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Heifer of the Dawn (The Indian Stories of F W Bain, Volume III)
Author(s): Bain, F W
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | N/A |
| Edition: | 1st Thus |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Philip Lee Warner |
| Publication Year: | 1914 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 003246 |
| Catalogue(s): | Classic Literature ◇ Vintage Books |
xiv, 66pp. Quarter bound in cloth over pale blue natural grain parchment boards (board somewhat soiled, rubbed at edges). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Firmly bound. Elegant bookplate of F J Waddingham on front paste down. Printed on hand made paper with deckled edges. Printed at the Riccardi Press for an on behalf of the Medici Society. Translation by F W Bain of the (possibly fake) ancient Sanskrit tale of the rising sun and the dawn told in the Vedas four thousand years ago. Bain, a British teacher working in India, wrote many fantasy stories as well as producing a series of translations of what he called ancient Sanskrit manuscripts but there has always been a suspicion that Bain wrote the manuscripts himself.
Keywords:
translation
sanskrit
tales
folklore
stories
indian stories
