[SOLD] Khalil Gibran – The Prophet – 1940

An early printing of Khalil Gibran’s best-known work, a collection of 26 poetic and spiritual fables with illustrations by the author throughout.

This is the 38th impression of the first edition, published in 1940, with the first having been issued in 1923 in a run of just 2,000 copies. Early printings in good condition are now increasingly hard to find.

The Prophet remains one of the bestselling books of all time and has been translated into dozens of languages. Topics covered by the parables include love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, 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

Published by Alfred A. Knopf in New York in 1930. In very good condition. Hardback, black boards with gilt lettering and decorative cover, sharp and clear. Previous owner’s inscription to front endpaper, no other writing inside. Binding tight and square. Lettering still bright to spine.