Anand, Mulk Raj. THE HINDU VIEW OF ART. | £22.00 | |||||
With an Introductory Essay on Art and Reality by Eric Gill. 174pp. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated with plates in colour and b/w. First published in 1932 Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1988 Third edition, Lucas Publications. | ||||||
Archer, W.G. THE LOVES OF KRISHNA | £25.00 | |||||
in Indian Painting and Poetry. 127pp, index + 39 full-page black and white plates with notes. Very good in slightly chipped dw. Boards marked by condensation under the wrapper. 1957 First edition, Allen & Unwin. | ||||||
Archer, W.G. THE LOVES OF KRISHNA | £16.00 | |||||
in Indian Painting and Poetry. 127pp, index + 39 full-page black and white plates with notes. Very good indeed. Owner's name. 1957 First edition, Allen & Unwin. | ||||||
Archer, W.G. THE LOVES OF KRISHNA | £28.00 | |||||
in Indian Painting and Poetry. 127pp, index + 39 full-page black and white plates with notes. Very good in slightly chipped dw. 1957 First edition, Allen & Unwin. | ||||||
Arnold, E. (translates). INDIAN MINIATURES. | £10.00 | |||||
The Bhagavad-Gita. 48pp. 4to. In laminated pictorial boards. 12 colour miniatures tipped-in opposite the text in English verse. Fine. 1968 Editions de Sud, Paris. | ||||||
Berreman, Gerald D. HINDUS OF THE HIMALAYAS. | £14.00 | |||||
430pp. Index. Study of the Pahari people of Garhwal. Fine. 1963 First edition, University of California Press. | ||||||
Blank, Jonah. ARROW OF THE BLUE-SKINNED GOD. | £5.00 | |||||
Retracing the Ramayana through India. 351pp. Map. Fine in fine dw. 1993 First edition, Simon & Schuster. | ||||||
Chattopadhyaya, Rajagopal. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN INDIA. | £32.00 | |||||
A Corrective Biography. 443pp. Index. 45 illustrations in colour and b/w. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. 1999 First edition, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi. | ||||||
Chopra, P.N. (edits). RELIGIONS AND COMMUNITIES OF INDIA. | £21.00 | |||||
316pp. Reference work on castes, sub-castes, groups and communities. Fine in fine dw. 1982 First, East-West Books, New Delhi. | ||||||
Conway, Moncure Daniel. MY PILGRIMAGE TO THE WISE MEN OF THE EAST. | £22.00 | |||||
416pp. Index. American travels in Celyon and India and makes contact with religious ideas. Very good. 1906 First edition, Archibald Constable. | ||||||
Copley, Anthony (edits). HINDUISM IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. | £10.00 | |||||
Reform, Hindutva, Gender and Sampraday. 303pp. Index. 9 studies by leading academics. Fine in fine dw. 2003 First edition, Oxford University Press, New Delhi. | ||||||
Dalrymple, William. NINE LIVES. | £12.00 | |||||
In Search of the Sacred in Modern India. 285pp. Index. Fine in fine price-clipped dustwrapper. 2009 First edition, Bloomsbury. | ||||||
Das.Tulsi KAVITAVALI. | £6.00 | |||||
229pp. Index. Translated with a critical introduction by F.R.Allchin. Work and life of 16th century Hindu poet. Very good indeed in worn dw. 1964 First edition, Allen & Unwin. | ||||||
Dubois, J.A. A DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTER, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE OF INDIA | £49.00 | |||||
and of their Institutions, Religious and Civil. 411pp. Index. Original cloth. Cloth a little marked. Otherwise very good. 1879 Third edition Higginbotham, Madras. | ||||||
Dubois, J.A. and Beauchamp, H.K. HINDU MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES. | £5.00 | |||||
741pp. Index. First published in 1815 in Madras. Very good indeed. 1936 Third edition, Oxford University Press. | ||||||
Dubois, J.A. and Beauchamp, H.K. HINDU MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES. | £5.00 | |||||
741pp. Index. First published in 1815 in Madras. Very good indeed. 1959, Reprint of third edition, Oxford University Press. | ||||||
