W G Archer Preface (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. DJ has edge wear; owner name on endpaper.

Hardcover. dj. pp. 128. 4to. Colour illustrations. Light shelfwear; very good+ in lightly rubbed, very good dustjacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Ballantine Book U7009. Lightly rubbed on the corners with faint creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First U.S. Edition. Age toning to pages, price-clipped dust jacket edgeworn and also age toned, now in protective mylar. 171pp. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Guild Book Edition. Hardback. Introduction by K. M. Panikkar. This book, a Sanskrit book of about the third century, has for long been honoured in India as the earliest Indian treatise on the science and art of sex and love. It describes social customs in early India, analyses sexual techniques and comments on the many different situations in which men and women of the day might find themselves involved and how best these should be dealt with. Its purpose is to discover in what ways happiness and enjoyment can be best achieved. While sharing the Indian attitude to love as an ecstatic experience, it assumes that sexual happiness is founded on scientific knowledge and to this end it provides a series of chapters based on the practical experience of sex. In this respect it was a forerunner of the modern marriage guidance book. The Kama Sutra underlies all later Indian writings on love including Sanskirt love poetry and is a classic contribution to Indian culture. The Preface by W. G. Archer discusses the circumstances in which the translation was made, its place in Western studies of Indian culture and the respective roles of Sir Richard Burton and his friend, Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot. Sardar K. M. Panikkar explains in his Introduction how the Kama Sutra is valued and appreciated in India. 296 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st BookClub Assosiates. Hardback. Introduction by K. M. Panikkar. This book, a Sanskrit book of about the third century, has for long been honoured in India as the earliest Indian treatise on the science and art of sex and love. It describes social customs in early India, analyses sexual techniques and comments on the many different situations in which men and women of the day might find themselves involved and how best these should be dealt with. Its purpose is to discover in what ways happiness and enjoyment can be best achieved. While sharing the Indian attitude to love as an ecstatic experience, it assumes that sexual happiness is founded on scientific knowledge and to this end it provides a series of chapters based on the practical experience of sex. In this respect it was a forerunner of the modern marriage guidance book. The Kama Sutra underlies all later Indian writings on love including Sanskirt love poetry and is a classic contribution to Indian culture. The Preface by W. G. Archer discusses the circumstances in which the translation was made, its place in Western studies of Indian culture and the respective roles of Sir Richard Burton and his friend, Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot. Sardar K. M. Panikkar explains in his Introduction how the Kama Sutra is valued and appreciated in India. 296 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG+) not illustrated; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First. First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Unclipped Dust Jacket. Book in Fine Condition; DJ in Near Fine Condition. Deep blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine. DJ has very light tanning to rear wrap. Light shelf wear on upper and lower edges of jacket as well.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Bookplate tipped in on the front free end paper page from the previous owner. Translated by Edward Rehatsek and an Introduction by G.M. Wickens. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 265 pages and 6 pages George Allen and Unwin. There is gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are a touch edge worn. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

hardcover. Condition: As New.

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, 265pp, VG (light fading & rubbing ot spine & board edges, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep neatly detached/missing, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, light fading to edges).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Pictorial laminated hard boards. 21.5x14cm. 172 pages. Clean & tight book. BROWNED PAGES. Flat pages. No inscriptions. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref R-kKA.

Condition: Near Fine. First US edition hard back binding in publisher's original illustrated white paper covered glazed boards. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 171 printed pages of text. Age darkened page edges. Near Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. INDIA (Bharat Ganarajya).