London. Book Club. 1982. Reprint. 271pp, bibliography, notes on the Cheikh Nefzaoui, appendix, good hardback copy in dustjacket. The third volume, after the Kama Sutra and the Ananga Ranga, of Burton's privately published translations for the Kama Shastra Society of London and Benares. When referring to this item please quote..... More
New York. John Day. 1965. 188pp, index, slightly shelf worn dustjacket with discoloured spine, now protected, name front pastedown, otherwise good. When referring to this item please quote stockid 8583. More
Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1970. Maps, xxii + 251pp, appendices, glossary, references, index, very good in little rubbed and worn but now protected dustjacket. The author explores how those at the top of the caste structure cope with the conflict between the traditional ways of caste and kinship and..... More
Durham. Duke University Press, 2009. Black and white illustrations, xii + 343pp, appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. Very good paperback copy. An innovative cultural history of the evolution of modern marriage practices in Bengal, "Marriage and Modernity" challenges assumptions that arranged marriage is an antiquated practice. Rochona Majumdar demonstrates that..... More
Bombay. Popular Pakistan. 1996. 120pp, endpapers and dustjacket a little browned, dustjacket spine sunned with some light wear. Good hardback copy. This short volume, the final work by Sir Rustom Masani, collects, classifies and interprets the data available to him concerning early conceptions and beliefs relating to proper names and..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1965. Black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 295pp, references, glossary, index, very good copy in marked and faded dustjacket. The author examines in detail inter-caste relationships within the village and constitution of the caste. When referring to this item please quote stockid 44620... More
New York. Fordham University Press. 2009. Xiv + 380pp, notes, bibliography, index, top edges trifle bumped, hardback copy in very good condition. "Can the subaltern joke? Christi A. Merrill answers by invoking riddling, oral-based fictions from Hindi, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, and Urdu that dare to laugh at what traditions often keep..... More
London. David Poynter. 1973. Black and white line illustrations, 232pp, appendices, dustjacket edges trifle worn, signed by author half-title, a clean copy in good to very good condition. "In this series of delightful vignettes Prafulla Mohanti paints a vivid picture of life in his village in India as it is..... More
Bloomington. Indiana University Press, 2006. Black and white photographic illustrations, xi + 328pp, appendix, glossary, bibliography, indices, sunning on dustjacket backstrip, still a good hardback copy. "In Quest of Indian Folktales publishes for the first time a collection of northern Indian folktales from the late 19th century. Reputedly the work..... More
New Delhi. Sterling Publishers Private Ltd., 1985. xii + 312pp (1505-1817), bibliography, index, small stain from removed label front free endpaper, lower front cover bumped, still a good copy in little worn hardback. When referring to this item please quote stockid 152668. More
Baroda. Shri D.J. Dave. 1964. Black and white photographic llustrations, upper edges browned, wrappers marked and torn with loss on head and tail of spine, corners somewhat bumped, amateur lettering on spine. "This presentation volume comprises articles of three types: 1) Pade Shastree as I know him; 2) select articles..... More