Prophet by Gibran Kahlil

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1923. First edition, early printing of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, with illustrations by the author. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by Kahlil Gibran on the title page, "This is for Elenor Fisch, who lives in the world of beautiful understanding. Kahlil Gibran, 1926." From the library of D. Rajagopal with his library stamp to the front pastedown. Rajagopal was the lifelong friend and editor of Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti, the leader of the Theosophy movement in the early 20th century, and one of its most famous figures. In his teachings, Krishnamurti stressed the necessity for a revolution of human consciousness, which could only occur with radical religious, political, and social change. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and with noted provenance. The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Gibran's musings are divided into twenty-eight chapters covering such sprawling topics as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death. It has been translated into well over 40 languages. By 2012, it had sold more than nine million copies in its American edition alone since its original publication in 1923. Seller Inventory # 96203

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1923, 1923. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. Octavo. (8.3 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated with 12 full page mono plates by the author. A bright and clean copy finely bound in recent full black morocco leather. Spine with five raised bands, the compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Marbled endpapers. A complete early dustwrapper has been bound in at the rear on five leaves (Spine, front and rear panels and inner flaps each onto one leaf). Overall a fine copy of the true first edition of Gibran's masterpiece, which has sold millions of copies worldwide. Seller Inventory # 9579

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1929. Later printing. Later printing. With 12 illustrations by the author. vi, 96 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed. Inscribed on the front free endpaper, "And with the kindest thoughts of Kahlil Gibran. 1930." A work seldom found signed or inscribed. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt. Light wear to extremities, some flaking to gilt, small red ink stamp of the National Trust on front pastedown. Quarter black morocco slipcase and chemise With 12 illustrations by the author. vi, 96 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Seller Inventory # 310632

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About this Item: William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. Condition: Fair. 1935. First Edition. 67 pages. Cream dust jacket over dark blue cloth with black and white pictorial plates throughout. Heavy foxing and tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and noticeable thumb-marking present and major tanning to text block edges. Slight dog-eared pages throughout as well. Boards have visible sunning and rubbing with minor bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and moderate sunning to spine as well. Book is also slightly forward leaning. Unclipped jacket with major edge wear and sunning. Fair foxing and major sunning to spine as well. Noticeable tears to edges, corners and spine. Seller Inventory # 1576257931GEO

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 1st ed., 4th printing, 1925. No jacket. Binding is weak, particularly at front hinge. One plate detached (though included) and is chipped at edges. Water staining to pages which does not affect plates or text. Top of page edges soiled. Text is free of marks, some pages have small closed tears. An owner's name and bookseller sticker on endpaper. Moderate exterior wear: cloth is discolored, rippled. Some of the gilt has been rubbed off and titles on spine are dulled/faded. Spine extremities and corners worn, frayed. Reliable customer service. Photos available. We ship daily. (Heavy books & sets may require extra shipping charges.). Seller Inventory # AX2209

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1933. Very handsomely bound in finely woven black cloth stamped brightly in gold on the front boards with the hand of the Prophet holding dancing figures in his hand, all enclosed in a golden ball; with bright gilt lettering on the spine. The splendidly clean binding feels new. There is a faint 3" vertical raised crease in the cloth at the bottom, right-hand corner of the front panel. Very clean endpapers and tight hinges. No writing or marks of any kind. A near-fine copy internally; very clean and crisp, virtually unread. Laid in is the Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher Business Reply Card "To Borzoi Readers." Illustrated with seven drawings on glossy stock by Gibran and two facsimile manuscript pages, all present and intact. In the original dust jacket printed in black and blue on ivory paper. The original price of "$2.50 net" is at the top of the inside front flap. Darkening to the jacket spine; light toning and soiling along the front fold of the jacket. With a few light soil marks on the back of the jacket which features a black and white photo of a mysterious and reflective Gibran. A few faint, tiny shadows of damp stain at the bottom of the jacket on the verso.Tiny chips at the top of the spine ends; and light wear and a tiny nick at the bottom of the spine ends.With an iconic photo and biographical sketch of a Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) on the rear panel. A rather scarce first edition in the original dust jacket. In collector s condition. The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil Gibran. It was originally published in 1923 by Alfred A. Knopf. It is Gibran's best known work. The Prophet has been translated into over 40 different languages and has never been out of print. The prophet, Almustafa, has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years and is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses topics such as life and the human condition. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death. Though born a Maronite, he was influenced not only by his own religion but also by Islam, and especially by the mysticism of the Sufis. His knowledge of Lebanon's bloody history, with its destructive factional struggles, strengthened his belief in the fundamental unity of religions, which his parents exemplified by welcoming people of various religions in their home. Connections and parallels have also been made to William Blake's work, as well as the theological ideas of Walt Whitman and in Ralph Waldo Emerson such as reincarnation and the Over-soul. Themes of influence in his work were Islamic/Arabic art, European Classicism (particularly Leonardo Da Vinci) andRomanticism (Blake and Auguste Rodin), the pre-Raphelite Brotherhood, and more modern symbolism and surrealism. Gibran followed The Prophet with The Garden of The Prophet, which was published posthumously in 1933. The Garden of the Prophet narrates Almustafa's discussions with nine disciples following Almustafa's return after an intervening absence. (Wikipedia) First Edition Stated and with matching dates of 1933 on the title and copyright pages. Seller Inventory # 829

