Resultados de búsqueda: India from Respectful Exits

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated, 2000. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. First edition, cloth binding. 144 pp. Over fifteen years, Xavier Zimbardo created an intimate, passionate photographic portrait of the life and sacred rituals of India - 89 of his photos are presented without text in this exuberantly colorful album, captioned in a thumbnail index. Among mostly full- and double-page images are fabrics from amethyst to ruby red at the textile-dyeing factories of Rajasthan, children painted and flowered to portray Krishna at the festivals of Holi, the caravans of camels at the fairs of Pushkar Mela, and the graceful arches of Chinese fishing nets at sunset in Cochin. Mint condition, in protective mylar cover..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. First edition. 8vo. Brown cloth binding, decorative endpapers, many photographs, 237 pp. Boards rubbed on edge, rough. Dust jacket very chipped on right front fold. Good in fair dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

Chandigarh, India: Young Men Harmilap Association, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Leatherette. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. Cloth. 236 p. Bibliography. Index. Chapters look at Indo-American trade relations, early Indian emigration to America, when Indians were excluded from the United Sates, the propaganda of Indian revolutionaries in the US, Wilsonian neutrality and Indian press opinion, and more. An interesting and rare book on early Indo-American relations. Minor edgewear. Rare. Near fine..

New York: The Literary Guild of America, 1928. Book. Illus. by Brown, Harry. Very Good. Paper over cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Literary Guild, 1928. First edition (Literary Guild). Unusual crushed decorative orange, beige and blue paper over brown silk in slipcase. Art deco design to slipcase, decorated endpapers by Brown, art deco titles, frontispiece, decorations, illustrations. 273 pp. Fading to spine, slipcase chipped at one edge, hinges cracked, faded in good condition. Book is very good..

Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1935. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1935. Third edition, reviewed and corrected. Trade paperback. 8vo. 201 pp., uncut and including bibliography. IN FRENCH. Developing countries from a Socialist perspective. Book unread. Chipping to bottom of front cover, book otherwise in fine condition. Very good..

New York: Redfield, 1853. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First American Edition. Brown cloth binding, blindstamped, gold plant decoration and gold titles to spine. In 2 volumes, complete. 342, 319 pp., 8 pp. advertising at end of v2. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplates. Chipping top and bottom of spine with loss of material, minimal library markings, occasional foxing. Some pages were not cut neatly (no loss of text). Hinges tender, lacking rear free endpapers. Good minus condition. Scarce..

New York: Viking, 1930. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Viking, 1930. First edition. 8vo. Decorative cloth with lance design to front board, 299 pp. No dustjacket. Soiling to boards. Hinges solid, no previous owner markings. Very good condition..

London: Macmillan, 1890. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. London: Macmillan, 1890. First edition. Red cloth binding, black titles. 221 pp. with frontispiece portrait of Lord Clive and two-page map of India by E. M. A. Clive. Purchased from the historical collection of one of the oldest libraries in the USA and bearing that library's antique hand-numbered (#8702) and hand-dated (April, 1891) bookplate. Spine sunned but very clear, boards soiled. Foxing to protective tissue. Robert, Lord Clive in India in the mid-18th century. Very good condition..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. 12mo. First American edition. Brown cloth binding, gold titles, 381 pp., including index. photogravure and facsimile signature of Russell, protective tissue. Lord Russell's life, focusing on his political career and events such as the Irish Famine, Crimean War, Napoleon, the Indian Mutiny and his literary friendships. A bit of scuffing and light edgewear top and bottom of spine, foxing to endpapers. Antique ex-library purchased directly from the historical collection of one of the USA's oldest libraries and bearing its hand-dated and hand-numbered bookplate. Very good condition..

Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1892. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition. Dark blue cloth binding, decorative gilt title. Frontispiece pull-out map of the Indian Empire. 215 pp. followed by advertising. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. The history of Sir John Lawrence and his policy in India. Front board slightly bowed, foxing to endpapers, buckle lines to cloth to rear board. Minimal wear, solid construction. Very good condition..

New York: Random House, 1971. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good ex-library in library-issued plastic cover..

