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London, [Smithers and Nichols for] The Grolier Society, 1902-1904. . Edition de luxe, number 31 of 50 copies; 12 vols; chromolithograph titles in black, red and gold, 71 photogravures after Albert Letchford and 21 etchings by Lalauze, each in 2 states (printed on Japan and India proof paper, with printed tissue guards), partially unopened, a few leaves loose in volumes 1, 2, 3, 11 and 12; contemporary full red morocco gilt, t.e.g., held in the original custom-made mahogany cabinet with glazed and pierced metal front, lacks key. One of 50 edition de luxe sets finely bound in red morocco, housed in the original custom made cabinet, the glazed doors with pierced metalwork panels in Arabic reading 'One Thousand and One Nights'. These sets were issued at the substantial price of 60 guineas each. [Penzer, p.10]

The so-called "manuscript edition" of Richard Burton's celebrated translation of Alf Laylah Wa Laylah, commonly known in English as the Arabian nights. These Arabic tales, cherished in Europe since the early 18th century, are often erotic in content, and in Burton's unexpurgated translation they outraged Victorian England. Burton included numerous footnotes and a scholarly apparatus, offering a vivid picture of Arabian life (including sexual customs), which set his translation apart from earlier English renderings. The present edition (limited to 99 sets, the present being copy no. 49) includes a manuscript leaf from a text by Burton. In the present copy this is a book review by Burton, of a French translation of Johannis de Capua's Latin translation of a Hebrew translation of the Panchatantra, a Sanskrit frame story written several centuries before the Arabian nights. The notes at the head show that it was used as printer’s copy.The title-page of volume one uses the correct main title, The book of… Read More

[Boston:] Privately Printed in the USA for the Burton Club,, [c.1903]. With autograph letter signed by Burton The Manuscript Edition, number 50 of 150 sets, with an autograph letter signed from Burton to writer and friend James Hain Friswell, the dedicatee of Burton's Stone Talk (1865), "a bitter satire... enumerating many of the crimes which England has committed" (Penzer, p. 77); Friswell helped to see the book through the press. A sparkling set of this very handsome edition. Letter in full: 34 Upper Montague Place, Montague Square August 25/[18]64 My Dear Sir Please let me know when and where I can pick you up tomorrow en route for the club [possibly either the Savage or Cannibal clubs]. I have just returned from rustication [Burton returned from the Kingdom of Dahomey, West Africa, in August 1864]. In haste believe me yours sincerely Richard F. Burton Hain Friswell Esq The Burton Club reprints were based on the edition put out by the so-called Burton Society of Denver, Colorado, in 1900-01, "the… Read More

London: H.S. Nichols, Ltd., 1897. 12 volumes. Rare and Most Probably a Unique Presentation of the Illustrated Library Edition. 142 original illustrations, including a portrait of Burton, reproduced from the original pictures in oils specially painted by Albert Letchford with one set of the original 71 illustrations presented as included by the publisher and another set individually hand-coloured. 8vo, splendid, handsome and very finely executed three-quarter gilt-bordered dark red morocco over vellum covered boards, the spine in compartments separated by wide gilt decorated raised bands, the compartments of the spine elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt with beautiful arabesque designs, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. A very handsome and unusually appealing set. The bindings are very stately and attractive and the colouring of the illustrations beautifully accomplished. We know of no other handcoloured copy being offered in recent memory. Some old stains to the edges of some leaves or… Read More

A handsome edition of Burton's Arabian Nights, finely illustrated and printed in a limited edition of 100 hand-numbered copies. Bold to a fault, Richard Burton travelled to Mecca, explored the African Great Lakes, shocked his readers with his candid travel accounts, and gained fame and riches with his translation of the Arabian Nights. The first edition was published in 1885-1888 and re-issued by the Burton Club shortly thereafter. The present edition is a reprint of the first Burton Club edition, illustrated with, among others, Albert Letchford's famous plates. Spines slightly faded. Fine set, uncut and partly unopened.

