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QUEST FOR SITA: OF RAVANA THE DARK ANGEL AND HIS PARADISE AT LANKA, OF HANUMAN AND THE DIVINE VULTURES JATAYUS AND SAMPATI .. by Collis, Maurice - 1947
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QUEST FOR SITA: OF RAVANA THE DARK ANGEL AND HIS PARADISE AT LANKA, OF HANUMAN AND THE DIVINE VULTURES JATAYUS AND SAMPATI ..
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New York: The John Day Company, 1947. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] ix-x [xi-xii] 1-162 [163-164: blank], illustrations by Mervyn Peake, original pictorial cloth, front panel stamped in red, spine panel stamped in gold. First U.S. edition. An adaptation of the middle part of the Sanskrit epic, RAMAYANA (circa 500 B.C.), the adventures of an exiled prince questing for his abducted princess, attributed to the poet Valmiki. See Barron, ed., Fantasy and Horror (1999) 2-46. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with some tanning to spine panel and long flap folds. (#164811)
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Quest for Sita: The Central Section of the Sanskrit Epic the Ramayana.
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Capricorn Books. Used - Good. Good condition. (Hindu Mythology, Fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Second editionAn electric combination of talents, as Collis and Peake interpret an epic tale from Sanskrit literature, concerning the abduction of Sita.
Based on incidents in the central portion of The Ramayana, as Ravana and Rama battle in one of the world's great myths.
Mervyn Peake's illustrations are exceptional.
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New York: John Day Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. Jacket slightly browned, else nice copy; 8.7 X 6.1 X 0.8 inches; 162 pages .
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New York: The John Dey Company, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. Mervyn Peake. pp X, 162. 1st printing. DJ shows very slight chipping to head and tail of spine and some sunning.
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Quest for Sita
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New York: John Day, 1947. 1st ed. Hardcover. Peake, Mervyn. 1st ptg., 8vo, full dark blue cloth, with 31 full page line drawings by Mervyn Peake. Ink name and address to front free endpaper else fine in chipped but presentable dj.
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Published by John Day, 1947. 1st USA edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Illustrated by Peake, Mervyn. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and red vignette to front cover. 162 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to top and base of spine and a large section of loss to lower corner of front panel.
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London: Faber and Faber, 1946. First edition, limited to 500 unnumbered copies. Drawings by Mervyn Peake. Publisher's card stating limitation laid-in as issued. Topedge gilt lightly rubbed, bottom board corners bumped and bottom corner of text pages with shallow crease. Lacks dustwrapper. Very Good condition.. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mervyn Peake. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.
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Quest For Sita: Of Ravana, The Dark Angel and His Paradise at Lanka. Of Hanuman and the Divine Vultures Jatayus and Sampati
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London: Faber and Faber Limited 1946. 4to.Limited Edition. xii, 162 pp. Black cloth with red cover design by Mervyn Peake. Top edge gilt. Boards spotted and marked. Corners bumped. One of 500 copies on handmade paper. With 30 full-page line drawings by Mervyn Peake. Near Very Good condition. . Very Good. Cloth. 1946.
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