Search Results: the kasidah of haji abdu el yezdi by burton richard haji

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1911. 8th edition. Very good. Translated and annotated by his Friend and Pupil, F.B. One of 925 copies of this edition. Stiff paper covers with yapped fore-edges, approx. 3 3/4" wide by 7 1/8" tall. xv [1] 123 [1] pages. Frontispiece portrait of Burton. Includes a bibliography. Light spots on rear cover. Sufi thought, Sufism. Studio

Chicago: Reilly & Lee Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. No edition noted. Hardcover. Blue paper boards with silver decorations, black cloth spine with silver lettering front and spine, blue endpapers, each page with blue decorative borders top and bottom.; 4 x 6.5"; 128 pp; Boards sunned, 1934 gift inscription on FFEP. .

New York: Brentano's, 1926. Second impression. Very Good. From Wikipedia: The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî is a long English language poem written by "Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî", a pseudonym of the true author, Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), a well-known British Arabist and explorer In a note to the reader, Burton claims to be the translator of the poem, to which he gives the English title "Lay of the Higher Law" It is thus a pseudotranslation, pretending to have had an original Persian text, which never existed The Kasidah is essentially a distillation of Sufi thought in the poetic idiom of that mystical tradition; Burton had hoped to bring Sufist ideas to the West This American edition is in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine (in English) and the front cover (in Arabic) The spine ends and corners are very slightly bumped, and there is slight foxing on the page edges, but no other marks or damage The signature of the once popular silent-era actor Francis X… Read More

London: Octagon Press, 1974. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Bound in black cloth boards, 128 pp, 19 cm tall, 12mo. This poem is an expression of Sufi thought and was first published in 1880. While Burton claims to be the translator of the poem, some think that he is the true author.

A new (1974) edition of Burton's 1880 edition Octagon Press, London, 1974. Hbk 178pp first thus dj slightly worn now in a custom acetate sleeve very good clean tight text

The Book Club of California, 1919. Hard cover. Good/No jacket. Copy 349 of 500 such produced. Corners rubbed, some chipping on leather spine. Clean and unmarked inside. Pages uncut.

The Book Club of California, 1919. #239 of 500 copies. Foxing internally. Good condition.

Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1906. Paperback. Good. 5th edition, limited to 925 copies on Van Gelder Paper. Bound in stiff 'vellum' wraps with beveled front edge. Uncut. Good+. No former owner marks.

Philadelphia:: David McKay,, [1931].. First trade edition.. publisher's black cloth stamped in silver with applied illustration on front panel. . Bookplate; slight tanning/use to the fore-edge of one plate which has been re-inserted; light use to spine extremities and rubbing to the applied illustration; tight and sound.. 4to,. Illustrated by Willy Pogany..

Robert M. Mcbride, 1921. Hard Cover -- Very Good -- Other than spoy of discoloration to cover, book is clean and tight with lightest wear --- Dark green embossed cloth over boards with gilt lettering, no dust jacket if issued -- First Edition as no prior printing noted -- . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Brentano's. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Front joint and hinges cracked. (Sufism, Persian Poetry)

Robert M. McBride NY, 1929. HBDJ, Small Corner chip right front DJ takes out City of Publ, October, 1929, 5th Printing STATED, NF+/GOOD-, AS-IS, DJ small scuff, chips Tears edges Extremities YET Titles & Illustrtion Front Primarily INTACT, DJ spine Ends Scuff small chips but Title & publ. Intact, Back DJ light small Stains, SMALL Dark Green embossed cloth with Inset picture Author & Titled in Gold Gilt on Front & Spine Cvr, ANNOTATED, 135 pgs,with Notes at End, 24mo, Size: 4 12 x 5 12 inches (approximately. Hard Cover.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1919. Limited Edition. Vellum. Very Good. 4to. Pp. vii, 52. Introduction by Aurelia Henry Reinhardt. Bound in quarter vellum over marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Copy #421 of an edition limited to 500 copies. Corners a tad worn, with some wear along fore-edge of covers. Printed by John Henry Nash. Burton's distillation of Sufi thought, presented as a response to the Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam, is a slight literary hoax inasmuch as Burton didn't translate the work at all, but wrote it from whole cloth. With a worthy introduction by Aurelia Henry Reinhardt.

David Mckay Company, 1931-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.0000 10.0000 8.0000. Beautiful copy, lacking dj. Cover shows minor wear. Stamp of former owner on multiple prelims and rear endpaper, offset from removed tape on the pastedowns.

The Limited Editions Club , 1937. Book. Fine-. Hard Cover with Slipcase. Limited Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Small purple leather hardcover with gilt lettering on spine; stamped decorations to binding; color illustrations; limited edition 1393/1500; signed by Angelo; still has the glassine wrapper; also a hard black portfolio kind of cover and they all slip into the slipcase. Book in fine minus with narrow strips of fading along top and bottom edges of binding; otherwise like new---a beautiful book. Glassine is toned and a little chipped. Portfolio has paper split over exterior joints and a tiny bump to one corner. Slipcase is split along two edges and has some other wear. .

David Mckay Company, 1931-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.0000 10.0000 8.0000.

Portland, OR: Thomas B. Mosher, 1913. (i-vi)vii-ix(x)xi-xv(xvi)(2)123(1)pp. The 9th ed., ltd. to 925 copies. This is a fine example of the Mosher Press, here in a yapped pseudo-vellum. Printed on hand-made Van Gelder paper. Title page printed in red and black. Poetry written after the style of "The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam" by Burton under the pen name Haji Abdu Al-Yazdi. Burton wrote an introduction signed "F.B." to further obfuscate the author's identity. A nice clean copy of a scarce title.. 9th Ed. Vellum. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

David McKay Company. VG. 1931. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good condition without dust jacket. 10.0 X 8.0 X 1.0 inches. 129 pages. Introduction by Dhan Gopal Murkerji. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. Rubbing and spotting to covers and edges. Hinges uncracked and binding solid. Pages and illustrations are clean . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Maine: 1909., 1909 pp. xii, 126. Title page printed in red and black. Uncut. Printed on hand-made Van Gelder paper. Marbled paste downs and endpapers. 8vo. Full red leather binding, embossed in gold and blind showing a star studded sky. Raised bands. Bound by W. Spawn, Phila. Binding scuffed with slight loss. Hardbound. Old World Series. Seventh Edition. Limited Edition of only 925 copies. Nice example. Bishop 181.7. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W39 Language: eng. Full Leather. Hardcover. Very Good.

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1914. Hardback. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A scarce edition of Sir Richard Francis Burton's Arabic poem. The scarce 1914 edition of this work, first published in 1880. An English language poem written by 'Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî', a pseudonym of the true author, Sir Richard Francis Burton, a well-known British Arabist and explorer. In a note to the reader, Burton claims to be the translator of the poem, to which he gives the English title 'Lay of the Higher Law'. Burton's motive was bringing Sufist ideas to the Western World.This edition features an engraved frontispiece of Burton, along with a facsimile title page to the first editiom.With the armorial bookplate of Henry Courtney Brocklehurst to the front pastedown. Killed in Burma during the Second World War, he was the son of Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, the Antarctic explorer. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Discolouration to paper covering, with bumping to extremities and spine head and tail. Small closed… Read More