el hakim s (4 Ergebnisse)

17pp, Printed card cover, VGC,

Zustand: New. In.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. None (illustrator). A first English-language edition of TawfÄ«q al-á ¤akÄ«m"s satirical novel, originally published in Egypt in 1937, examining the legal system through a murder case. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.First English-language edition, translated from the original Arabic text, first published in Egypt in 1937.Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.A philosophical and satirical novel by the leading Egyptian writer TawfÄ«q al-á ¤akÄ«m, using a murder case to explore the workings and failures of the modern legal system.TawfÄ«q al-á ¤akÄ«m (1898-1987) was a foundational figure of modern Arabic literature, often described as the pioneer of Arabic drama. Translated by A. S. Eban, later a prominent Israeli diplomat and statesman. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with the slightest trace of shelf wear to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper, smart. One or two small chips and closed tears to extremities, with slight loss to head of spine. slight soiling to wraps. Slight age toning to extremities. Slight offsetting to inside wraps. Internally, firmly bound. pages bright and clean with one or two spots to first and last few leaves and fore edge. Very Good Indeed. book.

First Edition. First French edition. Signed by Tawfiq al-Hakim on the limitation page, copy #264 of 450 thus. [viii], 154 pp. Bound in contemporary half vellum with gouache decorated boards, leather spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; original wraps bound in. In French. Near Fine with light soiling and ear to vellum, fore edge shows hint of foxing. A beautifully bound, signed copy of a novel by a major figure in Arabic literature, translated into French two years after its original Arabic edition. al-Hakim (1898-1987) was a major Egyptian playwright and novelist.