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THE TALKING THRUSH AND OTHER TALES FROM INDIA
Written by W.H.D. Rouse; W. Crooke. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1310971
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Collected by W. Crooke and retold by Rouse. Indian folk-tales. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers grubby and marked, red ink marks to front cover. Child's red ink writing to front endpaper. Endpapers browned, foxing to page edges. Front joint cracked. Lower corner of rear free-endpaper torn off (only a small piece).

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FLOWERS OF THE HIMALAYA
Written by Oleg Polunin; Adam Stainton. Illustrated by Ann Farrer.
Stock no. 822679
Published by Oxford University Press. 2000. Fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. 580 pages + 2 page colour map of the region. ISBN: 0195641876. Slight remains of label to inside of front cover.

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FESTIVALS OF INDIA
Written by Brijendra Nath Sharma.
Stock no. 587906
Published by Abhinav Publications. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Wrapper edge-creased with rubbed corners.

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THE DAUGHTERS OF INDIA
Written by Edward Jewitt Robinson.
Stock no. 693811
Published by Thomas Murray And Son. 1st 1860. Good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. The social condition, religion, literature, obligations and prospects of women in India. Contents very good. A few foxspots to prelims and endpapers. Corners worn. One text page missing.

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THE WORLD DISPLAYED OR A CURIOUS COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS VOL VIII
No author listed.
Stock no. 560449
Published by T. Carnan. 1762. Fair condition.

Third edition, corrected. Selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged; every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countris and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted. This volume is concerned with India. Small format. Full brown calf binding. 9 b/w plates. 220 pages. 3rd edition. Contents browned but very good with all plates present. Spine badly worn with loss at top and further loss downwards. Boards rubbed. Joints worn. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and age related marks to contents.

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INDIAN TRAVELS OF THEVENOT AND CARERI
Written by Surendranath N. Sen.
Stock no. 554392
Published by The National Archives Of India. 1st 1949. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Small stain to corners of first few pages.

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THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE VOLUME LXXX PARTS I AND II
No author listed.
Stock no. 567405
Published by The Royal Anthroplogical Institute Of Great Britain And Ireland. 1950. Very good condition.

Large format. Green card wraps. B/w photos. Nilotic Studies; New Bottles for New Wine : Ideology and Scientific Knowledge; Religion and Reality; Hominid Characters of the Australopithecine Dentition.; the Early Use of Metals in India and Pakistan; Norwegian Research on the Language and Folklore of the Lapps; Colonial Law and Chinese Society. Top and tail of spine chipped.

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BANARAS A STUDY IN URBAN GEOGRAPHY
Written by R.L. Singh.
Stock no. 986147
Published by Nand Kishore & Bros. 1st 1955. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth. Pages: xv, 184. 8 b/w plates, plus maps and figures. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good.

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SOME BENGAL VILLAGES
Written by N.C. Bhattacharyya; L.A. Natesan.
Stock no. 988414
Published by University of Calcutta. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Brown cloth. Pages: xii, 225. An economic survey. Book: Ex-lib. Minimal stamps.

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THE ORAONS OF SUNDERBAN
Written by Amal Kumar Das; Manis Kumar Raha.
Stock no. 989042
Published by Government Of West Bengal. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

Aspects of the life and culture of the Oraons in the Southern portion of West Bengal. Pages: xiv, 476. Original red printed paper boards. 36 b/w plates. Book: Ex-lib. Minimal stamps.

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THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES OF INDIA
Written by W. Crooke.
Stock no. 989194
Published by Indological Book House. 1971. Slightly better than good condition.

History, Ethnology and Administration. Facsimile of the 1897 edition. 361 pages. 16 b/w plates. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good. Front joint cracked.

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THE URBAN ELITE
Written by Sheo Kumar Lal.
Stock no. 989190
Published by Thomson Press. 1st 1974. Slightly better than good condition.

Original blue cloth binding. Pages: 147. A study of the elite and power structure in Jodphur City. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good.

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