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Hindu Polytheism
by Alain Danielou
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 10" by 7" . Various. A first edition copy of Alain Daniélou's fascinating study of Hinduism, complete with original pictorial dustwrapper. In the publisher's orange cloth binding with green and gilt spine label and pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with thirty two numbered plates and frontispiece. Alain Daniélou was a French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist, and a noted western convert to and expert of Shaivite Hinduism. Daniélou was the author of over thirty books on Indian music and culture. He received several awards for his work on music and was also a photographer and painter. He studied Indian classical music in Varanasi with Shivendranath Basu and played the veena. He also translated some of the works of Swami Karpatri by whom he was initiated into Shaivism under the name Shiva Sharan (Protected by Shiva). He is perhaps best remembered for his important work on classical Indian music. In the publisher's cloth binding with dustwrapper. Externally lovely. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. The dust wrapper is excellent, with very slight wear to extremities and handling marks. Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN10-B-1
- Title
- Hindu Polytheism
- Author
- Alain Danielou
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Routledge and Kegan Paul
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 10" by 7"
- Keywords
- Daniélou First Edition Dustwrapper India First Edition Hinduism Polytheism
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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