Madras: Printed at M.E. Publishing House, 1903. First edition. Full calf leather with gilt titles. Rebound in black calf with gilt titles, new endpapers, gift inscription on free front end paper, first three and last five leaves are heavily taped, tape a bit yellowed, overall a good copy in a very good boards.. vi, 154 pp. Illus. 12mo. Henry K. Beauchamp, intro. Scarce first edition. Natesa Sastri, bookseller, novelist, and writer on Indian Folklore died shortly after the publication of this work.

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Bookseller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 30288
Title: Hindu Feasts Fasts and Ceremonies
Author: Natesa Sastri, S. M
Format/Binding: Full calf leather with gilt titles
Book Condition: New Rebound in black calf with gilt titles, new endpapers, gift inscription on free front end paper, first three and last five leave
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Printed at M.E. Publishing House
Place of Publication: Madras
Date Published: 1903
Keywords: , Asia, India, India, Asia, South Asia, Indian, Hinduism, Religion,

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First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Rebound: A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...