New York: Friendship Press/Orbis Books, 1971. Book. Very Good. Wrappers. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 176 pp. Pictorial cover. Vignettes about children in different regions, different castes, different life circumstances in India.Indian teenagers talk about themselves and their country giving an intense and personal view of modern India. Listed in the New York Times Book Review as one of the Outstanding Books of the Year (1971). Heavily illustrated with photographs. Very good in wrappers..

New York: Macmillan, 1893. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Macmillan, 1893. Later printing.8vo. Decorative cloth boards. Author's first book. Extremely popular writer of forty novels and one play between 1882 and 1905. Wear along top/bottom of spine, edges. Boards cocked. Ownership name on ffep. Boards soiled, spine faded. Good in cloth..

London: John Murray, 1890. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo.. London: John Murray, 1890. First edition. Ex-library. 8vo. Cloth binding, gilt decoration and titles. Decorated endpapers, 344 pp. Frontispiece engraved portrait, facsimile signature. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. Lacking Volume II. Very good..

New York: William Morrow & Co., Inc., 1986. Book. Very Good. Quarter Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. New York: Morrow, 1986. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Quarter cloth binding, 288 pp. Gift inscription on half-title, slight fade to very bottom edge of boards. Book appears unread. Very good in fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

Albany: State Univ of New York Pr, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Reprint. 8vo. Albany: State University of New York, 1987. Reprint. Trade paperback, 291 pp. Near fine..

Philadelphia: E. H. Butler, 1858. Philadelphia: Butler, 1858. 8vo. Full leather binding with 6 compartments, raised ridges. Brown endpapers. 1872 dated signature of prevous owner. Reginald Heber (21 April 1783 - 3 April 1826) was an English bishop, man of letters and hymn-writer. After 16 years as a country parson, he served as Bishop of Calcutta until his death at the age of 42. The son of a rich landowner and cleric, Heber gained fame at the University of Oxford as a poet. After graduation he made an extended tour of Scandinavia, Russia and Central Europe. Ordained in 1807, he took over his father's old parish, Hodnet, Shropshire. He also wrote hymns and general literature, including a study of the works of the 17th-century cleric Jeremy Taylor. He was consecrated Bishop of Calcutta in October 1823. He travelled widely and worked to improve the spiritual and general living conditions of his flock. Arduous duties, a hostile climate and poor health led to his collapse and death after less than… Leer más

London: John Murray, 1832. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London: Murray, 1832. First edition. 8vo. Quarter leather over marble boards. 592 pp. Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han; Chalmers on Political Economy; Greek elegy; Rev. Robert Hall; New Zealand 1827; Richardson, Arlington; Rev. James Flint; Count Pecchio's Observations on England;Prince Polignac; Philosophy of Apparitions; Poor-Laws and Surplus Labour; Cottage Allotments; Traveller's Oracle; Horse and Carriage Oracle; Healthy and Diseased Properties of Blood; Zohrab the Hostage; History of Charlemagne; Memoirs of Louis XVIII; Sir Edward Seaward's Shipwreck; Statistics and Political Institutions of the United States; Refugee in America; La Fayette and the Revolution; Church Reform. Hinges open, edgewear to boards, tear to spine cloth. Good..

London: John Murray, 1833. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London: Murray, 1833. First edition. 8vo. Quarter leather over marble boards. 569 pp. Reviews of Dramatic Works of James Shirley; Memoires de Rene Le Vasseur; Memoir of Felix Neff; Poems by Tennyson; Memoirs of Dr. Burney; On Naval Timber and Aboriculture; Practical Remarks on Building and Equipping Ships of War; Calculations Relating to the Equipment of Ships; Harriet Martineau, Illustration of Political Economy; Causes of French Revolution; Sir Henry Halford; W. Dealtry on the Church; Thomas Chalmers; Reports of the Navigation of the Euphrates; Steam Vessels and Steam Navigation in British India; Journey from India to Europe and Steam Navigation; Lady Dacre; Piozziana. Ottoman Empire; Richard Rush; Care English Race Horses; Dante's Inferno; Port Admiral; Women of Persia; Coleridge; Viscount Palmerston; Portuguese Throne. Lacking spine cover. Rear board separating. Fair..

Cologne, Germany: Rebel Pub. House, 1990. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. Cologne: Rebel, c. 1990 (no publication date). First edition, stated. 8vo. Green cloth binding, 360 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Talks given to the Rajneesh International University of Mysticism, Poona, India, 1987. A few pages have marks and underlining. Good..