Lute and Scimitar

New York: Payson & Clarke, Ltd, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Introduced and with commentary by Achmed Abdullah, being a fine survey of being poems and ballads of Central Asia translatedout of the Afghan, the Persian, the Turkoman, the Tarantchi, the Bokharan, the Balochi, and the Tartar tongues together with an Introduction and Historical and Philological annotations. Bound in two-tone, light raspberry paper over boards, darker raspberry over spine, rubbed paper title label to spine. Moderate sunning along exterior edges, some mild soiling, a few dings, bruising to and scuffing of upper front tip. Inside front flap is an abraded bookplate of Henry and Sylvia Lieferant, and then the remains of pink paper thereover. "Fred Petras" is written in pen by the previous owner, the noted erotophile and bibliographer, Gerson Legman, and confirmed by his widow, Judith Evans Legman. Else with plentiful penciled check-marks in margins, but neither highlighting nor underlining. 83 pp. Dealer stamp, neatly affixed.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.