Abd-Er-Rhaman in Paradise
Author: Jules Tellier; Brian Rhys [trans.]; Paul Nash [illus.]
Title: Abd-Er-Rhaman in Paradise
Publication: Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928
Description: Very Good.
[Berkshire, England]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. First U.K. Edition, Limited to 400 copies of which this is no. 26. Octavo (22.8cm); 34pp. 3 plates including frontispiece. No dust jacket. Marbled paper quarter bound with blue cloth along the spine. Top edge gilt, all other edges deckled. Includes gilt stamped title and author on spine as well. Slight bowing on front board and scuffing along head and tail edges of spine and margins of front cover but otherwise Very Good. Damp staining to boards bleeding into bottom gutter of terminals. Pages slightly darkened along the fore edge but otherwise unmarked. All wood-engravings, including the frontispiece and the colophon rooster, are protected with full-page tissue guards.
First translation from French to English of Abd-er-Rhaman's choice between the Christian and Muslim heavens after his death.
Seller ID: 29313
Subject: First Editions, France / French Writers, Islam, Religion / Theology
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