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H. S. Nichols & Co., London, 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 423 pages (complete). In general poor condition. The cloth cover, although scruffily dignified has much wear, staining and marking from storage. The corners, edges and seams are much worn. The front decoration is persistent in its elegance. Former library copy (Natal Mounted Police). The contents are much marked and affected by damp, thoughtless storage, about the edges of the pages. There is foxing throughout. However, the contents are tight against the spine, assured, resolute, stoic, clear, entertaining and may be read with utter confidence and enjoyment. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only. Twelve volumes in six. Guilt top edges. Book one very good and 2-6 near fine. LARGE or HEAVY BOOKS, MAY REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE. NO AMAZON OVERSEAS SHIPPING. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Very Good to Near Fine. Hard Covers. Bombay Edition..

New York: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only. Hardcover. Near Fine. Bombay edition. Reprinted from the original edition and edited by Leonard C. Smithers. Twelve volumes in six. Near fine in blue cloth with gold stamping on the spine. Includes the Supplemental Nights. Some pages uncut.

London: H. S. Nichols & Co, 1894. Library edition. Hardcover. Good +. Small quarto, 12 volumes. A good or better set in the publisher's dark cloth, with boards elaborately stamped in gilt. Some inner hinges tender or partially cracked, attractive bookplates to the front paste-downs of each volume, and shallow but notable wear to the spine ends. A few volumes have some soiling to the cloth, and there are just a couple internal leaves detached, but present. Nevertheless a complete, intact set of this celebrated set of the Middle Eastern classic. Overseas shipping will naturally be expensive, unless ordered through e bay.

London: H.S. Nichols Ltd, 1897. Leather Bound. A set of twelve quarto volumes (26 x 18 cms), each uniformly-bound in 3/4 wine-red leather over woven green cloth, with marbled endpapers and the top edges gilt. All volumes remain tightly-bound, with minor evidence of rubbing to the extremities. Each volume carries a rather nice bookplate of J. H. Burton, depicting a schooner in full sail bordered by mermaids. The bookplate is initialled "HN" (Harold Nelson, famed British bookplate designer, artist, and engraver). Internally, all volumes are in excellent condition and appear to have been seldom read or even opened. The words "Kamashastra Edition" appear at the bottom of the spine of each volume. The magnificent "Library Edition" of The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night translated from the Arabic by Captain Sir R. F. Burton and reprinted from the original 1885 privately-circulated Kamashastra Society edition. It is edited by Leonard C. Smithers and illustrated by a series of seventy-one inserted… Leer más

H. S. Nichols Ltd.; Kamashastra. Used - Acceptable. Twelve volume complete set [12 Volumes]; Volumes I-XII. Translated from the Arabic by Captain Sir R. F. Burton. Reprinted from the original edition and edited by Leonard C. Smithers. Illustrated with a series of seventy-one original illustrations reproduced from the original pictures in oils specially painted by Albert Letchford. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [Arabian Nights]. Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers only. The Kamashastra Library Edition. Quarto. All volumes uniformly half-bound in richly textured red leather. Raised bands with gilt lettering and decoration on spines. Green cloth covered boards. Some rubbing and wear to boards and spines with mild fading to spines. Some moisture damage, mainly affecting fore-edges of boards, with mild impact upon internal content. Top edges gilt with other edges uncut. Contains b/w illustrated plates throughout all volumes with annotated tissue-guards. Pages are… Leer más

, xv [4] xviii-xxxii 1-416 pages, illustrated frontispiece plus 10 plates to Volume 1, Vol.2 - 12 between 399 and 495 pages plus between 2 - 7 plates, all volumes have an illustrated frontispiece and all plates have titled tissue protection, untrimmed pages, printed by the Kamashastra Society for private subscribers - translated from The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, with introductory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem Men and a terminal essay upon the history of The Nights, heavy books may incur extra shipping