First American edition, in the year following the first UK publication (being the year of his Nobel Prize award) by the India Society of London. A one-act dramatisation of a story from the Mahabharata touching on themes of gender and feminism and described by his biographer Edward John Tompson as "the crown of [the] first half of the poet's career." Barely visible removal of ownership signature to front free endpaper else a nice copy in a very good example of the rare dustwrapper with long closed tears repaired to verso with archival paper tape - slight misalignment, wrinkling and missing tiny chips. Seller Inventory # 19712

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Title: Chitra

Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York

Publication Date: 1914

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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