Benares: printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers Only, 1885-8. 16 volumes. The first edition of Burton's translation. 8vo, original black cloth with lettering and decoration in gilt, and in silver on the supplementary volumes. A good set, the spines well worn. THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF BURTON’S ‘PLAIN AND LITERAL TRANSLATION.’ This Benares edition, the true first appearance of Burton's translation, is quite scarce. The first volume bears a tipped-in slip from the publisher which gives some indication of the book’s contents and the atmosphere of the Victorian society into which it was born: “Memorandum. In issuing this first volume of ‘The Nights,” Captain Burton begs to remind all who have honoured him by subscribing to it, that the work is intended only for those that wish to study the peculiarities of Moslem life and Arabo-Egyptian manners, customs, and language. It is emphatically a book for men and students; and nothing could be more repugnant to… Read More

London: H.S. Nichols, Ltd., 1897. 12 volumes. First edition earliest state of the illustrations, First Issue of the First Illustrated Library Edition, First Edition thus. This, a very rare proof copy of the work in a very rare binding state and with all plates marked Remarque Proof and printed on Japon vellum. 71 original illustrations, including a portrait of Burton, reproduced from the original pictures in oils specially painted by Albert Letchford. This copy a proof copy with all plates in proof state and printed on Japon Vellum. Also included are all of the original prelims to the Letchford plates publication noting the severe limitation of copies of the plates printed on Japon Vellum. 8vo, three-quarter gilt-bordered dark green morocco over green pebbled boards, the spine in compartments separated by gilt-ruled raised bands, lettered in gilt on two labels (one brown, one green), t.e.g., marbled endpapers (Penzer Style B). A very handsome set, very well preserved. A scarce and… Read More

London: H.S. Nichols Ltd., 1897. . Limited Library edition, one of 570 sets, and one of only a few sets issued in the publisher’s full morocco bindings, set of twelve volumes, full brown bevelled morocco with lavishly decorated boards in gilt, gilt decorations to spine, five raised bands, inner dentelles gilt, t.e.g., patterned endpapers, b/w frontispiece portrait to first volume, b/w plates with caption-sheets; neat ink ownership autograph to front paste-down endpaper and to front free endpaper verso, light wear to leather at extremities, a very good set.

Benares: Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers only. First Burton edition of The Arabian Nights. Octavo, 16 volumes, bound in three quarter red crushed morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spin, raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated. In near fine condition. Richard Burton was an accomplished geographer, explorer, orientalist, ethnologist, diplomat, polylinguist and author who is best known for his translation of Arabian Nights. One of the great Arabists of his day, he had long wanted to publish an unexpurgated version of the "Arabian Nights" stories. The first translations into English, notably that by Edward Lane (1840, 1859), were highly abridged. In translating the Nights, Burton "attempted to invent an English equivalent of medieval Arabic. In doing so, he drew upon Chaucerian English, Elizabethan English, and the 1653 English translation by Sir Thomas Urquhart of the first three books of Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel" (Byatt).

The Burton Club, 1920. Limited Ed. #671. Hardcover. Very Good+. THIS COMPLETE 17 VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD+ CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SMALL AMOUNT OF RUBBING TO LEATHER AS SEEN IN PHOTOS. BINDING AND HINGES ARE EXCELLENT, DECORATIVE END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND NO FOXING. ILLUSTRATED, BOOKS MEASURE 9.5"x6.75". SAMARA EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 SETS THIS BEING #671. NO PUBLICATION DATE STATED - CIRCA 1920. A BEAUTIFUL SET IN SCARCE SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE BINDING..

N.P.: Privately Printed By The Burton Club, n.d. [ca. 1905-20]. Numbered, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Large Octavo. Baroda Edition, complete in 16 volumes (10 volumes of The Thousand and One Nights and A Night; 6 volumes of the Supplemental Nights). No. 182 of an edition limited to 950 sets. Half dark blue morocco and blue linen, ribbon bookmarks, 5 raised bands, ornate gilt panelled spine, top edge gilt. 71 illustrations all with captioned tissue guards. Bookplate in vol. 1 of Supplement, tiny chip at head of vol. 5 in Arabian Nights, otherwise a superb set, very handsome on the shelf.

[Benares, by The Kamashastra Society, 1885] London: H.S. Nichols, 1897. The Library Edition. Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers only. Complete in 12 volumes; large octavo, (27 x 18 x 56cm). Frontispiece portrait and photogravure illustrations with titled tissue guards. Publisher's original red half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, green buckram boards, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Some spotting to edges of text block. Very minor handling but no significant condition issues to bindings; clean and fresh, not rubbed or dulled, joints and headcaps strong. A superior set in the publisher's handsome leather binding. 'The reader has here... the most complete English edition of The Nights that can ever be published.'.

