The Prophet.

GIBRAN, Kahlil.

Item Number: 112633

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936.

Early printing of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, with illustrations by the author. From the library of famed actor Zachary Scott with his bookplate to the front free endpaper. Scottwas an American actor who was most notable for his roles as villains and “mystery men”. In near fine condition with light toning.

The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Gibran’s musings are divided into twenty-eight chapters covering such sprawling topics as 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. It has been translated into well over 40 languages. By 2012, it had sold more than nine million copies in its American edition alone since its original publication in 1923.