first edition Half-Leather
1872 · London
by Sherring, M.A.
London: Trubner and Co, 1872. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Half-Leather. Very Good. Quarto. 405(1)pp., illustrated with 5 black and white lithographs; bound in half brown straight grained morocco over brown cloth, raised bands, two compartments with leather labels gilt; spine faded to tan; ghost of small sticker left near foot, no other markings except small book binder's ticket on rear pastedown. An important work concerning the religious and social activities of the many tribes existing in Benares. Internally very clean; the binding is very good.
(Inventory #: 3808)