Probsthain Arthur (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. p 149-283 (Nos. 2665-4624).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 26 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. 283 pages, plates. Ex-libray, clean. Rare early sales catalogue by Arthur Probsthain, an independent bookstore based in London, specialising in antique Asian and African books. the catalogue lists books on history, travels, also Siberia and Russian Central Asia, Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet, Indo-China, Siam, Korea, art, language etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 48 pages, 1 plate : 21 cm. Extensive bookseller's notes in pen, presumably by Arthur Probsthain.

On the back of a printed 'Ceylon | Post Card | For use to British countries'. With Galle postmark of 18 May 1939. Pannasara signs 'D. Pannasara' and gives his details as: 'Bhikku [sic], D. Pannasara Thero | Jayawardhanarama | Dangedara, Galle | Ceylon'. An enquiry in English regarding the 'Milinda Panha translated from Pali by J. W. Rhys Davids Vol. I-ii'. Annotations in pencil and ink by the recipients.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 322. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1927 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 322.

Bookseller (Oriental and India). All eight items with fold marks, but good condition. They relate to the publication of Sir John Marshall's (ed.) "Mohenjodaro and the Indus Civilisation" (3 vols., 1931), described by Probsthain himself in Andrew Block's "A Short History of the Principal London Antiquarian Booksellers" (1933): "[My] largest work . . . has for its subject the discovery of most ancient India . . . edited by Sir John Marshall, Director-General of Archaeology in India. [It] will prove a lasting work both on account of its disclosure and of the very careful work by the Archaeological Survey of India." ) (TLS) "It gives me great pleasure to send you my own proof copy of your chapter on the Indus Script and shall be glad if you will kindly make any alterations which you have in mind on this copy. They will be transferred to your own proof when it has been returned to me by Sir John Marshall. . . [return of chap.23 to above address]". With: Typed Letter Signed, one page, 4to, Sir John Marshall to Probsthain, Dec. 1931, suggesting that a photograph of himself might be useful in the publicity of the book, due out the following week, and he encloses some for that use; 3 samples of the blurb for the book, one page, each, 8vo, typescript; the supplement to the Contractual Agreement re. the book between Probsthain and the Secretary of State for India in Council, one page, folio, bifoliate (summary printed on its verso), signed by Probsthain and Sir Bhupendra Nath Mitra and witnesses; and draft of the actual Agreement with substantial ms. corrections and additions (in Probsthain's hand), 3pp.; TLS, one page, folio, from , Zoological Survey of India, 17 March 1932, giving thanks for his copy, complimenting particualrly the reproductions of photographs.

8vo, pp. 60; gray printed paper wrappers; some chipping to corners and ends of spine, bookseller's stamp on lower wrapper, text clean and sound, very good. The first of three sections, with 1138 items listed. "The three sections combined form a library of over 3,000 items, and as no catalogue of such magnitude has yet been published, it will be advisable that students and collectors will retain these three sections, and keep them as a work of reference from a trained bookseller's point of view.".