New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1903. Hardcover. fair. 8vo. xx,144pp. Gold decorated maroon cloth. Top edge gilt. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Spine sunned. Head and tail of spine, corners and parts of edges rubbed. Small bookplate on free front endpaper. Frontispiece. Gutter along rear endpaper split but firm. Quatrains selected from Abu'l Ala's "Loxum-ma-la Yalzam" and "Sact-Uz-Zind". Good- condition.

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Bookseller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16725
Title: The Quatrains of Abu'l Ala
Author: Rihani, Ameen F
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - fair
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1903
Keywords: First crusade, Islamic history, Arab history, Religious wars, Religious fanatics

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Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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....
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...