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The Folio Society, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1949. No Edition Remarks. 245 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

London: Folio Society 1949., 1949. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1949. 245 pages. Green jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Jacket is foxed all over. Sticker to front.

LONDON: FOLIO SOCIETY 1949., 1949T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1949 folio edition on somewhat faded green cloth

The Folio Society, London, 1949. Hardcover No Slipcase. First Folio Society Edition. 8vo. Wood engraved line drawings. Green cloth bound boards with gilt titling to front board and to spine,Decorated e/p's. Black and white frontispiece. 245 pp, no dj splashes and fading to boards with name date 49 to fep but still in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.

London: The Folio Society. Very Good- in Fair dust jacket. 1949. 1st Thus (Folio Society Edition). Hardcover. Good to Very Good/No Slipcase. First Folio Society Edition. 8vo. Wood engraved line drawings. EARLY TITLE. Green cloth bound boards with gilt titling to front board and to spine, spine and extremities fading/sunned. Dustjacket torn and chipped. Decorated e/p's. Black and white frontispiece. 245 pp. Pencil note on last page. Best-loved romances from the Arabian Nights. Contents include; The tale of King Shahryar and of his brother King Shahzaman, the tale of Happy Handsome and Happy Fair, The Lovers Tomb etc. INTERNALLY NICE TIGHT AND BRIGHT. ; 000645; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

London: The Folio Society , 1949. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Lettice Sandford . A scarce first Folio edition of this collection of the best-loved romances in Arabian Nights in the original dust wrapper. A collection of the most popular romances from the of the celebrated stories known as One Thousand and One Night. These stories have lived through centuries despite being frowned upon as frivolous and licentious. The first Folio edition, told by Powys Mathers from the Literal French translation of J C Mardrus. Twelve stories, including 'The Tale of Sweet-Friend and Ali-Nur,' 'The Tale of Pearl-Harvest,' and 'The Tale of the Sea-Rose of the Girl of China' among others. Illustrated with twelve charming full page plates by Lettice Sandford. Collated, complete. With the unclipped dust wrapper. Acquired from the sale of Paul Gallico's library, American novelist and short story and spots writer, best remembered for The Snow Goose and The Poseidon Adventure. In the… Read More