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The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
by Sir Richard Burton
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Mount Vernon, NY: Golden Eagle Press, 1975. Hardcover. Fair. The Golden Eagle Press, nd (circa 1975). Hardcover. 5 ¼” x 9”. Blue cloth boards with decorative gilt design and lettering. Some shelfwear, edges are fairly square. Spine is heavily sunned and cracked. Edge-tanning on endpapers as well as some age-tanning at the hinge of endpapers. Previous owner gift inscription on fep. Stated “Winterbourne mould made all rag paper.” “Winterbourne” identification emboss and design are crisp on final page. Pages are clean with very little foxing and some edge-tanning, Binding is tight.This is a very beautiful special edition of Richard Burton’s poem “The Kasidah” with text pages framed by gilt borders. Very few other copies of this special edition available currently online. Poetry
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- Bookseller
- Honest Dog Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A803981X03ANU
- Title
- The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
- Author
- Sir Richard Burton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Golden Eagle Press
- Place of Publication
- Mount Vernon, NY
- Date Published
- 1975
- Pages
- 48
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Honest Dog Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Honest Dog Books
Biblio member since 2022
Bayfield, Wisconsin
About Honest Dog Books
Honest Dog Books is a family-run new and used general interest bookstore with a long history in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Owners Julie Buckles and Charly Ray are wilderness travelers with a team of sled dogs, two teenagers, and deep love for community, literature, and conversation.
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Glossary
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- 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...
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