The New Arabian Nights. Select Tales, Not Included by Galland or Lane
by Kirby, W. F. [William Forsell] (translated and edited by)
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1883. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Presumed first US edition. "Of the six stories in the present volume, the first two are derived from Weil's German versions, and are believed to have never appeared in English before. The remainder were translated by Jonathan Scott at the beginning of the present century, the first from an Indian and the remainder from a Syrian Manuscript". Collects "Adventures of Zaher of Damascus and his Son Ali" + "Joodar of Cairo and Mahmood of Tunis" + "Story of the Labourer and the Flying Chair" + "Story of Mazin of Khorassan" + "Abu Neut and Abu Neuteen" + "The Fisherman's Son". Green cloth over bevelled boards, gold gilt lettering and design/decorations stamped in blind/colored in a blackish maroon, 390 pages plus 6 pages of undated ads at the rear, illustrated with black-and-white plates. Reading/filler copy [spine cocked and worn/frayed at the ends and less so to the edges, corners bumped and frayed, fraying to the bottom board edges, front hinge cracking, rear hinge starting, foxing to the first and last several pages, lower right corner dampstaining to the front portion of the book, page edges tanned. bx266
bx 266
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 865226
- Title
- The New Arabian Nights. Select Tales, Not Included by Galland or Lane
- Author
- Kirby, W. F. [William Forsell] (translated and edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1883
- Pages
- 390
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ARABIAN, NIGHTS, FANTASY, FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Fantasy / Adventure;
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