Dubois, J.A. and Beauchamp, H.K. HINDU MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES. | £45.00 | |||||
730pp. Index. In the original red cloth. First published in 1815 in Madras. Very good. 1899 Second edition, At the Clarendon Press, Oxford. | ||||||
Dubois, J.A. and Beauchamp, H.K. HINDU MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES. | £5.00 | |||||
xx1v + 741pp. Index. First published in 1815 in Madras. Very good indeed. 1947 Reprint of third edition, Oxford University Press. | ||||||
Eck, Diana L. BANARAS CITY OF LIGHT. | £10.00 | |||||
427pp. Index. Paperback edition. 59 b/w photographs and 7 maps. Very good. 1984 Routledge & Kegan Paul. | ||||||
Eliot, Sir Charles. HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM. | £32.00 | |||||
An Historical Sketch. In 3 vols. 345, 322 and 513pp. Index. First published in 1921. Very good indeed. Heraldic bookplates. 1962 Reprint, Routledge. | ||||||
Farquhar, J.N. AN OUTLINE OF THE RELIGIOUS LITERATURE OF INDIA. | £10.00 | |||||
451pp. Index. Reprint of 1920 original. In bright black cloth. Ec-university library with minimal markings. Very good. 1967 Reprint, Mitilal Banarsidass, Delhi. | ||||||
Farquhar, J.N. MODERN RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN INDIA. | £31.00 | |||||
471pp. Index. 12 b/w plates. 19th century attempts to reform Hinduism. Very good indeed. 1919 First edition, Macmillan, New York. | ||||||
Farquhar, J.N. THE CROWN OF HINDUISM. | £21.00 | |||||
469pp. `an attempt to discover and state as clearly as possible what relation subsists between Hinduism and Christianity'. Very good in worn dw. Inscription. 1913 First edition, Oxford University Press. | ||||||
Gambhirananda, Swami. THE APOSTLES OF SHRI RAMAKRISHNA. | £13.00 | |||||
401pp. 16 b/w photographs. The lives and ideas of 16 disciples with 71pp on Swami Vivekananda. Very good in very good dw. 1972 Second impression, Advaita Ashram, Calcutta. | ||||||
Gupta, Shakti M. LEGENDS AROUND SHIVA. | £10.00 | |||||
137pp + 54pp of b/w photographs. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Presentation inscription on endpaper. 1979 First edition, Somaiya, Bombay. | ||||||
Hiltebeital, Alf. THE RITUAL OF BATTLE. | £14.00 | |||||
Krishna in the Mahabharata. 368pp. Index. Study of the great Hindu epic. In decorated boards. Not issued in dw. Fine. 1990 First, State University of New York. | ||||||
Isherwood, Christopher. RAMAKRISHNA AND HIS DISCIPLES. | £16.00 | |||||
348pp. Index. Near-fine in sligthly rubbed and chipped dw. 1965 First, Methuen. | ||||||
Jones, Kenneth W. SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENTS IN BRITISH INDIA. | £21.00 | |||||
243pp. Index. In 'The New Cambridge History of India'. Fine in fine dw. 1989 First edition, Cambridge University Press. | ||||||
Jordens, J.T.E. DAYANANDA SARASVATI | £22.00 | |||||
His Life and Work. 368pp. Index. Biography of the founder of the Arya Samaj (1824-83). Fine in fine dw. 1978 First edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi. | ||||||
Kulkarni, Sudheendra. A MONK FROM BOMBAY. | £10.00 | |||||
Swami Vivekananda's Historic Voyage from Mumbai to Chicago. 100pp. Card covers. Vivekananda at the Parliament of Religions. Fine. 2013 Mumbai. | ||||||
Ludden, David (efits). MAKING INDIA HINDU. | £10.00 | |||||
Religion, Community and the Politics of Democracy in India. 346pp. Index. Card cocers. Very good. 1997 Oxford India Paperbacks. | ||||||
Madan, T.N. NON-RENUCIATION. | £10.00 | |||||
Themes and Interpretations of Hindu Culture. 184pp. Index. Fine in very good dw. 1987 First, Oxford University Press, Delhi. | ||||||
Maw, Geoffrey Waring. PILGRIMS IN HINDU HOLY LAND: SACRED SHRINES OF THE INDIAN HIMALAYAS. | £16.00 | |||||
165pp. Card covers. Folding map. Photographs in b/w. The author, a Quaker missionarry joined the Hindi pilgrims five tmes between 1923 and 1948. Edited by his daughter Gillian Conacher and Marjorie Sykes. Very good. 1997 Sessions Book Trust, York. | ||||||
