William Editor Lillys (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. 1st printing; 32 clean, unmarked pages, with 9 tipped-in plates illustrating the story of Rustam from Firdausi's classic Persian epic, "The Shahnama.". Color & b/w Plates (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, VT. 1958. Softcover; text bound in plain, stiff cardboard covers with a glossy, illustrated dust jacket attached at book spine with oversize flaps covering the covers. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O bookplate on the front board. Book Condition: Very Good; toning to bottom edges of covers; DJ is not strongly affixed at spine. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($2.50): light rubbing to panels; small closed tear at bottom of DJ; bumping to head and tail with tape repairs to tail. Two B&W plates tipped-in, in the introduction; Nine color plates tipped-in to accent the text of The Story of Rustam. 32 pp 4to. Beginning in legendary antiquity the Shahnama or "Book of Kings" sweeps across ages of Persian civilization i and epic poem of some 60,000 verse by the 10th Century poet Firdausi. Its stream f events traces the fortunes of heroes and kings, telling of their exploits and splendor, their vast armies and devastating wars. The Story of Rustam is a favorite drama, he was the most extraordinary of heroes, a major figure in the mythical period of the epic, was destined from birth to be a guardian, and sometimes savior to the Persian people. Rustam had a lifespan of six hundred years and continued his principles of righteousness to the very last. A clean very presentable copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition stated 1965, first printing. Published by Charles E Tuttle. Hardcover in full cloth with gold lettering with DJ. Condition new, square, tight and clean book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ very good, no tears, no chips, slight edgewear and shelfwear, some indentations at rear panel, price not clipped. 4to, 104 pages, illustrated throughout.…

Card Covers. Condition: Fair. Fair to good copy. 32pp, 9 tipped in colour plates. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Softcover in Very Good condition with dustjacket.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition in publisher's original thick plain card wrap covers [softback]. Folio 12'' x 8¼''. Contains 32 pages of text with 9 tipped-in colour plates and 2 tipped-in monochrome illustrations. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper which is adhered down the spine as published, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. IRAN [Persia].…