104 pages, plus 126 black and white plates. The pages are tanned, else the book is in immaculate condition, clean, unmarked and solid. "Result of years of scholarly work, The Cult of Desire is the first of a five-volume study of the treatment of Passion in Indian Religion, art and society during the last 2,500 years. This volume brings the tale up to the stage of India's erotic sculpture which phenomenon it fully examines and explains" (back flap)