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Hindu Character (A Few Glimpses) - University of Bombay Publications, Sociology Series, No. 8
by Narain, Dhirendra (author), David G. Mandelbaum (association copy)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
Bombay: University of Bombay, 1957. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. VG+ in Good+ dustwrapper. 8vo, viii+238pp, red pebbled boards stamped in gold. Penciled ownership signature of anthropologist David G. Mandelbaum (dated Delhi 1959) to front free endpaper (no other markings beyond original Indian bookseller's store stamp). A scarce work of Hindu sociology. Clean copy with a little wear to boards; the unclipped fragile dustwrapper has some chipping to extremities.
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- Bookseller
- Philip Smith, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3417K
- Title
- Hindu Character (A Few Glimpses) - University of Bombay Publications, Sociology Series, No. 8
- Author
- Narain, Dhirendra (author), David G. Mandelbaum (association copy)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Bombay: University of Bombay
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hindu Character A Few Glimpses University of Bombay Publications Sociology Series No. 8 1957 India David G. Mandelbaum Anthropologist Anthropology Yoga and Hinduism South Asia Asian University of California Berkeley Colonialism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Yoga and Hinduism;
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About the Seller
Philip Smith, Bookseller
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Berkeley, California
About Philip Smith, Bookseller
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- Pebbled
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- Chipping
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
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