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)
by Arnold, Edwin
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- u4202
- Title
- 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)
- Author
- Arnold, Edwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- Religion, Buddhism, Poetry
- Size
- 5" by 7"
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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