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	AGRAWAL, YASHODHARA Brocarts De Soie (Les) Paris, France, Charles Moreau. 2004. (ISBN: 2909458199) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾". 144 pages - in French - 121 color illustrations, incl. dozens of plates - a distinguished specialist describes ancient and medieval silks, their expansion, the development of motifs, weaving brocades, Southern Indian brocades, Western Indian brocades, Northern Indian brocades and Varanassi, a special reference - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 004564 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	AIJAZUDDIN, F.S. Lahore - Illustrated Views of the 19th Century Ahmedabad, India, Mapin Publishing. 2004. (ISBN: 0944142311) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" Tall Oblong. 176 pages - in English - 43 color and 67 monochrome illustrations, incl. many plates - a deeply researched book on the glory that was 19th Century Lahore, India by its former governor, an historian who spent years gathering watercolors, prints and drawings and other works from the India Office Library, the National Army Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and other sources - map of Lahore - text and plates - list of illustrations - acknowledgements - select bibliography - index. New -/New -. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63 US$ 94.15 \| £UK 56.75 \| JP¥ 8309] Book number: 003201 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ARYA, ARDITA/JOSHI, VIBHA Land of the Nagas (The) Ahmedabad, India, Mapin Publishing. 2004. (ISBN: 8185822190) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 128 pages - in English - 116 color photographs by Aditya Arya - a fascinating study of the Nagas and their 16 tribes, former head-hunting natives of the faraway hilly regions of Burma, by a distinguished social anthropologist and by a specialist on the Nagas - Nagas textiles and other handicrafts. New -/New -. CHF 105.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.5 US$ 104.06 \| £UK 62.75 \| JP¥ 9184] Book number: 003202 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BERKSON, CARMEL Caves at Aurangabad (The) - Early Buddhist Tantric Art in India Ahmedabad, India, Mapin Publishing. 1986. Cloth, 29 x 22.5 Cms. 240 pages - in English - over 200 duotone and b/w illustrations and a 2-page foldout layout - the architecture and statues inside the 1,600-year-old shrines near Aurangabad, India, which show the influence of Tantrism on the development of Buddhism in India - A dream of Amrapali, roots, history, Buddhism and cave descriptions - glossary and suggested reading. Fine/Fine. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.5 US$ 118.92 \| £UK 71.5 \| JP¥ 10496] Book number: 004333 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BESSERER, TIM/KOEVE, DIETER Endlose Rad (Das) - Photographie in Indien Zurich, Switzerland, Unionsverlag. 1987. (ISBN: 329300122X) Wrappers-, 27 x 24 Cms. 168 pages - in German - over 150 b/w illustrations - images of Indians from all different castes by German photographer Tim Besserer (b.1951) and 15 Indian photographers - text by German ethnologist Dieter Koeve (b.1952). Fine-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 008168 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BOR, JOEP ET AL Gloire Des Princes - Louanges Des Dieux Paris, RÃ©union Des MusÃ©es Nationaux. 2003. (ISBN: 2711846687) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 238 pages - in French - 138 color repros. incl. many plates - published to coincide with the 2003 Paris showing at CitÃ© de la Musique which brought to light the Indo-Persan crosscurrents in Hindustan from the 14th century and during the Moghul Empire until today - six essayists discourse on the Moghul Sultans; music and musicians in Indian painting; Sarasvati's abode; the lute at court; bards and baladeers; the chant of Tambura; the eclecticism of the sitar; from Kaboul to Calcutta; list of works on display and bibliography. New -. CHF 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 84.24 \| £UK 50.75 \| JP¥ 7434] Book number: 002354 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CASTELLANO, NACHO Ajmer - Sufi Pilgrimage (A) Utrera, Spain, Photovision. 