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf 1962-1965, New York, 1962. Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red morocco, gilt titles to spines direct with two raised bands and gilt tooling, gilt-ruled board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated plates by Gibran. Complete with each of the text volumes of his works as published by Knopf (originally between 1918 and 1950). In fine condition. An attractively bound set of Kahlil Gibran. Seller Inventory # 82975

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About this Item: New York: Knopf, 1925. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FORMER OWNER BOOKPLATE Blank endpapers Light FoX ,INNER HINGES Starting slightly, HB NODustjacket, VG/GOOD Condition, AS-IS, NOJACKET, 1st Ediition, MAY 1925, Fifth printing STATED of the American edition, DATES MATCH ON TITLE & COPYRIGHT PG, , hardcover with Chipping back cvr Spine Edge, octavo, . Book GOOD with gilt title on spine worn away, handsome gilt decoration to front board Nice & Bright with spotting edges cvr edges, rubbing and general wear to boards and spine, binding tight, ,text clean and unmarked otherwise. No DJ. Black cloth with gilt lettering and design. . . Some Slight wear to covers. , 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 IN. Approx, Light Rub to Spine , Interior Nice tight Clean Light FoX, Wear , 107 PGS, light bumping to the extremities. Front Cvr light rub to Gold Gilt, Sound binding and secure hinges. An intact, presentable early printing of Gibran?s most enduring work. Tiny corner DING, , He is the third-bestselling poet in history after William Shakespeare and Laozi. Gibran died in New York City on April 10, 1931. ,26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil GibranClassic poetic meditation on the redemptive power of love. Early Editions Near Impossible to Find, one of the most inspirational books of the 20th Century. Seller Inventory # 28516

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About this Item: William Heinemann , London, 1935. Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, 1935 Stated 1st Published on Copyright pg, 1ST BRITISH EDITION, GOOD/GOOD+, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Lush Purple CLOTH GOLD GILT Titles Front Book HB,Book Condition: Good. No Jacket. Author (illustrator). First British Edition. 8vo (8 1/4"). Detached illustration with four small tears. Ribbon book mark on last thread. Spine and part of back cover sunned. Owner's signature. 67 PGS. 8vo. Purple cloth gilt CVR , With Purple Ribbon Bookmark Loose, 5 3/4 X 5 3/4 in. Rub wear Spine cvr Ends, INTERIOR NICE TIGHT WITH LIGHT WEAR , SOME FOX , RUB, , Illustrated with 7 Drawings by Author & 2 Facsimile Manuscript Pages. His Final Book, In these pages of Inspired Imagery, Almustafa, the Chosen & the Beloved returns to the Isle of His Birth & Communes in Quietude of his Garden with Disciple, Friend & Questioner Upon the secrets of Human heart & the laws which shape our Destinies, Seller Inventory # 27290

