The Arabian Nights' Entertainments ~ or, The Thousand and One Nights
by Edward William Lane (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good-
- Seller
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Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
This is a vintage edition of "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments ~ or, The Thousand and One Nights" - the complete, original translation of Edward William Lane. Uncommon with its original dust jacket. Illustrated end papers. Complete and unexpurgated. 1946; Tudor Publishing Co.; New York.
From the dust jacket: "The greatest collection of oriental tales, gorgeous in their myriad colors, breathtaking in their hazardous adventures, and intoxicating in their array of womanly charms, heretofore beyond the purse of the great masses of readers, is now offered to all at an unbelievably low cost. This vast material, heretofore in editions of many volumes, has now been set so as to fill no more than one easily handled single volume of nearly 1,300 pages, in clear and readable type. Included is not only the full and unexpurgated text of Lane's excellent and accurate translation of this vast work, but also all his notes, scholarly, enlightening, and absolutely necessary for the full enjoyment of these stories from strange lands. Who does not recall those old favorites of our earliest reading, Scheherazade, Aladdin, the Sleeper Wakened, Sinbad the Sailor, and many equally dear to memory? But to read them now as entertainment for grown-ups, these old tales, in their fullness, take on a new, sharper, more sophisticated hue, again to hold us in their grip with their humor, pathos, heroics, scurrility, naivete, languor, passion, glamour - an unforgettable phantasmagoria to be found nowhere else in all the literatures of the world."
Condition:
Clean covers and spine; sharp corners. Tight binding with no loose pages. There is an insignificant crack at the front hinge between the end paper and title page (despite the crack, the front cover is still firmly attached and is not shaky). Nice interior - the pages are clean and white and nearly appear unread with only a crease at the lower-outer corner of pages 33-36. Light foxing/soiling along the top edge of the text block. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition. The dust jacket has a light stain at the top-left corner of the back cover, and tears at the top/bottom edge of the spine and flap corners; "2.98" is written in pencil at the top-right corner of the front flap...overall the jacket is in Good- condition.
From the dust jacket: "The greatest collection of oriental tales, gorgeous in their myriad colors, breathtaking in their hazardous adventures, and intoxicating in their array of womanly charms, heretofore beyond the purse of the great masses of readers, is now offered to all at an unbelievably low cost. This vast material, heretofore in editions of many volumes, has now been set so as to fill no more than one easily handled single volume of nearly 1,300 pages, in clear and readable type. Included is not only the full and unexpurgated text of Lane's excellent and accurate translation of this vast work, but also all his notes, scholarly, enlightening, and absolutely necessary for the full enjoyment of these stories from strange lands. Who does not recall those old favorites of our earliest reading, Scheherazade, Aladdin, the Sleeper Wakened, Sinbad the Sailor, and many equally dear to memory? But to read them now as entertainment for grown-ups, these old tales, in their fullness, take on a new, sharper, more sophisticated hue, again to hold us in their grip with their humor, pathos, heroics, scurrility, naivete, languor, passion, glamour - an unforgettable phantasmagoria to be found nowhere else in all the literatures of the world."
Condition:
Clean covers and spine; sharp corners. Tight binding with no loose pages. There is an insignificant crack at the front hinge between the end paper and title page (despite the crack, the front cover is still firmly attached and is not shaky). Nice interior - the pages are clean and white and nearly appear unread with only a crease at the lower-outer corner of pages 33-36. Light foxing/soiling along the top edge of the text block. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition. The dust jacket has a light stain at the top-left corner of the back cover, and tears at the top/bottom edge of the spine and flap corners; "2.98" is written in pencil at the top-right corner of the front flap...overall the jacket is in Good- condition.
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- Bookseller
- CraigsClassics (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6729
- Title
- The Arabian Nights' Entertainments ~ or, The Thousand and One Nights
- Author
- Edward William Lane (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Tudor Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- the arabian nights, maxfield parrish, arabian nights entertainments, kate douglas wiggin, nora smith, maxfield parrish, ali baba forty thieves, sinbad sailor, aladdin, the wonderful lamp
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Fiction;
Terms of Sale
CraigsClassics
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About the Seller
CraigsClassics
Biblio member since 2018
Hudson, New Hampshire
About CraigsClassics
My store offers a curated selection of antiquarian books in a variety of topics with an emphasis on classic literature and children's classics. I take pride in providing great customer service with prompt replies to offers and inquiries, careful packaging and next-day shipping. Based in scenic southern New Hampshire.
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- New
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- Good+
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