First edition with the Pogany illustrations. 4to. xvi, 182 pp. 12 full-page black-and-white plates. Inscribed by Pogany on the half title in 1941 to arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson "this far-eastern saga for those of Ultima Thule." Original silver-stamped black cloth (one small white paint smudge on spine), black-and-white pictorial onlay on upper board (large chip to upper corner affecting image). (#5290).

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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); Illustrated by Willy Pogany

Publisher

David McKay, Philadelphia, (PA)

Publication Date

1932

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

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