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Editions Helios, 1985, P. 287. Format broché, In-8. Les pages ont jaunies, un coin est plié. Livre en état d'usage. Mais l'intérieur est bon. Français.
Published by Sum, 1985
ISBN 10: 2880631424ISBN 13: 9782880631420
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germany
Book
Ausreichend/Acceptable: Exemplar mit vollständigem Text und sämtlichen Abbildungen oder Karten. Schmutztitel oder Vorsatz können fehlen. Einband bzw. Schutzumschlag weisen unter Umständen starke Gebrauchsspuren auf. / Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, dust jacket (if any), etc may also be worn.
PAPERBACK. Condition: Good. 1st edition thus. 249pp, 12mo, page block is leaning but secure, clean throughout, colorful bubt worn wraps.
Published by P. Lal, Writers Workshop, 2010
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. No date on title page. Copyright 2010. 157 pages. Red cloth over boards. Gold stamping on both covers and spine. In very good condition. Binding is tight. Head and foot of spine very slightly bumped. A very slight amount of wear to covers. Otherwise, covers are clean. Corners are square. Pages are clean. States on copyright page that every book is a "hand-crafted artifact." Dedicated to Professor Hiltebeitel on front endpaper by A. Harindranath, who wrote the introduction. Includes a handwritten note from Harindranath to Professor Hiltebeitel on notebook paper. Overall, a very good and clean copy.
Published by Writers Workshop, 2006
ISBN 10: 818157530XISBN 13: 9788181575302
Seller: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Book
Hardcover. Condition: As New. The sloka-by-sloka transcreation of Vyasa s epic by P. Lal has been completely revised for his reading sessions of the entire maha-kavya in Kolkata. The weekly Sunday readings began in 1999 and still continue.
Published by New Delhi, Vikas, 1980
Seller: Chiemgauer Internet Antiquariat GbR, Altenmarkt, BAY, Germany
Book First Edition
Condition: Gut. First edition. 400 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen. FRISCHES, SEHR schönes Exemplar der ERSTAUSGABE. In excellent shape. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 750 Originalpappband im Originalschuber. 23 cm.
Published by Calcutta (Kolkata), Writers Workshop - Publishers of Creative Writing, 1977., 1977
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition
45 pages, including pre-titlepage, titlepage, colophone, dedication, etc.; 18 (2) p. publisher's catalogue. - Publisher's gilt-titled frontpanel-border-decorated pink cloth-binding with titled publ. paper-bellybind; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 15 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; ''HANDBOUND IN CALCUTTA with Indian handloom cloth by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen''(Best Binding National Award). - Frontpanel minimally spotty, free front-endpaper with short ownership inscription; A VERY GOOD COPY. --- OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS MOST COMPLETE EVER MAHABHARATA-TRANSLATION IN STOCK (partly in the numbered and signed head-edition) as well as some other books published by Lal's Writers Workshop of Calcuta/Kolkata. . . - >The Mahabharata is one of the two major smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the 'Four Goals of Life' or ''Purusartha''. Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, . . .<(see wikipedia).
Published by Calcutta (Kolkata), Writers Workshop - Publishers of Creative Writing, 1977., 1977
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition
39 (1) pages, including pre-titlepage, titlepage, colophone, dedication, etc.; 18 (2) p. publisher's catalogue. - Publisher's gilt-titled frontpanel-border-decorated darkred cloth-binding with titled publ. paper-bellybind; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 15 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; ''HANDBOUND IN CALCUTTA with Indian handloom cloth by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen''(Best Binding National Award). - Free front-endpaper with short ownership inscription, rearpart of the belly bind somewhat used; A VERY GOOD COPY; OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS MOST COMPLETE EVER MAHABHARATA-TRANSLATION IN STOCK (partly in the numbered and signed head-edition) as well as some other books published by Lal's Writers Workshop of Calcuta/Kolkata. . . --- >The Mahabharata is one of the two major smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the 'Four Goals of Life' or ''Purusartha''. Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, . . .<(see wikipedia).
Published by Calcutta (Kolkata), Writers Workshop - Publishers of Creative Writing, 1977., 1977
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition
47 (1) pages, including pre-titlepage, titlepage, colophone, dedication, etc.; 18 (2) p. publisher's catalogue. - Publisher's gilt-titled frontpanel-border-decorated orange cloth-binding with fragmentary titled publ. paper-bellybind; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 15 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; ''HANDBOUND IN CALCUTTA with Indian handloom cloth by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen''(Best Binding National Award). - Free front-endpaper with short ownership inscription, only frontpart of bellybind is present; A VERY GOOD COPY; OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS MOST COMPLETE EVER MAHABHARATA-TRANSLATION IN STOCK (partly in the numbered and signed head-edition) as well as some other books published by Lal's Writers Workshop of Calcuta/Kolkata. . . --- >The Mahabharata is one of the two major smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the 'Four Goals of Life' or ''Purusartha''. Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, . . .<(see wikipedia).
