Princeton: Princeton University Press, Bollingen Series LXXXIX, 1977. Octavo (23.5x15.5x2.5cm); xxxviii + 580pp, including general index and indexes for Greek, Sanskrit and Pali terminology. Twenty-three B&W images. Coated card covers with photograph on front. Near Fine. One small lacuna to coating on rear surface; spine uncreased and uncracked; textblock clearly..... More

Bombay: B.I. Publications, 1974. Signed by Bowles with inscription to previous owner on front free endpaper. Octavo. 277 pages. Wraps. As author explains in his preface, this volume is an abridgment of his book, "Promised to Keep," published in 1971. The material found here was thought to be most relevant..... More

Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan, 1970. First Edition. Octavo; 132 pp. Printed red dust jacket with gilt ornament to front; boards in gray-blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket rubbed along top edge with a few shallow tears and some fading to spine. Boards are sturdy and square..... More

New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1991. First Edition. Octavo. 210 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Price-clipped dust jacket shows light rubbing and scuffing throughout, with slightly heavier wear at corners and spine ends. Boards show some rippling along spine and some white discoloration towards bottom..... More

New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1971. First Edition Octavo; 43pp including bibliography. Endpapers reproduce the earliest known sculptural depiction of writing in India, c. 2nd century CE. An introductory study of Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850-1885), prominent social reformer and leading early essayist, poet, and dramatist in the Hindi language: "the Father..... More

Stuart, FL: Kottiath Publications, [1990]. First Edition. Thick octavo (24cm.); publisher's cloth in green photo-illustrated dust jacket; xxi,[1],594pp.; illus. Some shallow chips to jacket extremities and light dampstaining to jacket interior at head and tail not affecting book, boards nudged at corners and spine ends, else Near Fine in Very..... More

Bombay: P.C. Manaktala and Sons Private Ltd, 1967. Second Impression. Octavo; xii + 400pp, including appendices, bibliography, and index. Orange dust jacket over gray cloth-covered boards with gold stamped spine. Dust jacket shows minor soiling and spine chipping, unclipped with price of 32 rupees intact. Binding tight and square, but..... More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914. First Edition. Octavo; 206pp +9pp ads. Illustrated blue cloth with gilt lettering. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends, with fading along edges, some superficial scuffs and smudges, and darkening to spine with a small stain toward tail. Opens easily but binding is holding..... More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. First Edition. Octavo; 220pp +8pp ads. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Boards lightly worn at spine ends, with a few scattered specks to surface. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Ownership signature "Josephine & Gilmer" dated 1917 on front free endpaper. As..... More

Madras: Udhaya Printers for the Director of Museums, 1992. Third printing (initially published 1954; reprinted 1965, 1992). Quarto (28x22.5x1.5cm); xi + 152pp + unpaginated appended portfolio of 30 B&W plates on coated paper. Card wrapper with cover photo and green lettering around sewn textblock. Wrapper shows moisture staining to..... More

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1974. First Edition. Octavo. 227 pages. Printed dust jacket. Beige boards stamped in black and gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly rubbed at edges. Very light, uneven discoloring of cloth boards. Small crack at bottom of front joint, but boards and binding..... More

London: L.N. Fowler, 1917. Octavo (18cm.); full contemporary bespoke red morocco with gilt initials J. L. to upper cover, gilt spine in six compartments, top edge gilt, elaborate gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers; 399,[1],[8](ads)pp. Light shelf wear to leather, brief crack at head of upper spine joint, tiny blemish to one..... More