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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
by Burton, Richard F
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Benares: Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers Only, 1885. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Library edition. With introduction explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of the Nights. Half red leather, marbled paper boards, gilt compartments, raised bands. Marbled endpapers. T.E.G. xxxii, 416; x, 431; xii, 444; xii, 420; x, 400; 408; x, 406; xiv, 424; xv, 444; xix, 479; xii, 495; xxiv, 399 pp. Illustrated with [68] B&W plates with tissue guards. Some light soiling and edge wear, fading to spines, rubbing to boards. Some cracking to hinges, a few short tears. Age toning to edges of pages. Bookplates of Charles Cobb Walker to front pastedown of each volume. Some damp staining to tail edge and two large chips to corners of pp. 25-28 of v. VI.
Synopsis
Facsimile of the original edition printed by The Burton Club for private subscribers only.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010556
- Title
- The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
- Author
- Burton, Richard F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers Only
- Place of Publication
- Benares
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- fiction, Middle Eastern studies, Arabian Nights, Thousand and One Nights, Aladdin, Sinbad, Persian, Folktales, Middle eastern folktales, Arabian literature, Arabic literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Folklore and Folktales; Literary Criticism; Middle Eastern Studies;
Terms of Sale
Minotavros Books
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
About the Seller
Minotavros Books
Biblio member since 2018
Whitby, Ontario
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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