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1982rif. 195176Bombay: Crafts Council of Western India 1982. Hardcover. Good Boards are edgeworn scuffed and smudged; interior is clean; binding is solid./Good DJ is moderately edgeworn smudged and scuffed. Linen-esque boards with brown lettering; off-white DJ with brown lettering and illustration; 108 pp.; richly illustrated. "It would be impossible to encapsulate all the wealth of Indian crafts between the covers of a book. 'Shilpakar' then is only an attempt to lift the veil on a world of infinite richness -- and on the unknown craftsman who created it." -- Note from the Editor. Crafts Council of Western India hardcover books
rif. 209189New Delhi India: Caxton Press. Staplebound. VG. Undated circa 1960's. Staplebound catalogue. Illustrated wraps. 12 pages color illustrations; 25 cm. Kondapalli toys are toys made of wood in Kondapalli of Krishna district Vijayawada in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Bommala Colony translates to Toys Colony in Kondapalli is the place where the art of crafting takes place. It was registered as one of the geographical indication handicraft from Andhra Pradesh as per Geographical Indications of Goods Registration and Protection Act 1999. This GI application was filed by LIGHT LANCO Institute of General Humanitarian Trust and Kondapalli Wooden Toys Manufacturers.These toys were one of the varieties of toys assembled in the houses during the festivals of Sankranti and Navratri and is referred as Bommala Koluvu. The art of crafting is a 400-year-old tradition. The artisans who make the toys are referred as Aryakhastriyas also known as Nakarshalu who have their mention in the Brahmanda Purana. They are said to have migrated from Rajasthan in the 16th century to Kondappali and claims their origin to Muktharishi a sage endowed with skills in arts and crafts by Lord Shiva. The Kondapalli toys are made from soft wood known as Tella Poniki which are found in nearby Kondapalli Hills. Each part is carved out separately. Then makku- a paste of tamarind seed powder & sawdust is used to join pieces together add details and finish the toys. The later step involves coloring with either oil and water-colours or vegetable dyes and enamel paints are applied based on the type of the toys. The artisans mainly work on producing figures of mythology animals birds bullock carts rural life etc. and the most notable one is Dasavataram etc. Caxton Press unknown books
1960rif. 74434Delhi: Ministry of Education 1960. Paperback. Good. photos index v 491p. Wrapper partially pasted down jacket over plain wrapper. 25cm. Jacket worn. Former owner's name. Ministry of Education paperback books
1958rif. 3486Dehli and Calcutta: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting The Publications Division Government of India 1958. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE. Very good plus tan cloth boards with red title to front board and to spine. Minor bumping to corners and spine ends. In brilliantly illustrated dust jacket with chips at spine ends and right corner and closed tear to front hinge that has been repaired. Interior is clean and bright. 28 pages of plates many in color; maps notes 43 pages. A nice book. India. INDIA/2053. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, The Publications Division, Government of India hardcover books
1979rif. 72341Calcutta: Geological Survey of India 1979. 8vo pp. 4 xii 429 1; folding charts tables and maps; printed boards backed in blue cloth; hinges separated with boards attached only by the backing cloth first six leaves nearly loose ex-library with spine residue bookplate and card pocket fair. A collection of papers presented at the Seminar held on 13-17 September 1976 in New Delhi. Miscellaneous publication No. 41 part 1. Geological Survey of India unknown books
1915rif. 23026201Philadelphia PA 1915. Good slightly worn with a slight crease down the middle. No-Stickee is a product created by the India Refining Company which specialized in vegetable butters. The three separate recipe cards are to advertise the No-Stickee product to use with candy promising to not only make candy stable and cut easily but to also prevent it from sticking to teeth. Each recipe card has a different candy that includes use of the product. One is pink one white one blue and the print is on one side. Each measures 5 3/4" x 5 1/2" India Refining Co. produced a "Science in Confectionary" booklet which included recipes that were altered for the use of their product. The three recipe cards seem to be taken from or inspired by the booklet. unknown books
1921rif. 47647Calcutta: Printed at the Photo.-Litho. Office Survey of India 1921. Hardcover. Good. 6 45p. plus 8 leaves of maps partially colored; most folding. Original cloth-backed boards. 34 cm. Cover wear. Presentation leaf laid in presenting this volume to the Secretary of the Physical Laboratory of the Royal College of Science in South Kensington. Printed at the Photo.-Litho. Office, Survey of India hardcover books
1922rif. 47648Calcutta: Printed at the Photo.-Litho. Office Survey of India 1922. Hardcover. Good. 6 48p. plus 8 leaves of maps partially colored; most folding. Original cloth-backed boards. 34 cm. Illegible institutional stamp on cover. Addenda and errata slips mounted on early page list of agents. Printed at the Photo.-Litho. Office, Survey of India hardcover books
rif. 8658BOSTON HOUGHTON 1985. OVER 100 COLOR PHOTOS FIRST EDITION FINE. F. BOSTON, HOUGHTON, 1985 unknown books
