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ELEPHANTA: THE CAVE OF SHIVA
by Doniger O'Flaherty, Wendy, Michell, George and Berkson, Carmel [Essays by]; Berkson, Carmel [Photographs by]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0691040095
- ISBN 13
- 9780691040097
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983. Hardcover. Quarto, xiii, xvii, 48 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine white with black and brown lettering. Mild soiling wear with minor wear to the edges and partial sticker remnants to front flap. Boards have slight cocking to the spine and slight soiling with light wear to the edges. Text block has light foxing to the head edge and lightly toned fore and tail edges with slight foxing to few pages. Frontispiece. Profusely illustrated with black and white plates and some drawings. 1370408. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1370408
- Title
- ELEPHANTA: THE CAVE OF SHIVA
- Author
- Doniger O'Flaherty, Wendy, Michell, George and Berkson, Carmel [Essays by]; Berkson, Carmel [Photographs by]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0691040095
- ISBN 13
- 9780691040097
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Siva (Hindu deity), art. Sculpture, Hindu, India, Elephanta Island. Cave temples, India, Elephanta Island
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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