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About this Item: William Heinemann , London, 1935. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1935 Stated 1st Published on Copyright pg, 1ST BRITISH EDITION, VG-/GOOD-, AS-IS, Lush Purple CLOTH GOLD GILT Titles Front Book HB Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD-. 8vo. First. Illustrated. 67 PGS. Purple cloth gilt , one page Slightly loose. Buff slightly Soiled worn dustjacket, chipping to top and bottom of spine. tears to corners. Bookplate of owner on front pastedown Blank Endpapers. One plate loose, With Purple Ribbon Bookmark Sewn In, 5 3/4 X 5 3/4 in. Rub wear Spine cvr Ends, INTERIOR NICE TIGHT WITH LIGHT WEAR , SOME FOX STAINS , RUB, Dustjacket Protected Clear Mylar, Tears Edges DJ & Few small DJ Stains on Front, Small Chips DJ Ends & at Btm takes out part of Heinemann Publ Name ,Illustrated with 7 Drawings by Author & 2 Facsimile Manuscript Pages. His Final Book, In these pages of Inspired Imagery, Almustafa, the Chosen & the Beloved returns to the Isle of His Birth & Communes in Quietude of his Garden with Disciple, Friend & Questioner Upon the secrets of Human heart & the laws which shape our Destinies, Seller Inventory # 26997

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About this Item: Castle Books, Secaucus, 1977. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Edge wear. Pages toned throughout. Rear flap shows edge wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. Seller Inventory # 97180

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About this Item: Folio Society, [2019], 2019. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text; full maroon leather, upper board and backstrip blocked in silver, maroon edges, two silk ribbon markers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case blocked in blue. Seller Inventory # 38943

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About this Item: Folio Society, [2019], 2019. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text; maroon cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked in silver, silk ribbon marker, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case blocked in blue. Seller Inventory # 38942

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About this Item: William Heinemann Ltd., London Melbourne Toronto, 1972. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Gibran, Kahlil (illustrator). Eighth printing. Gibran (1883-1931) was a Lebanese-American author, poet, and artist. He is remembered today for a book called The Prophet, a prose poem consisting of sixteen fables that was originally published in 1924. The Garden of the Prophet, his follow-up to The Prophet, was published after the author's death in 1933 in the the U.S. and 1934 by Heinemann in England. A new printing was published by Heinemann in 1954 and reprinted six times after, the last in 1972. Navy bluebinding with gold lettering on spine. Binding is clean and bright with no wear or fading. Unclipped dust jacket with price in British currency is bright and clean with no tears. Minor wear at extremities is noticeable because of the dark green color. 51 pages. Seller Inventory # 003898

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About this Item: Alfred A Knopf, 1971. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. NICE BOOK! IVORY BINDING WITH GOLD LEAF ON TOP EDGE, CLEAN PAGES, NO MARKINGS IN TEXT. MODERATE WEAR & CHIPPING ON GOLD PRINTED CLEAR PLASTIC DUSTJACKET. Seller Inventory # 14068

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About this Item: St. Martin's Griffin, New York, 2000. Softcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good in wrappers. Crease along spine. ; ; 9.20 X 6 X 1.10 inches; All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. Seller Inventory # 58226

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 21 x 15 x 1.3 x 0.29 Inscription on flyleaf otherwise book is fine or better. No jacket. Seller Inventory # 005150

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO60072731: 1970. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 96 pages. Dessin en noir et blanc en frontispice. Illustré de dessins en noir et blanc hors texte. Titre et motif dorés sur la couverture. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. Seller Inventory # RO60072731

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About this Item: ALfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946. Gibran, Kahlil. The Prophet. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Características: Buen estado general. Pasta dura en tela editorial. Letras doradas sobre lomo y portada. Lomo ligeramente raspado. Tapa superior ligeramente raspada en la parte inferior. Guardas limpias. Cantos limpios. Incluye algunas interesantes ilustraciones en blanco y negro. Le falta la primera hoja de respeto. 107 p. (21 x 14 cm) Peso: 400 g. Libro. Seller Inventory # 6532

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1966. Hardcover. Later Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. A few tears to jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. Seller Inventory # 51343

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About this Item: William Heinemann, London, 1932. Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 118 pages. Mauve cloth with gilt to front and spine. Top edge age-darkened and with 2 stains one of which intrudes to upper edge of front pastedown and first 3 leaves. Former owner's name in pen to front free endpaper. Cloth rubbed, unevenly sunned and moderately stained. Foxing to first few and final 15 leaves. Binding is sound. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # Books010620

