{"product_id":"stanley-warburton-an-avatar-in-vishnu-land-new-york-charles-scribeners-1928","title":"An Avatar in Vishnu Land","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York: Charles Scribner's, 1928.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubtitled: 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. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WARBURTON, Stanley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55073153417559,"sku":"21461","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0888\/6753\/7239\/files\/21461.jpg?v=1789804905","url":"https:\/\/worldsendbookshop.com\/products\/stanley-warburton-an-avatar-in-vishnu-land-new-york-charles-scribeners-1928","provider":"Worlds End Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}