THE LIGHT OF ASIA, OR THE GREAT RENUNCIATION (MAHABHINISHKRAMANA) Being The Life and Teaching of Gautama Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (As Told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist) by Sir Edwin Arnold. [A New Edition – Ramage Full Leather Binding]

Sir Edwin Arnold

Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1899

About this Item

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1890, A New Edition.

Ramage full leather binding with gilt decoration to the spine and boards, blue crushed morocco leather faded to brown on the spine, page edges gilt, leather turn-ins to the paste downs, with pictorial paper paste downs and end papers, the binder?s name in gilt to the front paste down, pages gently tanned, illustrated throughout.

Pagination: xviii, [3], 22-240pp.

Provenance: inscribed for F Farrer to the front.

Approximately 6 ¼ inches (16cm) tall.



Condition Report

Externally

Spine ? good condition ? faded to brown, gilt decoration, rubbed and worn.
Joints ? good condition ? rubbed and worn.
Corners ? good condition ? rubbed, bumped and worn through the leather.
Boards ? good condition ? gilt decorated crushed morocco boards with marks and wear.
Page edges ? good condition ? all edges gilt.
Binding ? good condition ? attractive.
See above and photos.

Internally

Hinges ? good condition ? sound.
Paste downs ? good condition ? pictorial paper with gilt decorated turn-ins, binder?s stamp in gilt to the base leather.
End papers ? good condition ? pictorial paper, subsequently tanned with foxing to front and rear.
Title ? good condition ? tanned.
Pages ? good condition ? tanned, minor marks and foxing.
See photos.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1774426407213

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE LIGHT OF ASIA, OR THE GREAT RENUNCIATION (MAHABHINISHKRAMANA) Being The Life and Teaching of Gautama Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (As Told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist) by Sir Edwin Arnold. [A New Edition ? Ramage Full Leather Binding]
• Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London
• Publication Date: 1899
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Leather Bindings
  • Ramage Fine Leather Bindings