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The Wise Beasts of Hindustan
by Pike H W
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cardiff, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Carey Press. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pike H W. Undated circa 1920. Assumed first edition. In very good condition without dust jacket. Pictorial boards lightly rubbed to top and tail of spine and to corners. School Prize plate to front end paper dated 1924, and name erased from half title page otherwise clean. With eight full page colour illustrations by the author and further line drawings to the text. Containing two sections, 'Friendship' and secondly 'Treachery', these stories are taken from the old Indian classic called Hitopadesha. The original stories are embedded in a mass of moral maxims and here the author has taken considerable liberty with one or two of the stories to make an attractive and readable book for children, and not an English version of an India classic
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- Bookseller
- Andrew James Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003958
- Title
- The Wise Beasts of Hindustan
- Author
- Pike H W
- Illustrator
- Pike H W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Carey Press
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS TALES ANTIQUE, INDIAN STORIES, ANIMAL
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
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