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Published by George Routledge & Sons [1924], London, 1924
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Goloubew, V. (illustrator). First Edition. No signatures. Corners of boards bumped and bruised. Some bruising to cloth at head of spine. ; No date [1924]. [vi], 267, [1] pages + frontispiece. Blue cloth boards. Page dimensions: 185 x 120mm. Illustrated from native designs by V. Goloubew. "This story passes at Nepal, at an imaginary period prodigiously remote. It is the story of the last existence on earth but one of him who will be reborn Cakya-Muni. Vessantara, 'Tchrimekundan of the Tibetans,' is the future Buddha. He passes a life of remarkable trials, all of which he has attracted to himself by his passion for charity." - from the introduction to "Tchrimekundan". ; Broadway Translations.
Published by George Routledge & Sons [1924], London, 1924
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Goloubew, V. (illustrator). First Edition. A couple of New Zealand bookseller's labels and a small orange sticker on front endpaper. ; No date [1924]. [vi], 267, [1] pages + frontispiece. Orange cloth boards with white cloth spine. Red leather lettering piece with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 185 x 116mm. Illustrated from native designs by V. Goloubew. "This story passes at Nepal, at an imaginary period prodigiously remote. It is the story of the last existence on earth but one of him who will be reborn Cakya-Muni. Vessantara, 'Tchrimekundan of the Tibetans,' is the future Buddha. He passes a life of remarkable trials, all of which he has attracted to himself by his passion for charity." - from the introduction to "Tchrimekundan". Series: Broadway Translations.