To friends of wild animals. / By Youssouf Kamal.
Kamāl, Yūsuf
Category
Books
Date
1934
Materials
Place of origin
Cairo
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3100824
Summary
Bibliographic description
99, [1] p. ; 8vo. With eight blank leaves bound in at end. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on title page: "To Lord Fairhaven / with best compliments of the author / Y Kamal / 10-10-1934." [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from the author, Prince Yūsuf Kamāl (1882-1967)]. Gilt armorial centrepiece stamp of Lord Fairhaven on upper board [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full brown morocco; triple gilt fillet to form an outer border; gilt armorial centrepiece stamp of Lord Fairhaven on upper board [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt-panelled spine, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'To friends of wild animals' and 'Prince Youssouf Kamal'; double gilt fillet on board edges; gilt fillets on turn-ins; gilt textblock edges. Binder's gilt stamp on front pastedown: Robson & Co. Ltd. W.1.
Makers and roles
Kamāl, Yūsuf, author