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Alex Comfort, trans.; pref. W. G. Archer.
The Koka Shastra, Being the Ratirahasya of Kokkoka, and other Medieval Indian Writings on Love.

Published London: George Allen and Unwin, 1964.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; coloured tops.
Printed in the UK by Simson Shand.
Size: 145x220x18mm.
Page count: 172pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is rather yellowed with age, its edges and corners somewhat ragged; the book itself is somewhat yellowed on the page edges, but generally looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.


This item £10.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 382g.

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Contents: translates the Koka Shastra in full; a long introduction discusses and gives extensive quotes from several other related texts, though these are not given separate translations.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: 1

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 2pp
Index: no


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