Asif Currimbhoy (32 results)

Condition: New. pp. 40 , Figures.

Condition: New. pp. 80.

Flexible Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Subtitled: A One-Act Play. Writers Workshop Calcutta, 1971. Very Good+ green flexible cloth covers/Very Good paper title label; 8.5" tall; frontis b\w photo of the playwright and his wife; faint foxing behind photo plate, sunned backstrip, otherwise unmarked. 38 pages. Setting: flight of refugees across the India border following the Bangladesh massacre of 1971. Fourth volume in a projected set of the complete plays by the Bombay playwright and critic, Asif Currimbhoy. ISBN: 0-88253-765-2.

Flexible Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Writers Workshop Calcutta, 1971. Very Good+ red flexible cloth covers/Very Good paper title label; 8.5" tall; frontis b\w photo of the playwright and his wife; unmarked; 86 pages. Drama, based on the Naxalite revolt that caused so much violence in Calcutta in 1970 (and continues in eastern India). Second volume in set of the complete plays of the Bombay playwright and critic, Asif Currimbhoy. ISBN: 0-88253-807-1.

Flexible Cloth. Condition: As New. First Edition. Subtitled: A Play in Four Acts. Writers Workshop Calcutta, 1972 - Very Good+ green flexible cloth covers/Very Good+ paper title label - 8.5" tall - frontis b\w photo of the playwright and his wife - 105 pages. Drama, based on the Bangladesh massacre of 1971, in 4 acts: Act I: March 25, 1971: The Slaughter; Act II: Exodus: The Refugees; Act III: Liberation Forces: The Mukti Bahini; Act IV: The Final War. Title translates: Golden Bengal, based on a poem by Rabindranath Tagore. Fifth volume in a projected set of the complete plays by the Bombay playwright and critic. ISBN: 0-88253-764-4.

Flexible Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. "DARJEELING TEA?" Writers Workshop Calcutta, 1971. Very Good blue flexible handloom cloth covers/Very Good paper title label, 8.5" tall', 64 pages. Drama: post-colonial comedy of manners, in faded British Raj Assam Planter's Club style, circa 1970s India. Third volume in a projected set of plays by Bombay playwright and critic Asif Currimbhoy. ISBN: 0-88253-521-8.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Handbound by Tulamiah with Indian handloom cloth in Calcutta. ; 64 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Paper strip which wraps around covers has a tear to the rear edge, tear and browning to the spine. There are very small tape stains to the endpapers. ; Handbound by Tulamiah with Indian handloom cloth in Calcutta. ; 82 pages.

Flexible Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Writers Workshop Calcutta, 1970. Very Good+ red flexible handloom cloth covers/Very Good+ paper title label/ acetate fitted dust jacket, 8.5" tall; title page carries a copy of the ad for the Martinique Theatre showing of the play on Broadway, 1968; 82 pages. Drama: set in the former Portuguese colony on the west coast of India. First volume in a projected set of complete plays by the Bombay playwright and critic Asif Currimbhoy. ISBN: 0-88253-549-8.

Flexible Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Subtitled: A One-Act Play. Writers Workshop Calcutta, 1973. Very Good red flexible handloom cloth covers/Very Good+ paper title label; 8.5" tall; 3-page listing of Currimbhoy plays from 1959 to 1973 composition dates, production, and publication dates - page featuring b\w ill of 3 posters from Currimbhoy productions; 38 pages. Drama: set in mid 1972 to early 1973, in a Maharashtra (Western India) farmhouse; monsoon drought; generational clash; tension between old and new attitudes; triumph of faith as well as new farming techniques. Eighth volume in a projected set of complete plays by the Bombay playwright and critic Asif Currimbhoy. ISBN: 0-88253-575-7.

