Folk Tales and Fairy Stories from India
by Sudhin N. Ghose
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. Fine. 13" by 8". Shrimati E. Carlile. A fine copy of this collection of traditional Indian fairy tales by Sudhindra Nath Ghose, illustrated by Shrimati E. Carlile. The first edition of this Limited Edition work. This is copy number three-hundred and thirty-four of five hundred produced.Illustrated with six plates, printed in black and brown, by Shirmati E. Carlile. Collated, complete.A wonderful selection of folk tales and fairy stories originating in India, relayed by Sudhindra Nath Ghose, a novelist and lecturer, whose writings appeared in Sylvia Pankhurst's Workers' Dreadnought and her literary magazine Germinal.Ghose's writings constitute some of the earliest examples of fiction written in English by a South Asian author, and published in Britain. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 833F52
- Title
- Folk Tales and Fairy Stories from India
- Author
- Sudhin N. Ghose
- Illustrator
- Shrimati E. Carlile
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Golden Cockerel Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 13" by 8"
- Keywords
- indian folk tales indian literarature Shrimati Carlile Sudhindra Nath Ghose indian literarature
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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