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About this Item: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Seventeenth Printing, December, 1928 (1st was 1923). Good+. Tight Binding. Pages are clean. Front flap of dust jacket glued to front endpaper. Pocket and signout sheet on rear endpaper but no other library marks and no evidence that the book was ever loaned out. Some wear to corners. Only the front flap of the rare dust jacket remaining. Early printings are scarce (especially with a piece of the rare dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 13317

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1930. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Noted work by the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran and is his best known work. The prophet, Al Mustafa, has lived in the city of Orphalese for 12 years and is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses topics such as life and the human condition. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death. 107 pages, illustrated. gilt decorating binding has minor wear, image of Gibran pasted onto front pastedown, small inked gift inscription on flyleaf, a few rough edges where uncut pages have been separated. Book. Seller Inventory # 091685

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1948, 1948. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. EARLY EDITION. 48th printing. Originally published in 1923. 8vo. (8.3 x 5.6 inches). Illustrated with 12 mono plates by the author. Finely bound in late twentieth century full red calf. Spine with raised bands, the compartments with gilt rules, lettering and decoration. Two black labels, ruled and lettered in gilt. Double gilt ruled borders on boards. Gilt inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. Red silk bookmark. Top edge gilt. Bound for Books Inc. Bookshop of San Francisco, with their printed label on the rear inner board and small ink name stamped to the very top of the front blank free endpaper. A near fine copy, with a few minor spots to a few pages, in a near fine leather binding with just a little fading to the spine. Housed in a red paper covered slip case which has some wear the the edges but has done it's job of protecting the book. The binding is unsigned but is certainly the work of a master bookbinder. Seller Inventory # 10267

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1926. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. Parchment backed gold foil boards. 1926 Special Holiday edition. Missing slipcase. Illustrations by the author. Binding lightly cracked but still very secure. Scuffing, soiling and edge wear. Light foxing throughout; otherwise pages clean. A beautiful copy of an early edition. Seller Inventory # ABE-1581611941282

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1926. Gibran was born in Lebanon in 1883 and emigrated to the U.S. with his mother and siblings in 1895. His best-known work is The Prophet, a collection of philosophical, spiritual, mystical, and inspirational poetic essays that have been treasured by generations around the world since being first published in September, 1923. Its illustrations "are reproduced from the original drawings by the author." Inscribed copy: "With the kindest thoughts of Kahlil Gibran[,] 1926." Provenance: Christmas gift inscription reading, "For my friend Cecile from Barbara Young, Christmas, 1926." Barbara Young was the pen name of Henrietta Breckenridge Boughton, an American art and literary critic in the 1920s and a poet; she served as Gibran's secretary from 1925 until his death, revised and published his book The Garden of the Prophet, and published a study of his life (This Man from Lebanon). Square small 8vo (25 cm, 8.25"). 84 pp., 12 plates; illus. Publisher's black cloth; gilt faded, top of spine pulled with small loss. Corner of one leaf torn away. Else a very nice copy of => a book not often found inscribed, and with a provenance that goes straight back to the inscriber. Seller Inventory # 40911

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1938. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Plates (illustrator). Special Edition. 84 Pp. White Cloth, Git, Over Orange Boards With Black Illustration On Front Cover. Special Edition, Hand Set In Garamount By Trhe Southworth-Anthoensen Press (Portland, Maine), Printed And Bound By The Plimpton Press, Illustrations Reproduced In Collotype By Frederick Photogelatine Press Of New York. Book With No Wear, A Little Foxing In Gutter Edges Of Spine Cloth, Spine Gilt Strong But Darkened, Presentation Inscription From Brittanica In Memory Of Major Carl I Changstrom, Dated In 1944. Tissue Dust Jacket In Three Pieces, Worn And Chipped. Black Slipcase, With Gold Spine And Cover Labels Printed In Red And Black, Labels Unworn, Slipcase Worn At Corners And With Three Short Splits. Seller Inventory # 042993

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About this Item: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968. A Borzoi Book. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 66 pages; Impressively illustrated. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 42536

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About this Item: Heinemann, London, 1954. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. A clean, tightly-bound copy. Size: Approx 5" Wide and 8" Tall. Seller Inventory # 003418

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