The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi Hardcover - 1931

Philadelphia/Washington Square: David McKay Company, Inc., 1931. First Thus . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Pogany, Willy. The only poetical work of its kind in the English language, which retains the meter, refrain, & stanzaic structure & thought of the original Arab. Translated & Annotated by his friend & pupil,19th-century British poet & scholar Sir Richard Burton, with dramatic woodcut illustrations by Willy Pogeny. "Not only a poem, but the life-philosophy of a thoughtful man of action,'' the Kasidah can be roughly translated as "testament." In pages, with extensive explanatory Notes by Burton, Introduction by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. Orig. published in this is the First Printing of David McKay's edition from . With cloth-over boards lettered in to front & spine, the book is in Good+ condition: generlly very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white with age-appropriate tanning, completely unmarked. exterior show rubbing to extremities, bumped corners, with some fraying at both ends of spine & all corners. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.