Lot of two books by Kahlil Gibran

"The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran, illustrated with 12 full page monochrome plates by the author, published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, First Edition, stated 120s Printing, April 1991 [1st printing was issued in September 1923].

Original un-clipped dust jacket (w. $13 on flap); hard boards, original publisher's black cloth gold stamped spine and front board; 5.1/2" x 8.1/2"; frontispiece and 11 plates [all plates are present]; 96 pages + colophon, printed on high quality cream colored laid paper, very good/ fine condition.

"The Kahlil Gibran Diary For 1975. With a Selection For Each Week From the Prophet & His Other Writings" published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1974, stated 'First Edition' on the copyright page. Original mylar dust jacket is present.

Mylar dust jacket with gold filigree and lettering. Hard boards, faux leather with blind embossed emblem on front board [there is some wear and a small crease between front board and spine; 6.1/4" x 8"; decorated endpapers; calendar for 1975, blank pages for each week of the year 1975; Gibran's wisdom and monochrome reproductions of his artworks. All the pages are blank; gold upper page edges, very good condition.

Kahlil Gibran published "The Prophet" in 1923 and saw immediate success, but its real popularity came after his death. It remains popular today, providing insight and spiritual significance to ordinary human experiences. Gibran is the third-bestselling poet in history after William Shakespeare and Laozi. Gibran poetically addresses topics such as "Love" and "Marriage" as well as more mundane ones like "Work" and "Talking". Gibran's "spiritual fiction" does not shy away from deeper aspects of human life, either. Almustafa, the prophet, speaks also about "Good and Evil", "Joy and Sorrow", and even "Death". The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.

US: Priority (c.2-4 days) --------- $12.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) -- $32.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) --- $48.50