Complete Illustrated by Swami Vishnu Devananda Saraswati (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Previous owner's inscription on front free end page. Minor loosening to binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Dust jacket has moderate shelf rubbing and chipping along edges as well as chipping and paper loss on head and tail of spine and corners. Inner dust jacket flaps have extenstive foxing and age staining. Book has light shelf rubbing along edges and bumping to spine. Binding is sound with leaning on left side. Exterior text block has light foxing. Interior binding has age staining. Interor text has moderate notes and underlining in red pen. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. DJ shows heavy edgewear, creasing, and chipping; Binding is sound; Light denting to upper front board edge; Interior pages are unmarked; Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Gift inscription in ink on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Scuffing and smudging across boards and spine strip. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Published by Bell Publishing Company, Inc, New York, 1960. 359 pgs. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed by Swami Vishnudevananda on the FFEP. Folding chart present. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is lightly chipped and worn). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Foxing and light staining present to the edges of the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "All the essential knowledge of the mental science of Yoga is contained in this complete illustrated handbook. Swami Vishnudevananda was a professor of Hatha Yoga at the Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy, Rishikesh, Himalaya and was a disciple of the great Swami Sivananda. He is considered by many to be the foremost exponent of Hatha Yoga in our time. This book includes the training program, 146 clear full-page black and white photographs, charts, glossary-index, and bibliography. The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga is a bestselling 1960 book by Swami Vishnudevananda, the founder of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres. It is an introduction to Hatha yoga, describing the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. It contributed to the incorporation of Surya Namaskar (salute to the sun) into yoga as exercise. While some of its subject matter is the traditional philosophy of yoga, its detailed photographs of Vishnudevananda performing the asanas is modern, helping to market the Sivananda yoga brand to a global audience. ; 1927-1993; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Signed by Author.