1998. (ISBN: 8486620120) hardcover-, 22.5 x 25 cms. diaphonous d.j. sporting duotone illustrations on front and back covers - 182 pages - in Spanish, English and Urdu - around 65 duotone plates - scenes in Ajmer, India, during its essential Sufi pilgrimage photographed by Spanish photographer Nacho Castellano (b.1966) - preface by Castellanos - A Pilgrim On the Way to Ajmer, essay by Claire Devos - translations to Urdu poems in Urdu. New -/New -. CHF 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43 US$ 64.42 \| £UK 38.75 \| JP¥ 5685] Book number: 007182 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CHANDRA, PRAMOD Sculpture of India (The) Washington, National Gallery of Art. 1985. (ISBN: 089468082X) Softcover, 29.5 x 23.5 Cms. 224 pages - in English - over 100 duotone and color illustrations, incl. many full-page - published to coincide with the 1985 showing at the National Gallery of Art in Washington of Indian sculptures spanning 5,000 years of the subcontinent's cultural history - glossary and bibliography. Fine. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 004798 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CRILL, ROSEMARY Indian Ikat Textiles London, England, V & A Publications. 1998. (ISBN: 1851772421) Gilt Embossed Cloth, 29 x 23 Cms. 176 pages - in English - over 100 color illustrations, incl. many plates - an in-depth look at textiles woven in the bygone resist-dyeing Ikat technique, based on the collection in London's Victoria and Albert Museum, featuring satin-weave mashrus, double-Ikat silk patolas, simple cotton saris and subtly colored rumals - Ikat in India - areas of Ikat production - mashru in India - India and world Ikat - notes, glossary, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 105.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.5 US$ 104.06 \| £UK 62.75 \| JP¥ 9184] Book number: 006664 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DOSHI, SARYU India and Greece - Connections and Parallels Bombay, India, Marg Publications. 1985. Cloth, 33 x 25 Cms. 132 pages - in English - 17 color plates and around 50 duotone and b/w illustrations - a work on the cultural interactions between ancient Greece and India which began some 2,500 years ago - philosophy, literature and traditions. Fine/Fine. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 99.1 \| £UK 59.75 \| JP¥ 8746] Book number: 004228 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FOUCHET, MAX-POL Art Amoureux Des Indes (L') Lausanne, Switzerland, Guilde Du Livre. 1957. softcover-, 28.5 22.5 cms. no.5849 of an edition lmited to 10,000 copies - 102 pages - in French - 96 b/w heliogravures - printed in Garamond type on woodpulp-less paper - photographs and descriptions of Indian erotic art by French writer and journalist Max-Pol Fouchet (1913-1980) - captions to the illustrations. As new-/As New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 \| £UK 41.75 \| JP¥ 6122] Book number: 006248 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GALE, MARTIN Amateur Horsemasters in Asia Bombay, India, F. Borton. 1936. gilt-embossed cloth-, 16.5 x 13 cms. small tears along d.j. corners and edges, but cover illustration of sahib in helmet, jodhpurs and boots is intact, pages are bright and clean - embossed logo of A. H. Wheeler bookstall on front endpaper - 66 pages - in English - illustration of the divisions of a horse's body - 10 pages of horse-related, illustrated period ads - a manual on the care and management of saddle-horses - foreword by Capt. Noel Paton of the Bombay Light Patrol Cavalry Group - stables - conditioning - saddlery, bits & stable gear - schooling and training - veterinary notes. Good-/fair-. CHF 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.25 US$ 198.2 \| £UK 119.25 \| JP¥ 17493] Book number: 009430 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HARRIS, RUSSELL Studio Lafayette et l'Inde Des Princes (Le) Paris, France, Charles Moreau. 2005. (ISBN: 2909458318) Hard Cover, 21.5 x 21 Cms. 96 pages - in French - around 75 duotone and sepia illustrations - photographs of opulently clad and bejewelled 19th Century Indian maharajas, their women and offspring in the court of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII which were discovered in the Studio Lafayette archives and which are now in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London - intro. essay by V & A Museum photography director James Stevenson, text by noted scholar and Orientalist Russell Harris - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.66 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3324] Book number: 003801 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	JAIN-NEUBAUER, JUTTA Feet and Footwear in Indian Culture Ahmedabad, India, Mapin Publishing. 