Lillys william editor (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. 1st printing; 32 clean, unmarked pages, with 9 tipped-in plates illustrating the story of Rustam from Firdausi's classic Persian epic, "The Shahnama.". Color & b/w Plates (illustrator).

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, VT. 1958. Softcover; text bound in plain, stiff cardboard covers with a glossy, illustrated dust jacket attached at book spine with oversize flaps covering the covers. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O bookplate on the front board. Book Condition: Very Good; toning to bottom edges of covers; DJ is not strongly affixed at spine. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($2.50): light rubbing to panels; small closed tear at bottom of DJ; bumping to head and tail with tape repairs to tail. Two B&W plates tipped-in, in the introduction; Nine color plates tipped-in to accent the text of The Story of Rustam. 32 pp 4to. Beginning in legendary antiquity the Shahnama or "Book of Kings" sweeps across ages of Persian civilization i and epic poem of some 60,000 verse by the 10th Century poet Firdausi. Its stream f events traces the fortunes of heroes and kings, telling of their exploits and splendor, their vast armies and devastating wars. The Story of Rustam is a favorite drama, he was the most extraordinary of heroes, a major figure in the mythical period of the epic, was destined from birth to be a guardian, and sometimes savior to the Persian people. Rustam had a lifespan of six hundred years and continued his principles of righteousness to the very last. A clean very presentable copy.…

Card Covers. Zustand: Fair. Fair to good copy. 32pp, 9 tipped in colour plates. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Softcover in Very Good condition with dustjacket.

Zustand: Near Fine. First edition in publisher's original thick plain card wrap covers [softback]. Folio 12'' x 8¼''. Contains 32 pages of text with 9 tipped-in colour plates and 2 tipped-in monochrome illustrations. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper which is adhered down the spine as published, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. IRAN [Persia].…