Bhagavad Gita; the Song Celestial.
by Arnold, Edwin (Trans. ) ; Shri Sri Prakasa (Intro) & Y. G. Srimati (Illust.)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Heritage Press. Near Fine. 1965. Hardcover in slipcase. Color Plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 256 pages; 1965 Heritage Press. Slipcased hardcover is soundly bound and clean in pictorial yellow cloth with titles in gilt on red at spine. Housed in original red paper covered slipcase with pictorial emblems in yellow to sides. Slipcase is solid with light shelf rubbing to the corner tips. Clotth a trifle toned at spine. Moderate offset toning to endpages; contents bright and neat. Sanskrit text on verso with facing recto page in English translated by Arnold. Illustrated with striking full page color plates from paintings by Srimati. Sanglass preospectus laid in at front. VG in VG slipcase ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- DogStar Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52510
- Title
- Bhagavad Gita; the Song Celestial.
- Author
- Arnold, Edwin (Trans. ) ; Shri Sri Prakasa (Intro) & Y. G. Srimati (Illust.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
Terms of Sale
DogStar Books
15 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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