2000. (ISBN: 1890206202) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 172 pages - over 200 color repros. incl. many full-pagers - co-published with the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto - a noted scholar of Indian history examines: the foot in Indian culture; ancient footwear and traditional hide, leather and leather workers in India; and traditional Indian footwear in the modern period - map of the Indian subcontinent. New -/New -. CHF 115.00 [Appr.: EURO 76.25 US$ 113.97 \| £UK 68.5 \| JP¥ 10058] Book number: 002471 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	KEENE, MANUEL Tresor Du Monde (Le) - Joyaux Indiens Au Temps Des Grands Moghols London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2006. (ISBN: 2878112768) softcover-, 28 x 22 Cms. 160 pages - in French - around 350 color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2001-2006 showings at the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Palacio Real in Madrid, the Louvre in Paris and museums in Cleveland, Saint Louis, Houston and Berlin, Germany, of superb Moghul-era Indian jewellery from the Al-Sabah collection in the Kuwait National Museum, one of the world's finest collections of Islamic art - texts and descriptions by Kuwait National Museum curator Martin Keene and by Salam Kaoukji - map - brief history - catalogue - glossary and bibliography. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 005956 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	LUSTI-NARASIMHAN, MANJULA Bharatanatyam New Delhi, India, Bookwise. 2002. (ISBN: 8187330023) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Watts Jonathan. 174 pages - in English - over a hundred full pages of mostly color, some b/w illustrations - a fine book on the 3,000-year-old sacred Bharatanatyam dance of India, its origins, music, techniques and more - list of poets and composers - bibliography - glossary. New -. CHF 53.00 [Appr.: EURO 35.25 US$ 52.52 \| £UK 31.75 \| JP¥ 4636] Book number: 003232 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	LYNTON, LINDA Sari (The) - Styles-Patterns-History-Techniques London, England, Thames & Hudson. 1995. (ISBN: 0500016720) Gilt Embossed Green Cloth, 31.5 x 23.5 cms. 208 pages - in English - 470 illustrations, incl. 206 in color - photography by award-winning Indian cinematographer and photographer, Sanjay K. Singh - a leading authority on ethnic textiles describes the 2,000-year-old Indian sari - regional saris - icononography, notes, glossary of Indian terms, glossary of textile terms, "sari" in Indian languages, table of sari measurements, chronology, museum collections, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63 US$ 94.15 \| £UK 56.75 \| JP¥ 8309] Book number: 006642 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MAGNETTI, DANIELLA ET AL Arte Buddhista Tibetana Milan, Italy, Electa. 2004. (ISBN: 883703055X) Soft Cover, 11 x 9 3/4". 216 pages - in Italian - around 130 color illustrations and various b/w figs. - published to coincide with the 2004 exhibition at the Bricherasio Palace in Turin, Italy, of Tibetan Buddhist art - essays by Daniella Magnetti, Franco Ricca, Gilles Beguin and Erberto Lo Bue - thankas, metal statuary, sculptures, woodwork, books and more - the Nyingjei Lam Collection - glossary - bibliography. New -. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 \| £UK 41.75 \| JP¥ 6122] Book number: 004649 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MALLIKA SARABHAI Performing Arts of Kerala Middletown, N.J. USA, Grantha. 1994. (ISBN: 0944142222) Gilt Embossed Green Cloth, 34 x 26 Cms. tiny scotched-over tear along d.j. spine top - 188 pages - in English - 204 color illustrations and a map - photography by Pankaj Shah - an introduction to the mysterious arts of Kerala which include Kathakali, Kootattam which is the oldest form of Sanskrit theater, ritual dances with blood sacrifices, trance performances where dancers wear headgear more than 5 meters high, Kalaripayattu which is the most ancient martial art technique and more - glossary, biblio. and biographical notes. New-/New-. CHF 140.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.75 US$ 138.74 \| £UK 83.5 \| JP¥ 12245] Book number: 008165 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MARK, MARY ELLEN Falkland Road - Prostitutes of Bombay Gottingen, Germany, Steidl. 