2010, ISBN: 9781848854222

Capricorn, 1966 256 pp. The Gullistan, or Rose Garden, is the foremost work of Persian literature, more widely quoted in all Islam than any other book except the Koran itself. That its fa… More...

Capricorn, 1966 256 pp. The Gullistan, or Rose Garden, is the foremost work of Persian literature, more widely quoted in all Islam than any other book except the Koran itself. That its fame is not equal in the Western world is due largely to the nature of its treatment of homosexual love. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are bright and undamaged.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good., Capricorn, 1966, 3, SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. Revised* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2010 (1987)* Publisher: Tauris Parke.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing a view of Istanbul by Felix Ziem (1864). No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used, as new. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 237 pp. text. xiii pp. bibliography & index at rear.* Product Description:- Turkey lies at the crossroads of history. Since the beginning of civilisation, Anatolia has been crossed and re-crossed by waves of ancient people: the Hittites, the ancient Persian Empire and the mighty Ottoman Empire that spread as far as Budapest, Baghdad, Cairo and Arabia, have created a country as varied as it is possible to find in the world. With a climate and landscape as diverse as its past, Turkey has provided an alluring and yet sometimes challenging destination for westerners throughout the ages. This, and the hospitality of its people has ensured that countless visitors, from classical times to the present, have fallen under the spell of Turkey. "Across the Hellespont" describes in lively detail the remarkable literature which Turkey has inspired for two millennia.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st. revised edn, 1st imp. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*, Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2010-11-05, 5<

2010, ISBN: 9781848854222

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. Revised* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2010 (1987)* Publisher: Tauris Parke.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated s… More...

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. Revised* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2010 (1987)* Publisher: Tauris Parke.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing a view of Istanbul by Felix Ziem (1864). No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used, as new. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 237 pp. text. xiii pp. bibliography & index at rear.* Product Description:- Turkey lies at the crossroads of history. Since the beginning of civilisation, Anatolia has been crossed and re-crossed by waves of ancient people: the Hittites, the ancient Persian Empire and the mighty Ottoman Empire that spread as far as Budapest, Baghdad, Cairo and Arabia, have created a country as varied as it is possible to find in the world. With a climate and landscape as diverse as its past, Turkey has provided an alluring and yet sometimes challenging destination for westerners throughout the ages. This, and the hospitality of its people has ensured that countless visitors, from classical times to the present, have fallen under the spell of Turkey. "Across the Hellespont" describes in lively detail the remarkable literature which Turkey has inspired for two millennia.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st. revised edn, 1st imp. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*, Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2010-11-05, 5<