Peter Avery & John Heath-Stubbs - Hafiz of Shiraz, Thirty Poems - First Edition

HAFIZ OF SHIRAZ [SHAMS ud-Din Muhammad of Shiraz (circa 1320-1389)],[AVERY, Peter & HEATH-STUBBS, John, translators].

Hafiz of Shiraz. Thirty Poems.

London: John Murray, 1952.

FIRST EDITION THUS, first printing. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[6]; 66. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine and upper. Clipped dust-jacket with printed price of 4s. 6d. net and by hand in pen of 5/- to spine.

Edges toned and a little dusty. Bookplate of J.L. of Baldernock, Milngavie and shelf marks to pastedown, with his signature to flyleaf, no further marks within. Dust-jacket a little rubbed and marked with the shelf marks repeated to front flap. Uncommon. Very good.

Part of the Wisdom of The East series.