Search Results: India from Black Cat Hill Books

Pearl City, HI Jai Ma Music, 1992. Audio Music Cassette One Cassette Tape imn Excellent condition, showing no signs of wear, but has been listened to [Very Near Fine], housed in a plastic jewel case showing minimal wear [Near Fine]. The Gatefold liner notes inserted in the case are also in Excellent condition. Overall, Very Near Fine. Dedicated to 100 Years of Vedanta In America. Audio Music Cassette Tapes. Kindler on Vocals, Autoharp, Cello etc. Daniel Paul on tablas; Gregg Johnson on Tablas, Sulubika on Flutes; Amal Divakaran on Sitar; Rose Cabanlit- Vocals and Recitations and a Women's Choir. Devotions centered on Ramakrisha and his Teachings.

Gorakhpur, India Gita Press, 1973. Hardcover Twenty-First Edition [1973]. Good: Shows significant indications of use. Binding shows slight spine lean; moderate wear to extremities; some darkening, soiling, and rubbing. Binding remains secure; text clean. Overall, remains a sturdy, reading copy with a clean text. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 64mo. 401pp. Sanskrit Text and English Translation. Introduction by Jayadayal Goyandka. Unstamped brown coarse-weave cloth spine with sides of printed paper over boards. Twenty-First Edition [1973].Hardback: Lacks DJ.

Rajneeshpuram, Oregon Rajneesh Foundation International, 1984. Paperback First Edition [1984], so stated. First Edition [1984], so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the wrapper covers; hairline crease at the backstrip; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Shows light wear, but remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 533pp. + Index. Mass Market Paperback.

Cambridge, UK Allborough Press, 1990. Paperback First Ed, so stated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Ed, so stated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use; binding square and secure; text clean. Just a hint of wear to extremities; mildest rubbing; very faint crease at lower rear corner. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 180pp; photographs. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

Punjab, India Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1986. Hardcover Seventh Edition. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. xlv+256pp. glossary. index. Glossy black & white photographs of Hazur Maharaj Baba Swan Singh Ji & Mahara Charan Singh. Contents include: The Miracles, A Satsang, The Master, Spiritual Experiences of Sant Mat, On Divine Word, The End by Dr Pierre Schmidt, etc. Seventh Edition. Hardback with DJ. 

Meerut, India Meenakshi Prakashan, 1966. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Very Good in Good DJ: Book shows indications of light use: light wear to extremities; slightest spine lean; inked price at front free endpaper. Binding remains quite secure; text clean. DJ shows fairly heavy wear; some loss to chipping and rubbing at extremities; one-inch chip at the heel of the backstrip; faint soiling; mild rubbing; price intact; mylar-protected. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 139pp. Map Endpapers. Hardback with DJ.

London, UK Judy Piatkus Publishers Ltd. , 1997. Paperback First Edition [1991]; Fourth Printing [1997]. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only minute indications of use; a single, barely discernible crease at backstrip; the pages have tanned ever so slightly, due to aging; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Certainly appears unread. Just about 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 184pp. First Edition [1991]; Fourth Printing [1997]. Trade Paperback.

Bangalore, India Asian Trading Corporation, 1993. Paperback First Ed thus, though unstated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Ed thus, though unstated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use; binding square and secure; text clean. Just a hint of wear to extremities; mildest rubbing. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 283pp. Paperback. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Dehli, India Arnold-Heinemann, 1972. Hardcover First Edition; Second Printing [1976]. Very Good in Very Good DJ: Book shows light wear to extremities; some bleeding of binding glue apparent at endpapers; shadow where sticker has been removed at front free endpaper; backstrip lightly sunned; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows several small, closed tears at top edge; slight loss at upper extremities; moderate rubbing and faint, but pervasive soiling; price intact; mylar-protected. A clean, sturdy, presentable copy in a like DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 88pp. Illustrated with 24 black & white photographic plates. This is the Arnold-Heinemann Edition, published in Dehli, India in 1972. First Edition; Second Printing [1976]. Hardcover with DJ. This is a concise but compact book giving brief introduction to various gods in Hinduism in a lucid style and clear simple language. It deals with two saleint aspects of this fascinating religion: a) the nature of God and b).… Read More

New York, NY Random House, Inc., 1997. Paperback First Ed Thus: Advance Reader. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use; binding square and secure; text clean. Just a hint of wear to extremities. Virtually 'As New' in slipcase which shows light wear to extremities [about Near Fine]. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 321pp. Note: Advance Readers Edition (ISBN here: 0375750258). Paperback in Slipcase. Author's first book and winner of the 1997 Booker Prize.

