The Arabian Nights Entertainments
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: James Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 1899. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good +. Fred Pegram. 8vo, decorative cloth boards with a black line illustration of a woman and lion to front and foliage decoration on spine, gilt titles. Contemporary gift dedication on front endpaper (dated Christmas 1900). With fronts and 3 other full page illustrations by Fred Pegram. Occasional marks, generally very good and clean. 472pp plus 32pp publisher’s catalogue. Classic tales.
Synopsis
This ed. of this translation originally published: 1995. Includes bibliographical references and index. Translated from the Arabic.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bird's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2068
- Title
- The Arabian Nights Entertainments
- Illustrator
- Fred Pegram
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- James Nisbet & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- short stories, fairy tales, arabian nights, fables, classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Classics;
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- Spine
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