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Edité par Robert M. Mcbride, 1921
Vendeur : gigabooks, Spokane, WA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. Hard Cover -- Very Good -- Other than spoy of discoloration to cover, book is clean and tight with lightest wear --- Dark green embossed cloth over boards with gilt lettering, no dust jacket if issued -- First Edition as no prior printing noted --.
Edité par The Limited Editions Club, 1937
Vendeur : The Old Sage Bookshop, Prescott, AZ, Etats-Unis
Hard Cover with Slipcase. Etat : Fine-. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Small purple leather hardcover with gilt lettering on spine; stamped decorations to binding; color illustrations; limited edition 1393/1500; signed by Angelo; still has the glassine wrapper; also a hard black portfolio kind of cover and they all slip into the slipcase. Book in fine minus with narrow strips of fading along top and bottom edges of binding; otherwise like new---a beautiful book. Glassine is toned and a little chipped. Portfolio has paper split over exterior joints and a tiny bump to one corner. Slipcase is split along two edges and has some other wear. Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Book.
Hardback. Etat : Good. None (illustrateur). A scarce edition of Sir Richard Francis Burton's Arabic poem. The scarce 1914 edition of this work, first published in 1880. An English language poem written by 'Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî', a pseudonym of the true author, Sir Richard Francis Burton, a well-known British Arabist and explorer. In a note to the reader, Burton claims to be the translator of the poem, to which he gives the English title 'Lay of the Higher Law'. Burton's motive was bringing Sufist ideas to the Western World.This edition features an engraved frontispiece of Burton, along with a facsimile title page to the first editiom.With the armorial bookplate of Henry Courtney Brocklehurst to the front pastedown. Killed in Burma during the Second World War, he was the son of Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, the Antarctic explorer. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Discolouration to paper covering, with bumping to extremities and spine head and tail. Small closed tear to paper at front joint, not affecting binding. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound, though slightly strained to centre of text block. Pages bright and clean. Good. book.
Edité par Thomas Bird Mosher, Portland, ME, 1915
Vendeur : Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : near fine. Limited edition, one of 250 copies printed on Van Gelder paper. xxvii, 71, (2) pp, with notes and bibliography, frontis portrait of Burton. 9 x 12.25 inches. A very fine copy in original vellum-backed blue boards with original dust jacket and cardboard slipcase. Slipcase shows some shelfwear and is starting to split at top and bottom edges.
Paperback. Etat : Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrateur). An uncommon edition of Sir Richard Francis Burton's Arabic poem, with a foreword by Roger Ingpen. The scarce 1914 edition of this work, first published in 1880, in the publisher's original paper wraps. Ink inscriptions to the front free end paper, dated 1916 and 1958. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Burton with a facsimile signature. With a facsimile title page from the first edition.An English language poem written by 'Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî', a pseudonym of the true author, Sir Richard Francis Burton, a well-known British Arabist and explorer. In a note to the reader, Burton claims to be the translator of the poem, to which he gives the English title 'Lay of the Higher Law'. Burton's motive was bringing Sufist ideas to the Western World. With a foreword by Roger Ingpen, and notes to the rear. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally generally smart, though sunned to the spine with a little discolouration to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Several pages are uncut. Very Good Indeed. book.
Edité par Phillip Allan & Co., London, 1925
Vendeur : Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australie
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Hard Cover. Etat : VG+. No Jacket. John Kettelwell (illustrateur). First Thus. Large Paper Edition. 4to. original black cloth backed boards with labels to spine & upper board, uncut (corners a little worn with some rubbing to edges, labels lightly rubbed & discoloured, short ink inscrip. to FFE, paper slightly toned, many pages unopened); pp. xiv, 170 (last blank), with 12 illustrations & spare labels. A very good copy. [Casada 84; Penzer 97-103, for earlier editions]. No. 35 a limited edition 50 large paper copies, signed by the artist, John Kettelwell. Signed by Illustrator.
Cloth. Etat : Very Good. None (illustrateur). A limited edition of Sir Richard Burton's long narrative novel, one of five copies printed on Japanese vellum. One of five unnumbered copies printed on Japanese vellum. A very scarce edition. Scarce in the 100 limitation, the Japanese vellum version as we have here is vanishingly scarce. Of course at one of five copies.Long narrative poem by Sir Richard Burton published under pseudonym Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî. Translated and annotated by his friends and pupil "F. B".In a note to the reader, Burton claimed to be the translator of the poem after the original rare Persian manuscript, which never existed.A poem containing Sufi thought in the poetic idiom of that mystical tradition.Text printed to recto as called for.Sir Richard F. Burton was a British, well known British Arabist and explorer. His most successful achievements include a journey to Mecca in disguise when non-Muslims were forbidden access on a death penalty; a famous translation ofThe Arabian Night;and the publication of theKama Sutrain English. In the original publisher's duo cloth binding. Externally smart with shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine, front joint lightly cracked, boards holding firm. Worming mark affecting lower and outer margins of the last few leaves, not affecting any of the text. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good. book.