The Transposed Heads A Legend of India
by Mann, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Orig. multicolored cloth, backstrip paper label. Near fine in acetate cover
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1977. Hardcover. Orig. multicolored cloth, backstrip paper label. Near fine in acetate cover. 108 pages. 33 x 22 cm. Limited edition, one of 140 copies in Goudy Thirty type on all rag St. Cuthberts mill paper, printed on an 1846 Columbian handpress. 15 illustrations printed in three colors, text with decorative Sanskrit running heads in color. Cloth binding fabricated by Indian villagers, binding hand-blocked in India in patterns primitive and charming. Introduction by Raghavan Iyer. Spine sunned.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22796
- Title
- The Transposed Heads A Legend of India
- Author
- Mann, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. multicolored cloth, backstrip paper label. Near fine in acetate cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Allen Press
- Place of Publication
- Kentfield, CA
- Date Published
- 1977
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Printing; Design;
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ardsley, New York
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