2005. (ISBN: 3865211283) Cloth, 32.5 x 29 Cms. Oblong. 124 pages - in English - around 100 color plates - published to coincide with the 2005 American showings of Cibachrome prints in New York and of dye-transfer prints in Los Angeles by American photographer Mary Ellen Clark, showing prostitutes, transvestites, their Madams and customers in the low-life red light district of Bombay, India where women are living in "cages" - hard and disturbing images. New -/New -. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63 US$ 94.15 \| £UK 56.75 \| JP¥ 8309] Book number: 003882 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MARTINIANI-REBER, MARIELLE ET AL Esprit De l'Inde (L') Geneva, Swirzerland, Musees d'Art et d'Histoire. 1997. (ISBN: 283060153X) hardcover-, 24.5 x 22 cms. edition limited to 1,000 copies printed on extra-white mat 150 g/CM3 paper - 108 pages - in French - over 60 color and duotone illustrations - published to coincide with the 1997 showing at the Museum of Art and History in Geneva, Switzerland, of textiles, silverware, ceramics, tapestries, miniature paintings on paper and ivroy and other masterpieces of Indian art - the museum's Indian collection, Indian influence on European textiles and the industry of Indian-type textiles in Geneva - catalogue - weaving technical vocabulary and bibliography. New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.55 \| £UK 30 \| JP¥ 4373] Book number: 006271 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MCGILVRAY, DENNIS B. Symbolic Heat - Gender, Health and Worship Among the Tamils of South India and Sri Lanka Middletown, N.J. USA, Grantha. 1998. (ISBN: 0944142877) softcover-, 28 x 22 Cms. 72 pages - in English - 38 color and 35 duotone illustrations - a richly illustrated description of the concept of physical and spiritual heat as female energy, or sakti, common to Tamils in South India and Sri Lanka and which determines their diet, medicine and sexuality - bibliography. New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 006246 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MORLEY, GRACE Sculpture Indienne (La) New Delhi, India, Charles Moreau/Roli. 2005. (ISBN: 290945830X) hardcover-, 24 x 24 cms. Square. 144 pages - in French - nearly 100 color illustrations, mostly plates - photography by Dn Dube - intro. by Kapila Vatsyayan - an overview of 4,000 years of sculpture in India, featuring remarkable masterpieces, by the founder and curator of the National Museum in New Delhi - masterpieces of Indian sculpture - list of illustrations. New -/new-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 006272 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	OKADA, AMINA Inde Des Princes (L') - La Donation Jean et KrishnÃ¢ Riboud Paris, RÃ©union Des MusÃ©es Nationaux. 2000. (ISBN: 2711841073) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 166 pages - in French and English - 54 color plates - this book is devoted to the gift by Jean and Krishna Riboud to the MusÃ©e Guimet, Paris of 54 16th to 19th-century Indian objects from the Mughal Empire, the Deccani sultanates and the Rajput Kingdom, incl. gem-enriched jade and rock crystal cups, ivory flasks and powder horns,spice boxes, jewellery and others - note on the objects with color photography - glossary and map of Moghul India. New -/New -. CHF 67.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 US$ 66.4 \| £UK 40 \| JP¥ 5860] Book number: 002416 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	OKADA, AMINA Indian Miniatures of the Mughal Court New York, Harry Abrams. 1992. (ISBN: 0810934612) Gilt Embossed Cloth, 31.5 x 24 Cms. 240 pages - in English - 280 illustrations, incl. 100 color plates - a distinguished exhibition curator and authority on Indian art and Mughal painting describes the flowering in the 16th and 17th Centuries, a golden age, of the court painting of miniatures in Mughal India - a dynasty of sovereign patrons, pictorial eclecticism at Akbar's court, Persian aestheticism, 17th Century realist portraiture, several great court painters, realism, chiaroscuro, flora, fauna and more - manuscripts, glossary, list of illustrations, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.5 US$ 118.92 \| £UK 71.5 \| JP¥ 10496] Book number: 006257 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.

