Jataka Tales out of Old India

1927, a selection of Indian fables and stories

Author

Marguerite Aspinwall, illustrated by Arnold Hall

Publisher

G P Putnam's Sons, New York, 1927

Printing Details

First US edition. Hardback, bound in red cloth (mottled to spine), gilt titling to upper board. 21 × 14cm, 239pp

A selection from the Jataka tales, the large collection of Buddhist morality stories in which the Buddha recounts some of his past lives on his long road to enlightenment, in both human and animal form. This edition contains twenty-nine tales, such as The Crab and the Elephant, The Monkeys and the Ogre, and The Valiant Dwarf, and have been rewritten for a younger readership. Illustrated with eight pen and ink drawings in silhouette style by Arnold Hall.

Condition

A good reading copy. The spine is faded and mottled, and the boards a bit rubbed and bumped. The contents are in strong readable condition, and with the ownership signature and pencil annotations to the index of folklorist Francesca Claremont.

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