An Avatar in Vishnu Land

New York: Charles Scribner's, 1928.

Subtitled: concerning chiefly Viroschand Ganeshkind, merchant of India. 8vo. pp xviii, 456; map spread across he front endpapers. Original orange cloth lettered in black, fine condition,. with the orange dust-jacket, well chipped along the top edge with a small triangular piece chipped off near join with head of spine. Top edge dust stained. The author undertook a business venture with Indian entrepreneur V. Ganeshkind to market soda water along what is now Pakistan's western coast. Unfortunately their cargo boat sinks, leaving them broke. Thus begins a series of wild adventures - opium-running, shipwreck, harems, a love affair, pursuit by a British cruiser, a disastrous desert expedition by camel, treasure hunt, etc.