The Light of Asia, or, The Great Renunciation (MAHABHINISHKRAMANA. Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism
by Arnold, Edwin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Trubner & Co., Ludgate Hill, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 8vo. xiii, 238 pp. Yellow cloth boards with gilt to front board and spine. The corners and spine ends, bumped, the cloth unevenly darkened, one scuff and light damp spotting to the spine, two little holes in the cloth along spine hinges, and a 3 cm tear in the cloth at the front board bottom hinge. Brown coated endpapers, clean throughout and the binding tight and square. A very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12632
- Title
- The Light of Asia, or, The Great Renunciation (MAHABHINISHKRAMANA. Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism
- Author
- Arnold, Edwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Trubner & Co., Ludgate Hill
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1879
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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