T h johnson translator (2 resultados)

Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good+. First American Edition. A Very Good or Better Book in a Good or Better Dust Jacket, Unclipped ($3.50). Book is rubbed to corners, tail, and crown. Text block is a somewhat darkened from toning and soiling. Text is unmarked. Binding is tight but slightly askew. Dust jacket is generally rubbed and bumped causing chipping to extremities. Jacket panels are sunned and soiled. A few beads of glue residue present to rear jacket panel. Hardcover. Slim Octavo. [x], [1], 2-192pp. Publisher's Emerald Cloth, Stamped Gilt Detailing.…

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xxiii+236+[2, errata]+[4, ads]. Arabic and English text. Publisher's original red cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and upper cover. From the library of the "Newman School of Missions" of Thabor, Jerusalem, with their book label to front pastedown. The Newman School of Missions was a historical institution located at a place called Thabor in Jerusalem, British Palestine, active at least during the 1920s to 1940s. Some rubbing and fading to cloth, slightly cocked, contents clean and unmarked save for one ink scribble to lower portion of page 95, generally a pleasant copy in the original cloth. An important and uncommon English translation of the Mu'allaqat ('The Suspended Odes'), one of the most celebrated compilations of pre-Islamic poetry. The seven poems, by Imru' al-Qais, Tarafa, Zuhayr, Labid, 'Antara Ibn Shaddad, 'Amr ibn Kulthum, and Harith ibn Hilliza, are believed to have been hung in the Kaaba (although many scholars have argued the title is less literal, referring instead to suspension in the mind). Due to its renown, the Mu'allaqat attracted several important commentaries by leading scholars of early Arabic poetry. This edition is translated line by line, with notes (alternative readings, historical context etc.) by Capt. F.E. Johnson. It also features an introduction and analysis by Sheikh Faizullabhai, a Fellow of the University of Bombay.…