Abdullah, Achmed. THE SWINGING CARAVAN. New York: Brentano’s Publishers, [1925]. Octavo, title page printed in orange and black, original blue-gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. Second printing. Eleven short stories of adventure with exotic Oriental settings. Abdullah was a frequent contributor to the early pulps. Small private owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Top edge of text block just a bit dusty, else a fine copy in very good two-color pictorial dust jacket printed on yellow paper stock with mild dust soiling to spine and rear panels, and remnants of tiny colored sticker at bottom edges of rear panel and rear flap which were used originally to hold the jacket in place (this is not obtrusive). Nice pictorial jacket. (#115861)

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