R. Hindoo Holiday: An Indian Journal. London: Penguin, 1983. 12mo - over 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. Wear and some soiling on covers. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. $3.99

6 Half Hours in the Far East: Among the People and Wonders of India. New York: Dodd. Mead and Company, 16mo - over 5 ¾" - 6 ¾" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Wear on the comers and top and bottom of spine. Light stains on back and front cover. 357 pp. Hard cover. No date. Many b&w illustrations. $14.00

2-147   Hyland, Paul. Indian Balm: Travels in the Southern Subcontinent. London: Flamingo, 1994. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Softcover. As New/ No Jacket. ISBN: 0006380999. Mr. Hyland's story is one of pilgrimage to trace the story of the ointment, India Balm manufactured by the author's grandfather, and the relatives who lived and still live in Andra Pradesh. 288 pp. Pages unmarked, binding tight. $7.00

2-142 O'Reilly, James and Larry Habegger. Travelers' Tales: India. San Francisco: Travelers' Tales, Inc., 1995. 8vo - over 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" tall. Softcover. As New/ No Jacket. ISBN: 1885211015. 459 pp. Pages unmarked, binding tight. A useful and memorable collection of stories that illustrate a range of experience "to be had or avoided in India." Great to read before going or just in your favourite reading chair. $10.00

 

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