Buy this book on-line Burton, Richard F. (pseudonym Haji Abdu El-Yezdi) : The Kasidah (Couplets) of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi : A Law of the Higher LawThe Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1919
Vellum backed patterned boards. No. 226 of 500 copies printed by John Henry Nash. 9 1/2" x 12 1/2." Fifty-two pages, complete. Ink notation on front endpaper by a former owner, Frances Jones. Ink inscription from John Henry Nash to Frances Jones: "To Frances Jones, As a mark of esteem and request to a true woman who showed much kindness to a stranger, and a sometime sojourner within her [...]--one who has won [...] hence--and for her true sympathy and help to those--suffering--left, to still struggle on. From: John H. Nash, San Francisco, California, March 21, 1924." Front corner bumped. The Kasidah is a pseudotranslation by Richard F. Burton. Within this poem, Burton brings Sufi ideas to a Western audience. From the Introduction: "The Kasidah is a philosophic poem, written in rhymed iambic couplets, to which Burton gives the name of Bahr Tawil (long verse). The first of its nine sections is descriptive, painting with living colors the desert and the waking caravan at dawn. The next four are reminiscent and expository, setting forth: the emptiness of teaching from Moses to Hiraz and Longfellow; the brevity of man's life history; the inconsequence of religious creeds ....". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Burton, Richard F. (pseudonym Haji Abdu El-Yezdi) : The Kasidah (Couplets) of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi : A Law of the Higher Law. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, used books, antiquarian books, out of print books and collectables. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |