QUEST FOR SITA.
Of Ravana the dark angel and his paradise at Lanka; of Hanuman and the divine vultures Jatayus and Sampati. With drawings by Mervyn Peake. Pp. xii+162, title page vignette, plus 31 full page illustrations, the title page printed in red & black, limitation slip loosely inserted; demy 4to; black cloth, spine blocked in red and lettered & decorated in gilt, upper board featuring a Peake illustration in red, cloth slightly scuffed, fore-corners bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; bookplate on upper pastedown, endpapers slightly soiled, a little light foxing; Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1946. First edition, limited to 500 copies on English hand-made paper. Gilmore & Johnson, p. 123. *Lacking the dust wrapper. The text is based on the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Item #134431
Price: $500.00