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Fine Books & Manuscripts
1:00 PM PT - Sep 17th, 2009

 

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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night

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Title: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Author: Burton, Sir Richard F., translator
Description: 12 volumes. Reprinted from the original edition and edited by Leonard C. Smithers. Illustrated with 71 gravure plates from paintings by Albert Letchford; printed tissue guards. 10¼x6¼, original ¾ brown morocco and cloth, spines tooled in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. "Library Edition" ["Kamashastra Edition" in gilt at foot of spines].Handsome edition of Burton's famous translation, one of the "Nichols-Smithers" editions, notable for the fine printing and the numerous gravure illustrations, attractively bound.
Heading: (Arabian Nights)Place Published: London
Publisher: H.S. Nichols, Ltd.
Date Published: 1897

Condition report

Rubbing to some of the spines, small chip to spine head of Vol. VI, rear joint of Vol. XI and front joint of Vol. XII cracked; frontispiece of Vol. XI detached, else very good.

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