Tara: A Mahratta Tale

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Minor abrasion to front board fore edge, corners rubbed, front and end matter lightly foxed, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1863 Half-Leather. xii, 364; 364; 333 pp. 8vo. Three volumes rebound in one - leather spine and corners, cloth boards, gilt titles and rules, including stamped floral decorations in spine compartments, marbled edges and endpapers. An adventure novel in three parts, set in the Indian subcontinent, written by an administrator of British India. Taylor helped spread knowledge about South India, and also initiated a number of reforms in the region.