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Hanaway, William L. (Translator), Sheikh Bighami

Love And War. Adventures From The Firuz Shah Nama

Scholars Facsimiles & Reprints 1974 Persian Heritage Series. - UNESCO Collection of Representative Works,

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Author
Hanaway, William L. (Translator), Sheikh Bighami
Publishers
Scholars Facsimiles & Reprints 1974 Persian Heritage Series., UNESCO Collection of Representative Works
Keyword
Iran
Cover description
Good
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

Cloth in D/W. First Edition. 8vo. 208 pp., glossary, dust cover spine darkened by shelf sun. Persian Heritage Series No. 19, book plate of Professor R. M. Burrell. HARD BACK Binding in dustwrappers. Copy clean and in very good condition. Love and War is the story of the handsome young prince of Persia, Firuz Shah, and his daring adventures in the pursuit of the comely "Eyn al-Hayat", Prince of Yemen, whose beauty was the envy of Venus. The tale is a Persian romance from the 11th century, was passed down by storytellers who held their audiences spellbound in courts and caravansaries, in public squares and private gatherings.