From ALEXANDER POPE, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since October 9, 2023
About this Item
Translated by the author from the original Bengali. 1919 later printing of the First 1913 US Edition. He dedicates the work to W.B. Yeats.Text is clean and unmarked throughout 146 pp. faded dk. blue cloth covers Worn, chipped at the top of the spine. No dustjacket. Interior clean Front hinge is starting. Portrait frontispiece of the author- aged 16- by Gaganendra Nath Tagore. Here is a part of the dialogue at the beginning of the book, between the Queen and the Servant: " QUEEN. What will your duties be? SERVANT. The service of your idle days. I will keep fresh the grassy path where you walk in the morning, where your feet will be greeted with praise at every step by the flowers eager for death. I will swing you in a swing among the branches of the saptaparna, where the early evening moon will struggle to kiss your skirt through the leaves. I will replenish with scented oil the lamp that burns by your bedside, and decorate your footstool with sandal and saffron paste in wondrous designs.". Seller Inventory # 42913
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Gardener
Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
Publication Date: 1919
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition.
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