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1942Best.-Nr. 198066India: U.S. Army Forces in China Berma India 1942. Paperback. Good Heavily worn leather folder; many pages are annotated with practice Chinese characters or this book may have been used by a Chinese person to learn English; scattered toning and stains throughout; binding is solid. Brown leather binding with debossed lettering; 4 t.o.; folded map in pocket ifc; approximately 110 pp.; map; illustrations. An interesting wartime guide book issued by U.S. Armed Forces India a guide to the study of Chinese culture and language used by American forces stationed in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II. Sections provide English-to-Chinese translations on important military medical artillery and everyday terms. A notable section at the end even explains features to look for when trying to identify Japanese aircraft. Bound in a heavily worn leather folder many pages are annotated with practice Chinese characters or this book may have been used by a Chinese person to learn English. Scattered toning and stains throughout. [U.S. Army Forces in China, Berma, India] paperback books
1982Best.-Nr. 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
1980Best.-Nr. 318087Survey of India Offices 1980. unbound. Map. Colored offset lithograph. Hyderabad Guide Map image size 31.5 x 44.5 inches Bus Routes image size 30 x 21.5 inches verso. Sheet size 35 x 46.5 inches. Both Hyderabad Guide and Bus Routes Maps both show some repairs to tears along original folds and some light staining. Guide Map is backed with sturdy paper to support Bus Routes map. Detailed key for Hyderabad Guide Map Second edition includes extensive list of places of interest including galleries cinemas offices and cultural centers among others. Bus routes supplied by Andhra Pradesh State Road Corporation up to date to June 1977. Survey of India Offices unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 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
1934Best.-Nr. 275256India: Survey of India 1934. Colored offset Lithograph. Sheet maps 22" x 29.5". This 1934 pocket map depicts the plan of the Gulbarga Fort and vicinity located in the northern part of the state of Karnataka at the time Hyderabad State in southern India. Beautifully detailed the map notes the fort important roads lakes wells vegetation and a host of other topographic elements. Originally built by Raja Gulchand a feudatory of the Warangal Kakatiyas it was further fortified and enlarged in 1327 by Sultan Al-ud-din Bahmani of Bahmani Sultanate in 1327 and Adil Shah. Various monuments such as mosques palaces tombs and other structures were also built. Most notable of these is the Jami Masjid built on the lines of the Great Mosque of Cordoba in Spain is one of the first mosques in southern India. The fort remained the capital of the Bahmani Kingdom until 1424. Later the fort would be razed by the Vijaynagar Emperor and subsequently rebuilt by Yusuf Adil Shah the founder of the Bujapur Sultanate. This map was published under the authority of Brigadier H. J. Couchman Surveyor General of India. It is in good condition with minor wear along the original folds and some offsetting. The map is lined with silk. Survey of India unknown books
Best.-Nr. 160319hardcover. 82pp. Tall thin 8vo red cloth. Farnborough: Gregg 1968. Fine. A facsimile of the 1621 edition. unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 9317With refence to Family Background Bombay: Allied Pub 1962. First edn. 8vo Pp. 242 adv. VG in dj. "Based on the case histories of 350 common prostitutes and 75 mistresses in Bombay City . primarily a study of the family background . Allied Pub unknown books
1904Best.-Nr. 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
1835Best.-Nr. 8652First edition. Octavo. Descriptive account by Rev. Hobart Caunter. 22 engravings from original drawings by William Daniell. 263 pages 4 pages of advertisements. Original gilt and blindstamped dark brown morocco spine with gilt stamped design of a palm tree and camel covers with gilt stamped vignette of 3 men riding on an elephant surrounded by blindstamped border of intertwined snakes a.e.g. rubbing to extremities. Very good. No foxing. Binder's ticked of F. Westley. Bookplate of H. Scofield and C.W. Nicolay with Nicolay's ink signature dated 1835. Bull and Churton hardcover books
1688Best.-Nr. 24522London: J. Richardson for Samuel Titmarsh 1688. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter brown calf marbled boards rebacked. Near fine. 6 223 1. 81 1 34 pages. 18 x 12 cm. The anonymous author of this work attempts to refute the "slanderous imputations" of the work Justification of the Directors of the Netherlands East-India Company reprinted here in full with a separate title following page 223. He proclaims that it is "such a tedious rhapsody of fictitious fallacious inferences and arguments confusedly mixt with some distorted truths spun out. that it would be tiresome to the reader to trace all the prevarication's mis-recitals and sophistry contained in it. I shall proceed to detect his willful mistakes by which he endeavours to honest many injurious and insolent violations of right done by the Dutch towards the English in India directly contrary to the Articles of Peace." KRESS 1675. WING. I90 J1259. Interior contents clean and bright. Raised bands red leather spine label printed in gilt. J. Richardson for Samuel Titmarsh hardcover books
