Search Results: Indian History and Literature from C L Hawley

Delhi: Kanishka Publishing House,. Hardback. 220pp. An assessment of the work of the Indian novelist Anita Desai that draws much on psychoanalytical theory. Detailed bibliography. Indexed. Stamped 'author copy' to title page. Slightly rubbed and bumped. Dust wrapper is edge worn with some creasing. Good copy in good dw. . Hardback. 1992.

London: John Rodker,. Published for subscribers and possibly individually bound by the customer. Marked volume II to the binding and contains Mathers Volume 4 (1927) Eastern Love: The Young Wives' Tale and Tales of Fez; Volume 5 (1928) Eastern Love: The Loves of Radha Krishna and Amores of Amaru and Mayura; Volume 6 (1928) Eastern Love: Love Stories and Gallant Tales from the Chinese. Illustrated with copper engravings by Hester Sainsbury and hand coloured by the printer. 1000 numbered copies printed but the number is in the missing volume 1. Bind has gilt illustration to front and gilt titles to spine. Gilt to front is bright but pale vellum bevelled boards, once dark cream or yellow, are heavily dust soiled and has some occasional marks to front, with a significant stain to back which as a thin layer of paper stuck to it. Gilt to spine is rubbed and the spine is creased and marked. Slight stain to endpapers to closed page edges of next few pages. Text block is clean and bright and… Read More

Bristol: Parragon,. Hardback. 79pp. Covers the a selection of the art of the entire Indian subcontinent including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Colour illustrations throughout. Very slightly rubbed to dw. Very clean and bright. Near fine copy in very good + dw . Hardcover. 1996.

London: Banyan Tree,. Hardback. Large format. 240pp. Published in the 50th anniversary year of Indian independence. Draws on and quotes at length many primary sources. Black and white photographs throughout. Very clean and bright. Dw has a slight roll to bottom edge. Fine, bright copy in near fine dw. . Hardcover. 1997.

London: Methuen,. Hardback. 105pp. Several small areas of wear where the board is exposed. Pages uncut. Previous owner's name to endpaper. No dw. Good, sound copy. . Hardcover. Sixth edition.. 1925.

Oxford: Oxford University Press,. Hardback. 301pp. A comprehensive overview of Indian poetry covering poets, books, poetry journals, publishing, the readership of Indian English language poetry and the literary marketplace. Lightly bumped to spine ends. Somewhat rubbed. Good+, sound copy in like dust wrapper. . Hardcover. 1989.

New Dehli: Prestige Books,. Hardback. 111pp. The playwrights studied include: Girish Karnad, Vijay Tendulkar, Nissim Ezekiel, Badal Sircar, Mohan Rakesh. Inscribed by Sudhakar Pandey to a UK academic. Green cloth. Front board is creased and back board has been heavily creased creating one very weak corner. Dust wrapper is rubbed to edges. Good copy in good dust wrapper. . Hardcover. 1990.

Hyderabad: Orient Longman,. Paperback. 156pp. Essays and speeches from five Indian writers, thinkers and politians: Rabindrath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, M. K. Ghandi, S. Radhakrishnan and Jawaharlal Nehru. A section of notes and exercises for self study are included, as well as a glossary. Some fading and rubbing. Good, sound copy. . Paperback. 1992.