Lot 289: A SINGLE VOLUME OCTAVO HARDCOVER BOOK TITLED SHAIRAT MIN AL-BADIYA (POETESSES OF THE DESERT) CIRCA 1960S

A SINGLE VOLUME OCTAVO HARDCOVER BOOK TITLED SHAIRAT MIN AL-BADIYA (POETESSES OF THE DESERT) CIRCA 1960S

A single volume octavo hardcover book titled Sha’irat min al-Badiya (Poetesses of the Desert), authored by Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ruddas. The title page identifies the publisher as Dar al-Yamamah for Research, Translation and Publishing, based in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The volume is half-bound in black pebbled leather with marbled paper-covered boards. The spine features five raised bands with faint gold-tooled Arabic lettering. The interior includes a black-and-white photographic portrait frontispiece of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia with a printed dedicatory message below it. The text is in Arabic and includes a glossary of terms on pages 96 and 97. The title page bears a purple ink stamp indicating the price of 17 Riyals and a pencilled number 75 in a circle.