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Fairy Tales From The Arabian Nights
by E. Dixon (edited by)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Germantown, New York, United States
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About This Item
Fairy Tales From The Arabian Nights
Edited and Arranged by E. Dixon
London: J. M. Dent / New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons - n.d. (Circa 1907). Hardcover red cloth with gilt embossed titles and paste-down illustration. One color frontis. and 44 full page plate illustrations. (John D. Batten, Illus.) All edges gilded. 477 pp. This edition, with the intricate John Batten illustrations, was first published by Dent in 1893. This may be the first American edition of it, in very good condition. There's a bookplate and xmas gift inscription dated 1907 at the front. The gilt titles on the spine are darkened and faded. There are small check marks in pencil alongside the contents at the front, otherwise unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- Camphor Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio1060
- Title
- Fairy Tales From The Arabian Nights
- Author
- E. Dixon (edited by)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- circa 1907
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Arabian Nights, Aladdin, Ali Baba, Sinbad the Sailor, 1001 nights, fairy tales, illustrated books, antiquarian books, christmas gifts, Persia, Prince of Persia, King Solomon, John D Batten
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Camphor Bookstore
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Germantown, New York
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Plate
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- Paste-down
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