Maurice Collis — Quest for Sita.

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first limited edition copy of Maurice Collis's retelling of a section from the Sanskrit epic 'The Ramayana&apos. Copiously illustrated throughout by the renowned English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator Mervyn Peake. This edition, printed on English hand-made paper, was limited to five hundred copies for sale. This copy is lacking the original dustwrapper, as usual. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with red stamped pictorial design to the front board. Externally excellent, with minor shelfwear to extremities and head and tail of spine. Ink mark and evidence of slip tipped to front free-endpaper, now removed. Internally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean throughout. Limited edition colophon slip loosely inserted to title page. Institutional stamp to the title page Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Mervyn Peake. Very Good Indeed .