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The Book of Good Counsels by Arnold, Sir Edwin
- Bookseller: Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 006611
- Format/binding: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Illustrator: 6 Full Page & 13 Text Illustrations
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1893
- Keywords: Fables, Sanskrit, Hitopadesa, Hindu Fables
Book Description
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. Subtitled, "From the Sanskrit of the 'Hitopadesa'". Original red cloth, with a vellum label on the front cover, title in gilt and an elaborate gilt design of animals cavorting on the front cover. Gilt title and author on the spine, a bit soiled and worn at the ends. Pages 162. Top edge gilt. 34 short animal stories as ancient fables, with introduction and notes by Arnold. New endpapers. Protected in a mylar, clear dustjacket. . Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by 6 Full Page & 13 Text Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Bookseller Terms of Sale
Any purchase returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt. Sales subject to prior sale.
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