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. Thousand & One Nights (Volumes I & II only). Chatto & Windus, London, 1912.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volumes I & II only of a three volume set. Volume I--555 pages. Volume II--578 pages. Half-leather binding. Brown leather with raised bands and blue buckram. Translated from the Arabic, with copious noted, by Edward William Lane; edited by his nephew Edward Stanley Poole from a copy annotated by the translator. With a preface by Edward Stanley Poole. Illustrations from the designs of William Harvey. Front cover of Volume I and back cover of Volume II are spotted. Corners and edges of bindings rubbed and scuffed. These are still very attractive volumes with quite solid bindings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: G. Volumes I and II only, no DJs. Some wear and discloration on boards/spine, especially around corners and spine tips, else a good copy. Binding is solid and straight. Some foxing throughout and one tiny bookplate on ffep of vol 1, else clean and unmarked inside. Edited by Eddward Stanely Poole & translated by Edward William Lane.
Seller: Nick of All Trades, Penn Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Three volume set. Green cloth, gilt lettering with blind-stamped illustrations. Bumped and rubbed corners, head and heel, plus a little sunned. Interiors clean with beautiful engravings. (i)555, (ii) 578, (iii) 701pp. Translated by Edward William Lane. Lane was the first person to translate these stories into English. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$198.37 + shipping
Description: Vol. I: 555, Vol.II: 578, Vol. III: 699 pages, all profusely illustrated from the designs of William Harvey. Gr.-8°, blind-stamped green cloth, gilt titles on spines, gilt tops. - Each chapter with copious notes by the translator, Edward William Lane. With index "of the principal matters and words illustrated and explained in the notes" at the end of vol. III. - Covers rubbed and somewhat stained, edges and spine ends bumped and split. Binding of vol. I a little loose. Paper browned throughout, some foxing. Paper cut irregularly. Yet still quite an attractive copy with fresh gilt title on spines, lovely wood engravings. A/P3 - Please ask for detailed information in English / Demandez des détails en francais s.v.p. - Bitte beachten: Die Bearbeitung von Bestellungen ist erst ab dem 02.05. 2024 wieder möglich! Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 3250
Seller: Antiquariat libretto Verena Wiesehöfer, Ahlen, NRW, Germany
Price: US$256.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: All volumes: Loss to spine head and spine base, pages lightly foxed, ink name on front free endpaper. 1912 Hard Cover. xxx, 555; xii, 578; xii, 701 pp. Three volume set. Green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine; top edge gilt. Translated from the Arabic, with copious notes, by Edward William Lane. Edited by his nephew Edward Stanley Poole. With a preface by Stanley Lane-Pool. Illustrations from the designs of William Harvey. The Thousand and One Nights, also called The Arabian Nights, Arabic Alf laylah wa laylah, collection of largely Middle Eastern and Indian stories of uncertain date and authorship. Its tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sindbad the Sailor have almost become part of Western folklore, though these were added to the collection only in the 18th century in European adaptations. As in much medieval European literature, the stories?fairy tales, romances, legends, fables, parables, anecdotes, and exotic or realistic adventures?are set within a frame story. Its scene is Central Asia or ?the islands or peninsulae of India and China,? where King Shahryar, after discovering that during his absences his wife has been regularly unfaithful, kills her and those with whom she has betrayed him. Then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills a new wife each day until no more candidates can be found. His vizier, however, has two daughters, Shahrazad (Scheherazade) and Dunyazad; and the elder, Shahrazad, having devised a scheme to save herself and others, insists that her father give her in marriage to the king. Each evening she tells a story, leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. The stories are so entertaining, and the king so eager to hear the end, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally abandons his cruel plan. Though the names of its chief characters are Iranian, the frame story is probably Indian, and the largest proportion of names is Arabic. The tales? variety and geographical range of origin?India, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, and possibly Greece?make single authorship unlikely; this view is supported by internal evidence?the style, mainly unstudied and unaffected, contains colloquialisms and even grammatical errors such as no professional Arabic writer would allow.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Three volumes (complete), bound in three-quarter morocco lettered in gilt; raised bands, ornate gilt spine designs; top edges gilt. New impression of the 1859 first edition by Arabic scholar Lane, with stunning William Harvey illustrations. A gorgeous set.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.