Mehta, P.D. EARLY INDIAN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. | £16.00 | |||||
An Introduction and Essay. 532pp. Index. Very good Presentation inscription. 1956 First edition, Luzac. | ||||||
Michell, George. THE HINDU TEMPLE. | £18.00 | |||||
An introduction to its meaning and forms. 192pp. Index. 106 b/w photographs and plans. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper. Small section cut from spine panel of wrapper. Bookplate. 1977 First edition, Paul Elek. | ||||||
Michell, George. HINDU ART AND ARCHITECTURE. | £10.00 | |||||
224pp. Index. 186 illustrations in colour and b/w. Card covers. Inscription. Otherwise fine. 2000 Thames & Hudson. | ||||||
Moffitt, John. JOURNEY TO GORAKHPUR. | £5.00 | |||||
Reflections on Hindu Spirituality. 304pp. Index. The author became a Roman Catholic after twenty-five years in the Hindu Ramakrishna monastic order. Fine in fine dw. 1973 First edition, The Sheldon Press. | ||||||
Mokashi, D.B. PALKHI. | £10.00 | |||||
An Indian Pilgrimage. 291pp. Index. Card covers. 8 colour photographs and a map. A vivid account of the Warkan pilgrimage from Alandi to Pandharpur on foot. Translated from the Marathi. Fine. 1987, State University of New York. | ||||||
Narasimhan, Sakuntala. SATI. | £5.00 | |||||
A Study of Widow Burning in India. 202pp. Index. 12 b/w illustrations. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1990 First edition, Penguin India | ||||||
Nikhilananda, Swami. THE UPANISHADS. | £12.00 | |||||
Katha, Isa, Kena, Mundaka.… 392pp. Translated from the Sanskrit with introduction and notes. Very good in slightly chipped dustwrapper. Owner's name 1963 Abridged edition, Allen & Unwin. | ||||||
Nivedita, Sister. THE MASTER AS I SAW HIM. | £14.00 | |||||
398 + xxii pp. Her account of Vivekananda, Very good in chipped dw. 1972 Reprint, Udbodhan Office, Calcutta. | ||||||
Padfield, J.E. THE HINDU AT HOME. | £16.00 | |||||
Being Sketches of Hindu Daily Life. 298pp. Index. Very good. 1908 Second edition Madras. | ||||||
Pal, Pratapaditya, (edits). GANESH THE BENEVOLENT. | £35.00 | |||||
148pp. Index. 4to. 10 essays illustrated in colour and b/w. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2010 Reprint, Marg Publications, Mumbai. | ||||||
Ragozin, Zenaide. VEDIC INDIA as Embodied Principally in the Rig-Veda. | £25.00 | |||||
457pp. Index. Folding colour frontispiece, 34 b/w illustrations and a map. ' The Story of the Nations' series. Very good indeed. 1899 Second edition edition, Fisher Unwin. | ||||||
Ram, Suresh. VINOBA AND HIS MISSION. | £12.00 | |||||
516pp. Index. 15 b/w photographs. Indroduction by Dr.S Radhakrishnan. Much enlarged from the original edition. Very good in chipped dw. 1962 Third edition, Kashi. | ||||||
Ramabhai, Suresh. VINOBA AND HIS MISSION. | £14.00 | |||||
246pp. Index. 10 b/w photographs. Indroduction by Dr.S Radhakrishnan. Very good. 1954 First edition, Sevagram. | ||||||
Rolland, Romain. THE LIFE OF VIVEKANANDA AND THE UNIVERSAL GOSPEL. | £13.00 | |||||
384pp. Ex-university library. Very good. 1953 Reprint, Advaita Ashrama, Almora. | ||||||
Rolland, Romain. THE LIFE OF RAMAKRISHNA. | £21.00 | |||||
339pp. 8 tissue-guarded b/w illustrations. Very good. Front hinge weak. Bookplate. 1931 Second edition, Advaita Ashrama, Almora. | ||||||
Sangharakshita (D.P.E.Linwood). AMBEDKAR AND BUDDHISM | £5.00 | |||||
181pp. Account of the 1956 mass-conversion. Paperback. Fine. 1989 Reprint, Windhorse. | ||||||
Sangharakshita (D.P.E.Linwood). AMBEDKAR AND BUDDHISM | £5.00 | |||||
181pp. Account of the 1956 mass-conversion. Paperback. Fine. 1986 Reprint, Windhorse. | ||||||
Sarasvati, Pundita Ramabai. THE HIGH CASTE HINDU WOMAN. | £31.00 | |||||
119pp. Portrait frontispiece. Very good. Spine rubbed. 1887 Philadelphia. | ||||||
