wright caleb j a brainerd (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 370.

Zustand: New. pp. 372.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo hardcover volume in brown embossed boards. Spine and boards tight with some wear to spine edges. End papers not split some names stamped in. First 16 pages have a water mark to top right corner. Rest of 320 pages are very good with no foxing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Frontis, "Illustrated by Numerous Engravings", 9 x 5.5", blindstamped brown cloth, 320pp, bookplate from former owner inside top corner of front cover, stamped name of another former owner on foredge of textblock, covers chipped and frayed (heavily at corners especially), front hinge cracking at top, spine missing pieces at top and bottom with a small chunk missing by spine title, small stain at top of textblock by spine, some pencil scribbles on FFEP else good, contents clean and sharp. "The information contained in this volume has been collected by personal research and extensive travel in India, and by compilation from authentic sources. Revised Edition".

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. REVISED EDITION. 8vo. [6]7-320p. Profusely illustrated with full-page engravings. Brown cloth with gilt letters on the spine and a vignette of two Hindu women in blind on the front cover. Wear to extremities with corners and some edges worn through, top and bottom of spine fraying with a tine piece missing at the top, gilt dulled, else very good to near fine with no internal markings. No dust jacket. Everything about India--social life and customs--in the late nineteenth century, most all you might want to know.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

8vo, pp. [4], 7-320; frontispiece and 60 wood-engraved illustrations on 46 plates; extremities a little rubbed else a very good copy in original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; ownership signature of Homer Belding, Medina, N.Y. on front free endpaper. Wright appears to have spent a number of years traveling through the United States to lecture on India. The chapters are largely the text of his lectures, which cover Indian religion, the state of women in India, habits and superstitions of the Thugs, a description of the Shasters, and Eastern Indian character and customs. Much of the text is an elaboration on the images, which it appears Wright used in the course of his lectures. As with many authors of his time, he describes India as a violent and morally bankrupt place, with a religion that encourages mostly self-mutilation and crime. No earlier edition seems to be listed in OCLC. This "revised edition" is likely a reworking, with additions, from Wright's previous works, Life in India, and India and its Inhabitants.