The Kasidah Of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
Portland Maine: Thomas Bird Mosher, 1915. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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 paper 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. Near fine / good. Item #2304
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