The Mughal Emperor Humayun
Rama Shanker AvasthyAllahabad: University of Allahabad, 1967.
First Edition.
25cm x 15cm. xii, 491, xxvii, xiii, ix, 16 pages. Blue cloth, black lettering, lettered jacket.
Scholarly historical biography of the second Mughal emperor, Humayun (1508-1556). The unrevised doctoral thesis of Rama Shanker Avasty, who died shortly after being awarded his doctorate, making this his only major publication, which was chosen as the first in a series of thesis to be published by the University. Foreword by Banarsi Prasad Saksena. This copy from the collection of the controversial Tattersalls heir, Prof. V.J.A. Flynn.
Moderate shelf wear, minor soiling. Small chips and tears to jacket. Good Condition.
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AU$200.00
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