{"product_id":"folk-tales-of-bengal-by-lal-behari-day-1912-illustrated-by-warwick-goble-1","title":"FOLK-TALES OF BENGAL BY LAL BEHARI DAY 1912 ILLUSTRATED BY WARWICK GOBLE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e[DAY, LAL BEHARI]. \u003cb\u003eFolk-Tales of Bengal. \u003c\/b\u003eLondon: Macmillan and Co., 1912.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eFIRST EDITION THUS. Cloth-bound; hardcover; quarto (29.5 x 22.5 x 5 cm); pp. xiv, 274. English text, with colour frontispiece and 31 plates, all captioned; 2 pp. publisher advertisements at end. Beautifully bound in publisher's original red cloth; spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt; red dyed page edges; half title. Condition: NEAR FINE. Collated complete. Binding tight, secure, and square. Trivial bumping to spine ends. Covers and contents very well-preserved. Without previous ownership markings. An exquisite copy and s\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ecarce thus.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes: A wonderful copy of the first Warwick Goble illustrated edition. Inspired by the philological investigations of the brothers Grimm, Lal Behari Day, a reverend linked to the Free Church of Scotland, gathered these tales from Bengal's expansive oral storytelling tradition, speaking to an elderly Christian woman, brahmins, a barber, and a former servant. Day (1824-1894) dedicated his collection to the Indian Army officer Richard Carnac Temple, a member of the Folk-Lore Society and an assiduous chronicler of Indian folk stories.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MFR Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57744981262711,"sku":null,"price":850.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0456\/6872\/8995\/files\/SAM_6388_0d84ea65-e922-4a8a-9492-dda491d93bf5.jpg?v=1794622492","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksboutique.com\/products\/folk-tales-of-bengal-by-lal-behari-day-1912-illustrated-by-warwick-goble-1","provider":"MFR Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}