Sax, William S. DANCING THE SELF. | £10.00 | |||||
Personhood and Performance in the Pandav Lila of Garhwal. 224pp. Index. Card covers. Fieldwork observing performances of the Mahabharata in dance and drama. Fine. 2002 Oxford University Press, New York. | ||||||
Stutley, Margaret and James. A DICTIONARY OF HINDUISM. | £16.00 | |||||
Its Mythology, Folklore and Development 1500 BC - AD 1500. 372pp. Large 8vo. Very good. Owner's name. 1977 First edition, Routledge & Kegan Paul. | ||||||
Thomas, M.M. THE ACKNOWLEDGED CHRIST OF THE INDIAN RENAISSANCE. | £5.00 | |||||
340pp. Index. Two college rubber stamp marks on endpapers. How India's spritual leaders sought to interpret Christianity. Studies include Ranmohun Roy, Vivekananda, Radhakrishnan and Gandhi Very good in chipped dw. 1969 First edition, SCM Press. | ||||||
Thomas, P. KAMA KALPA. | £14.00 | |||||
The Hindu Ritual of Love. 151pp. 4to. Index. Colour frontispiece and 224 b/w photographs and drawings from Indian art and sculpture. Very good indeed. Inscription. 1960 First edition Taraporevala, Bombay. | ||||||
Thomas, P. INCREDIBLE INDIA. | £12.00 | |||||
181pp. 4to. 3 plates in colour and 139 b/w illustrations. Religious cults of sex and terror. Very good. 1966 First edition, Taraporevela, Bombay. | ||||||
Thomas, P. FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS OF INDIA. | £10.00 | |||||
115pp. double column. Covers all the religions. 25 plates. Very good in chipped dw. Bookplate. 1971 First edition, Taraporevela, Bombay. | ||||||
Thomas, P. EPICS, MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF INDIA. | £10.00 | |||||
A Comprehensive Survey of the Sacred Lore of the Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. 210pp. Index. 4to. Colour frontispiece and 286 black and white illustrations. Very good indeed in very good dw. 1961 Taraporevala, Bombay. | ||||||
Thomas, P. HINDU RELIGION, CUSTOMS AND MANNERS. | £10.00 | |||||
161pp. Index. 4to. 251 illustrations. Very good in dw with one tiny tear. No date (1960s) Taraporevala, Bombay. | ||||||
Thomas, P. HINDU RELIGION, CUSTOMS AND MANNERS. | £12.00 | |||||
161pp. Index. 4to. 251 illustrations. Very good in dw with some loss to top edge. 1956, Taraporevala, Bombay. | ||||||
Thomas, P. HINDU RELIGION, CUSTOMS AND MANNERS. | £10.00 | |||||
161pp. Index. 4to. 251 illustrations. Very good in dw with some edge wear. 1960 Taraporevala, Bombay. | ||||||
Thomas, P. EPICS, MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF INDIA. | £8.00 | |||||
A Comprehensive Survey of the Sacred Lore of the Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. 210pp. Index. 4to. Colour frontispiece and 286 black and white illustrations. Very good in slightly torn dw. Owner's bookplate. 1961 Taraporevala, Bombay. | ||||||
Thomas, P. NCREDIBLE INDIA. | £12.00 | |||||
181pp. 4to. 3 plates in colour and 139 monochrome illustrations. Very good. 1966 First edition, Taraporevela, Bombay. | ||||||
Thompson, Edward J. (translates). BENGALI RELIGIOUS LYRICS, SAKTA. | £5.00 | |||||
103pp. Paper darkening and front hinge cracked. 1923 Association Press, Calcutta. | ||||||
Thompson, Edward. SUTTEE. | £34.00 | |||||
A Historical and Philosophical Enquiry into the Hindu Rite of Widow-Burning. 165pp. Index. Very good indeed. 1928 First edition, Allen & Unwin. | ||||||
van der Veer, Peter. GODS ON EARTH. | £10.00 | |||||
The management of Religious Experiece and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage Centre. xv + 310pp. Index. Study of Ayodhya. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. 1988 First edition, The Athlone Press. | ||||||
Willams, Sir Monier. HINDUISM. | £5.00 | |||||
238pp. Index. Folding map. By the Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University. Very good. 1919 Reprint, SPCK. |
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