Spirits Rebellious
by Kahlil Gibran, Martin L. Wolf; Editor, Anthony Rizcallah Ferris; Translator
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Wisdom Library/The Philosophical Library, 1947 The Wisdom Library/The Philosophical Library, New York. Copyright 1947. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Distributed by Book Sales Inc. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner signature on the front pastedown. Book Condition: VG+: scattered splash spotting to text block top. DJ: Good+; NOT price clipped; suntanning to spine; small missing piece on top rear; wear at tips and tail. Brown paper over boards and spine clear dark brown printing on spine. 120 pp 8vo. This book caused Gibran to exiled from Lebanon by the Turks and was publicly burned in the streets. In this book he feels profound anger at the vicious inequality of man and woman in marriage and the corrupt thieving practices of religious administration in the Near East of his time. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005096
- Title
- Spirits Rebellious
- Author
- Kahlil Gibran, Martin L. Wolf; Editor, Anthony Rizcallah Ferris; Translator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Wisdom Library/The Philosophical Library
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Lebanon, Turkey, Middle East, Poetry, Literature, Islam, Christianity, Beirut Lebanon, marriage, book banning,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.