King Vikran and the Vampire (Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance)

Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, 1992. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Griset, Ernest; Letchford, Albert. First printing. Edge wear. 1992 Trade Paperback. xxi, 243 pp. Edited by author's wife Isabel Burton. 33 illustrations by Ernest Griset; photogravure frontispiece by Albert Letchford. Translated from the original Sanskrit by the noted Victorian Orientalist, Sir Richard Burton, these ancient Indian folk tales influenced such later works as 1001 Arabian Nights and Boccaccio's Decameron. As revealing today as they were in their own time, these stories will entertain and delight modern readers while illuminating the life and customs of classical India.