India

Flora Annie Steel

Verlag: A. & C. Black, Ltd., London, 1916

A beautifully illustrated guide to India from Flora Annie Steel. Third impression, 1916. Originally published 1905. Illustrated throughout with seventy-five colour plates and one folding map to the rear. Collated complete. An in-depth study of India with information on: history, Rajputs, Moghuls, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Parseeism, Animism, Bazaars, crafts, temples, women, ascetics, and morals of India. Written by Flora Annie Steel, a writer who lived in British India for 22 years. She was noted especially for books set in the Indian sub-continent or connected with it. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes, an Australian-born British painter, author, printmaker and illustrator. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and edges. Tide marks to the rear board. Rear hinge slightly strained but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 851T49

Bibliografische Details

Titel: India
Verlag: A. & C. Black, Ltd., London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1916
Einband: Cloth
Illustrator: Mortimer Menpes
Zustand: Very Good
Art des Buches: book