Books, Hardcover, First Edition from PERIPLUS LINE LLC (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. NY: Praeger, 1972. First Edition; Good+ hardcover /Good jacket (in mylar)i; silver gilt lettering on fuschia cloth; b&w photos and ills, map; chronology, glossary, suggested further reading list, index; xvi+ 280pp. Light dampstaining to edges of cloth covers with light tanning to outer edge of page block, otherwise interior tight, bright & unmarked. Dust jacket rear and inner discolor. Many excerpts from well known writers: Mulk Raj Anand's 'Untouchable?; 'The Gherao' by Arun Joshi;and others.

Seller Inventory # BI052002

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Watson, A.H. (illustrator). First Edition. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1926 - First Edition - Very Good hardcover/no dust jacket - gilt lettered maroon cloth with gilt illustration on front - light exterior wear (gilt still bright) with small adhesive remnant at bottom of spine, minor rubbing at corners - gift inscription on front endpaper, foxing on half title page and last page - quaint and delightful b\w ills by A. H. Watson throughout the book, illustrating every poem - 88pp. Poems for children of all ages.

Seller Inventory # PJ111703

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ireland, H.C. (illustrator). First Edition. Boston MA: Little Brown & Co., 1900 - First Edition - near Very Good hardcover/no dust jacket - 7.5" tall - color pictorial cover - b&w tissue guarded frontis, 5 b&w plates by H.C. Ireland - hinges tender, frontis tissue & t.p. foxed, about 4 light margin stains, otherwise no markings - 281pp. Juvenile Literature.

Seller Inventory # FJ042416

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Bapu (illustrator). First Edition. Published by Samskriti International, Madras, India for InterCulture Associates, Thompson, CT, 1974 - Very Good hardcover/ no dust jacket - 8.5" tall x 7.25" - color pictorial cloth covers - color ills - intro by Henry Ferguson - very light exterior wear, glue shadow to endpaper inner margin; otherwise no markings of any kind - 71 pages. Based on the Ramayana by Valmiki. Translated, retold for children, and illustrated throughout (pp. 7 - 71) by the well known Chennai-based Andhra artist and film maker, Bapu, Sattiraju LakshmiNarayana. Cloth covers in kalamkari style, featuring black outline drawing with color fill. Book poster available; inquire. ISBN: 0-88253-292-8.

Seller Inventory # FJ030709

Hardcover. Condition: Near New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. NY: Granta Books/Viking Press, 1991 - First American Edition - near Fine hardcover/Very Good+ dust jacket - 8.75" tall - blue boards with red cloth silver lettered backstrip - gift inscription, otherwise like new with no other markings - dust jacket price clipped - 216pp. Fiction; Novel. ISBN:0-670-83804-7.

Seller Inventory # FE062306

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Bapu (illustrator). First Edition. Madras India: Samskriti International/Thompson CT: InterCulture Associates, 1974. Very Good hardcover/acetate fitted dust jacket/decorative wooden box. 8.25" tall; color pictorial cloth covers; glue shadow to inner cover margin, otherwise no markings. Retelling of the Hindu epic for the younger reader with color ills pages 7-71 by wellknown Andhra Pradesh cartoonist/illustrator, Bapu, Sattiraju LakshmiNarayana. Cloth covers in kalamkari style featuring black outline with red/blue/white/mustard yellow/green crisp story-telling design. India epic; India children's literature. 0-88253-292-8.

Seller Inventory # FJ083114

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ahmed, Enver (illustrator). First Edition. NY: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1956 - First Edition - Very Good+ hardcover/Very Good dust jacket (in mylar) - 9.5" tall - brown cloth - illustrated dust jacket and b\w ills by Enver Ahmed - minor rubbing at top and bottom of backstrip, otherwise tight, unmarked, as new - unclipped dust jacket has minor top edgewear, top corner wear, otherwise bright color - 153 pages. Hindu & Muslim village boys fight monkeys over possession of a tree; all make peace; boys & monkeys rescue Muslim villagers from city ruffians; a joyous romp of a tale. America-born author was daughter of John R. Mott, Nobel Peace laureate.

Seller Inventory # FJ110902