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	AGRAWAL, YASHODHARA Brocarts De Soie (Les) Paris, France, Charles Moreau. 2004. (ISBN: 2909458199) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾". 144 pages - in French - 121 color illustrations, incl. dozens of plates - a distinguished specialist describes ancient and medieval silks, their expansion, the development of motifs, weaving brocades, Southern Indian brocades, Western Indian brocades, Northern Indian brocades and Varanassi, a special reference - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 004564 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	AIJAZUDDIN, F.S. Lahore - Illustrated Views of the 19th Century Ahmedabad, India, Mapin Publishing. 2004. (ISBN: 0944142311) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" Tall Oblong. 176 pages - in English - 43 color and 67 monochrome illustrations, incl. many plates - a deeply researched book on the glory that was 19th Century Lahore, India by its former governor, an historian who spent years gathering watercolors, prints and drawings and other works from the India Office Library, the National Army Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and other sources - map of Lahore - text and plates - list of illustrations - acknowledgements - select bibliography - index. New -/New -. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63 US$ 94.15 \| £UK 56.75 \| JP¥ 8309] Book number: 003201 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ARYA, ARDITA/JOSHI, VIBHA Land of the Nagas (The) Ahmedabad, India, Mapin Publishing. 2004. (ISBN: 8185822190) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 128 pages - in English - 116 color photographs by Aditya Arya - a fascinating study of the Nagas and their 16 tribes, former head-hunting natives of the faraway hilly regions of Burma, by a distinguished social anthropologist and by a specialist on the Nagas - Nagas textiles and other handicrafts. New -/New -. CHF 105.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.5 US$ 104.06 \| £UK 62.75 \| JP¥ 9184] Book number: 003202 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BERKSON, CARMEL Caves at Aurangabad (The) - Early Buddhist Tantric Art in India Ahmedabad, India, Mapin Publishing. 1986. Cloth, 29 x 22.5 Cms. 240 pages - in English - over 200 duotone and b/w illustrations and a 2-page foldout layout - the architecture and statues inside the 1,600-year-old shrines near Aurangabad, India, which show the influence of Tantrism on the development of Buddhism in India - A dream of Amrapali, roots, history, Buddhism and cave descriptions - glossary and suggested reading. Fine/Fine. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.5 US$ 118.92 \| £UK 71.5 \| JP¥ 10496] Book number: 004333 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BESSERER, TIM/KOEVE, DIETER Endlose Rad (Das) - Photographie in Indien Zurich, Switzerland, Unionsverlag. 1987. (ISBN: 329300122X) Wrappers-, 27 x 24 Cms. 168 pages - in German - over 150 b/w illustrations - images of Indians from all different castes by German photographer Tim Besserer (b.1951) and 15 Indian photographers - text by German ethnologist Dieter Koeve (b.1952). Fine-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 008168 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BOR, JOEP ET AL Gloire Des Princes - Louanges Des Dieux Paris, RÃ©union Des MusÃ©es Nationaux. 2003. (ISBN: 2711846687) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 238 pages - in French - 138 color repros. incl. many plates - published to coincide with the 2003 Paris showing at CitÃ© de la Musique which brought to light the Indo-Persan crosscurrents in Hindustan from the 14th century and during the Moghul Empire until today - six essayists discourse on the Moghul Sultans; music and musicians in Indian painting; Sarasvati's abode; the lute at court; bards and baladeers; the chant of Tambura; the eclecticism of the sitar; from Kaboul to Calcutta; list of works on display and bibliography. New -. CHF 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 84.24 \| £UK 50.75 \| JP¥ 7434] Book number: 002354 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CASTELLANO, NACHO Ajmer - Sufi Pilgrimage (A) Utrera, Spain, Photovision. 