Sirhandi marcella nesom sirhandi marcella (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 120 Illus.

Small folio, 30.5cm. Pp. 176, 266 colour illustrations, bibliogr., index. Hardbound, with pictiorial dust-jacket. Spine of jacket a little faded, like new otherwise.

First Edition. First edition, 4to, pp. 120; numerous photographic illustrations throughout, some in color; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "In 1930, the celebrated American photographer Richard Gordon Matzene made a unique series of portraits of the ruling families of Nepal. Matzene's previous portraits of Indian royalty, admired by the Nepalese, facilitated an invitation from Nepal. Wary of British imperialist intent, which was frighteningly real in neighboring India, Nepal at that time maintained a closed-border policy. Matzene, upon reaching Kathmandu after an arduous journey over formidable terrain, was only the 27th foreigner to enter the country. The handsome aristocrats and sumptuously adorned women in his immaculate portraits are here identified and their biographies fitted into the panoply of Nepalese court drama and intrigue" (jacket blurb).…

Zustand: Good. 4to. 127 pp. Soft Covers, Very Good. Color plates, map. Catalogue of an exhibition held Feb. 9-July 17, 1994, at Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, Calif.

Hardcover. Two large hardback volumes housed in the illustrated slipcase. pp 497 + 244. Lavishly illustrated in full colour. illustrations throughout, slipcase slightly bumped & worn, a nice set. Two volumes celebrating the life and work of the Indian artist Mohan Samant (1924-2004), an early Indian modernist painter and member of the Progressive Artists Group NB: AS THIS IS A LARGE AND HEAVY SET AN EXTRA SHIPPING COST MAY APPLY. Book.…