The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night - Volume 6 (Dodo Press) by Translator-Sir Richard F. Burton - 2008-02-22

Cosimo Inc, 2008. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 307 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches.

New York: Heritage Press, 1962. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Over 100 b/w Illustrations By Valenti Angelo. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6 volumes in 3 books (complete); bound in white cloth over red/black decorative boards, each volume housed in publisher's slipcase, thick 8vos ca. 1350pp/vol. Text of the Richard F. Burton translation, with his introduction and notes; illustrated and decorated by Valenti Angelo. (ink name stamp to endpaper).

London: H S Nichols, 1897. Edition de Luxe reprint - Coffin Set. Hardcover. Fine/Original box fair. Letchford, A. Penzer p 20. This is the "coffin set" or boxed 1897 edition printed by Nichols. Of all the reprints, the second best (after the true first) is the Nichols edition of 1897. The most elaborate of these is Style C described in the prospectus as follows: In three quarter levant, Selected Syrian large grained Angora goat skins. Sumac tanned of the characteristoics Damascus red. Full gold black and five double bands, Grolier corners, gold tops, tooled sides, silk head bands, triple cord stitching, hollow backs, rein forced joints, gold veined end papers. The twelve volumes enclosed in a leather casket 23" x 12.5" x 8.5 ", to place on an ordinary bookshelf or stand on a table. The casket in olive green morocco, lined soft cloth with a spring lock and key of oriental design (this set does Not have the key). It contains the 71 Letchford plates printed on special paper. Volumes over 400 pages… Read More