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The Kasidah of Haji Abdu el-Yezdi, Translated and Annotated by His Friend and Pupil Sir Richard Burton [Limited Edition, Signed by Kettelwell]
by Richard Burton; John Kettelwell [illus.]
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
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About This Item
New York: Brentano's, 1926. Very Good +. New York: Brentano's, 1926. First Thus, Limited to 50 copies of which this is no. 32. Quarto; publisher's parchment over blue boards, front cover and spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, housed in custom cloth slipcase; xiii,[1],169pp.; twelve full-page illus., text printed within decorative border throughout. Boards recased with renewed endpapers, a hint of shelf wear to extremities, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy overall. Signed by the illustrator on colophon.
Splendidly illustrated edition of Richard Burton's poem, a pseudotranslation attributed to the Persian poet Haji Abdu el-Yezdi which was, in fact, Burton's "Eastern nom-de-plume" (p. ix).
Splendidly illustrated edition of Richard Burton's poem, a pseudotranslation attributed to the Persian poet Haji Abdu el-Yezdi which was, in fact, Burton's "Eastern nom-de-plume" (p. ix).
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- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14519
- Title
- The Kasidah of Haji Abdu el-Yezdi, Translated and Annotated by His Friend and Pupil Sir Richard Burton [Limited Edition, Signed by Kettelwell]
- Author
- Richard Burton; John Kettelwell [illus.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
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