login or create an account
 
 
  Advance Search
 
Home > >
 
 
 
 
 
 
Le Corbusier, P. Jeanneret

La Position De Le Corbusier Et Jeanneret Dans L Evolution Architecturale D Aujourd Hui

4to (31.5x24 cm), 146pp, in original spiral binding.

 
 
 
£
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marquis, Curzon

British Government In India, The Story of the Viceroys and Government Houses

London: Cassell & Co., Ltd, 1925. 4to (23x28.5cm), 2 Vols. Vol. I, 259+ix pp, 47 illustrations. Vol. II, 268+x, 37 illustrations, in original cloth binding, gilted hologram on the front cover, title in gilt on cover and spine, good condition.

Curzon was one of the great administrators of the British empire in India. He is credited with stabilizing the finances between the government and the provinces and instituting numerous reforms. The first volume of his work details the history and nature of the various government houses in Calcutta, and the second volume narrates the stories of the various rulers who have lived there; he predicts in his preface that the subject matter of this second volume would appeal to a Òwider audience.

 
 
 
£225
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maspero, G.

The Dawn of Civilization

London: Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, 1922. 4to (27x18cm), 800+xvi pp, with one map, in original cloth binding, gilt decoration on front cover, title in gilt on front and spine.

 
 
 
£75
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mitter, Partha

Art and Nationalism In Colonial India 1850-1922

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. First Edition, 4to (25x19cm), 475+xxxpp, 190 b&w and 30 colored illustrations, in original hard board binding with dust jacket, good condition.

An original study of the history of modern Indian art, this book tells the story of Indian art during the Raj, set against the interplay of colonialism and nationalism. The work addresses the tensions and contradictions that attended the advent of European naturalism in India, as part of the imperial design for the westernization of the elite, and traces the artistic evolution from unquestioning westernization to the construction of Hindu national identity. Through a wide range of literary and pictorial sources, Partha Mitter's work balances the study of colonial cultural institutions with the ideologies of the nationalist and intellectual movements that followed.

 
 
 
£565
 
 
 
 
 
 
Montgomery, H. H.

The Life and Letters of George Alfred Lefroy

New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920. First Edition, 8vo (14.5x22.5cm), 265+xi pp, 8 plates, in original cloth binding.

 
 
 
£60
 
 
 
 
 
 
O Connor, V.C.Scott

The Charm of Kashmir

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920. First Edition, 4to (29.5x22.5cm), 182pp, 15 fine mounted colored plates (all original captioned tissue guards present) and 24 splendid full-page sepia-toned photographic plates. Handsomely bound in the original white buckram, upper and back strip framed. Blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt on covers. Plates and photographs on cartridge paper, printed pages are heavy. Dedication by kind permission to the Queen (Mary). Very good condition.

This is a very beautifully presented book, elegantly written, an attractive portrayal of trip to Kashmir, illustrated after the paintings of Abanindro Nath Tagore, Mrs Sultan Ahmad, Miss Hadenfelt and Colonel Strahan, and from photographs, largely taken by the author.

A LOVELY COPY OF A SCARCE WORK.

 
 
 
£565
 
 
 
 
 
 
Osmaston, B.B.

Wild Life and Adventures in Indian Forests

London: Henry Osmaston, 1999. Second Edition, 8vo (15x21.5cm), 290+xvi pp, in green cloth binding, title in gilt on spine and front cover, excellent condition.

Osmaston arrived in India in 1888, bagging his first tiger near Mundali, he spent much of his career as a forest officer in various regions and recounts numerous encounters with big game much of the book is related to the birds and fauna of India.

 
 
 
£85
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pal, Pratapaditya Pal

American Collectors of Asian Art

Bombay: Published by J. J. Bhabha for Marg Publications, 1986. Folio (33.5x25cm), 224pp, with numerous b/w and colour illustrations, in original cloth binding with dust jacket, good condition.

Richly illustrated with colour and black and white pictures This book is the first attempt to provide the non-specialist reader with some idea of collections as well as personalities of the collectors from some large collections in the American museums: Charles Lang Freer, Avery Brundage, John D. Rockefeller, Nasli M. Heeramaneck, Edwin Binney, Norton Simon, Samuel Eilenberg, The Zimmerman Family Collection, John Gilmore Ford and Paul F. Walter.

 
 
 
£90
 
 
 
 
 
 
Parimoo, Ratan

Rabindranath Tagore Collection of Essays

New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademy, 1989. 4to (22.5x28cm), 106pp, 128 illustrations and 6 color plates carries contributions by eminent personalities on Tagore's paintings and poetry, in original cloth binding with dust jacket.

Contents: Drawings and Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore by Prithwish Neogy Art and Tradition by Rabindranath Tagore Form elements in the visual works of Rabindranath Tagore by Stella Kramrisch Tagore-the Poet Painter and the West by K G Subramanyan The Sources and the development of Rabindranath's Paintings by Ratan Parimoo Vessel Shape as a pictorial motif in Rabindranath's Painting by Dinkar Kowshik The Last Affair by Sandip SarkarThe Poet Rabindranath Lux in tenebris by Jagdish Shivpuri, with dust jacket. Good Condition.

 
 
 
£25
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pearson, W.W.

Shantiniketan, The Bolpur School of Rabindranath Tagore

Illustrated by Mukul Chandra Dey.

London: The Macmillan Company, 1916. First Edition, 8vo (14.5x20cm), 130pp, name on one page underlined, else a nearly very good hardcover for its age with decorated boards. Unusual.

 
 
 
£325
 
 
Showing 261 to 270 of 287 ( 29 Pages)
 
 
Home | About us  | Books  | Prints  | Photographs  | Maps  | Modern Indian Arts  | Calendar Arts  | Ephemera  | Ravi Varma Prints  | How to Order  | My wish list | Contact us
 
Copyright © Parag Books 2012, All rights reserved