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Rai Sahib M. Gulab Singh & Sons, 1925. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1925. No Edition Stated. 703 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with black lettering. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper, with pencil notes to rear endpapers. Rear hinge cracked. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Moderate sunning to spine.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Banaras: Lazarus, 1879. In 8, pp. XXIV + 1216 + IX + (3). Firma d possesso al frontespizio di Padre Dominic Daunderer. Restauro al verso del frontespizio. Testo su due colonne. Legatura in mz. pl. coeva. Edizione originale di questo dizionario indostano-inglese: the dictionary 'was replete with 'illustrations from Hindustani literature and folklore' but also paid special attention to women and women's language. Fallon was a PhD from Halle University and a product of a German school of folklore. His dictionary differentiated between elite and rustic speech but also added a third, or female dialect... Fallon was a lesser known member of the generation of neo-orientalists that opened up European knowledge of the 'little Indias'...' (Bayly, Empire & information. Intelligence gathering and social communication in India , 1780-1870'). All'interno del dizionario e' conservata una lettera manoscritta autografa su carta intestata 'Lackatoorah Tea Estate Sylhet' indirizzata a Padre Dominic Daunderer, padre… Read More