Van Nuys, CA Apsara Media for Intercultural Education, 1991. Paperback First Ed, unstated. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Ed, unstated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use; binding square and secure; text clean. Just a hint of wear to extremities; mildest rubbing; faint staining at outside edges. Remains very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 230pp. Paperback. The Hindu Gods and Goddesses conduct fieldwork on Earthculture, trying to determine what went wrong with their creation before it must be destroyed. In Hi-Tech Shiva, they are actually Western scholars disguised as heavenly researchers using state-of-the-art documentary techniques and technologies. Data collected from courtesans and swamis presented at soirees lead to hearings in the Heavenly Assembly when even the highly respected Viswanathan, the creator of the universe, finds himself under the gavel of the portly judge, Lord Ganesha. Squabbles over… Read More

New York, NY McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1958. Hardcover First Edition USA (1958), unstated. Good+ in Fair DJ: Book shows slight spine lean; moderate shelfwear along bottom edge of cloth-covered boards; mild discoloration at head and heel of backstrip; front hinge just starting. Binding remains secure, despite this last; text clean. DJ shows large chip at lower front corner; small ships at other extremities; two two-inch tears at bottom edge rear face; mild to moderate rubbing; price-clipped; mylar-protected. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Folio. (12.8 x 10.65 x 0.85). xviii,107 pages. 70 full-colour photographs by Suzanne Hausammann. Language: English. Weight: 42 ounces. First Edition USA (1958), unstated, probable later printing. Hardback with DJ.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall, 1976. Trade Paperback First Edition Thus; First Printing indicated. Very Good + in Wraps: just a touch of wear to extremities; mildest rubbing and faint soiling to wrapper covers; binding square and secure; text clean. A very handsome copy. NOT a book-club edition. NOT a remainder. NOT an ex-library copy. 8vo. 301pp. First Edition Thus; First Printing indicated. Academic Press Paperback.

New York, NY Ballantine: Fawcett Crest, 1989. Paperback First Edition Thus [1989], so stated. First Edition Thus [1989], so stated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only minor indications of light use. Book shows short tear in rear panel near rear hinge and affecting the last few pages of the book; nevertheless, binding square and secure; text clean. Remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable, but not longer quite 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. Not a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 12mo. 194pp. Mass Market Paperback. Mukherjee's central preoccupation is the problematical nature of personal encounters between East and West. These expertly crafted tales all turn on recent Third World immigrant experience in or closely affected by North America. Mukherjee's keen eye for telling and sensuous detail make these stories rewarding. Her limpid prose has a capacity to surprise with trenchant wit and delight with finely calibrated lyricism. 

New York, NY New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1988. Hardcover First Edition USA [1988], so stated. First Edition USA [1988], so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. The Book shows a bit of crimping at the heel of the backstrip; two pages in the text have been dog-eared, apparently inadvertently; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. The DJ is flawlwss but for a hint of toning to the outside edges of the inside front flap; also, the DJ is slightly mis-folded on the book, so that the titles at the back strip are not perfectly centered; the price has not been clipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.25 x 5.75 x 0.85 inches). 196 pages. Weight: 12.6 ounces. Hardback with DJ. 0811210936

Atlanta, GA Scholar's Press, 1990. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. Near Fine: shows only the most minute indications of use. Mild rubbing to sheen. Binding shows the slightest spine lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 130pp. AAR Studies in Religion, No. 56. First Ed, unstated. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. Ramakrishna was a nineteenth-century Bengali devotee of Kali, the Hindu goddess of death and destruction. He assumed the demeanor and dress of a woman, acted like a monkey, a child, a madman, and a comedian at various times during his career. Using the concept of play (lila), as both spontaneous activity and dramatic performance on behalf of Kali, Carl Olson provides a interpretive key for unlocking Ramakrishna's life and his often contradictory forms of behavior. Olson places Ramakrishna in his social and historical context, examines his relationship to women, and… Read More

Berkeley, CA University of California Press, 1980. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ price unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. 8vo. 192pp. Hermeneutics & Studies in the History of Religions. First Ed, unstated. Hardback with DJ. "For centuries translators of the Rg Veda (ca. 1500 B.C.) have been perplexed by the presence of passages whose meanings seem hopelessly obscure, their associations buried in the remote past. In this innovative study, the author deals with the Rg Veda as a work of literature rather than as a philological puzzle, making these passage intelligible and establishing their importance in the development of the classical Indian world view. Using methodology of recent literary criticism, Willard Johnson focuses on the need to understand these difficult passages in terms of their form and the context in which this… Read More

Titan Township, Hosur, India Vedsri Publications, 2004. Paperback First Edition [2004], so stated. First Edition [2004], so stated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to extremities; mildest rubbing. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 226pp. Edited by N. Kalyan Kumar. Trade Paperback.

South Fallsburg, NY SYDA Foundation, 2002. Audio Cassette One Audio Cassette Tape in Near New condition, showing no flaws, but has been played, housed in a clear crystal plastic case, which shows some rubbing, but is uncracked, unchipped and fully functional [Very Good]+, and with all colorful liner notes and promotional material intact and in Like New condition. Overall, Near Fine. Audio Book: Cassette Tapes.

San Rafael, CA Mandala Publishing , 2001. Paperback First Edition thus [2001], not explicitly stated. First Edition thus [2001], not explicitly stated. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches). 175pp. Weight: 12.4 ounces. Trade Paperback. This collection of discourses delivered between 1997 and 2000 encapsulate insightful analogies and lucid commentary on the essence of the divine teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and the saints of ancient India. The author was initiated into the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of bhakti yoga propagated by Sri Chaitanya, the 15th century master of devotional ecsatsy. In 1979 he became the president of Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Matha, which has over 20 ashrams in India alone.