An early English-language edition of this renowned prose collection by the Indian Nobel Prize-winning writer. Text translated from the original Bengali by the author. With an introduction by W.B. Yeats. Published in April 1919 by Macmillan in London, a later printing of the March 1913 first impression. Hardback, bound in blue cloth, in good condition. Gilt lettering and border to front cover and spine, faded. A few marks externally, contemporary owner’s inscription. Binding tight and square. Very rare to find such an early printing in this condition.
