Tales and Legends from India – Dorothy Belgrave (1920s)

S$67.00

Tales and Legends from India – Dorothy Belgrave (1920s)

S$67.00

Title: Tales and Legends from India

Author: M. Dorothy Belgrave, Hilda Hard, Harry G. Theader (illus)

Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons, London. No date, circa 1920s

Condition: Pictorial cloth, no dust jacket. 4 colour plates out of 6, with the frontispiece missing and ffep cut out, one other colour plate missing, and one other displaced. With numerous black-and-white illustrations Some foxing and some wear to book. Inscription to endpaper. 248pp., app 7.5″x4.5″.

SKU: tales-indian Categories: , ,

A children’s book introducing Indian myths to British children, simplified and written for those completely unfamiliar with Indian myths. Includes stories from the Mahabharata, the Ramayana, Sakuntala, and of Krishna, etc.

Contents:

Introduction
The Noose of Fate
“Who’ll Buy My Mangoes?”
The Adventurous Brethren
The Flute Player
The Hard-Hearted Princes
The Story of the White Elephant
Sakuntala
The Vengeance of Manasa
The Adventures of Rama and Sita
The Curse of Kali
The Hare in the Moon
The Boy Who Could See Footsteps
The King’s Column