Vintage 1965 Springs Of Indian Wisdom Aurobindo Gandhi Herder HC Spiral Illus

Clear plastic wrapper is taped around the boards and spine with multiple wrinkles, air bubbles, and small edge tears. Cream boards beneath show mild surface rubbing and light corner wear. Wire spiral binding is intact and straight, and all pages turn smoothly. Interior pages are clean and unmarked with crisp printing and illustrations, aside from a handwritten gift inscription in blue ink on the front free endpaper.

Title: Springs of Indian Wisdom.

Authors: Selections from Sri Aurobindo Ghose, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Narayana (Hitopadesa), Ramakrishna, Rabindranath Tagore, Bhartrhari, Swami Vivekananda, Mahabharatam, and Ksemendra.

Format: Vintage small hardcover gift book with wire spiral binding and illustrated boards.

Publisher: Herder Book Center, New York; copyright 1965 by Leobuchhandlung.

Publication year: 1965.

Language: English.

Narrative type: Nonfiction compilation of spiritual aphorisms and wisdom sayings.

Subject/Genre: Indian philosophy; religious and spiritual writings; mind, body, and spirit; inspirational quotations.

Intended audience: Adult readers interested in Hindu thought, Eastern spirituality, and reflective inspirational reading.

Physical details: Cream textured boards with a central color floral panel framed by ornamental borders; interior printed on textured off-white stock with black and red calligraphic text and decorative spot illustrations.

Interior features: Unpaginated pages alternating between calligraphed maxims with small red line drawings and full-page color plates of flowers surrounded by blue-and-gold borders, with each text attributed to classical or modern Indian sages and scriptures.

Contents overview: Includes brief passages and sayings from sources such as the Hitopadesa of Narayana, Mahabharatam, Bhartrhari, Ksemendra, and from modern figures including Sri Aurobindo, Gandhi, Ramakrishna, Rabindranath Tagore, and Swami Vivekananda.

Use and context: Suitable as a bedside or meditation companion, a small gift book, or a visual introduction to Indian wisdom literature and aphoristic thought.

Special notes: Spiral-bound hardcover format allows the book to lie flat when open, highlighting individual quotations and illustrations for display or daily contemplation.

Condition details: see condition field.

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