New York: The Lotus Society, 1929. Minor edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, some shelf wear, spine is faded, overall a clean used first edition! Gold , red and green decorated boards quarter bound by green cloth with a black lettering on gold pastedown on the spine. Very very scarce and hard-to-find! Deckle page edges. This is a numbered limited edition #475 of 550. 200 unmarked and uncreased historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Wonderfully well-preserved! Extremely scarce. "This edition is trictly limited to five hundred and fifty copies of which: One to fifty are extra illustrated, hand illuminated, signed by the artist and translator, and bound in three quarters Turkey Morocco. Fifty one to one hundred, are extra illustrated, hand illuminated, signed by the artist and translator, and bound in silk and Oriental boards #475.". First Edition. Decorated Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A. Zaidenberg. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

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Bookseller: Conover Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 033522
Title: The Arabian Droll Stories
Author: De Fornaro, Carlo
Illustrator: A. Zaidenberg
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Lotus Society
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1929
Keywords: SHORT STORIES FICTION MIDDLE EAST LITERATURE LITERARY WORKS
Bookseller catalogs: Short Stories;
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

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