1906Best.-Nr. ST20132London: Printed by the Edinboro Press for the Grolier Society 1906-07. Edition magnifique letter J of 26 lettered sets. 260 x 180 mm. 10 1/4 x 7". Nine volumes volume II bound without two-page Appendix IV Jackson A. V. Williams. SPLENDID CONTEMPORARY EMERALD GREEN MOROCCO lavishly gilt and with delicate scarlet morocco inlays forming a repeating peacock feather motif surrounded by Art Nouveau twining vines all within a gilt French fillet spine similarly decorated raised bands BROWN MOROCCO DOUBLURES with a central inlaid and gilt triple elephant motif within a wide green morocco frame adorned by gilt peacock feathers with indigo morocco inlays unusually elaborate floral silk flyleaves top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. WITH 153 PLATES including 72 photographic reproductions on shiny paper and 81 plates in three states with printed tissue guards: one hand colored; one tipped on in black & white; and one sepia; plus numerous black & white illustrations 68 of these being full-page; and one double-page map. Spines uniformly sunned to a light tan but bindings otherwise lustrous and virtually unworn; one tissue guard stuck to the plate facing p. 150 in volume IV a few corner creases other trivial imperfections but very clean and fresh with some leaves still unopened. This nine-volume history of India features a luxurious binding with sparkling gilt and vibrant morocco inlays forming motifs that perfectly suit its contents. Intended to present the history of India from the "earliest times" through the British Raj this profusely illustrated work was written by some of the most prominent Victorian scholars on the subject and edited by an esteemed professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University. Volume I "From the earliest times to the sixth century B.C." is the work of native Calcutta historian Romesh Chunder Dutt 1848-1909 author of major works on the cultural and economic history of the country. Volume II "From the sixth century B.C. to the Mohammedan conquest" is the contribution of Irish antiquarian Vincent Arthur Smith 1848-1920 who wrote the "Oxford History of India" which DNB says "was to exert a vast influence over generations of students." Volumes III and IV "Medieval India from the Mohammedan conquest to the reign of Akbar the Great" and "From the reign of Akbar the Great to the fall of the Moghul empire" come from British orientalist and numismatics expert Stanley Lane-Poole 1854-1931 praised by DNB as "a versatile writer able to produce both academic reference works . . . and popular versions of his biographies and introductions to historical subjects." Volumes V-VIII were written by former administrators of the Raj who had taken up Indian history as an avocation. Volume V "The Mohammedan period as described by its own historians" was prepared by editors from earlier works by Sir Henry Miers Elliot 1808-53. Volumes VI and VII "From the first European settlements to the founding of the English East India Company" and "The European struggle for Indian supremacy in the seventeenth century" were penned by Sir William Wilson Hunter 1840-1900 who spent 25 years in the Indian Civil Service before retiring to write about the history of colonialism in India. The penultimate volume "From the close of the seventeenth century to the present time" was written by someone who actually lived key parts of that history Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall 1835-1911 survivor and hero of the Indian Mutiny lieutenant-governor of the North-Western Provinces and longtime member of the Council on India. In the final volume editor Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson 1862-1937 compiles "Historic accounts of India by foreign travellers classic oriental and occidental." All volumes are copiously illustrated with photo plates of life in Victorian India many taken from Jackson’s own photographs and with examples of Indian art architecture and crafts. Though unsigned the spectacular bindings were clearly the work of a master possibly Sangorski & Sutcliffe. The quality of materials skill of finishing and elaborate motifs are consistent with those produced by that outstanding bindery or another of equal skill and taste. While the work occurs with some regularity on the market it is extremely rare in such a beautiful decorative dress as seen here. Printed by the Edinboro Press for the Grolier Society unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 327126London: Millivres Ltd 1988. Magazine. 116p includes covers 8.5x11 inches newsprint guts color semi-glossy covers gay listings news features nitelife films disco personal ads fashion etc. lightly-worn gay entertainment magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Gay entertainment magazine from the UK which began reportage of AIDS in 1983. Eventually incorporated Gay News dropping the Him subtitle. Robbie Coltrane in drag on cover. Hagrid or Dragrid Millivres, Ltd unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 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