1998. (ISBN: 8486620120) hardcover-, 22.5 x 25 cms. diaphonous d.j. sporting duotone illustrations on front and back covers - 182 pages - in Spanish, English and Urdu - around 65 duotone plates - scenes in Ajmer, India, during its essential Sufi pilgrimage photographed by Spanish photographer Nacho Castellano (b.1966) - preface by Castellanos - A Pilgrim On the Way to Ajmer, essay by Claire Devos - translations to Urdu poems in Urdu. New -/New -. CHF 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43 US$ 64.42 \| £UK 38.75 \| JP¥ 5685] Book number: 007182 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CHANDRA, PRAMOD Sculpture of India (The) Washington, National Gallery of Art. 1985. (ISBN: 089468082X) Softcover, 29.5 x 23.5 Cms. 224 pages - in English - over 100 duotone and color illustrations, incl. many full-page - published to coincide with the 1985 showing at the National Gallery of Art in Washington of Indian sculptures spanning 5,000 years of the subcontinent's cultural history - glossary and bibliography. Fine. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 004798 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CRILL, ROSEMARY Indian Ikat Textiles London, England, V & A Publications. 1998. (ISBN: 1851772421) Gilt Embossed Cloth, 29 x 23 Cms. 176 pages - in English - over 100 color illustrations, incl. many plates - an in-depth look at textiles woven in the bygone resist-dyeing Ikat technique, based on the collection in London's Victoria and Albert Museum, featuring satin-weave mashrus, double-Ikat silk patolas, simple cotton saris and subtly colored rumals - Ikat in India - areas of Ikat production - mashru in India - India and world Ikat - notes, glossary, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 105.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.5 US$ 104.06 \| £UK 62.75 \| JP¥ 9184] Book number: 006664 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DOSHI, SARYU India and Greece - Connections and Parallels Bombay, India, Marg Publications. 1985. Cloth, 33 x 25 Cms. 132 pages - in English - 17 color plates and around 50 duotone and b/w illustrations - a work on the cultural interactions between ancient Greece and India which began some 2,500 years ago - philosophy, literature and traditions. Fine/Fine. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 99.1 \| £UK 59.75 \| JP¥ 8746] Book number: 004228 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FOUCHET, MAX-POL Art Amoureux Des Indes (L') Lausanne, Switzerland, Guilde Du Livre. 1957. softcover-, 28.5 22.5 cms. no.5849 of an edition lmited to 10,000 copies - 102 pages - in French - 96 b/w heliogravures - printed in Garamond type on woodpulp-less paper - photographs and descriptions of Indian erotic art by French writer and journalist Max-Pol Fouchet (1913-1980) - captions to the illustrations. As new-/As New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 \| £UK 41.75 \| JP¥ 6122] Book number: 006248 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GALE, MARTIN Amateur Horsemasters in Asia Bombay, India, F. Borton. 1936. gilt-embossed cloth-, 16.5 x 13 cms. small tears along d.j. corners and edges, but cover illustration of sahib in helmet, jodhpurs and boots is intact, pages are bright and clean - embossed logo of A. H. Wheeler bookstall on front endpaper - 66 pages - in English - illustration of the divisions of a horse's body - 10 pages of horse-related, illustrated period ads - a manual on the care and management of saddle-horses - foreword by Capt. Noel Paton of the Bombay Light Patrol Cavalry Group - stables - conditioning - saddlery, bits & stable gear - schooling and training - veterinary notes. Good-/fair-. CHF 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.25 US$ 198.2 \| £UK 119.25 \| JP¥ 17493] Book number: 009430 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HARRIS, RUSSELL Studio Lafayette et l'Inde Des Princes (Le) Paris, France, Charles Moreau. 2005. (ISBN: 2909458318) Hard Cover, 21.5 x 21 Cms. 96 pages - in French - around 75 duotone and sepia illustrations - photographs of opulently clad and bejewelled 19th Century Indian maharajas, their women and offspring in the court of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII which were discovered in the Studio Lafayette archives and which are now in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London - intro. essay by V & A Museum photography director James Stevenson, text by noted scholar and Orientalist Russell Harris - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.66 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3324] Book number: 003801 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	JAIN-NEUBAUER, JUTTA Feet and Footwear in Indian Culture Ahmedabad, India, Mapin Publishing. 