First edition, first printing. 192pp, richly illustrated in full colour. Pictorial, laminated boards. 4to. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust wrapper, very slightly bumped on extreme edges. Dust wrapper now protected in a removable Mylar-style clear film sleeve.
A handsome and imposing volume produced to showcase Indian arts, culture and history as part of the 1987 Festival of India, a large-scale cultural exchange between India and the then Soviet Union, also known as Apne Utsav. Includes well-illustrated essays on The Great Rivers of India; Classical Dance in India; Tribal India - Continuity and Change; The Other Face of Indian Cinema; Hindustani Music; Ancient Indian Systems of Medicine; Contemporary Indian Architecture; Recollections of Indian Cuisine; Karnatak Music; South Indian Bronzes; The Tradition of Toys; Islamic Calligraphy in India and more.
