London. Macdonald & Jane's. 1976. 439pp, edges slightly marked, dustjacket light wear and faded on spine, a good copy. Fictional family saga set in an India moving forward to Independence and caught up in the turmoil of the Second World War. When referring to this item please quote stockid 29049..... More
Delhi. Motilal Banarsidass. 1972. Full page colour plates, cxiii + 248pp, price removed from publisher's page, covers a little sunned, dustjacket worn with some loss, still a good hardback copy. Full translation of this famous Hindi poem of love with notes and a comprehensive introduction. When referring to this item..... More
Edinburgh. The Ettrick Press Ltd., 1954. Black and white line illustrations, 158pp, endpapers lightly foxed, extremities worn, spine sunned, still a good hardback copy. A fictitious account of life on a coffee estate in Kodagu, south west India, during the British Raj in the late 19th and early 20th centuries..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. (Circa 1978). xvi + 247pp, bibliography, index. Dustjacket a little faded on the spine but otherwise a very good hardback copy. "Poems to the Child-God is the first full-length study in English of the verse of Surdas, or Sur, traditionally ranked among the three greatest..... More
New York. Columbia University Press. 2014. Black & white illustrations, xiv + 320pp, bibliography, index, very good in dustjacket. In Stereotype confronts the importance of cultural stereotypes in shaping the ethics and reach of global literature. Mrinalini Chakravorty focuses on the seductive force and explanatory power of stereotypes in multiple..... More
London. Allen & Unwin. 1964. 171pp, very good in price clipped dustjacket. Collection of erotic Indian texts translated by Dr Alex Comfort. When referring to this item please quote stockid 69499. More
Delhi. Oxford University Press. 1987. 72pp, paperback covers little marked, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 149159. More
Delhi. Motilal Banarsidass. 2001. Reprint. xvi + numbers in Sanskrit, prior owner's signature on title page, insignificant closed tear on extremity of upper cover, some rubbing on corners, sunned cover, still a good copy in stapled wrappers. 18 x 12cm. "Kalidasa is well-known for his dramatic and poetic compositions. Vol.1..... More
London. Luzac & Co., 1949. xi + 341pp, glossary, appendices. Endpapers browned, edges little foxed, a very good copy in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 174713. More
London. The Indian Society. 1991. 181pp, notes, 23 x 17cm. Some very faint foxing to preliminaries and final leaves, prior owner’s details on the front free endpaper, green cloth covered boards lettered in gilt on the upper board and spine, lower cover patchily faded. A tight and otherwise clean copy..... More
Canberra. Australian National University Press. 1968. 91pp. Top edge lightly foxed, a very good hardback in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 218257. More
Bombay. Asia Publishing House. n.d. (c. 1970). ix + 315pp, dustjacket slightly worn and discoloured, now protected, lower cover trifle stained, name stamped on front endpapers, contents clean and sound. A teacher of literature for 40 years, Prof. Iyengar has often written authoritatively on English, American and Indo-Anglian literature. In..... More
Broadway, NSW. Wild Peony. 2003. 78pp. As new paperback copy. 19 x 13cm. "This collection of poems tells the story of Yashodhara, the wife of Gautama. The poems relate the story of Yashodhara in a poetic form that was popular in ancient and medieval Indian, Sanskrit and non-Sanskrit literatures. The..... More
London. Hodder & Stoughton. [ 1924]. First Edition. 8 attractive tipped-in coloured illustrations by Leo Bates, 243pp. Red cloth binding, stamped on spine and upper board with swastika device, small mark on rear board, spine slightly sunned, endpapers browned but a very good firm copy. 20 x 13.5cm. A collection..... More
London. Reprint Society. 1946. Reprint. 472pp, spine faded, biro mark front free endpaper. When referring to this item please quote stockid 9462. More
Edinburgh. R. & R. Clark. (Circa 1936). Black and white photographic portrait frontispiece and illustrations, 63pp. Stiff orange wrappers, a near fine copy. A short biography of Kipling followed by particulars of the contents, prices etc, of the works published by Macmillan, with an index and list of limited editions..... More
No Place of Publication. Writers Workshop. 1962. 32pp. 21.8 x 14cm. Inscribed by the author to Professor A.L. Basham, original wrappers a little insect damaged, overall a very good copy. Poems by P. Lal written between 1947 and 1962. When referring to this item please quote stockid 222415... More
Minneapolis. University of Minnesota Press. 1962. 188pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendix, glossary, good hardback copy in price clipped dustjacket with a little rubbing on extremities and front cover. "Through a study of works of the contemporary scholar Amanda K. Coomaraswamy, as well as other exponents of the ancient doctrine of..... More
New Delhi. Vikas Publishing House. 1983. Black and white illustrations, 322pp, appendices, bibliography, glossary. Extremities and dustjacket shelf worn and trifle marked, overall a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 216865. More
Canberra. ANU Press. 1980. 17pp, paperback, a very good copy. The First AL Basham lecture, delivered under the auspices of the Faculty of Asian Studies at the Australian National University 22 October 1980. When referring to this item please quote stockid 142295. More
New Delhi. The Humanities Review. 1981. xvi (advertisements) + 72pp, wrappers little worn, considerable wear and some loss on spine, still a sound copy. Articles on Indian English, Punjabi and Tamil fiction as well as Education in India and Japan, and English as a Second Language. When referring to this..... More
Berkeley. Heyday Books. 1985. 180pp, extremities a little rubbed, covers a little worn, good paperback copy. "Based on her experiences as a midwife in India, Carolyn North has written a deeply felt and profoundly moving novel revolving around the story of an impoverished servant family. The reader is immersed in..... More
United Kingdom. GMP Publishers. 1998. 160pp, paperback, a very good copy. This amusing yet tragic tale, set in Southern India, tells of two boys, both gay, who fall in love amid strong family ties and pressures. When referring to this item please quote stockid 142907. More
Bombay. Asia Publishing. 1968. xiv + 87pp, inscribed to the Australian poet Judith Wright by author, dustjacket little marked and worn. When referring to this item please quote stockid 15623. More