2000. (ISBN: 1890206202) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 172 pages - over 200 color repros. incl. many full-pagers - co-published with the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto - a noted scholar of Indian history examines: the foot in Indian culture; ancient footwear and traditional hide, leather and leather workers in India; and traditional Indian footwear in the modern period - map of the Indian subcontinent. New -/New -. CHF 115.00 [Appr.: EURO 76.25 US$ 113.97 \| £UK 68.5 \| JP¥ 10058] Book number: 002471 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	KEENE, MANUEL Tresor Du Monde (Le) - Joyaux Indiens Au Temps Des Grands Moghols London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2006. (ISBN: 2878112768) softcover-, 28 x 22 Cms. 160 pages - in French - around 350 color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2001-2006 showings at the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Palacio Real in Madrid, the Louvre in Paris and museums in Cleveland, Saint Louis, Houston and Berlin, Germany, of superb Moghul-era Indian jewellery from the Al-Sabah collection in the Kuwait National Museum, one of the world's finest collections of Islamic art - texts and descriptions by Kuwait National Museum curator Martin Keene and by Salam Kaoukji - map - brief history - catalogue - glossary and bibliography. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 005956 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	LUSTI-NARASIMHAN, MANJULA Bharatanatyam New Delhi, India, Bookwise. 2002. (ISBN: 8187330023) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Watts Jonathan. 174 pages - in English - over a hundred full pages of mostly color, some b/w illustrations - a fine book on the 3,000-year-old sacred Bharatanatyam dance of India, its origins, music, techniques and more - list of poets and composers - bibliography - glossary. New -. CHF 53.00 [Appr.: EURO 35.25 US$ 52.52 \| £UK 31.75 \| JP¥ 4636] Book number: 003232 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	LYNTON, LINDA Sari (The) - Styles-Patterns-History-Techniques London, England, Thames & Hudson. 1995. (ISBN: 0500016720) Gilt Embossed Green Cloth, 31.5 x 23.5 cms. 208 pages - in English - 470 illustrations, incl. 206 in color - photography by award-winning Indian cinematographer and photographer, Sanjay K. Singh - a leading authority on ethnic textiles describes the 2,000-year-old Indian sari - regional saris - icononography, notes, glossary of Indian terms, glossary of textile terms, "sari" in Indian languages, table of sari measurements, chronology, museum collections, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63 US$ 94.15 \| £UK 56.75 \| JP¥ 8309] Book number: 006642 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MAGNETTI, DANIELLA ET AL Arte Buddhista Tibetana Milan, Italy, Electa. 2004. (ISBN: 883703055X) Soft Cover, 11 x 9 3/4". 216 pages - in Italian - around 130 color illustrations and various b/w figs. - published to coincide with the 2004 exhibition at the Bricherasio Palace in Turin, Italy, of Tibetan Buddhist art - essays by Daniella Magnetti, Franco Ricca, Gilles Beguin and Erberto Lo Bue - thankas, metal statuary, sculptures, woodwork, books and more - the Nyingjei Lam Collection - glossary - bibliography. New -. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 \| £UK 41.75 \| JP¥ 6122] Book number: 004649 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MALLIKA SARABHAI Performing Arts of Kerala Middletown, N.J. USA, Grantha. 1994. (ISBN: 0944142222) Gilt Embossed Green Cloth, 34 x 26 Cms. tiny scotched-over tear along d.j. spine top - 188 pages - in English - 204 color illustrations and a map - photography by Pankaj Shah - an introduction to the mysterious arts of Kerala which include Kathakali, Kootattam which is the oldest form of Sanskrit theater, ritual dances with blood sacrifices, trance performances where dancers wear headgear more than 5 meters high, Kalaripayattu which is the most ancient martial art technique and more - glossary, biblio. and biographical notes. New-/New-. CHF 140.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.75 US$ 138.74 \| £UK 83.5 \| JP¥ 12245] Book number: 008165 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MARK, MARY ELLEN Falkland Road - Prostitutes of Bombay Gottingen, Germany, Steidl. 