Richard F. Burton. The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night And The Supplemental Nights 17 Volume Set. The Burton Club For Private Subscribers Only, 1900.

Price: US$349.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Limited to 1000 copies this being number 636. The paper spine labels are sunned and the books have a book plate on the front paste down. Circa 1900

Seller: Mark Henderson, Olathe, KS, U.S.A.

Burton, Richard F.. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night; The Supplemental Nights. Arabian Nights Entertainments. Shammar Edition. Seventeen (17) Volumes, Complete. The Burton Club, 1900.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 17 volume set. 25 cm. Bound in publisher's cloth. Paper spine labels. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Top edges gilt. Clean, unmarked pages.

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.

Richard F. Burton. The book of the thousand night and a night: a plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments (16 volumes). Burton Club, Denver, Colorado, 1900.

Price: US$550.00 + shipping

Description: Full 10-volume hardcover set, with 6-volume supplement. Dark olive boards with gilt banner titles to covers and spine. Red topstain. Limited edition #615 in a print run of 1000 copies. Solid and unmarked.

Seller: Copperfield's Used and Rare Books, Petaluma, CA, U.S.A.

Richard F. Burton. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments. The Burton Club ca. 1900, 1900.

Price: US$625.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, Shammar Edition, n.d., ca. 1900. Limited edition, no. 331 of 1000 copies. Hardcover. Original and Supplemental volumes. 16 of 17 volumes, missing vol. 1 []=[] Books: Very Good. Original beige cloth with small paper title label on spine, gilt top edge, pages untrimmed. Many illustrations, all with tissue. Hinges are solid and pages clean. All volumes have slight soiling to the covers, shelfwear and bumping. Paper title labels are tanned with some fraying; slight stains on vols. 10, 12, 14 and 15. Small tears to cloth at spine of vols. 4, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 16. *** Weight of books will require extra postage; please contact us for shipping charges. ***

Seller: Used Esoteric Books, Fairfax, CA, U.S.A.

Burton, Richard F. (ed). THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT.. Burton Club, 1900.

Price: US$682.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 17 Volumes. Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only. Np nd (circa 1900). Illus, 9.75 x 6.5", cloth w/paper labels, top edges gilt, spines a bit worn & soiled else a nice set. ADEN EDITION, LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED SETS.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Burton, Richard Francis.. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night with Introduction Expanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of The Nights.. Privately Printed for the Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only., 1900.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This is a 17 volume edition complete. All volumes have a former private owner's bookplate and blind stamp. All hinges are intact and there is no writing, underlining, etc. There were 1000 printed and all are number 60 except the first volume which is number 175 for some reason. The books are all in their original bindings and uniform in appearance. All paper spine labels are present. There is light cover wear and some minor spotting on the cloth. A nice set of a rare edition. This is 17 volumes (seperate books) and cannot be sent as one book which ABE tends to do when stating shipping cost. Shipping in the US will be $50.00 and overseas shipping will have to be decided by the country of destination.

Seller: The Bookroom, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.

Richard F Burton. The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night. Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, 1900 circa, 1900.

Price: US$1050.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Number 620 of 1,000 copies published by the Burton Club. Richard Burton was considered the expert on Arabia during the turn of the 20th century. It was a private publication because it was consider pornographic during the Victorian Age. Books are in very good condition. See photos. All lettering readable on spine including the red lettering. Spine edges show little wear. All 17 copies are number 620. A complete set.

Seller: BROWNVILLE EDUCATION CENTER FOR THE ARTS, BROWNVILLE, NE, U.S.A.

Burton, Sir Richard. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of The Arabian Nights' Entertainment's. With Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights. 10 Volume Set Plus 7 Volumes of Supplemental Nights with Notes Anthropological and Explanatory (17 Volumes Complete). The Burton Club Undated, c. 1900, 1900.

Price: US$2206.76 + shipping

Description: 17 Volume Set. Excellent dust jackets . Almost like new. Hardcover, blue linen cloth with gilt lettering on spine. A beautiful collectible set. Very rare with the dust jackets. Top edge gilt. Book is as described - NO defects or marks of any kind. Baroda Edition: #350 of 950 limited edition.

Seller: Jeffrey Blake, Willow Grove, PA, U.S.A.

[Arabian Nights] Burton, Richard F. (editor/translator). The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments (16 Volume Set) [10 volume Nights; WITH 6 volume Supplemental Nights]. Privately Printed By The Burton Club, 1900.

Price: US$2750.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 16 volumes, complete as issued. Copy #145 of 950 sets of the Baroda edition. Beautifully bound in heavy green 3/4 morocco over green cloth boards by Stikeman & Co., spines with raised bands and elaborate gilt decoration including four Crescent & Star designs with complex geometric surrounds, covers bordered with a single gilt fillet, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers (spines uniformly faded to a lustrous brown, light rubbing, 4 volumes have nicking to spine tips; Volume I has crack to rear hinge with repair; Volume XVI has a tear to leaf at end (in 'Press Notices'). Still a stunning set with great shelf presence. The 'Baroda Ediition' is an early but undated American issue (date is sometimes given as 1901-02, or 1903); translated, with notes, commentaries, etc., by Richard F. Burton. 16 volumes complete (includes 10 text volumes and 6 supplementary volumes); title on spines: Alf Laylah wa Laylah. Includes b/w & duotone Illustrations (the frontispiece portrait of Burton in Volume I repeats in a hand-colored version). NOTE: the 6th volume of the Supplemental Nights ends with 'Press Notices' so this edition is complete in 16 volumes.

Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.