From the Five Rivers

Flora Annie Steel

Verlag: William Heinemann, London, 1897

Beschreibung

A charming scarce collection of short stories by Flora Annie Steel, who lived in British India for twenty-two years, and was noted for her works set in the Indian sub-continent. The third impression of this scarce work, which was first published in September 1893.In the original pictorial cloth binding.Consisting of eight short stories, and the four part 'Songs of the People' collection to the rear.The 1911 edition of the 'Encyclopædia Britannica' names this as one of her two best works.Steel is best remembered for her 1896 novel 'On the Face of the Waters' about the Indian Mutiny.With a thirty-two page publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with discolouration to board perimeters. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, with significant spotting and handling marks throughout. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 898F32

Bibliografische Details

Titel: From the Five Rivers

Verlag: William Heinemann, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1897

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Good

Art des Buches: book