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Rubbed. Corner bumped. Spine chipped. Just Good. 10pp photoplates. Indian Dermatology Gujarat University Ahmedabad 1982 wrappers. 21x13cm, 72,(10) pp., Rear cover has been replaced.

Minor rubbing, light cover & page-edge soil, VG. Biblical Exegesis Routledge New York / London (1999) orig.cloth 24x15cm, xii, 444 pp. Contains 24 papers. Includes: A.J. Saldarini "Asceticism & the Gospel of Matthew"; M.A. Tolbert "Asceticism & Mark's Gospel"; S.J. Patterson " Askesis & the Early Jesus Tradition"; S.R. Garrett "Beloved Physician of the Soul? Luke as Advocate for Ascetic Practice"; A. Smith " 'Full of Spirit & Wisdom': Luke's Portrait of Stephen (Acts 6:1-8:1a) as a Man of Self-Mastery"; T.K. Seim "Children of the Resurrection: Perspectives on Angelic Asceticism in Luke-Acts"; D. Rensberger "Asceticism & the Gospel of John"; J.S. Kloppenborg "Making Sense of Difference: Asceticism, Gospel Literature, & the Jesus Tradition"; R.F. Hock "God's Will at Thessalonica &Greco-Roman Asceticism"; E.A. Castelli "Disciplines of Difference: Asceticism… Read More

Minor rubbing, VG. Medieval Literature Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemia Helsinki 1949 orig.wrappers 24x16cm, 83,(1) pp, Series: Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemia Toimituksia, Sarja B., Nide 62 , 2. Contents: Introduction; Analyse de 'Du secretain moine'; SoM, DS et SM, Manuscrits; Classement des manuscrits; Etude linguistique: Langue du poeme;Langue des manuscrits; Texte; Redactions a part; Notes explicatives; Glossaire; Table des noms propres.

Minor rubbing. Some cover soil. Small tear to flyleaf. Good. Sanskrit Philology Ganganathajhakendriyasa Prayagah [Allahabad] 1992 orig.cloth 24x15cm, xv,(42),650 pp, Series: Ganganathajhakendriyasamskrtavidyapithagranthamala, 33. Contains a 5-page English foreword. Remainder of text in Sanskrit [ Devanagari characters] Classical commentary on Nyayasutra of Gautama, an aphoristic work on Nyaya philosophy.

Minor rubbing. VG. text. tables Dravidian Linguistics Karolinum Prague 2002 orig. wrappers 20x14cm, 359 pp., Series : Studia Orientalia Pragensia, 22. Contents: Introduction: Preliminaries; Formal and semantic "clusters; " Water-visocisty-cold" as a formal and semantic cluster; Formal classification; Water, moist / to flow, to pour; Viscosity / to smear; Cold / ice; Conclusion; References; Appendixes: Appendix I."Water"-" viscosity"-"cold": forms with medial labials or velars and initial vowels; Appendix II. "Water"-"viscosity"-"cold": forms with medial liquids; Appendix III. Sipping/drinking/ chewing/ eating, kissing; Appendix IV. To rot, to decay; Appendix V. to cut, break, dig, pierce, beat, strike; Appendix VI. Japanese and FU parallels; Appendix VII. Select Phonetic Correspondences.

Minor rubbing. VG. Ural-Altaic Linguistics Nakladetelstvi Triton Prague (2002) orig.wrappers 20x14cm, 185 pp Contains 6 papers. includes: A. Oberfalzerová "Formal Aspects of Metaphorical Speech in Mongolia"; V. Kapisovská "Preliminary Study of Loanwords in Modern Mongolian: Communicative Approach to Lexical Integration"; E. Johnová "Mongolian Loanwords in Contact with Christianity"; J. Lubsangdorji "Buddhist Lamas & Mongolian"; V. Zikmundová " ' Iconopeia' in Mongolian and Manchu"; J. Vacek "Emphasizing & Interrogative Enclitic Particles in Dravidian and Altaic".

Minor rubbing. VG. History of Religion Asiatic Society Calcutta (1993) orig.wrappers 23x15cm, x,101 pp., A facsimile reprint of the 1945 edition. Series: Bibliotheca Indica, vol. 268.

Some rubbing. Corner bumps. Good. Tamil Literature Verrivel Mincara Accakam Tancavur 1998 Reprint orig. wrappers 22x13cm, (76),173,(16)p, Series: Tancai Sarsvati Mahal veliyitu, 66. Text entirely in Tamil. Consists of approximately 135 Siddha (Tamil Ayurvedic) prescriptions for the treatment of digestive diseases researched and practised under the patronage of Serfoji II, Raja of Tanjore, fl. 1798-1832.

Minor rubbing. VG. Tamil Literature Caracuvati Makal Tancavur 1998 2-am patippu. orig. wrappers 21x13cm, 138 pp., Series: Tancavur Caracuvati Makal veliyitu, en 50. Text entirely in Tamil. Concerning tala in Carnatic music. Mulappakuti Tamililum Camaskiruta moliyilum ullatu. Patippaciriyar, K. Vacuteva Castiri.

Some wear. Good. Tamil Literature Caracuvati Makal Nulnilaiy Tancavur [Tanjore] (2003) Reprint. orig. wrappers 21x13cm, (330) pp, Series: Tañcai Caracuvati Makal veliyitu, en. 28. Published in an edition of 500 copies. Tamil text. Prefatory matter in English and Tamil. Treatment for ear, nose & throat ailments according to the Siddha system in Tamil Ayurvedic medicine. ["The present volume is the fifth in the series of 18 books containing the tested recipes of Serfoiji Rajah..,.the [266] recipes contained in this book relate to the organs in the head, i.e, above the neck..,." - from Preface].

