Author: KAIKINI, PRABHAKAR R. (WITH A FOREWARD BY ARMANDO MENEZES, M. A. )
Title: Flower Offerings Prose-Poems on Truth Beauty & Nature
Description: Bombay, India: The Bombay Book Depot, 1934. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Illustrated by Pulinbehari Dutt. frontispiece; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author to the (then current) Viceroy and Vicereine of India - Lord and Lady Willington. This is a small format paperback book with heavy cardstock covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good- condition. The book covers have noticeable ground-in dirt and several spots of discoloration. There is light chipping to the spine ends and some bumping to the corners. The text pages are clean and bright. The frontispiece is by Pulinbehari Dutt. This is a book of poetry. "From 1913, Willingdon held gubernatorial and viceregal offices throughout the British Empire, starting with the governorship of Bombay and then the governorship of Madras, before he was in 1926 appointed as the Governor-General of Canada to replace the Viscount Byng of Vimy, occupying the post until succeeded by the Earl of Bessborough in 1931. Willingdon was immediately thereafter appointed as Viceroy and Governor-General of India to replace Lord Irwin (later created Earl of Halifax) , and he served in the post until succeeded by the Marquess of Linlithgow in 1936. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Very Good- .

Keywords: Poetry Prabhakar R. Kaikini Armando Menezes India Nature Signed Edition Lord And Lady Willingdon


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