Published by Drane's, London, 1924
Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 185.07
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Add to basketCondition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-. Compelling jacket artwork graces this compilation of short stories, mostly of an Oriental bent. An uncommon imprint. Book itself very good; jacket somewhat worn and marked, but overall good. Compelling jacket artwork graces this compilation of short stories, mostly of an Oriental bent. An uncommon imprint. Book.
Published by Drane's, London, 1924
ISBN 13: 0031083739051
Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 421.55
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCondition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. Original green boards. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-. A little very light foxing; boards VG; jacket with some chipping/edge wear and loss to corners, some mostly light marking. An uncommon first edition of this collection published by an uncommon imprint. Many of the tales revolve around a consulting detective agency in Calcutta, as in the author's coeval work Benjamin & Co., and despite a tendency towards some rather "old school" jingoism and misogyny do include some rather wonderfully evocative sketches of colonial life in India. Book.