Preface by Edwin Arnold (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. No jacket. First Printing of the First US Edition. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Slight shadow offset on endpapers, apparently from the Dust Jacket (unfortunately no longer present). Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Light-hearted sketches describing life in India, as well as its scenery and natural history. Has chapters on India's birds, hens, parrots, mynas, mungoose [mongoose], ants, monkeys, hunting of the soko; elephants, cats, sparrows, bears, wolves, dogs, rats, creatures of the sea, gamins, hara-kiri, etc. At the end are six pages of opinions from the London and Indian Press Original maroon cloth. The spine is handsomely decorated in a silver and black pattern. First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. 366pp.…