Some rubbing. Two small pinholes to text. Good. Sanskrit Philology Sarasvatimaha Granthalay Tañjapuri [Tanjore] 1955 boards 20x13cm, (39), 143 pp., Binder's crude blind cloth-backed boards with original front-cover wrapper bound-in. On the science of pulse reading for medical diagnosis in Hindu medicine. Consists of a 3-page English introduction + 36pp Tamil text + 143pp Sanskrit text with Tamil translation. Series: Tañjapuri Sarasvatimahalaya granthamala; puspam 68.

Some rubbing. Light corner bump. Good. 16pp photoplates Algeria Harmann Haack Gotha 1955 orig. boards 27x19cm,, (4),99,(16) pp, Orig.cloth-backed boards. Includes textual maps & diagrams + 16pp photoplates + 3 folding tables in rear

Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper. Textual illustrations. American Drug Industry Cambridge University Press Cambridge 2004 orig.boards 24x15cm, xi,301 pp. "In Medicine, Science, and Merck, the authors trace the careers of a son of Greek immigrants as he mastered three professions and ultimately became the Chief Executive Officer of America's most admired corporation - the multinational, pharmaceutical giant, Merck & Co., Inc. As the authors show,there was hope even for a wise-cracking kid living through the hard times of the 1930s. Education brought out the scholar in Roy Vagelos, who left his family's small restaurant to attend the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia's Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. At NIH, he mastered biochemistry; at Washington University he became a distinguished science administrator; and at Merck, he headed the pharmaceutical industry's most innovative laboratory and then became its CEO. Throughout, he never lost touch with… Read More

Rubbed. Some cover discoloration. Just Good. Textual graphs & tables. Indian Social Movements Sangam Publishers Madras [1972] orig. cloth 22x14cm, viii,150 pp., Library bookplates & cardpocket to flyleaves. Rubberstamps to title-page. Some stains to flyleaves.

Iranian Political History n.p. 1360 [1981 CE] 21x14cm, 8 pp. Text entirely in Persian. An issue of a dissident Communist periodical issued in 1981.

Minor rubbing, VG. Slavic Linguistics n.p. Helsinki 1964 orig. wrappers 191 pp, 25x16cm, A festschrift containing 30 papers [9 in German,5 in French, 3 in English,9in Russian,2 in Polish]. Includes: P. Ariste "Estnisches in der niederdeutschen Sprache im Baltikum"; S.B. Bernstein "Iz 'Karpatskoto dialektologicheskogo Atlas' " ; W.B. Edgerton "Leskov's Parody on Gogol: Otbornoe zerno": K-O. Falk "Ze studiow nad hydronimia suwalska: Jeglowek, Jegloweczek, Jegliniec; A.V. Isacenko "Un juron russe du XVIe siecle"; V. Machek "Zu den slavischen Benennungern fur unfreie Personen"; A. Rosetti " Sur la diphtongaison de 'e' et 'o' accentues en roumain"; J. Striedter " Zur Entstehungsgeschichte von Puskins 'Zenich' "; M. Widnas "Uber die russischen Komposita"; etc.

Rubbed. Good. Sanskrit Philology Mithila Institute Darbhanga 1963 orig. wrappers 25x16cm, xxvi,280 pp., Series: Mithila Institute of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Sanskrit Learning, Buddhist Sanskrit Texts; no, 3. Includes a 9-page Introduction in English by Sitansusekhar Bagchi. Remainder of text entirely in Devanagari script.

Spine chipped. Some spine tears & bumps. Good. Dravidian Linguistics Panjabi University Patiala 1980 orig. wrappers 22x28cm,, xvii,341 pp,, This is "Pakha Sanjam, Vol. X, 1980: Studies in Dravidian Linguistics, no. 1". Cover title. Contains 18 papers. Includes: K. Paramasivam "Relative Chronology of Tolkappiyam & Early Sangam"; S. Seetha "Rhythmic Settings of the Tiruppugazh Hymns"; V.I. Subramoniam "Development of the Language & Literature of South India"; P. Thirugnanasambardham "The Way of Life of Ancient Tamils"; M. Arunachalam "Gnomic Poetry in the Tamil Language"; S. Vaidyanathan "Lexical Borrowings in Medieval Tamil"; C. Karthikeyani "A Note on the Use of Grantha & Tamil Scripts in Tamil Inscriptions"; N. Kumaraswami Raja "Germinate Dental/Alveolar Nasal in Malayalam"; P.S. Subrahmanyam "From Proto-Dravidian to Telegu", etc.

Minor rubbing, VG. History of Philosophy Oxford University Press New York / Oxford 1997 orig.boards 24x16cm, xii,250 pp Contents: God; The Soul; Free Will; Space & Time; Miracles & Nature; Matter & Force.

Rubbed. Spine chipped,. Some page corners creased. Good. Lithuanian Immigrant Drama Spauda "Kataliko" Chicago 1910 orig.wrappers 19x10cm, 75 pp., Some pencilled writing to rear endpaper. Text entirely in Lithuanian. Drama, published by a Lithunaian immigrant press. "mintis paimta is P. Heize dramos "Marija is Magdales".