1926 BRENTANO\'S LEATHER BINDING KASIDAH RICHARD BURTON KETTELWELL ILLUSTRATIONS
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1926 BRENTANO\'S LEATHER BINDING KASIDAH RICHARD BURTON KETTELWELL ILLUSTRATIONS:
$150.00
[762] Burton, Sir Richard (trans. and annotator). The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi. New York: Brentano\'s, 1926 xiii + 169 pages; illustrated in black and white throughout by John Kettelwell; \"... Burton was also a poet himself. His Kasidah of Haji Abdu el-Yezdi, a Lay of the Higher Law (1880) is by far his most notable poetic effort. Unlike most of Burton\'s compositions, which were hastily written and carelessly (if at all) edited, this is a polished work that contains many fascinating autobiographical insights...\" (Jason Thompson in the DNB); made and printed in Great Britain by Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd. the Country Press Bradford; this being the second impression the first of this illustrated version of this tale was 1925; approx. 6\" x 8 1/4\" size; bound in green polished linen covered boards, green morocco leather corners and spine; gilt ruled; 5 raised bands, gilt floral-cornered outlines in the spine compartments, gilt titles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with the binder\'s stamp of Brentano\'s on the front endpaper edge; some light tips and edge-wear, rubbing to boards; some light foxing to first few leaves; in very good condition.
1926 BRENTANO\'S LEATHER BINDING KASIDAH RICHARD BURTON KETTELWELL ILLUSTRATIONS:
$150.00