1961Best.-Nr. 298223Old Delhi: Issued on behalf of Ministry of Community Development and co-operation Government of India 1961. Paperback. 408p. large softback in orange and off-white wraps a bit rubbed and edgeworn bears the rubberstamp of "Jain Book Agency" in New Delhi a sound copy clean and unmarked within very good condition over all. Per preface "The present publication is an attempt at providing a comprehensive picture of the developing course of the movement and tracing its progress towards the goal of rejuvenating village life . Issued on behalf of Ministry of Community Development and co-operation, Government of India paperback books
Best.-Nr. 262995Northern California 193-. pamphlet. Four-panel brochure 3.25x6.25 inches very good. Dated by a mention of the Lindsay Commission On Christian Higher Education In India. Includes a piece by Nobel Prize winner Arthur Compton on the importance of Christian colleges in India a list of the colleges including those in Lahore this pre-dating the split and officers of the Northern California Advisory Committee. unknown books
1730Best.-Nr. 5023Copperplate engraving 83.5 x 55.5 cm 1 folio. Fold marks minor edge wear otherwise a very good copy in very crisp dark impression. Rare large-format engraved print produced in 1730 as part of the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession 1530 one of the foundational documents of Lutheranism. The subject of the print is the famous Tranquebar Mission in southern India which was established by King Frederick IV of Denmark 1671-1730 and led by the German missionaries Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg 1682-1719 and Heinrich Plütschau 1676-1752 who are noted for having translated the Bible into Tamil and arranged for its printing. The engraving executed by Johann Jacob Kleinschmidt after a design by Elias Riedinger is a splendid example of 18th-century Augsburg printmaking. It takes as its compositional conceit a church altar surmounted by a framed retable. The image above the altar depicts the German missionaries preaching to an audience of natives; in the background of this scene can be glimpsed a statue of 'Biruma oder Brama' Brahma. The elaborately carved frame of the retable is enlivened with vignettes illustrating the successes of the Lutheran mission e.g. an Indian smashing an idol a native being baptized a domesticated elephant symbolizing the people under God's yoke etc. Placed atop the altar are oval portraits of Ziegenbalg and Plütschau their names written in Tamil and the books they translated an Indian bible an Indian catechism and an Indian hymnal. A map of southern India hangs on the front face of the altar. Flanking the altar are two young natives: the boy on the left holds the Danish Royal arms and the boy on the right displays the architectural plan of the New Jerusalem Church in Tranquebar built by the Germans and dedicated in 1719. In front of the altar are fallen symbols of the old dispensation. At the foot of the sheet is a poem in Latin and German celebrating the expansion of the Lutheran faith to all corners of the world. The engraving is one of several quite ambitious broadside prints produced in Augsburg to commemorate the bicentennial of the Augsburg Confession some of which apparently reproduced paintings executed for the occasion. These rather disparate graphic productions were collected by Johann Michael Roth in 1730/31 and released as a small-edition composite volume with an added engraved title page reading Augspurgisches Iubel-Gedächtnüs. The contents of this rather odd production vary greatly from copy to copy. Kleinschmidt's Vorstellung der Evangelisch-Ost-Indischen Kirche engraving apparently was a commercial success because in 1736 citing demand he released a small-format version of the work its composition slightly altered. OCLC locates U.S. examples of the Augspurgisches Iubel-Gedächtnüs at Illinois Duke Getty Stanford Princeton Yale Harvard Emory Concordia Seminary and Cal. State Sutro. The Getty copy includes Kleinschmidt's Vorstellung der Evangelisch-Ost-Indischen Kirch but it is not clear which other examples include this engraving. Drugulin Historischer Bilderatlas 4112; S. Neill A History of Christianity in India. Kleinschmidt books
1980Best.-Nr. 34139Boulder: Great Eastern. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0877737126 . First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Great Eastern hardcover books
2001Best.-Nr. 21828NY: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 019513060X . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
1998Best.-Nr. 9787NY: Norton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0393045943 . First printing of the American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Norton hardcover books
2002Best.-Nr. 45000New York: Art Today 2002. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy with faint crease. Unpaged 4 pp. Illus. with color reproductions. Sq. 8vo. An exhibition from Friday 21 June to Sunday 14 July 2002. Art Today unknown books
1915Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 8658BOSTON HOUGHTON 1985. OVER 100 COLOR PHOTOS FIRST EDITION FINE. F. BOSTON, HOUGHTON, 1985 unknown books
Best.-Nr. 501113INDIA EXPEDITIONARY FORCE "A". The Indian Corps and The Indian Cavalry Corps 1914-1933 First Reunion Dinner Delhi February 17 1933. Large 8vo 4 pages with 4 tipped-in photographs. Stiff cream wraps with original blue ties. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
1991Best.-Nr. 12348London, National Portrait Gallery Publications, 1991. origi.Broschur, 4°, 432 Seiten.
1974Best.-Nr. 24690Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1974. XVI, 340 S. 8°, OLwd.