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The Arabian Nights: Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
by [Arabian Nights]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
[DETMOLD, E[dward] J[ulius]]. The Arabian Nights. Tales from the Thousand and One Nights. Illustrated by E.J. Detmold. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company (ca. 1927). 8vo, [x] 297pp. Navy cloth stamped in gold with color pictorial label affixed to the front. 12 hand-mounted color plates. Spine ends a bit rubbed, front label affixed with some waffling, else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (chipping and wear at edges, some rubbing to spine panel). Rare in jacket.
Early printing, ca. 1927, based on publisher's dust jacket advertisement listing "New Titles for 1927." Often considered to be E.J. Detmold's masterpiece, this gorgeously illustrated edition of the classic tales from One Thousand and One Nights is truly breathtaking. Filled with fantastical architecture, vibrant colors and captivating scenes, this charming volume is a true delight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049842
- Title
- The Arabian Nights
- Author
- [Arabian Nights]
- Illustrator
- E.J. Detmold
- Format/Binding
- Navy cloth stamped in gold with color pictorial label affixed to the front
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- ca. 1927
- Pages
- [x] 297pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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