Published by Calcutta (Kolkata), Writers Workshop - Publishers of Creative Writing, 1977., 1977
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition
50 pages, including pre-titlepage, titlepage, colophone, dedication, etc.; 18 (2) p. publisher's catalogue. - Publisher's gilt-titled frontpanel-border-decorated pink cloth-binding with titled publ. paper-bellybind; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 15 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; ''HANDBOUND IN CALCUTTA with Indian handloom cloth by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen''(Best Binding National Award). - Frontpanel minimally-, rearpanel slightly spotty, bellybind is teared in the center, free front-endpaper with short ownership inscription; A GOOD COPY. --- OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS MOST COMPLETE EVER MAHABHARATA-TRANSLATION IN STOCK (partly in the numbered and signed head-edition) as well as some other books published by Lal's Writers Workshop of Calcuta/Kolkata. . . - >The Mahabharata is one of the two major smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the 'Four Goals of Life' or ''Purusartha''. Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, . . .<(see wikipedia).
Published by Calcutta (Kolkata), Writers Workshop - Publishers of Creative Writing, 1977., 1977
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition
38 pages, including pre-titlepage, titlepage, colophone, dedication, etc.; 18 (2) p. publisher's catalogue. - Publisher's gilt-titled frontpanel-border-decorated purple cloth-binding with titled publ. paper-bellybind; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 15 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; ''HANDBOUND IN CALCUTTA with Indian handloom cloth by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen''(Best Binding National Award). - Binding slightly used, free front-endpaper with short ownership inscription; A VERY GOOD COPY. --- OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS MOST COMPLETE EVER MAHABHARATA-TRANSLATION IN STOCK (partly in the numbered and signed head-edition) as well as some other books published by Lal's Writers Workshop of Calcuta/Kolkata. . . - >The Mahabharata is one of the two major smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the 'Four Goals of Life' or ''Purusartha''. Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, . . .<(see wikipedia).
Published by Calcutta (Kolkata), Writers Workshop - Publishers of Creative Writing, 1977., 1977
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition
45 (1) pages, including pre-titlepage, titlepage, colophone, dedication, etc.; 18 (2) p. publisher's catalogue. - Publisher's gilt-titled frontpanel-border-decorated orange cloth-binding with titled publ. paper-bellybind; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 15 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; ''HANDBOUND IN CALCUTTA with Indian handloom cloth by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen''(Best Binding National Award). - Bellybind slightly used, free front-endpaper with short ownership inscription; A VERY GOOD COPY. --- OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS MOST COMPLETE EVER MAHABHARATA-TRANSLATION IN STOCK (partly in the numbered and signed head-edition) as well as some other books published by Lal's Writers Workshop of Calcuta/Kolkata. . . - >The Mahabharata is one of the two major smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the 'Four Goals of Life' or ''Purusartha''. Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, . . .<(see wikipedia).
Published by Calcutta (Kolkata), Writers Workshop - Publishers of Creative Writing, 1973., 1973
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition Signed
47 (1) pages, including pre-titlepage, titlepage, colophone, dedication, etc.; 16 (2) p. publisher's catalogue. - Publisher's gilt-titled frontpanel-border-decorated pink cloth-binding with titled publ. paper-bellybind; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 15 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; ''HANDBOUND IN CALCUTTA with Indian handloom cloth by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen''(Best Binding National Award). - A BEAUTIFUL COPY; OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS MOST COMPLETE EVER MAHABHARATA-TRANSLATION IN STOCK (partly in the numbered and signed head-edition) as well as some other books published by Lal's Writers Workshop of Calcuta/Kolkata. . . --- >The Mahabharata is one of the two major smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the 'Four Goals of Life' or ''Purusartha''. Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, . . .<(see wikipedia).
Published by Calcutta (Kolkata), Writers Workshop - Publishers of Creative Writing, 1970., 1970
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition Signed
38 (2) pages, including pre-titlepage, titlepage, colophone, dedication, etc. - Publisher's gilt-titled frontpanel-border-decorated green cloth-binding with fragmentary publ. paper-bellybind; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 15 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; ''HANDBOUND IN CALCUTTA with Indian handloom cloth by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen''(Best Binding National Award). - Only blank rearpart of bellybind is present; A VERY GOOD COPY; OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS MOST COMPLETE EVER MAHABHARATA-TRANSLATION IN STOCK (partly in the numbered and signed head-edition) as well as some other books published by Lal's Writers Workshop of Calcuta/Kolkata. . . --- >The Mahabharata is one of the two major smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the 'Four Goals of Life' or ''Purusartha''. Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, . . .<(see wikipedia).
Published by Calcutta (Kolkata), Writers Workshop - Publishers of Creative Writing, 1975., 1975
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition Signed
46 pages, including pre-titlepage, titlepage, colophone, dedication, etc. - Publisher's gilt-titled frontpanel-border-decorated green cloth-binding with titled publ. paper-bellybind; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 15 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; ''HANDBOUND IN CALCUTTA with Indian handloom cloth by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen''(Best Binding National Award). - A BEAUTIFUL COPY; OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS MOST COMPLETE EVER MAHABHARATA-TRANSLATION IN STOCK (partly in the numbered and signed head-edition) as well as some other books published by Lal's Writers Workshop of Calcuta/Kolkata. . . --- >The Mahabharata is one of the two major smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the 'Four Goals of Life' or ''Purusartha''. Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, . . .<(see wikipedia).
