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Edité par Hutchinson & Co, London
Vendeur : Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Undated. 12mo. 157 pp + publisher's catalogue. Light wear and soiling to edges, book store stamp on front pastedown; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket.
Edité par Hutxhinson -Paternoster Row, London, 1914
Vendeur : Librairie l'Aspidistra, Mesvin, BE, Belgique
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Couverture souple. Etat : Très bon. Une très belle édition de cet ouvrage avec la préface de Roger Ingpen; et le frontispice tiré su r papier japon de Sir Richard, cet exemplaire est tiré sur papier pur fil Van Gelder. Très belle supercherie littéraire. Exemplaire non coupé A beautiful edition of this book with a preface by Roger Ingpen; and the frontispiece drawn on Japanese paper of Sir Richard, this copy is drawn on pure paper wire Van Gelder. Beautiful literary fraud. Copy uncut.
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.