Author: A. L. Basham [Arthur Llewellyn Basham]
Title: The Wonder That Was India
Description: London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1954 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of A. L. Basham's beautifully illustrated study of the history of India, in an exceptional full morocco binding. The first edition, first impression of this work by historian Arthur Llewellyn Basham, in a full morocco binding.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eighty-nine photographic plates, alongside further vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.The author presents 'A Survey of the Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent Before the Coming of the Muslims&apos.Basham's work was aimed at a western audience, and presented an attempt to correct the negative stereotypes of India created by previous historians such as Thomas Babington Macaulay. In a full morocco binding, with gilt detailing to spine. Externally, fine. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Offsetting from a removed bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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