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TWO TAMIL FOLK TALES: THE STORY OF KING MATANAKAMA AND THE STORY OF PEACOCK RAVANA
by Zvelebil, Professor Kamil V. (Translator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 8120802128
- ISBN 13
- 9788120802124
- Seller
-
Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Dehli, India: Motilal Banarsidass. Bound in clean red cloth boards, with gilt titles to spine, this dated 1987 First edition is in VG condition, in VG dust jacket (unclipped). 236p. Jacket is rubbed along top ende, and and bottom of spine. Internally clean, with a few foxing marks on pastedowns, and on text block edges. Otherwise all VG. Zvelebil has translated Matanakamarajan katai (The Story of King Matanakama),and Mayiliravanan katai (The Story of Peacock Ravana). The first of the two tales is in reality a collection of twelve stories narrated within a frame-story. The second tale belongs to a somewhat different genre, being an offshoot of the main narrative of the pan-Indian epic Ramayana, This is the first accurate as well as readable translation of the first tale in modern English, and the first translation of the second tale in any form. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1987.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0021484
- Title
- TWO TAMIL FOLK TALES: THE STORY OF KING MATANAKAMA AND THE STORY OF PEACOCK RAVANA
- Author
- Zvelebil, Professor Kamil V. (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 8120802128
- ISBN 13
- 9788120802124
- Publisher
- Motilal Banarsidass
- Place of Publication
- Dehli, India
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Folk Tales, Mythology, Folklore
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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