The Song of The Reed and Other Pieces. (SIGNED 1st edn).

Palmer E.H.:

Verlag: London Trubner & Co, 1877

Beschreibung

1st edn. Hardback. 200pp. Purple cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration to front and spine. Boards faded and lightly soiled. Brown endpapers with 'Author's Presentation Copy.' to front free endpaper and T.H. No 2243 to front pastedown. Neatly handwritten to verso of ffep "An exceedingly scarce and little known volume. Sir Walter Besant wrote a very interesting Life of the author - they were close personal friends." 'R Pretyman with the authors love' to pre title page. Contains 1. Pieces from the Persian and Arabic. II. Original Pieces. Notes. Leading and lower edges rough cut. Internally clean, bright and tight. A rare book (No other copy available at this time) with interesting 'takes' on Arabic poetry including 'Songs from Hafiz'. 'From the Persian of Omer el Kheiyam'. 'Rustam and Akwan Dev'. and many others. Original Poems contains 'Ye Hole in Ye Walle'. 'A Legend of Barnwell Abbey and 'The Devil to Pay'. Palmer appears to have been a fascinating man, in some ways a 'Lawrence of Arabia' figure. See Dictionary of National Biography 1855-1900. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 8484

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Song of The Reed and Other Pieces. (...

Verlag: London Trubner & Co

Erscheinungsdatum: 1877

Einband: Hardcover

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

Auflage: 1. Auflage