FIRST EDITION
DALRYMPLE, William. The Age of Kali. London: Caledonian International Book Manufacturing Ltd for Harper Collins, 1998.
Octavo (233 x 151mm), pp. xiv, 385, [1 (blank)]. Illustrations by Olivia Fraser. (Light browning, as often, small marginal mark on half-title.) Original blue boards, spine lettered in silver, map endpapers by Fraser, dustwrapper illustrated by Fraser, not price-clipped. (Dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed at the edges, lower panel slightly cockled.) A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper.
First edition.The Age of Kali was Dalrymple’s fourth book (and his second on India), and is a volume of essays inspired by the author’s travels through the Indian subcontinent during a ten-year period. In these essays, Dalrymple views contemporary India in the light of its history and culture, and the French edition (L’âge de Kali, 2004) won the Prix d’Astrolabe in 2005. The cover design and illustrations are by Dalrymple’s wife, the artist Olivia Fraser.
£19.50
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