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The Arabian Nights Entertainments
by Burton, Richard (Translator)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, full blue genuine leather binding, decorated in gold with raised spine. All edges gilt, dark salmon silk moire end-papers and silk ribbon marker bound-in. Printed on archival acid-neutral paper. 674 pages with over 250 pages of notes appended. Prefatory note on the text and annotations by John T. Winterich. Extensive end-notes by Henry Torrens, Edward Lane, and John Paine. Illustrated with full page color plates by Arthur Szyk. First Easton Press edition thus. A title in the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series, Collector's Edition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, sound, tight and unmarked copy, near like new. Near fine. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018721
- Title
- The Arabian Nights Entertainments
- Author
- Burton, Richard (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Fine Binding, Easton Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Binding;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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