272 pages - in English - 244 colour and 95 b/w illustrations - "snapshots" detailing the presence of Habshis or Sidis, that is to say sub-Saharan Africans, in India between the 15th and 20th centuries...

small tears along d.j. corners and edges, but cover illustration of sahib in helmet, jodhpurs and boots is intact, pages are bright and clean - embossed logo of A. H. Wheeler bookstall on front endpap...

144 pages - in French - around 150 mostly color illustrations - a description of Indian weapons and armor since antiquity - the sword's ancient and medieval history, the past five centuries, daggers, ...

no.5849 of an edition lmited to 10,000 copies - 102 pages - in French - 96 b/w heliogravures - printed in Garamond type on woodpulp-less paper - photographs and descriptions of Indian erotic art by F...

216 pages - in Italian - around 130 color illustrations and various b/w figs. - published to coincide with the 2004 exhibition at the Bricherasio Palace in Turin, Italy, of Tibetan Buddhist art - essa...

94 pages - in English - around 80 duotone plates - images of the chaos and deep humanity that epitomize Bombay, India, by New York photographer Betsy Karel (b.1946) - two short essays and list of plat...

144 pages - in French - 121 color illustrations, incl. dozens of plates - a distinguished specialist describes ancient and medieval silks, their expansion, the development of motifs, weaving brocades,...

208 pages - in French - over 100 duotone plates, incl. dozens of double-page spreads - photographs of people and places in Calcutta - preface by French writer Jean-Claude Carrière (b.1931) - plates - ...

240 pages - in English - over 200 duotone and b/w illustrations and a 2-page foldout layout - the architecture and statues inside the 1,600-year-old shrines near Aurangabad, India, which show the infl...

460 pages - in English - around 100 b/w figs. and illustrations - published to coincide with the conference organized to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the building of Chandigarh, in India, a bold...