Strange Surprising Adventures of the Venerable Gooroo Simple, and his Five Disciples

by Alfred Crowquill

$250 · Offered by Argosy Book Store · No longer available

First edition

London: Trubner, 1861. Color frontispiece & 50 woodcut illustrations. 223 pages. 12mo, original lavender cloth, ornate pictorial stamping on the covers & spine in gilt, all edges gilt. London: Trubner, 1861. First Edition. Charming contemporary gift inscription on front endpaper, still a superb copy, bright, and looking new aside from spine sunning to light blue. A whimsical, quasi Indian, entertaining

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