Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. minor wear and creasing.
Published by Octagon Press, London, 1980
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
, 0900860693. Condition: Very Good. . . . . 8vo, hardcover. Vg+ condition in vg+ dj. Previous owner's name on title page. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 222 pp.
Published by Kama Shastra Society, Benares, 1887
Seller: Alkaemia Books, Cambridge, CAMBR, United Kingdom
US$ 239.73
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Good. 8vo, pp. vi, 183. Translation from the Persian by Richard Francis Burton. Privately printed by the Kama Shastra Society for subscribers only. An unexpurgated English version of this 15th-century Persian classic. Bound in full vellum, spine lettered in gilt, vellum darkened, more so at the spine. Endpapers lightly foxed; text clean throughout. A good and clean copy overall.
Published by Kama Shastra Society, Benares, 1887
Seller: Wilfrid M. de Freitas - Bookseller, ABAC, Montreal, QC, Canada
First Edition
First edition. âPrinted by the Kama Shastra Society for Private Subscribers only." Original full creamy vellum, lettered in gilt on spine. NB. Translation, usually attributed to Burton, is actually by his friend Rehatsek (see Penzer p. 162). JÄmi (Nur ad-DÄĞn Abd ar-RahmÄn JÄmi) was a 15th century Persian mystic, scholar and poet; he wrote the BehÄristÄn, modelled on the GulistÄn, in 1487.
Published by Benares: Kama Shastra Society for Private Subscribers,, 1887
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. vi + 183 pp. Previous owner's inked name and note to first leaf, else very good plus in full vellum that is a little soiled with a vertical crease down the spine. English translation by Burton, with his introduction. One of several translations done by Burton for the Society founded by him and others to circumvent the Obscene Publications Act of 1857.
Published by Kama Shastra Society, Benares, 1887
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Vellum. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, pp. vi, 183, [1] (errata). A literal translation from the Persian by Richard Francis Burton. Privately printed by the Kama Shastra Society for subscribers only. An unexpurgated English version of this 15th-century Persian classic. Bound in full vellum, spine lettered in gilt, vellum darkened, more so at the spine. Endpapers lightly foxed; text clean throughout. A good and clean copy overall. Provenance: Pickford Waller, with his bookplate to the front pastedown.
Published by The Kama Shastra Society, 1887
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st. The BEHARISTAN (ABODE OF SPRING), The Kama Shastra Society / Richard Burton, Benares, 1887, first edition, some moderate dust-soiling to the full vellum binding (a bit more to the spine), fore edge and bottom page edges uncut, beveled edges, else a tight vg copy.