The Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Palace.

PRINCESS CHUMBHOT OF NAGARA SVARGA [JOHN STEINBECK],.

$1,250.00

Item Number: 111531

First edition of this work, inscribed by Chumbhot to Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed opposite the title page, “To Mr. and Mrs John Steinbeck with compliments by Pantip Chumbhot Bangkok 27/1/67.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the library of John Steinbeck.

An account of the history and renovation of the Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. Twenty-four pages of text followed by a section of photographs of the mural designs on the panels of the Pavilion. Contents include a biography of His Royal Highness Prince Chumbhot of Nagara Svarga, The Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Palace, Catalogue of the Mural Designs in the Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad, Notes on a Library (Ho Trai) of the Ayudha Period, and another article about the Lacquer Pavilion.