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India: Specially Published for the Festival of India [Apne Utsav], 1987

Author(s):

Mathur, Asharani (editor)

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Near Fine

Dust Jacket:

Yes

Dust Jacket Condition:

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Protection:

Mylar-style

Edition:

1st Edition

Impression:

1st Impression

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Specially Published for the Festival of India by Brijbasi Printers

Publication Year:

1987

Publication Place:

New Delhi, India

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

035332

Catalogue(s):

History – Asia and Australasia

£24.00

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First edition, first printing. 192pp, richly illustrated in full colour. Pictorial, laminated boards. 4to. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust wrapper, very slightly bumped on extreme edges. Dust wrapper now protected in a removable Mylar-style clear film sleeve.

A handsome and imposing volume produced to showcase Indian arts, culture and history as part of the 1987 Festival of India, a large-scale cultural exchange between India and the then Soviet Union, also known as Apne Utsav. Includes well-illustrated essays on The Great Rivers of India; Classical Dance in India; Tribal India – Continuity and Change; The Other Face of Indian Cinema; Hindustani Music; Ancient Indian Systems of Medicine; Contemporary Indian Architecture; Recollections of Indian Cuisine; Karnatak Music; South Indian Bronzes; The Tradition of Toys; Islamic Calligraphy in India and more.

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