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Dwight, Timothy; Stoddard, Richard Henry; Marsh, Arthur Richmond; Van Dyke, Paul; Bergh, Albert Ellery.
The World's Great Classics, 5 Volumes: 1) Persian Literature, 2) Persian & Japanese, 3) Hindu, 4) Babaylonian, Assyrian, Armenian, 5) Chinese & Arabian
New York, The Colonial Press,
1900, Three-Quarter Leather,
Condition: Very Good, Bound in three quarter brown morocco, marbled boards & e.p., TEG. Rough cut pages, some unopened. One inch chip to upper spine edge of each volume except Vol II Persian & Japanese Lit. Rubbing of all edges & corners. No writing or inscriptions, text very clean & binding tight. Each with frontispiece & many photogravures, etchings, colored plates, full page portraits. Babylonian & Assyrian is comprised of the Epic of Izdubar, Hymns, Tablets and Cuneiform Inscriptions, one of the illustrations is a Page from the Kan-Djono, fac-simile manuscript of the 16th Century, the Armenian volume has a section on Poetry, drama, folk-lore and classic traditions (translated for the first time in English) & a rare illustration fac-simile page from an Armenian Menology 1590. Protected in Polyester wraps. sm 4 to, over
(Asian, Studies, Middle, Eastern, Studies, Antique, Books, Rare, Books, Rare, Literature, The Rubaiyat, Nasr-Ed-Din, Shah, Of, Persia, Eastern, Mysticism, Mohammedan, Poetry, Persian, Literature, Japanese, Literature, Hindu, Literature, Babaylonian, Literature, Assyrian, Literature, Armenian, Literature, Chinese, Literature, Arabian, Literature, Sumerian, Translations, Cuneiform, Inscriptions, Analects, Of, Confucius, Mencius, Arabian, Nights, Tales, Of, The Middle, East, Manuscripts, 15th, Century) Cat No. 838m.
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250.00
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Dwight, Timothy; Stoddard, Richard Henry; Marsh, Arthur Richmond; Van Dyke, Paul; Bergh, Albert Ellery.
The World's Great Classics, 5 Volumes: 1) Persian Literature, 2) Persian & Japanese, 3) Hindu, 4) Babaylonian, Assyrian, Armenian, 5) Chinese & Arabian
New York, The Colonial Press,
1900, Three-Quarter Leather,
Condition: Very Good, Bound in three quarter brown morocco, marbled boards & e.p., TEG. Rough cut pages, some unopened. One inch chip to upper spine edge of each volume except Vol II Persian & Japanese Lit. Rubbing of all edges & corners. No writing or inscriptions, text very clean & binding tight. Each with frontispiece & many photogravures, etchings, colored plates, full page portraits. Babylonian & Assyrian is comprised of the Epic of Izdubar, Hymns, Tablets and Cuneiform Inscriptions, one of the illustrations is a Page from the Kan-Djono, fac-simile manuscript of the 16th Century, the Armenian volume has a section on Poetry, drama, folk-lore and classic traditions (translated for the first time in English) & a rare illustration fac-simile page from an Armenian Menology 1590. Protected in Polyester wraps. sm 4 to, over
(Asian, Studies, Middle, Eastern, Studies, Antique, Books, Rare, Books, Rare, Literature, The Rubaiyat, Nasr-Ed-Din, Shah, Of, Persia, Eastern, Mysticism, Mohammedan, Poetry, Persian, Literature, Japanese, Literature, Hindu, Literature, Babaylonian, Literature, Assyrian, Literature, Armenian, Literature, Chinese, Literature, Arabian, Literature, Sumerian, Translations, Cuneiform, Inscriptions, Analects, Of, Confucius, Mencius, Arabian, Nights, Tales, Of, The Middle, East, Manuscripts, 15th, Century) Cat No. 838m.
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250.00
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Menen, Aubrey.
Shela, A Satire
New York, Random House,
1962, First Print ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Near Fine/Very Good, British satirist Menen targets the West's moral superiority, in the Cold War; Arfican self determination; Berlin Crisis & American politics. The characters include: Buddha, Archangel Michael, the Devil, the President of the U.S., leader of an African state just admitted to the U.N., Foreign Minister of Communist China & the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Brown cloth boards & spine, illustration of Buddha blind stamped to front board, gilt to spine. DJ not price clipped, red illustrated yellow lettering. Closed tears to flag edge, spine edge & end & mid spine. Rubbing of lower spine end. Decorative personal library plate to e.p. Clean wiht text, solidly bound. 172 pages, sm 8vo. First Ed.
(First, Printing, Vintage, Books, Satire, Aubrey, Menen, America, And The Cold, War, Political, Satire, 1960, S, English, Novelists) Cat No. 839m.
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13.50
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Menen, Aubrey.
Shela, A Satire
New York, Random House,
1962, First Print ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Near Fine/Very Good, British satirist Menen targets the West's moral superiority, in the Cold War; Arfican self determination; Berlin Crisis & American politics. The characters include: Buddha, Archangel Michael, the Devil, the President of the U.S., leader of an African state just admitted to the U.N., Foreign Minister of Communist China & the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Brown cloth boards & spine, illustration of Buddha blind stamped to front board, gilt to spine. DJ not price clipped, red illustrated yellow lettering. Closed tears to flag edge, spine edge & end & mid spine. Rubbing of lower spine end. Decorative personal library plate to e.p. Clean wiht text, solidly bound. 172 pages, sm 8vo. First Ed.
(First, Printing, Vintage, Books, Satire, Aubrey, Menen, America, And The Cold, War, Political, Satire, 1960, S, English, Novelists) Cat No. 839m.
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13.50
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Menen, Aubrey.
Shela, A Satire
New York, Random House,
1962, First Print ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Near Fine/Very Good, British satirist Menen targets the West's moral superiority, in the Cold War; Arfican self determination; Berlin Crisis & American politics. The characters include: Buddha, Archangel Michael, the Devil, the President of the U.S., leader of an African state just admitted to the U.N., Foreign Minister of Communist China & the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Brown cloth boards & spine, illustration of Buddha blind stamped to front board, gilt to spine. DJ not price clipped, red illustrated yellow lettering. Closed tears to flag edge, spine edge & end & mid spine. Rubbing of lower spine end. Decorative personal library plate to e.p. Clean wiht text, solidly bound. 172 pages, sm 8vo. First Ed.
(First, Printing, Vintage, Books, Satire, Aubrey, Menen, America, And The Cold, War, Political, Satire, 1960, S, English, Novelists) Cat No. 839m.
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13.50
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