The Wonder That Was India by Basham a L, First Edition (8 results)

3rd. Impression of 1st. Edn. Large thick 8vo. (23cm. tall x 15cm.). pp. xxiii, 568. With coloured frontispiece, 89 black & white plates from photographs and 26 text illustrations and maps in line. Front endpaper map shows ancient Place Names and Historical sites. Rear endpapers depict the modern Indian Sub-Continent. A very good plus hardback copy in a well worn wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The book is very clean throughout and has only some light foxing to the page edges of note. The jacket Has some closed tears and very minor chipping. The work treats of the history and culture of India from the early civilisation of the Indus Valley down to the coming of the Muslims, and is perhaps more comprehensive than any other single-volume work of its kind hitherto published in English, covering all aspects of ancient Indian life and thought both in the Aryan North and the Dravidian South.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by 200 Half-Tone Illustrations (illustrator). 1st Edition"THUS; Twelfth Printing. VERY Good Softback. Clean, Solid Copy PAPERBACK; Evergreen Encyclopedia Volume #1".,BLACK COVER TITLES ON BRIGHT YELLOW WRAPAROUND PAPER COVERS SHOWING OLD B&W PHOTO OF CONTENTED FACE STATUE ; 567pg pages; From primitive village cultures of Brahui Hills to Great Cities. most widely used introd. to Indian civilization has remained a classic interpretation. .Index.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A survey of the culture of the Indian sub-continent before the coming of the Muslims. With numerous illustrations, line drawings and maps. Red cloth cover and yellow pictorial dust jacket with plastic cover. Some bumping and minor cracking at spine ends. Owner inscription on front e/p. Binding in good tight condition. Small amount of foxing on page edges, e/p's and paste-downs.

Softcover. First Edition Thus; Fourth Printing. Good- in wrappers. Foxing and discoloration. Crease at spine. Some pencil underlining to text. Hinge is starting. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Softcover. First Edition Thus; Ninth Printing. Good in wraps. Owner name inked on FEP. Creasing on spine and front and rear panel. Small open tear on spine heel. Light rubbing on front panel side edge. Shelfwear on spine. Foxing on text block edges and rear panel. ; Evergreen Encyclopedia Volume 1 E-145.

Softcover. First Edition; Tenth Printing. Very Good+ in wraps.

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of A. L. Basham's beautifully illustrated study of the history of India, in an exceptional full morocco binding. The first edition, first impression of this work by historian Arthur Llewellyn Basham, in a full morocco binding.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eighty-nine photographic plates, alongside further vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.The author presents 'A Survey of the Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent Before the Coming of the Muslims'.Basham's work was aimed at a western audience, and presented an attempt to correct the negative stereotypes of India created by previous historians such as Thomas Babington Macaulay. In a full morocco binding, with gilt detailing to spine. Externally, fine. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Offsetting from a removed bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. book.