Autographed Letter Signed just before "Hamid" was released

PAYNE, John (1842 - 1916)

Published by London, 1904

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3 pages (front and back), each measuring 6 x 4.5 inches, London, September 28, 1904, written just days before the release of his last book translated from Persian into the English language, "Hamid the Luckless and Other Tales" and with the suggestion of another project that would never materialize, in full: "I was pleased to hear from you and to know that my last two volumes had given you pleasure. 'Hamid' will be out in a few days and it is published by D. Nutt and will be followed by a reprint from various periodicals of my 'Poems of Youth' and I hope, in the course of next year by a completely new volume 'Dream-Voices,' now in progress." Note: The Quatrains of Ibn et Tefrid, a Persian translation released in 1908 & 1921, was a project that Payne originally researched in 1897. "Dream-Voices" was an aborted project but its contents may have been absorbed into later volumes of prose. One horizontal fold but still in fine condition. English poet and translator best known for renditions of Boccaccio's Decameron, The Arabian Nights and the Diwan Hafez. After completing his translation of Omar Khayyam, Payne returned to the rendition of Hafez eventually published in 3 vols. in 1901. Seller Inventory # 272518

Bibliographic Details

Title: Autographed Letter Signed just before "Hamid...

Publisher: London

Publication Date: 1904

Binding: unbound

Signed: Signed by Author(s)