For those interested in the Gujarati language, we are pleased to offer an extremely rare First Edition of a vintage English-Gujarati-English dictionary.
First published in 1940, this comprehensive dictionary prepared by Shantilal Sarabhai Oza had several unique chapters including a glossary of commercial terms, English & Gujarati idioms and their equivalents, foreign words and phrases, interest tables in Gujarati etc. A chapter on cricket is suggestive of the soaring popularity of the game at the time.
Several images of this highly rare First Edition are attached herewith for the perusal of those interested.
THE UNIVERSAL PRACTICAL COMBINED DICTIONARY :: English-Gujarati–English
Author: Shantilal Sarabhai Oza
Published by: R. R. Sheth & Co., Bombay, 10 September 1940 — Extremely Rare First Edition
Printed at: Shree Laxmi Printing Press, Baroda
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket. Professionally bound in khadi cloth.
Size: 24.8 cm x 18.5 cm x 5 cm. This is a heavy book weighing over 1.8 kg.
Pages: ii + 14 + 768 + ii + 324 pages = 1110 pages.
Condition of the book: Pre-owned. Excellent. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight and firm. The margins and the lower portions of a select few pages have been meticulously restored/fortified for future protection; images attached. A few tiny wormholes primarily in the initial pages near the top margin (4) and near the inner margin (2); please refer to the last couple of images. The original printed price on the rear side of the title page was erased by the original owner, possibly for the purpose of gifting.
Condition of the dust jacket: Very Good. The original dust jacket is intact with minor shelf-wear near the corners/edges and minor loss of spine near the top edge; image attached. Minor worming (pinholes) and minor toning/discoloration owing to age. The dust jacket has been carefully preserved with a buff-paper backing and neatly wrapped in an acetate film for future protection.
Remarks: The value of this particular book that we are offering lies in its extreme rarity for being the very First Edition published in 1940 in excellent condition with its original dust jacket.
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