Description:
Philadelphia, Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1920. Good +. First Thus. Not be confused with the 1924 edition. Stated copyright 1920 underneath the list of only 8 Titles (not 14 as in the 1924 issue) in the Winston Clear Type Popular Classic Series. The title page reads: "Edited by Orton Lowe" as opposed to the 1924 - "With Introduction by Orton Lowe". This edition has 4 colored plates by Adelaide H. Bolton. 1924 edition has 6. The book has solid hinges with no loose pages. It has moderate wear/rubbing to boards/paste-on, bumped corners, and wear to the spine ends. Winston is printed on the spine. The textblock has a tiny bookstore label on the front paste-down and the previous owner's name on the front endpaper. There are light smudges to many age-toned pages. No writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. 60 block illustrations.Shahriar is a sultan who has discovered his wife has committed adultery. Embittered and shocked, he decides that all women are evil and… Read More