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London: H.S. Nichols Ltd., 1897. Kamashastra Edition - Library Edition . Hardcover. Very Good -/No Jackets. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Letchford, Albert. 12vol.set; HBs ¾bound red leather&spiral design w/red leather&gilt-gilt trim; rubbed w/edges&corners worn; spines sunned w/wear&tear on hinges; PONinscripts; ink spill, spine,vols.iv&xii; some sml.tears&tanned edges,otherwise clean,tight pgs. From "The Story of King Shahrvar and His Brother" (first of Vol.I) to "History of Prince Habib and What Befell Him with the Lady Durrat Al-Ghawwas" (last of Vol.XII). illus.
The Book of The Thousand Nights and A Night by Sir R F Burton - 1894
by Sir R F Burton
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The Book of The Thousand Nights and A Night
by Sir R F Burton
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London - H S Nichols, 1894 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. The 'Library Edition' of The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night. This edition was editedby the friend ofthe translatorRichard Burton, Leonard C Smithers. This is the first of Nichols and Smithers' fine library edition. Published by H S Nichols and Co. This editionwas published soon after Lady Burton's family edition and shortly before the illustrated library edition. This edition is of importance as it reinstates the text originallyomitted by Lady Burton's edition. As stated in the preface, Smithers intention in the restoration was so that this work can finally 'take its proper place on the library shelf alongside Cervantes and Shakespeare. 'In beautiful cloth bindings withpictorialgilt stamping to boards. Richard Burton's translation of One Thousand and One Nights or ArabianNights is his best known work. The text is a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales originally compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. Condition: In uniform cloth bindings with pictorial gilt stamping to the front boards and spines. Externally, generally smart with heavybumping tothe head and tail of spines. some damage to the spine of volume VIII, a small hole. Evidence of damp staining to the bottom of front board to volume VIII. Damp staining to the bottom of front board to volume IX resulting in tidemarks to the bottom of first first 391 pages and some cockling. Damp staining is worse to bottom ofboth boards to volume X as it has resulted in the loss to some of the gilt stamping to the front and has caused a small amount of mould internally. Spine and rear board to volume XI hastidemarks and some damp staining as hasvolume XII, to the front board as well. Hinges to volume I are slightly strained but firm. Some remnants of adhered paperto the rear board of volumeIV. Prior owner's signature to the front pastedown of all volumes, R C Love. Afew ink spots to endpapersand pastedowns tovolume IV. Small loss tocloth on front board ofvolume VI at the extremities. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Tidemarks to pastedowns of volume XI due to damp staining. Tidemarks to first few pages of volume VIII resulting in some cocking to first 290 pages. Small tidemark to thepage edges to 339 - 378 of volume IV, not affecting text. Tidemarks and cockling throughout volume X at the bottom, not affecting text. Damp staining to volume XI has resulted in front endpaper adhering to front pastedown and therefore some tears and loss due to an attempted removal. Cockling throughout the bottom of pages to volume XI due to damp staining. The odd spot throughout. Overall: VERY GOOD..
- Bookseller Rooke Books (GB)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher London - H S Nichols
- Date Published 1894
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night - Twelve Volume Set
by Burton, Sir R.F. (trans.) - Smithers, Leonard C. (orig.ed.)
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: 12 V
by Burton, Sir R. F. [Captain]; [Burton, Richard]
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H. S. Nichols Ltd.; Kamashastra. Used - Acceptable. Twelve volume complete set [12 Volumes]; Volumes I-XII. Translated from the Arabic by Captain Sir R. F. Burton. Reprinted from the original edition and edited by Leonard C. Smithers. Illustrated with a series of seventy-one original illustrations reproduced from the original pictures in oils specially painted by Albert Letchford. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [Arabian Nights]. Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers only. The Kamashastra Library Edition. Quarto. All volumes uniformly half-bound in richly textured red leather. Raised bands with gilt lettering and decoration on spines. Green cloth covered boards. Some rubbing and wear to boards and spines with mild fading to spines. Some moisture damage, mainly affecting fore-edges of boards, with mild impact upon internal content. Top edges gilt with other edges uncut. Contains b/w illustrated plates throughout all volumes with annotated tissue-guards. Pages are…
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