Slowly Down the Ganges (Textplus) Tapa dura - 1989

Hardback. Very Good.

Hard cover edition with no dust jacket but with fully illustrated pictorial board covers. Very good condition. Published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1989. This is the Textplus edition which includes notes on the text at rear and introduction by Nicholas Wollaston.

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1989. Reprint; First Printing. Hardcover. Missing DJ if issued, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, some sunning to base of spine, minor foxing to edges of reading block. ; First printing in this edition with no other printings listed. Satin finish pictorial boards. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover illustration by Diane Fisher. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; Text Plus; 320 pages; An enthralling and entertaining account of a journey down India's sacred river, from Hardwar, where it enters the great plain, to where it meets the waters of the Houghly and finally flows into the Bay of Bengal. Travelling in a variety of boats, the author and his wife meet an engaging assortment of characters, endless forms of religious devotion, and the enchantment of India itself. With an introduction by Nicholas Wollaston and notes by Shaun McCarthy. .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.