New Arabian Nights: The Pavilion on the Links and Other Tales
by Stevenson; Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London/Geneva: Heron Books, 1968. First hardback thus. Fine. No DW as published. No annotations or inscriptions. 415 pages. Nearly 5" by 8". Red faux-leather effect boards, elaborate gilt dec & titles, spine and front.with unfaded gilt titling and gilt bordering and decorations on covers. Gilt decorative endpapers, silk bookmark tie. Firm binding, bright and clear content throughout. A handsome looking volume typical of Heron Books editions printed in Switzerland in the 1960s. Original ilustrations by Charles Keeping. Preface by Rae Jeffs. Would make an excellent gift.. .
Synopsis
New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1882, is a collection of short stories previously published in magazines between 1877 and 1880. The collection contains Stevenson's first published fiction, and a few of the stories are considered by some critics to be his best work, as well as pioneering works in the English short story tradition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 752
- Title
- New Arabian Nights: The Pavilion on the Links and Other Tales
- Author
- Stevenson; Robert Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London/Geneva: Heron Books, 1968
- Keywords
- Tales Stories Fiction Stevenson QSE
Terms of Sale
David Edward Hellawell
I will refund the cost if the book is returned within 7 days with details of where the description was faulty.
About the Seller
David Edward Hellawell
Biblio member since 2007
Bromsgrove, West Midlands
About David Edward Hellawell
Professor Emeritus now selling off the stock of a lifetime.
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