Dawn Breakers - Nabil's Narrative by Effendi, Shoghi

New York: Baha'i Publishing Committee, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. vg- to vg+. Quarto. lxiii, 685pp. 20 facsimiles, 2 folding plates. Original green pebbled buckram with gilt image and double framing on front cover, gilt lettering, tooling and ruling on spine. Top edge in gilt. Decorative gilt-laced green endpapers. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Decorative initials. "It is my intention, by the aid and assistance of God, to devote the introductory pages of this narrative to such accounts as I have been able to obtain regarding those twin great lights, Shayk Ahmad-i-Ahsa'i and Siyyid Kázim-i-Rashti, after which it is my hope to recount, in their chronological order, the chief events that have happened since the year '60 (1260 A.H. or 1844 A.D.), the year that witnessed the declaration of the Faith by the Báb, until the present time, the year 1305 A.H. (1887-88 A.D.) In certain instances I shall go into some detail, in others I shall content myself with a brief summary of events. I shall… Read More