Bahloul & Hamdouna, or how the Sultan's daughter learned the Jester was a contemptible man. A Tale from The Perfumed Garden by Sheikh Nefzawi.

South Laguna, CA: Weather Bird Press,] 1969 One of fifty copies in boards in a total edition of seventy-five (twenty-five were bound in paper wrappers). This is one of the earliest books of Vance Gerry's Weather Bird Press. Most of the earliest items were ephemeral pieces, or in wrappers. . Dark red cloth over patterned purple boards. In the dust jacket, which is a bit chipped at the edges. . Octavo. With three linocut plates printed in purple. Title-paged printed in purple and black. A fine copy. "This excerpt from The Perfumed Garden is the press' only encounter with erotica. The illustrations, cut by the press, transcend the subject matter so well as to deserve a G rating today." (25 Years of the Weather Bird Press, 1993, #10. Vance Gerry Bibliography (Whittington Press, #11).