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Heroic Tales Retold From Firdusi The Persian.

Book Description

'With two etchings by A. Alma Tadema and a prefatory poem by Edmund W. Gosse'.

Dealer Notes

'The first edition of this work was published under the title of 'The Epic of Kings'. In issuing this new edition for younger readers, it has been considered advisable to give it a more distinctive title.'

Author Zimmern, Helen.

Date 1886.

Binding Decorative cloth boards. Gilt lettering to spine. All edges gilt. 19x13cms.

Publisher T, Fisher Unwin, London.

Illustrator L. Alma Tadema.

Condition Covers little scuffed, rubbed and soiled. Spine ends creased and frayed. Contents little fingered and soiled. A few pages with corner creases. Bookplate inside front cover.

Pages xlvii + 339pp + 2 plates.

Price: £100.00

Offered by Jane & John Kinnaird

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