The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [Volume One Only]
by Burton, Richard F
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: The Burton Club, 1907. Burton's translation remains the gold standard and is always a rewarding read. This is a Fine copy of Volume One only of the "Medina Edition" in a modern rebind. Gray cloth binding titled in gilt on the front cover and spine. Clean text; 362 pages; indexed. Top-edge is gilt, others rough-cut. The Burton Club editions were LIMITED to 1000 copies. There is no publication date. However, this was the second of the "catchword edition" issued by the Burton Club; Penzer places it as 1907. . Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Facsimile of the original edition printed by The Burton Club for private subscribers only.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005434
- Title
- The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [Volume One Only]
- Author
- Burton, Richard F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Facsimile Edition
- Publisher
- The Burton Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mid East History & Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Facsimile
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...