Aghani al-Darwish [Songs of the Dervish]
by AYYUB, Rashid (or Raschid Ayoub)
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A very good copy, internally clean, the front wrapper with large chip at fore-edge
- Seller
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
This is the second of the three volumes of verse published by the Lebanese-born poet Rashid Ayyub (1872-1941) nicknamed the "complaining" or "dervish" poet. It's frontispiece is a characteristic image by Kahlil Gibran (Jubran Kahlil Jibran). As a merchant, he visited Paris and Manchester and later emigrated to New York, where he joined the romantic movement of the Mahjar ("exiled") poets, founding with other writers, al-R bi a al-Qalamiyya, the first Arab-American literary society. A scarce title, especially inscribed.
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- Bookseller
- Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 404840
- Title
- Aghani al-Darwish [Songs of the Dervish]
- Author
- AYYUB, Rashid (or Raschid Ayoub)
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good copy, internally clean, the front wrapper with large chip at fore-edge
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Syrian-American Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Wrappers
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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