2005. (ISBN: 3865211283) Cloth, 32.5 x 29 Cms. Oblong. 124 pages - in English - around 100 color plates - published to coincide with the 2005 American showings of Cibachrome prints in New York and of dye-transfer prints in Los Angeles by American photographer Mary Ellen Clark, showing prostitutes, transvestites, their Madams and customers in the low-life red light district of Bombay, India where women are living in "cages" - hard and disturbing images. New -/New -. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63 US$ 94.15 \| £UK 56.75 \| JP¥ 8309] Book number: 003882 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MARTINIANI-REBER, MARIELLE ET AL Esprit De l'Inde (L') Geneva, Swirzerland, Musees d'Art et d'Histoire. 1997. (ISBN: 283060153X) hardcover-, 24.5 x 22 cms. edition limited to 1,000 copies printed on extra-white mat 150 g/CM3 paper - 108 pages - in French - over 60 color and duotone illustrations - published to coincide with the 1997 showing at the Museum of Art and History in Geneva, Switzerland, of textiles, silverware, ceramics, tapestries, miniature paintings on paper and ivroy and other masterpieces of Indian art - the museum's Indian collection, Indian influence on European textiles and the industry of Indian-type textiles in Geneva - catalogue - weaving technical vocabulary and bibliography. New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.55 \| £UK 30 \| JP¥ 4373] Book number: 006271 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MCGILVRAY, DENNIS B. Symbolic Heat - Gender, Health and Worship Among the Tamils of South India and Sri Lanka Middletown, N.J. USA, Grantha. 1998. (ISBN: 0944142877) softcover-, 28 x 22 Cms. 72 pages - in English - 38 color and 35 duotone illustrations - a richly illustrated description of the concept of physical and spiritual heat as female energy, or sakti, common to Tamils in South India and Sri Lanka and which determines their diet, medicine and sexuality - bibliography. New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 006246 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MORLEY, GRACE Sculpture Indienne (La) New Delhi, India, Charles Moreau/Roli. 2005. (ISBN: 290945830X) hardcover-, 24 x 24 cms. Square. 144 pages - in French - nearly 100 color illustrations, mostly plates - photography by Dn Dube - intro. by Kapila Vatsyayan - an overview of 4,000 years of sculpture in India, featuring remarkable masterpieces, by the founder and curator of the National Museum in New Delhi - masterpieces of Indian sculpture - list of illustrations. New -/new-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 006272 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	OKADA, AMINA Inde Des Princes (L') - La Donation Jean et KrishnÃ¢ Riboud Paris, RÃ©union Des MusÃ©es Nationaux. 2000. (ISBN: 2711841073) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 166 pages - in French and English - 54 color plates - this book is devoted to the gift by Jean and Krishna Riboud to the MusÃ©e Guimet, Paris of 54 16th to 19th-century Indian objects from the Mughal Empire, the Deccani sultanates and the Rajput Kingdom, incl. gem-enriched jade and rock crystal cups, ivory flasks and powder horns,spice boxes, jewellery and others - note on the objects with color photography - glossary and map of Moghul India. New -/New -. CHF 67.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 US$ 66.4 \| £UK 40 \| JP¥ 5860] Book number: 002416 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	OKADA, AMINA Indian Miniatures of the Mughal Court New York, Harry Abrams. 1992. (ISBN: 0810934612) Gilt Embossed Cloth, 31.5 x 24 Cms. 240 pages - in English - 280 illustrations, incl. 100 color plates - a distinguished exhibition curator and authority on Indian art and Mughal painting describes the flowering in the 16th and 17th Centuries, a golden age, of the court painting of miniatures in Mughal India - a dynasty of sovereign patrons, pictorial eclecticism at Akbar's court, Persian aestheticism, 17th Century realist portraiture, several great court painters, realism, chiaroscuro, flora, fauna and more - manuscripts, glossary, list of illustrations, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.5 US$ 118.92 \| £UK 71.5 \| JP¥ 10496] Book number: 006257 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.