1966rif. 69995Delhi: Government of India Press 1966. 8vo pp. 4 ii 198; blue printed paper wrappers; spine sunned some staining to upper wrapper textblock clean and sound very good. Government of India Press unknown books
1967rif. 798171967. Paperback. Very Good. All issues in original wrappers. 24cm. paperback books
1916rif. 49054Madras: Printed by the Superintendent Government Press 1916. Hardcover. 2 volumes. illustrations photos folding map in pocket section index ix 262 xv 246p. plus 64 leaves of plates. Original cloth. 24 cm. Some wear at extremities. One corner bumped. Ex library perforated stamps on title-leaves Bureau of American Ethnology. Vol. 1: Catalogue Raisonne; Vol. 2: Notes on Their Ages and Distribution. Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press hardcover books
rif. 160319hardcover. 82pp. Tall thin 8vo red cloth. Farnborough: Gregg 1968. Fine. A facsimile of the 1621 edition. unknown books
1959rif. 8655First edition. 9" x 7". Very good. Crown Publishers, Inc. hardcover books
1969rif. 67560New York: Burt Franklin 1969. 2 volumes 8vo pp. viii 324 2; viii 237 3; generally fine in original green cloth gilt-lettered spine. Comprehensive catalogue originally published in 1851 covering voyages travels exploration mythology numismatics law government statistics science literature and languages of countries and cultures in Africa Asia and the East Indies. Burt Franklin unknown books
1904rif. 9958London: Heinemann 1904. Second impression the same year as the first. 8vo pp. 301. Bookplate a good tight copy. The author was a disciple of Swami Vivekananda and brought to the study of Indian life and literature a sound knowledge of Western education and social science. Heinemann unknown books
1973rif. 1373067Middletown Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press 1973. Second Edition Limited Edition: 286/435. Hardcover. Quarto xliv 144 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good minus Slipcase. Slip case is burgundy and book spine is burgundy with gilt lettering. Slipcase has minor staining and some rubbing. Boards have some rubbing and a library identification on the spine. Ex-Library. NOTE: Shelved in Room A Oversized. 1373067. Special Collections. Wesleyan University Press hardcover books
1961rif. 72393New Delhi: Government of India Ministry of External Affairs 1961. 8vo pp.6 12 4 i 1 342 2 ii CR-1 - CR-213 1; 3 folding color maps one has been trimmed close by the binder along the bottom margin; contemporary native black cloth unadorned; the original printed wrappers not preserved the first two leaves title page and general introduction with tears and old tape repairs; the text is clean and the binding while basic is sound. Reports on the Sino-India border dispute from 1957 to 1961 including those of both the Indian officials with their statements and comments made during the meetings of the officials of the two governments as well as those of the Chinese officials. The fine maps were printed at the Survey of India Office. Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs unknown books
1888rif. 69822London: printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty 1888. 8vo pp. 4 567 1; original brown cloth gilt-stamped spine; near fine. Without the separately printed Index and Supplements. This is the first in a series of catalogues that ran until 1937. It is the only catalogue of western books in the India Office. Other volumes included books in Sanskrit Hindistani Hindi Panjabi Pushtu Sindhi Bengali Oriya Assamese Marathi Gujarati and Persian languages. printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty unknown books
1965rif. 169291965. Birth Control India 2 silver gelatin print photographs showing Rural Indian women learn about birth control in outdoor classroom. An Indian woman instructor from International Planned Parenthood Federation leads a demonstration on different contraceptive health devices. 2 silver gelatin print photographs. 11 x 8 in. Original press photos. Filing stamps on back dated "18 Okt 1965". Printed on the van behind speaker: "Van donated by International Planned Parenthood Federation / Imported through Church World Service". In 1952 India was the first country in the wold to implement a family planning strategy as part of national development. The same year the International Planned Parenthood Federation IPPF a global offshoot fo Planned Parenthood with the broad aims of promoting sexual and reproductive health and advocating the right of individuals to make their own choices in family planning was founded in Bombay present-day Mumbai by Margaret Sanger and Lady Rama Rau. Educators would use vans such as these to travel around rural areas and teach women in makeshift classrooms-sometimes even outdoors as in this images. These original press photo taken by photojournalist within tight timeframe for the benefit of particular editorial board and with the aim of usage by the press to illustrate an article often affected public opinion in the nation. Crease to bottom right corner of vertical photo. Both in very good condition. unknown books
