The Transposed Heads. A Legend of India.
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1977.
4to, 108 pp. With 15 illustrations printed in red, yellow, and black, and decorative Sanskrit running heads in purple. Bound in colorful block-printed Indian cloth, backstrip sunned. Bookplate. A near fine copy with prospectus laid in.
§ One of 140 copies printed on paper specially handmade with the Allen Press watermark at St. Cuthbert's Mill. "For our forty-third limited edition we are pleased to offer a most unusual exotic and romantic novel by Thomas Mann... Mann's favorite work according to his daughter Elisabeth... a traditional Hindu tale of fateful conflict between love and desire". Translated by H.T. Porter-Lowe, with an introduction by Dr. Raghavan Iyer. Item #126616
Price: $475.00