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The Lady of the Lotus. Rup Mati Queen of Mandu: A Strange Tale of Faithfulness
by Ahmad-ul-Umri, Turkoman (Ahmad-ul-Umari) / L.M. Crump (Trans.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: University Press, 1926. 1st Edition . Very Good/Fair. 7.75 x 9.25 inches (19.5 x 23 cm). Dust jacket: Heavily worn to edges with loss to ends of spine. Darkening to spine. Staining to front cover and edges of rear cover. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fair. Book: First printing. Dark blue cloth binding. Small stain to rear board. Slight rubbing to ends of spine and corners of boards. Outer and lower page edges untrimmed. Light tanning and very slight foxing to endpapers. Very clean text throughout. Complete with all plates, including five in colour. Translation of the Farsi Tale of Rup Mati (Rani Roopmati) Queen of Mandu and her devotion to Baz Bahadur, Sultan of Malwa. Scarce. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 7.75 x 9.25 inches (19.5 x 23 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 4to. viii, [4], 96, [9] (photographs)
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1223E141
- Title
- The Lady of the Lotus. Rup Mati Queen of Mandu: A Strange Tale of Faithfulness
- Author
- Ahmad-ul-Umri, Turkoman (Ahmad-ul-Umari) / L.M. Crump (Trans.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 7.75 x 9.25 inches (19.5 x 23 cm
- Keywords
- Mandu, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Travel: India;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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