SELECTIONS FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
by Burton, Richard, Translator
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
International Collectors Library, NY, No Date, Circa 1960, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Steele Savage. Octavo, hardcover, near fine. (Line of wear at spine edge on outer cloth) No dj. Green boards with gilt decorations and lettering. Top page edges in gilt. Silk bookmark. 472 pages. B/w full-page & vignette illus throughout. These stories have become widely engaged in american pop-culture and spun into many forms especially animation by the corporate powerhouse Disney. They originated in the middle-east and may provide perspective to "The War on Terror.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27895
- Title
- SELECTIONS FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
- Author
- Burton, Richard, Translator
- Illustrator
- Steele Savage
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- International Collectors Library, NY, No Date, Circa 1960
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
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bookwitch
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Concord, California
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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