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8vo. rebound in full leather with four raised bands, gilt on spine, leather spine label, blind-stamp double border on cover. (vi), 98, (4) pages. Number 34 in the first Golden Cockerel Bibliography (Chanticleer). Limited to 500 numbered copies. Light shelfwear, else near fine. Partially unopened. Nineteen tales (entirely fictional) about or using the name of "Abu Nowas" (meaning, we assume, Abu Nuwas, the late 8th-century Arab poet); a rather modest example of "orientalistic" fiction. Printed on hand-made paper in Caslon Old Face, with eight wood engravings by Robert Gibbings, who illustrated a number of Golden Cockerel books. Two-color printed patterned endpapers. rebound in full leather with four raised bands, gilt on spine, leather spine label, blind-stamp double border on cover. Seller Inventory # 52165
Bibliographic Details
Title: RED WISE
Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press, N.P. (London)
Publication Date: 1926
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Golden Cockerel Press
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