Baveja J D (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 147, v pages; Foreword by Verrier Elwin, D.Sc. (Oxon). Illustrated with photographs, large folding map of Assam and Nefa tipped in at rear. Contents clean and tight in original cream coloured boards in edgeworn dustjacket with chipping and staining (now in protective mylar cover); rear board has superfical stain. This work is an account of the author's travels to the tribal areas of Assam, NEFA, and the Naga Hills Tuensang area describing the cultural and social life of the people with a particular interest in the music and song of the region. The last two chapters "Tribal Faith" and "Tribal Dances" bring out the unity of the tribal outlook in the fields of religion ad artistic expression.

Hardcover. Unpaginated preliminaries, 146p., v, illustrated from b&w photography (portraits, sites), and provides a huge folded line-drawn map bound in at terminus. Enclosed in the dust jacket; a hardbound item in 8.5x5.5 inch blank white boards with all titling on dj, this casing is sound but stained and mildly dust-soiled, while the dj has suffered small chips to head and tail of spine panel, and also a stain to rear panel. The big map, measuring 19x18 inches, is somewhat mis-folded and is a simple affair with next to no detail. The ffep is inscribed and signed by a lady datelining "Assam, India, Dec. 1963".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good in a Very Good jacket. 152pp 8vo. India.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+ for genre. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st ed. unpaginated prelims+146+5 (pub.list)+large unfolding map attached to back pastedown, 20 ills on 12 pp. ex-pagination; from p.103 onwards the bottom outers corners are affected by reddish-brown water staining of varying degrees of severity and this corner of back endpaper is torn off (c. 1 cm square missing), the cream board covers are mostly quite clean but bottom spine and bottom outer corner of back water-stained as before (as is corresponding corner of rear pastedown, map seems unaffected however and is in excellent condition), bottom edges of cover quite rubbed in places exposing underlying board; unclipped jacket quite clean and bright on front and back, though front has a fairly innocuous brownish mark to front edge, spine a little darkened but more seriously both ends are chipped, more so bottom and there is a small chip top front beside spine, a few other minor nicks and rubbings. Despite the faults, a generally clean and quite unmarked copy of this rather scarce work full of post-independence enthusiasm for the culture and character of the various indigenous peoples of the North East frontier region.

Hardcover. Condition: Good and Sound. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Original boards gilt. Illus. A sound, tight copy that is somewhat dusty. Plain paper dw which is chipped.

EA. Mit zahlreichen Fotograf. Abbildungen auf Tafeln sowie einer mehrfach gefalteten Karte (49,5x51cm). OPpBd. 7 Bl., 147 S. , v. 8°. OU. Umschlag mit kleinem Ausriß, sonst sehr gut.