The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [Volume VII only]
by Burton, Richard F
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: The Burton Club, 1907. Burton's translation, first published in 1885-1888, remains one of the most popular. This is a Very Good copy of Volume Seven only of the "Medina Edition" privately printed by the Burton Club "for subscribers only" and which was LIMITED to one-thousand sets, this being #186. While there is no publication date, Penzer notes this as 1907. Gray cloth binding with titling on a paper spine label. Clean text; viii, 382 pages. Indexed. Top-edge is gilt, others rough. Bookplate on the front paste-down. Bumped, with spine and label darkened; moderate soiling. A solid copy, to be read and enjoyed today.. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Facsimile of the original edition printed by The Burton Club for private subscribers only.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005421
- Title
- The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [Volume VII only]
- Author
- Burton, Richard F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- The Burton Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mid East History & Literature;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...