Flexible Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Subtitled: A Play in Three Acts. Writers Workshop Calcutta, 1972. Very Good+ blue flexible handloom cloth covers/ Good+ paper title label; 8.5" tall. Afterword by Faubion Bowers. 62 pages. Drama, based on the life and assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The title of the play echoes the title of Gandhi's own autobiography. ISBN: 0-88253-537-4.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. 90pp. Thin flexiback edition, maroon handloom cloth over flexible stiff boards, text in English, play based on the Naxalite revolt in Calcutta,

Condition: New. pp. 38.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 118 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Flexible Cloth. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Writers Workshop, Calcutta, 1974. Good flexible handloom cloth edition/ Very Good paper title/VG acetate dust jacket; 8vo.; 56 pages. Theme: 1974 student unrest in Gujarat; dissolution of the Assembly. The Bombay playwright has written and produced a long list of social and contemporary dramas, such as 'Goa' and 'An Experiment with Truth.' ISBN: 0-88253-842-X.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Lacks jacket. Ink stamp on endpaper, tiny smudge to bottom page ridge. 1972 Hard Cover. A collection of works from the Indian playwright who rose to prominence in the 1960's.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Handbound by Tulamiah with Indian handbound cloth. ; Small 8vo; 105 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Book would be fine but for a barely visible stainin the upper right corner of front panel. Red hand woven cloth over boards. Gilt symbol at center and a woven in pattern at front edge of top board. No ownership or other marks other than a 1/8" spatter mark on three leafs in the preliminaries (glue?). Hand bound by Tulamiah Mohinddeen (label on rear pastedown). Cover shows is unworn. Corners sharp. Binding sound. Hinges and joints undamaged. Not a former library book. Asif Currimbhoy (19281994)[1] is an Indian playwright who wrote in English. He was among the very few Indian dramatists writing plays exclusively in English. He wrote and/or produced over thirty plays in several genres. His work incorporated monologues, choruses, chants, songs, mime, slide projections, and filmed footage. [Wikipedia] ; Writer's Workshop Bluebird [Drama]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 86 pages.

Condition: Good. 1972 first edition Writers Workshop / P. Lal (Kolkata [Calcutta], India), 5 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches tall grey and multi-color Indian handloom cloth hardbound, 62 pp. plus photo of author and publisher's ads. In an age-toned and slightly edgeworn publisher's printed paper wraparound 'belly band' which includes a brief author bio on the inner flap. Covers slightly rubbed and edgeworn, especially lower tips. Very light stain to lower margin of one page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of the Writer's Workshop cloth hardbound, not to be confused with the less expensive (and more common) cloth-covered 'flexibound' edition. ~JJJ~ Drama based on the life and assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The title of the play echoes the title of Gandhi's own autobiography. Author Asif Currimbhoy (b. 1928) is an Indian playwright writing in English. He has been called 'India's first authentic voice in the theatre.' Writers Workshop is a Calcutta, India based literary publisher founded by the poet-professor Purushottama Lal (1929-2010) in 1958. Over the next few decades it published many new authors of post-independence urban literature. Many of these authors later became important literary figures.

First Edition. Paperback, very good+, covers worn, 144 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 2nd Edition. 67 pages. A play involving the Dalai Lama.

171 S., In englischer Sprache. SU mit kleinen Fehlstellen, insgesamt etwas unfrisch. With slight trace of usage. Mit Widmung des Verfassers. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 400 18 cm, kart. (paperback), SU (dustjacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The script of a play set in India. A hardcover book, with a paper band title strip externally protected by a clear plastic cover. There is a gifting dedication signed by the author on the front free end paper as well as the author's name and address sticker. Shows some reading wear but still clean and sound. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK. 5.75"x9". SIGNED COPY.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Gilt title lettering & front cover medallion on boards "handbound by Tulamiah with Indian handloom cloth at 13 Paswarbagan Lane, Calcutta". 8vo, 62pp. plus tipped in picture of the author.

Condition: Very Good. 1962. Paperback. 8vo. A good copy in original dustwrapper slightly worn at edges.History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1962. Paperback. 8vo. A good copy in original dustwrapper slightly worn at edges.History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature. . . . .

Sewn with dustwrapper, 222 pp., with 6 plates of black-and-white photo's, 14x20x1 cm, in very good condition but some wear on dustwrapper.

First Edition. Fine copy in its original embroidered silk with gold embossed motif to the front panel. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 86 pages; Description: 86 p. 23 cm. Subjects: Twentieth Century Indian Drama. Notes: "A Writers Workshop bluebird book. " - Series: The complete plays of Asif Currimbhoy, v. 2. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine copy in its original embroidered silk with gold embossed motif to the front panel. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 86 pages; Description: 86 p. 23 cm. Subjects: Twentieth Century Indian Drama. Notes: "A Writers Workshop bluebird book. " - Series: The complete plays of Asif Currimbhoy, v. 2. 1 Kg.