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A Second Treasury of Kahlil Gibran
by Kahlil Gibran; Martin L. Wolf, Editor; Anthony Ferris, Translator
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Citadel Press, 1962 The Citadel Press, New York. 1962. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light shelfwear; lightly bumped lower front tip. DJ: Very Good; light wear to head, tail, and tips; small closed tear to front panel near gutter; light sunfading to spine. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Clean internals; internal hinges are sound and not split. Deckled fore edges. 357 pp 8vo. Included in this great work are four books: The Broken Wings, and exquisitely tender poetic love story; The Vice of the Master, Gibran's remarkable study of life; Thoughts and Meditations, containing Gibran's spiritual message to the world; and Kahlik Gibran: A Self-Portrait, in which Gibran's greatness is revealed through his letters. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013452
- Title
- A Second Treasury of Kahlil Gibran
- Author
- Kahlil Gibran; Martin L. Wolf, Editor; Anthony Ferris, Translator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- The Citadel Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Kahlil Gibran, Lebanon, Arabic Poet, poetry, Arabic, love poems, sufferings of man, heart of sorrow, poetic beauty, Eastern Wisdom, mystic East, meditations, laments,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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