Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books, 1954 Third printing. The Pelican History of art series - plan was to be 48 volumes when complete. Edited by Nicholas Pevsner. 289 pages plus 190 pages of B&W photo plates on slick paper. 49 text figure drawings. 24 chapters. 4to. Red cloth stamped in gilt and black. near Fine condition. Clean and tight. Poor dust jacket chipped and torn in new clear acetate protector. near Fine/ Poor..

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Bookseller: Cultural Connection (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 15178
Title: The Art and Architecture of India -- Buddhist - Hindu - Jain
Author: Rowland, Benjamin
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Books
Place of Publication: Baltimore, Maryland
Date Published: 1954
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Home to collectible and scarce or rare hard to find books and quality collectible fine art including wood sculpture, limited edition cast marble sculpture, paintings and wood block prints. Our book inventory has a large number of first editions, books autographed by the author, maps, limited editions and books with engravings. We have many scarce and collectible books. Our book specialties are art, archaeology, history, natural history, and fiction. Our art collection includes African tribal art, American, antiques, Asian, Eskimo, European, Far Eastern, Indian, Mid Eastern, 17th, 18th and 19th century, 20th century, contemporary, and Precolumbian art.

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Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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"...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Poor: A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...