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THE KOKA SHASTRA - The Indian Art of Love by Comfort, Alex (translator) (preface by W. G.Archer) - 1966

by Comfort, Alex (translator) (preface by W. G.Archer)

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THE KOKA SHASTRA - The Indian Art of Love by Comfort, Alex (translator) (preface by W. G.Archer) - 1966

THE KOKA SHASTRA - The Indian Art of Love

by Comfort, Alex (translator) (preface by W. G.Archer)

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New York: Ballantine Books, 1966. 223 pp. Ballantine book U7009. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Contents are: Preface by W. G. Archer; Introduction - General; The Later Texts; The Panacasayaka (The Five Arrows); The Kandarpacudamani (The Tiara of the Love-God); The Smaradipika (The Light of Love); The Ananga Ranga (The Stage of the Love-God); The Ratimanjari (The Posy of Love); The Dinalapanika Sukasaptati (The Seventy Discourses of the Parrot); Other Texts. THE KOKA SHASTRA: Of the Physical Types and their Season; Of the Lunar Calendar; Of Physical Types by Their Genital Characters; Of Women by their Ages, Temperaments and Dispositions; Of Women by Custom and Place; Of Embraces; Of Kisses; Of Love-marks; Of Coition and the Various Coital Postures; Of Love-blows and Love-cries; The Wooing of a Bride; Concerning Wives; Concerning relations with Strange Women; Concerning Lover-Spells; Concerning Recipes; followed by References.. First Paperback Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Book.
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  • Edition First Paperback Printing
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  • Publisher Ballantine Books
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1966
  • Keywords sexuality; koka shastra; india; hindu; kama shastra; sir richard burton; f. f. arbuthnot; ratirahasya kokkoka; indian art; vintage paperback;

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The Koka Shastra

by Comfort, Alex

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Koka Shastra

by Alex Comfort

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Koka Shastra: Being the Ratirahasya of Kokkoka and Other Medieval Indian Writings on Love

by Alex Comfort

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NY: Stein and Day. First USA translation and edition indicated on copyright page. In very good condition but no jacket. No markings, slightest of wear. Well-made. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1965.
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Koka Shastra : Medieval Indian Writings on Love Based on the Kama Sutra
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Stein & Day Pub, 1977. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Name to FFE, browning to pages, minor rubbing to boards, else tight and clean.
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The Koka Shastra

by Comfort, Alex [translator]

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The first English translation of the Koka Shastra, an Indian sex manual for married men, written nine centuries after the Kama Sutra. Translated by Dr. Alex Comfort, with introduction and references. Preface by W. G. Archer.
Ballantine Books #U7009, Feb 1966. Paperback, Good/No Dust Jacket. First thus. Front cover has a closed 1 inch tear at tail of spine, reader's crease along spine; moderate wear at corners and edges. Pages are clean and tight, lightly tanned, no writing or tears.
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The Koka Shastra

The Koka Shastra

by Comfort, Alex (Intro & Notes)

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NY: Ballantine Books. Near Fine. 1966. 1st Printing. Paperback. 1st printing of Ballantine PB #U7009. A Near Fine copy, has a thin, fa int reading crease on the front seam else fine. .
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