Description: I have here for sale a book entitled TALES FROM THE GULISTAN or Rose-Garden of the Sheikh Sa'di of Shiraz. Translated by Sir Richard Burton and illustrated with 9 b/w plates by John Kettelwell. It is a first edition published by Philip Allan & Co Ltd, London in 1928. The Gulistan is a collection of poems and stories, just as a rose-garden is a collection of flowers. It is widely quoted as a source of wisdom. The well-known aphorism still frequently repeated in the western world, about being sad because one has no shoes until one meets the man who has no feet "whereupon I thanked Providence for its bounty to myself" is from the Gulistan. The minimalist plots of the Gulistan's stories are expressed with precise language and psychological insight, creating a "poetry of ideas" with the concision of mathematical formulas. The book explores virtually every major issue faced by humankind with both an optimistic and a subtly satirical tone.Black cloth hardboards with gilt lettering to the spine. Very slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and a few small scratches to the cloth at the bottom right hand corner of the front board. Corners a little bumped. Foxing to the first few pages, and a tiny bit to the last couple, but all others are clean. 256 pages, 23 x 18 cm.We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy. Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.
Price: 59.99 GBP
Location: Whitegate, Cheshire
End Time: 2024-12-13T19:53:44.000Z
Shipping Cost: 39.4 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 30 days
Binding: Hardback
Non-Fiction Subject: Literature, Poetry & Criticism
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Fiction Subject: Short Stories & Anthologies
Region: Middle East
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: TRANSLATED BY SIR RICHARD F BURTON
Publisher: PHILIP ALLAN & CO LTD
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Year Printed: 1928
Original/Facsimile: Original