Benares: Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers Only [i.e. The Burton Society], 1888. Limited numbered facsimile edition of the first edition, no. 12 of 250 issued by the Burton Society of Denver, Colorado for Private Circulation. Plates by Stanley L. Wood throughout. [xxviii], 362; [viii], 343; viii, 356; [x], 308; [xii], 406; viii, 303; viii, 382; [viii], 359; viii, 359; [viii], 532; [xii], 370; [x], 392; xvi, 661; [xvi], 381; [xviii], 515; viii, [xiv], 500 pp. Tall 8vo (253 x 158 mm.). Bound in three-quarters red morocco, vols I, II, X, and supplement VI with joints repaired, else a fine set. Limited numbered facsimile edition of the first edition, no. 12 of 250 issued by the Burton Society of Denver, Colorado for Private Circulation. Plates by Stanley L. Wood throughout. [xxviii], 362; [viii], 343; viii, 356; [x], 308; [xii], 406; viii, 303; viii, 382; [viii], 359; viii, 359; [viii], 532; [xii], 370; [x], 392; xvi, 661; [xvi], 381; [xviii], 515; viii, [xiv], 500 pp. Tall 8vo… Read More

Waterlow & Sons, 1886. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. signed. Signed by Author(s)complete 6 volume set in original cream vellum. all books are well bound and have a small book-plate from a previous owner. the spines of all volumes are darkened and rubbed. the spine of volume 3 is rubbed to the point that there is no print left. careful repair work is also evident. volumes 1 and 2 have some wear with some gilt visible. volumes 4-6 are purely darkened and are attractive. volume 1 is inscribed and signed by isabel burton to her husband's sister maria stisted. "to maria stisted from her affect. brother and sister richard and isabel burton nov? 9 1886" lady stisted died in 1893. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Privately Printed By The Burton Club, 1900. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 16 volumes, complete as issued. Copy #145 of 950 sets of the Baroda edition. Beautifully bound in heavy green 3/4 morocco over green cloth boards by Stikeman & Co., spines with raised bands and elaborate gilt decoration including four Crescent & Star designs with complex geometric surrounds, covers bordered with a single gilt fillet, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers (spines uniformly faded to a lustrous brown, light rubbing, 4 volumes have nicking to spine tips; Volume I has crack to rear hinge with repair; Volume XVI has a tear to leaf at end (in 'Press Notices'). Still a stunning set with great shelf presence. The 'Baroda Ediition' is an early but undated American issue (date is sometimes given as 1901-02, or 1903); translated, with notes, commentaries, etc., by Richard F. Burton. 16 volumes complete (includes 10 text volumes and 6 supplementary volumes); title on spines: Alf Laylah wa Laylah. Includes b/w & duotone… Read More

[London] : Printed by the Burton club for private subscribers only, [1885-1888], 1885. Limited Edition. Hardback. Limited edition of 1,000 numbered sets, of which this is no. 616. Good to very good copies in the original cloth. Title-printed spine labels, slightly edge-worn. Varying degrees of wear and fraying to the spine bands. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Physical description: 17 v. : fronts., plates. ; 24 cm.

The Burton Club , Undated, c. 1900. Baroda Edition: #350 of 950 limited edition.. Hardcover, blue linen cloth with gilt lettering on spine.. Excellent condition./Excellent dust jackets . Almost like new.. B&W Illustrations A beautiful collectible set. Very rare with the dust jackets. Top edge gilt. Book is as described - NO defects or marks of any kind.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934. Hardcover. Small university bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume. The spine leather has no wear or rubbing and retains its suppleness; the corners are straight and the contents fresh. The slipcases also are very nice, intact with one edge on one case split. About Fine set in most of original glassines and Near Fine slipcases. Valenti Angelo. Six octavo volumes (5-3/4" x 9-1/4") bound in half natural cowhide leather and printed paper sides designed by Valenti Angelo. The unabridged translation complete with notes and index by Sir Richard Burton. Illustrated with 1001 drawings by Valenti Angelo. Copy #328 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. The first multi-volume set issued by the press.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934. Hardcover. The leather on the spines retain their suppleness with just a few minor rubs; the corners are straight and the contents fresh. It is extremely difficult to find this set today in anything approaching this condition as the leather did not wear well. Fine set in Very Good slipcases with one edge split and another repaired with tape. Valenti Angelo. Six octavo volumes (5-3/4" x 9-1/4") bound in half natural cowhide leather and printed paper sides designed by Valenti Angelo. The unabridged translation complete with notes and index by Sir Richard Burton. Illustrated with 1001 drawings by Valenti Angelo. Copy #294 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. The first multi-volume set issued by the press. Scarce August 1934 Monthly Letter laid in.

Denver, Colorado: Burton Society of Denver, Colorado, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Facsimile of the original edition. Ten volumes plus six volumes of the Supplemental Nights. Three quarter red leather with red cloth covered boards, five raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Number 791 of 1000 sets in this edition. Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. Overall a very good set with moderate wear and scuffing at the extremities and occasional scratches, and the spines of Volumes II and III of The Nights have some repair to the binding. An attractive and profusely illustrated set of the best known translation of possibly the most entertaining story cycle in the history of world literature.