Published by Calcutta (Kolkata), Writers Workshop - Publishers of Creative Writing, 1972., 1972
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition Signed
48 (2) pages, including pre-titlepage, titlepage, colophone with numbered and signed justification-page, dedication, etc. - Publisher's gilt-titled frontpanel-border-decorated darkred cloth-binding with titled publ. paper-bellybind; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 15 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; #24 OF 100 COPIES AUTOGRAPH-NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR/EDITOR, ''handbound in Calcutta with Indian handloom cloth by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen''(Best Binding National Award). - A BEAUTIFUL COPY; OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS MOST COMPLETE EVER MAHABHARATA-TRANSLATION IN STOCK (partly in the numbered and signed head-edition) as well as some other books published by Lal's Writers Workshop of Calcuta/Kolkata. . . --- >The Mahabharata is one of the two major smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the 'Four Goals of Life' or ''Purusartha''. Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, . . .<(see wikipedia).
Published by Calcutta (Kolkata), Writers Workshop - Publishers of Creative Writing, 1972., 1972
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition Signed
63 (1) pages, including pre-titlepage, titlepage, colophone with numbered and signed justification-page, dedication, etc. - Publisher's gilt-titled frontpanel-border-decorated green cloth-binding with titled publ. paper-bellybind; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 15 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; #14 OF 100 COPIES AUTOGRAPH-NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR/EDITOR, ''handbound in Calcutta with Indian handloom cloth by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen''(Best Binding National Award). - A BEAUTIFUL COPY; OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS MOST COMPLETE EVER MAHABHARATA-TRANSLATION IN STOCK (partly in the numbered and signed head-edition) as well as some other books published by Lal's Writers Workshop of Calcuta/Kolkata. . . --- >The Mahabharata is one of the two major smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the 'Four Goals of Life' or ''Purusartha''. Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, . . .<(see wikipedia).
Published by Calcutta (Kolkata), Writers Workshop - Publishers of Creative Writing, 1969., 1969
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition Signed
64 (4) pages, including pre-titlepage, titlepage, colophone with numbered and signed justification-page, dedication, etc. - Publisher's frontpanel-border-decorated lightgreen cloth-binding; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 15 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; #19 OF 100 COPIES AUTOGRAPH-NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR/EDITOR, ''handbound in Calcutta with Indian handloom cloth by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen''(Best Binding National Award). - The book probably once has been protected by a spotwise tape-fixed private wrapper, few spots of tapeshadow remaining at front endpapers; A VERY GOOD COPY. - OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS MOST COMPLETE EVER MAHABHARATA-TRANSLATION IN STOCK (partly in the numbered and signed head-edition) as well as some other books published by Lal's Writers Workshop of Calcuta/Kolkata. . . --- >The Mahabharata is one of the two major smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the 'Four Goals of Life' or ''Purusartha''. Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, . . .<(see wikipedia).
Published by Calcutta (Kolkata), Writers Workshop - Publishers of Creative Writing, 1972., 1972
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition Signed
47 (1) pages, including pre-titlepage, titlepage, colophone with numbered and signed justification-page, dedication, etc. - Publisher's gilt-titled frontpanel-border-decorated orange cloth-binding; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 15 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; #6 OF 100 COPIES AUTOGRAPH-NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR/EDITOR, ''handbound in Calcutta with Indian handloom cloth by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen''(Best Binding National Award). - A BEAUTIFUL COPY; OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS MOST COMPLETE EVER MAHABHARATA-TRANSLATION IN STOCK (partly in the numbered and signed head-edition) as well as some other books published by Lal's Writers Workshop of Calcuta/Kolkata. . . --- >The Mahabharata is one of the two major smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the 'Four Goals of Life' or ''Purusartha''. Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, . . .<(see wikipedia).
Published by Calcutta (Kolkata), Writers Workshop - Publishers of Creative Writing, 1969., 1969
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition Signed
83 (1) pages, including pre-titlepage, titlepage, colophone with numbered and signed justification-page, dedication, etc. - Publisher's frontpanel-border-decorated darkblue cloth-binding with titled publ. paper-bellybind; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 15 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; #18 OF 100 COPIES AUTOGRAPH-NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR/EDITOR, ''handbound in Calcutta with Indian handloom cloth by Tulamiah Mohiuddeen''(Best Binding National Award). - The book probably once has been protected by a spotwise tape-fixed private wrapper, few spots of tapeshadow remaining at front endpapers; bellybind teared in 2 parts, A VERY GOOD COPY. - OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS MOST COMPLETE EVER MAHABHARATA-TRANSLATION IN STOCK (partly in the numbered and signed head-edition) as well as some other books published by Lal's Writers Workshop of Calcuta/Kolkata. . . --- >The Mahabharata is one of the two major smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the 'Four Goals of Life' or ''Purusartha''. Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, . . .<(see wikipedia).