Bannu Illustrated (2 results)

First edition Fine and bright glossy oversize stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Profusely illustrated throughout, many in full color.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Some cover creasing and shelf wear. Slight grime to front endpaper, inside covers and edges of reading block. ; First edition, first printing, 1985. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Heavy, large format book and priced accordingly. ; Illustrations and Photographs; 192 pages; A depiction of daily life in the courts of India from the period of the early Mughal emperors to the last British viceroy. Lavishly illustrated throughout with reproductions of 17th, 18th & 19th century miniatures; 19th and early 20th century photographs and depicts daily life in the courts of India's early Mughal emperors and British viceroys. It enters the harems to show the courtesan's training, the princess's preparations, the court's pageantry etc. It is lavishly illustrated with 17th, 18th & 19th century miniatures; 19th and early 20th century photographs and more recent watercolours by Bannu. Editor's note by Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Illustrated by Bannu (illustrator). …