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The Thousand And One Nights, Commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments
by [LANE, Edward William, translator], [HARVEY, William, illustrator]
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Charles Knight and co., 1839. [Islamic Folklore] FIRST LANE TRANSLATION. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xxxii; 618 [2]; pp.[2] xii; 643 [5]; pp.[2] xi; 763 [5]. With frequent in-text wood engravings after Harvey, as well as a decorated title page to each volume. Recently rebacked in brown calf, with slightly raised bands, gilt titles to twin black labels, and further gilt decoration to spine. Using the original brown full calf boards with gilt ruling. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. A bookseller's ticket to verso of flyleaf of each volume, and a black ink ownership to facing blank of volumes I and II. Lovely crisp, clean copies internally. Moderate wear to original boards, now restored to a robust, attractive condition. Very good. One of the most famous Orientalists, Lane lived in Egypt for many years, frequently disguising himself as a Turk to better assimilate himself into Egyptian society, and to improve his Arabic. His translation of the great compendium of Middle-Eastern folklore was his most successful work, weaving together a linguistic sensibility with an epic style, well suited to the dramatic tale of Scheherazade and Shahryar.
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- Bookseller
- Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61534
- Title
- The Thousand And One Nights, Commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments
- Author
- [LANE, Edward William, translator], [HARVEY, William, illustrator]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Charles Knight and co., 1839
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Adrian Harrington Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
About Adrian Harrington Rare Books
Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers in the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's fashionable King's Road. He moved to Kensington Church Street in 1997, and in 2014 Adrian relocated to the historic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells, occupying the first floor of this iconic building near The Pantiles area of the town. Hall's remains on the ground floor offering an exceptional range of quality used books.Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books, and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. We also offer a full and expert bookbinding and restoration service.Award-winning Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera.We are always interested in buying quality books in our subject areas, from individual titles to complete collections.
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- Edges
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- Crisp
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Raised Band(s)
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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