Krishna, the Butter Thief Tapa dura - 1983

Princeton University Press, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Book in excellent, unmarked condition. Dust jacket is toned on spine, mildly worn at left edge of rear panel.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. FINE, 1st edition / 1st printing, navy blue cloth with gilt font on spine, xx + 415 pps, frontispiece + 39 illustrations + appendices + glossary + index + biblio. Appears unread, crisp and tight without any writing or marks, copy top paper edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket unclipped (but price is not posted as University publication), without tears or chips, minimal shelf wear with light sunning and now under protective mylar. Out of print. "The author traces the development of the theme of Krishna as butter thief from its earliest appearance in literature and art until the present. He focuses on the dramas (ras lilas) of Krishna's native Braj and on the Sur Sagar, a collection of verse attributed to the sixteenth-century poet Sur Das that is as familiar to Hindi speakers as Mother Goose is to us."