1912rif. 179481912. Lot of 2 silver gelatin photos of students and faculty at Udupiddi Girls' School in India. 1912. Each photo Approx. 5" x 3.5" inches. Pasted to brown paper with inscriptions on both sides one reading "Udupiddi Girls' School 1912" and the other "Matron teachers and graduating class of the Udupiddi GIrls Boarding School March 1912." Women's education in India was uncommon in the early 1900's with very few options available. Among the higher castes who could afford private schooling girls were married before puberty and expected to take on domestic life at that time. If they were lucky they were taught at home. The first photo shows 59 young female students a male and female adult presumably instructors both Indian and a white female adult. The other photo shows a smaller class of 15 girls with the same white adult female who appears to be the "matron" mentioned in inscription. All of the subjects wear white some of the girls in simple long dresses others with more adornments. The girls appear to range in age from around 5 to 18 many of them looking directly at the camera their faces studious as if instructed to look serious some with half smiles. These classes show a group of girls who would have been anomalous during their time paving the way for future generations. These images predate the 1930 law where the age for marriage was raised to fourteen years old that improved female literacy rates substantially. Slight tear to bottom corner has been repaired. Very good condition. unknown books
1968rif. 87661Greenwich CT: New York Graphic Society 1968. First American Edition. Folio. 33.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket and Slipcase. 295pp. Very light wear to extremities and spine ends tight and bright; internally clean and fresh lavishly illustrated throughout; in a clean sharp pictorial dustjacket with a little fraying to the head of the spine; and a grey card publisher's slipcase with a little wear and toning to the edges and corners. A very good copy. Partly sponsored by Unesco Heritage this is a large format showcase of examples of the arts and culture of the various peoples of the Himalayan region. Written and edited by Madanjeet Singh noted Indian diplomat writer and artist and a lifelong campaigner for world peace and harmony. New York Graphic Society unknown books
1864rif. 160811864. Wood Charles later 1st Viscount Halifax. Autograph Letter Signed to H. Reckitts 1864 addresses the continuing development of British educational administration in India during Wood's tenure as Secretary of State for India. Wood had earlier set out an extensive program for education in the 1854 document subsequently known as Wood's Despatch recommending provincial education departments universities modeled on British institutions support for public and private schools and the use of Indian languages in provincial curricula. Written a decade later this letter concerns a proposal for a college intended to educate young members of the Indian Civil Service and records Wood's direct consideration of another institution connected with the administration of British India. Wood Charles. Autograph Letter Signed to H. Reckitts. Balmoral September 5 1864. 4 pages. Wood reports that Algernon West had forwarded "the printed letter with numerous signatures of Indian Civil Servants as to the establishment of a College for the education of the young Civilians." He describes the proposal as "a very interesting and important subject" requiring "very careful attention" and assures Reckitts that it "will receive the best attention which the members of the Indian Council and I myself can give to it." The letter documents the route by which a proposal supported by serving Indian Civil Servants reached the Secretary of State and his council showing consultation between colonial administrators and the metropolitan office responsible for Indian government. Wood's 1854 Despatch had recommended the creation of education departments in the provinces and the establishment of universities in major Indian cities; universities at Calcutta Bombay and Madras opened in 1857 with later institutions established in Punjab in 1882 and Allahabad in 1887. This 1864 letter places Wood within the continuing administrative work of developing educational institutions after those initial reforms specifically in relation to the training of British civil servants charged with governing India. Condition was not provided in the supplied description. unknown books
1973rif. 316514Middletown: Wesleyan University Press 1973. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated with twelve color plates and thirty-nine monochrome plates including the frontispiece. 4to maroon cloth top edge gilt board slipcase. 1 page creased. Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press 1973. Second edition. Revised from the original 1935 edition. Near fine. Number 143 of four hundred thirty-five copies prepared for subscribing members of India House. Wesleyan University Press unknown books
1961rif. 69216New Delhi: Government of India Press 1961. 8vo pp. 6 12 4 i 3 i 1 342 4 213 1; three color folding maps; printed paper wrappers; manuscript title on spine some spotting and wear to wrappers text clean and sound very good. "This Report was submitted to the Governments of India and China by the Indian and Chinese Officials who met in accordance with the Joint Communique issued by the two Prime Ministers on 25 April 1960. The Report starts with the joint statement of the two sides giving the background of their talks and forwarding the Report to the two Governments. Each side has then given its own account of the statements leading to the adoption of the agenda; and this is followed by the agenda that was finally agreed to by both sides. Thereafter each side has written its own report. Government of India Press unknown books