Persian Adventurer Being Sequel Kuzzilbash by Frazer J B (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Volume I (of three) only. xii, 366pp. Three quarters bound in calf's leather over marbled boards, with gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Orange endpapers. 12mo. Boards heavily worn, rubbed all round edges, rounded on corners, spine leather crumbling and detached with minor loss at spine head. Faded and scratched. Front board and backstrip loosened, front free endpaper detached but present. Top edge spray leached to affect early pages along top edge. Some faint and occasional spotting but generally internally neat and clean. Armorial bookplate George Tempest Rowland (likely Major George Tempest Rowland of the Royal Artillery) on front pastedown.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 392 pages. Volume 3 only.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG+ in 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1830. In recent, to style, quarter green cloth, over contemporary boards, corners & edges bumped & lightly worn, printed paper labels. Internally, Vol 1, half title, [5], (vi-xii), [1], 2-365 pp, [1]. Vol II, [2], [1], 2-365 pp, [1]. Vol III, [2], [1], 2-392 pp. Occasional spot to eps, hinges strengthened, edges uncut, (203*125 mm).(Sadleir p134. Bateson - Cambridge Bibliography p393). A follow up to The Kuzzilbash. A Tale of Khorasan, 3 vols, 1828. Amongst his other publications were; Narrative of a Journey into Khorasan in the Years 1821 and 1822 (1825) and Travels and Adventures in the Persian Provinces of the Southern Banks of the Caspian Sea (1826). Also wrote historical novels including The Kuzzilbash, a Tale of Khorasan (1828), The Persian Adventurer (1830), The Highland Smugglers (1832), and Tales of the Caravanserai (1833) and An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia (Edinburgh 1834).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Uncommon, VG+, 1st ed, 1830. 3 Vol, in attractive modern, & to style, half calf over contemporary green marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spines, blind & gilt tooling, the original red calf labels with gilt titles. Internally, Vol 1, [3], (vi-xii), [1], 2-365, [1]. Vol 2, [2], [1], 2-365, [1]. Vol 3, [2], [1], 2-392 pp. Hinges strengthened, bound without the half titles, very occasional spot, printed by Abraham John Valpy. A sequel to The Kuzzilbash, a Tale of Khorasan (1826), (191*116 mm). (Sadleir 905. Bateson - Cambridge bibliography of English Lit p393).

Leather. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The scarce three volume first edition of James Baillie Fraser's thrilling romance 'The Persian Adventurer'. The scarce first edition of this work, complete in three volumes.The work of Scottish travel writer and artist James Baillie Fraser, who was also know for his fictional tales of life in the East.A sequel to the author's 1828 novel 'The Kuzzilbash', the novel follows a Persian nobleman as he navigates political intrigue and warfare. The novel incorporates elements of real historical events.Lacking half titles.Contemporary inscriptions to front blanks of volumes I and II, and to title page head of volume III. Library bookplates to front pastedowns, with stamps to title page versos, and with perforated library stamp to tail of title page and following leaf of each volume. In a half morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. Rubbing to back strip head and tail, joints, and raised bands. Rear joint of volume I, head and tail of front joint of volume II, and volume III joints starting, with boards firmly held. Library bookplates to front pastedowns. Inscriptions to head of front blanks of vols I and II. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription to volume III title page head. Perforated library stamps to tail of title page and following leaf of each volume. Library stamps to title page versos. Light spotting to volume I, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Good. book.