The Thousand and One Quarters Of An Hour (Tantarian Tales) by Gueulette, Thomas Simon - 1897

New York: Garland, 1972. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint, 1972. Volume II only. 8vo, purple cloth hardcover, lxxxvi, 238 pp. No dust jacket. Text in English. Book is Near Fine, pages are clean and unmarked. Mild rubbing to front cover.

London: Harrison and Co, 1781. two 18th century novels bound in one, published as volume 5 of The Novelists' Magazine, published by Harrison and co, illustrated. Presumably contemporary full calf, hinges cracked, held by the cords, text block tight but with some foxing, text is in the form of two columns to the page. The 'magazine' was started in 1780, and lasted until 1788, in all consisting of 23 volumes. It sold weekly in parts, priced 6d, and the production values are clearly lower than the more pricy 18th C. norm. The illustrator was Thomas Stothard, and the engraver was James Heath.. No Edition Stated. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: H.S. Nichols and Co, 1894. One of 680 copies. viii, 252 (+18 ads) pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth stamped in gilt, t.e.g. Very Good. Bookplate of Henry Cabot Lodge. One of 680 copies. viii, 252 (+18 ads) pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

A Amsterdam, chez Jean Catuffe, 1738. Un vol. au format pt in-12 Žtroit (143 x 83 mm) de 1 f. bl., 1 frontispice gravŽ n.fol., 3 ff. n.fol., 438 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'Žpoque de plein veau glacŽ blond, plats jansŽnistes, dos lisse ornŽ d'un double filet d'encadrement dorŽ, doubles filets dorŽs, larges fleurons dorŽs, semis de pointillŽs dorŽs, pice de titre de maroquin vieux-rouge, titre dorŽ, palette dorŽe en queue, filet dorŽ sur les coupes, toutes tranches rouges., 1738. Edition originale. L'exemplaire s'ouvre sur un joli frontispice gravŽ (non signŽ). L'ouvrage fut le premier ˆ recourir ˆ la forme Žpistolaire pour la composition de MŽmoires. QuŽrard III, La France littŽraire, p. 515 - Conlon I, Le Sicle des Lumires, p. 145 - Cioranescu II, Bibliographie de la littŽrature franaise du XVIIIme sicle, 32979. Angles ŽlimŽs. Dos prŽsentant un Žclat lŽgrement altŽrŽ. Petit manque angulaire en tte de la page de titre. Petite perforation… Read More

London: Nyon et al., 1759. Nouvelle Edition. leather_bound. Contemporary mottled brown calf. All edges marbled. Very good. 2 vols. 407, 490 pages. 17 x 10 cm. "Peruvian Tales, related, in One Thousand and One Hours, by one of the Select Virgins of Cusco, to the Yncka of Peru." Text in French. The author, a French magistrate and prolific writer of tales. PALAU 110068 & SABIN 29143 for the English editions. Raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, marbled endpapers, bookplates, modest tip rubbing, generally clean and fresh copy.

1817. London, Printed for Walker & Edwards, Rivington, Cadell & Davies, Longman, Hurst etc., 1817. 12mo. In contemporary embossed full calf with three raised bands. Wear to hindges, otherwise a fine and clean copy. IX, [1], 1-485, [1], [6] pp. Cordier, Biblioteca Sinica, 1857Lust, Western Books on China published up to 1850, 1277

London: Printed for Walker & Edwards, Rivington, Cadell & Davies, Longman, Hurst etc., 1817. Hardcover. 12mo., xi, 485 pages, [1], [4] ads; VG; newly rebound in full brown leather, paneled spine with black label, gilt titling; previous marbled free endpapers preserved; interior clean; Engraved frontispiece and additional title page, publisher's catalogue in rear; shelved case 9. Originally published as Les Aventures Merveilleuses du Mandarin Fum-Hoam, Contes Chinois.;. 1323792. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.