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The Kasidah Of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
by Burton, Richard F
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine/good
- Seller
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Jupiter , Florida, United States
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About This Item
Portland Maine: Thomas Bird Mosher, 1915. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/good. 4to (31 x 23 cm). xxxvii, 72, [1], pp. 1/250 printed on Van Gelder paper. Bound in quarter white faux-vellum over blue paper boards with white faux-vellum corners. Gilt three line (in Arabic) titles to upper and lower covers with gilt titles on blue paper label to spine. Facsimile of title-page of first edition (Quariitch 1980) on front free endpaper. Red and black titles with black double-dolphin publisher's device to title page. Large capital letters at the start of each Kasidah (couplet) in red. Red publisher's device and black colophon in rear. Text block tight and unmarked. Tan DJ with black title/author/date to spine. In good (worn and taped) slipcase with tan paper label to spine, several tears to edges and head/tail of spine. Bishop 183; Hatch 624.
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- Bookseller
- Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2304
- Title
- The Kasidah Of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
- Author
- Burton, Richard F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Bird Mosher
- Place of Publication
- Portland Maine
- Date Published
- 1915
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Jupiter , Florida
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
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