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UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

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UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

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Nabu Press, 2010-08-30. Paperback. Good.

Paperback. New.

Philadelphia:: R. W. Pomeroy,, 1826.. old half green leather over marbled boards.. Some foxing throughout; spines darkened; a few light scuffs to bindings; all volumes tight and sound.. 12mo,. Illustrated..

Philadelphia: J. J. Woodward, North-East Corner of Market and Seventh Streets, 1830. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Illustrated. Published in 1830. Hardcover. Bound in full leather. Boards are bordered in gilt ornamentation, also along the inner edges. Rebacked spine in brown leather, parts of the original backstrip are attached, ornamented and lettered in gilt. Illustrated occasionally throughout with small plate engravings. Dual columned. Small print. vi, 546 pp.Overall VG. Hinges are strong with rebacked spine, binding is sound, and overall book is quite sturdy. Occasional closed tears, the largest of which are continuous through pages 23 to 28. A 1.5" open tear at the bottom of page 61/62 where some text is missing. Toned throughout with some foxing and very occasional dampstain. Engravings are wonderful. Pages are soft, and the text is small, yet quite readable. Pagination appears complete. This book feels very good and solid in hand. A nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.

Leather Bound. Good. Philadelphia: J J Woodward, 1830. Full leather, scuffed, toned, complete. Second blank with first plate of double illustrated frontis loose, laid-in. Two pages with two by three inch loss, occasional chipping on other pages. Engravings from paintings by Smirke, Westell, et al. Bright full page plates. "Complete in one volume." Description: vi, [7]-546 pages plus 1 page appendix/contents., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.carefully revised and occasionally corrected from the Arabic, to which is added, a selection of new tales, now first translated from the Arabic originals, also an introduction illustrative of the religion, manners and customs of the Mahummedans by Jonathan Scott. Early American edition.

London.: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. , 1811. First Scott edition.. 1/4 leather.. Very good, spines lightly sunned and faded to brown, a couple of very small scars to spines, otherwise near fine. . 8vo., 20x12 cm.. 6 frontispiece engravings after R. Smirke.. A tight clean set of this important classic, nicely rebound. Heavy set, will require extra shipping. weight: 8.2 lb.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. 1811. 1st ed thus, 6 volumes, half-leather boards with marbled sides, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, gilt titles spine. Engraved frontis plate each volume: six different illustrations, engraved after paintings by Robert Smirke. Some rubbing to the boards, gift inscription blank prelim page each volume. Very good condition. First edition of the Jonathan Scott edition, which was the earliest effort to render the Arabian Nights into literary English. Jonathan Scott (1754 - 1829) ) was an English orientalist, working here mainly from Antoine Galland's French version of the Arabian Nights but also adding new tales from the Edward Wortley Montagu manuscript brought back from Turkey. This edition, complete in six volumes and with an extensive introduction by Scott, can be said to have popularised the One Thousand and One Nights and brought these marvellous Middle Eastern folktales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age to the English-speaking world.… Leer más

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. London. 1811. FIRST SCOTT EDITION. Six volumes. 8vo. (7.4 x 4.8 inches). Illustrated with six full page copper engraved frontipieces, after paintings by Robert Smirke, which were originally published in Edward Forster's translation of this work in 1802. The plates were specially re-engraved by J. Fittler, C. Warren, A. Raimbach (x2), A. Smith, and R. Golding for this new translation. Some foxing to the frontispiece illustrations and, very much lighter, to just the first couple of leaves of each volume otherwise a clean, bright set in fine early nineteenth century leather bindings of full burgundy straight grained Morocco. Spines with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Boards with triple ruled and elaborate decorative borders. Gilt floral roll on the turn-ins. Board edges with decorative gilt tooling to the corners. Plain brown endpapers. All edges gilt. Red silk page markers still present in each volume.… Leer más