THE NAGA KING'S DAUGHTER

New York: Atheneum, 1965. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Photos. 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine and blind-stamped title on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with photo of Thai temple; profusely illustrated with color and B&W photos of Thai and Malaysian Buddhistic and naga sites plus maps, yellow endpapers, publisher's red topstain, 247 pages + [2] Re: Stewart Wavell. Stewart Wavell (1921-2010), was a British-Malayan and BBC broadcaster, sound recordist and writer, and a member of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. This is the story of the 1962 Cambridge University anthropological expedition through the Malay Peninsula in search for lost civilizations and cultural survivals. <br/><br/>The N ga are divine, semi-divine deities, or a semi-divine race of half-human half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld (Patala) and sometimes take human form. Mythological, they are typically represented in association with snakes by Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains. <br/><br/>A female naga is called a Nagi and is the king of nagas and naginis. <br/><br/>SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, bright copy with bright illustrations (no foxing). Complete and colorful dust jacket (unclipped) with light wear and traces of soil on the rear panel. No previous owner or remainder marks.