Sethi Rajeev (21 results)

Condition: Very Good. illustrated edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Paperback. Condition: Good. minor wear and creasing.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1985. Asia, Art, Smithsonian Institution Press. 280p., very good paperback, please allow for additional overseas postage 4/23.

Soft Cover. Condition: vg. Pub'd for exhibition organized for the Festival of India 1985-1986 at the Nat. Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian, June 4-July 28, 1985. 11" tall; 280pp; heavy glossy paper; color & b/w photos & ils throughout; color photo cover. Paperback.

Paperback. Condition: As New. 280 pages, numerous color and black & white illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition. U.S. orders are shipped from our Lewiston, New York location.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 280 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. First paperback edition. Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Aditi--a celebration of life, organized for the Festival of India, 1985-1986 at the Thomas M. Evans Gallery of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., June 4 to July 28, 1985. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Another copy available. *** CONTENTS: Aditi: a celebration of life, by Pria Devi and Richard Kurin; Fertility; Courtship and betrothal; Preparation for the wedding; The wedding procession; The wedding; The wedding night; Conception; Pregnancy; Birth; Welcoming the child; Safeguarding the child; The promised world; First feeding; The first step; Initiation into learning; Learning to be and to do; Fairs and festivals; Moving out; The role of myth in the Indian life cycle, by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty; The child in India, by Sudhir Kakar; Performance, music, and the child, by Nazir Jairazbhoy; The ritual arts of India, by Stella Kramrisch. Size: 4to.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust stains on text edges. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.

Paperback. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. Color, B&W Photographs (illustrator). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. G/No Dustjacket. 1985. . Paperback. 4to., 280 pp, rubbed, bumped .

Paperback. Condition: Used-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Color, B&W Photographs (illustrator). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. Used-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1985. . Paperback. 4to., 280 pp .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. ADITI: THE LIVING ARTS OF INDIA, Rajeev Sethi and others, Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket [price never printed], richly illustrated (more than 200 B/W and 70 color illustrations), 1985. ITEM CONDITION: very good. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition, with no tears, dog ears, or marks. No bookplate or signature of a prior owner. Used bookstore price tag from 1991 still affixed to first free endpaper. Not a library book or remainder. The white cloth boards are in very good condition but slightly bowed. The dust jacket is in good condition (shelf rubbing, some edge crinkling and creases). 11 ĵ x 8 3/4, 280 pages, 48 ounces XX Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Aditi: A Celebration of Life, organized for the Festival of India 1985-1986 at the Thomas M. Evans Gallery of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. June 4-July 28, 1985. XX [From the flaps] ADITI looks at life in India through the world of the child, a world that reveals all of the richness and complexity of Indian culture. Rites of passage, fairs and festivals, performances and crafts, all drawing on ancient myth, legend, and belief, mark the path of the child's growth. As the fabric of Indian society becomes ever more technological, these traditions are challenged constantly. ADITI explores these ancient traditions in their contemporary contexts. In one of the ancient Hindu texts of India, the Rig Veda, Aditi is the mother of the gods - the source, the process, and the essence of life. Aditi unifies beginnings and endings, man and woman, nature and the gods. Her name denotes the creative power, abundant, joyful, and unbroken, that sustains the universe. This book takes its name from Aditi, since it is this creative power that inbues the child's world with India's myriad traditions in rural and ritual arts and performance. The goddess Aditi embodies the principle of cyclical regeneration. Every ending is a beginning, and the death of an individual signals his rebirth. The book traces this cycle of regeneration through seventeen stages of the life cycle: from coming of age through courtship and marriage, through birth and the steps of learning to participate in the life of the community, to once again the child's coming of age. Dr. Stella Kramrisch, in her essay on the ritual arts of India, notes that in a traditional Indian household rites accompany every stage of life even from before the birth of the newcomer. They celebrate, confirm, and smooth the stages of the path of the growing mind. In Aditi, these rites are vibrantly depicted in over 200 black-and-white and 70 color illustrations of wall paintings and floor drawings; of festivals and ceremonies; of ritual and household objects. Scenes of village life provide the context. Essays on mythology, music and performance, psychology, ethnography, and art describe an India both ancient and modern, both timeless and evolving.

full color photo illustrated wraps (paper). 4to (10"x 12") . fine cond. clean inside & out. spine uncreased. cover clean. tiniest bit of rubbing along the rear edge of the spine. first printing (nap)published on the occasion of the exhibition Aditi: A Celebration of Life. Organized for the Festival Of India 1985~1986. full color frontis. illus. 280p. map of india. chronology of indian history. full color plates througout, many full page. b&w photo. illusrations and drawings. bibliographies. index. picture credits. ancient religion. ancient history. art history. anthropology. antiques. archaeology. ritual arts of india. hinduism. buddhism. jainism. sikhism. muslim. dance. musicology. theatre. mythology. ancient literature. vedas. upanishads. mahabharata. tantric ritual. lakshmi. snake dance. konarak. yoga. zoroastrianism.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 280 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. First paperback edition. Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Aditi--a celebration of life, organized for the Festival of India, 1985-1986 at the Thomas M. Evans Gallery of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., June 4 to July 28, 1985. Firm binding, clean inside copy. A large-format coffee-table book. Profusely illustrated. *** CONTENTS: Aditi: a celebration of life, by Pria Devi and Richard Kurin; Fertility; Courtship and betrothal; Preparation for the wedding; The wedding procession; The wedding; The wedding night; Conception; Pregnancy; Birth; Welcoming the child; Safeguarding the child; The promised world; First feeding; The first step; Initiation into learning; Learning to be and to do; Fairs and festivals; Moving out; The role of myth in the Indian life cycle, by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty; The child in India, by Sudhir Kakar; Performance, music, and the child, by Nazir Jairazbhoy; The ritual arts of India, by Stella Kramrisch. Size: 4to.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. About new book but for "booksale" stamp to front endpaper; 280 pages very nicely produced and richly illustrated. ; 8.5 x 10".

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:0874748534.

Trade paperback. Presumed first edition/first printing. 280 p. Illustrations (some in color). Map, Chronology. Guide to Transcription and Pronounciation. Bibliographies and Notes. Index. This was published on the occasion of the exhibition, Aditi--A Celebration of Life, organized for the Festival of India 1985-1986 at the Thomas M. Evans Gallery of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C> June4-July 28, 1985. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Dear Contributing Member letter laid in. Cover has slight wear, soiling, and edge tears.

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paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!