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The Light of Asia or The Great Renunciation (Mahabhinishkramana): Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (As Told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist) by Edwin Arnold; Illustrated by Willy Pogany by Arnold, Edwin - 1932

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The Light of Asia or The Great Renunciation (Mahabhinishkramana): Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (As Told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist) by Edwin Arnold; Illustrated by Willy Pogany by Arnold, Edwin - 1932

The Light of Asia or The Great Renunciation (Mahabhinishkramana): Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (As Told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist) by Edwin Arnold; Illustrated by Willy Pogany

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Philadelphia: David McKay Co, 1932. Hardcover. Good +. xvi, 182 p., frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates; 26 cm. Black cloth with silver spine title; illustrated pastedown on front cover within silver border. No dust jacket. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: Sarah Pinkerton. The author, Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), was an English journalist and poet who served as principal of the Government Sanskrit College at Poona, India, from 1856 to 1861. After his return to England, he wrote this poem in which he sought to present the life and philosophy of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. This edition features Art Nouveau-style illustrations by Willy Pogany. In Good+ Condition: cover is rubbed with some loss of silver on front cover and minor loss from paste-down; back hinge is weak; foxing along edges of some plates and facing page; otherwise, clean.

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New York: A.L. Burt. Good with no dust jacket. No pub date. Hardcover. The Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism. .
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New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1900. This hard cover book has a red cover with gilt lettering on the spine of the cover. A biography on Siddhartha Guatama. The life and teaching of Guatama, Prince of India and founder of Buddhism. 305 pages. Book is in good condition with tanned pages, faded spine, edgewear and soil.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated Frontispiece. 5.5"x7.5".
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Chicago. Fair with no dust jacket; Cloth; Donohue, Henneberry and Co. Grey cloth with silver decoration and lettering, corners bumped. Small hole to cloth on front board. Fair, title page loose, toning to pages. Hinges weakening, 239 pages. The Life and Teachings of Gautama Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism ( As told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist); 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall .
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Light of Asia or, The Great Renunciation (Mahâbhinishkramana). Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (as told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist)

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Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1889. Epic poem on the life of Gautama. Early American edition. Hardcover, full blue cloth, gilt titling. Shows some wear, small stains, corners rubbed; ink name on flyleaf; four-leaf clover laid in, lightly discoloring pages 44/45; old Brentano's label inside rear cover. Text clean; xi, blank, 244 + 20 pages of 'notices' of earlier editions.. Later Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 5" by 7".
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New Yoprk: American Book Exchange, 1880 121 pp.Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's name stamp on flyleaf. Dark red cloth boards with gold-stamped illustration of moon and stars are clean, bumped at extremities with slight lossof material. Size: 5" x 7". Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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