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Stanley Warburton. An Avatar in Vishnu Land. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928, 1st. edition, 1st. printing, xviii, 456 pp. *** Sub-title - Concerning Chiefly Viroschand Ganeshkind, Merchant of India. The author entered a venture with Indian entrepreneur V. Ganeshkind to market soda water along what is now Pakistan's western coast. Unfortunately their cargo boat sinks, leaving them broke. Thus begins a series of wild adventures - opium-running, shipwreck, harems, a love affair, pursuit by a British cruiser, a disastrous desert expedition by camel, treasure hunt, etc. This is a definite "period" book with place names, political boundaries, economic activities, cultural references, slang, obscure sailing terms, and the like, from a long vanished world. Map end papers front and back of sea tracks and land routes associated with Warburton's adventures. With the original illustrated dust jacket (not price clipped) in a clear protective cover. This book is in my inventory and the images are of this particular item. *** Orange cloth boards with light soil and wear. Contents are complete in a solid binding. The jacket has light soil, moderate sunning on spine, moderate chipping at corners and spine ends, wrinkles top and bottom of front and back panels. Book in VG condition in G+ jacket. *** 8.25 inches tall by 5.75 inches.
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