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H. S. Nichols Ltd., 1897. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1897. No Edition Remarks. 495 pages. Full bound black leather with decorations. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Volume XI. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light sunning and chipping to leather to spine and edges.

H. S. Nichols & Co., London, 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 423 pages (complete). In general poor condition. The cloth cover, although scruffily dignified has much wear, staining and marking from storage. The corners, edges and seams are much worn. The front decoration is persistent in its elegance. Former library copy (Natal Mounted Police). The contents are much marked and affected by damp, thoughtless storage, about the edges of the pages. There is foxing throughout. However, the contents are tight against the spine, assured, resolute, stoic, clear, entertaining and may be read with utter confidence and enjoyment. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only. Twelve volumes in six. Guilt top edges. Book one very good and 2-6 near fine. LARGE or HEAVY BOOKS, MAY REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE. NO AMAZON OVERSEAS SHIPPING. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Very Good to Near Fine. Hard Covers. Bombay Edition..

New York: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only. Hardcover. Near Fine. Bombay edition. Reprinted from the original edition and edited by Leonard C. Smithers. Twelve volumes in six. Near fine in blue cloth with gold stamping on the spine. Includes the Supplemental Nights. Some pages uncut.

London: H. S. Nichols & Co, 1894. Library edition. Hardcover. Good +. Small quarto, 12 volumes. A good or better set in the publisher's dark cloth, with boards elaborately stamped in gilt. Some inner hinges tender or partially cracked, attractive bookplates to the front paste-downs of each volume, and shallow but notable wear to the spine ends. A few volumes have some soiling to the cloth, and there are just a couple internal leaves detached, but present. Nevertheless a complete, intact set of this celebrated set of the Middle Eastern classic. Overseas shipping will naturally be expensive, unless ordered through e bay.

HARDBACKS BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS DECORATED BINDINGS WITH GILT DECORATIONS TO SPINES, FRONT & REAR BOARDS, TITLE PAGES PRINTED IN RED & BLACK. EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 10 x 7 INCHES. MINOR GENERAL WEAR AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINES, FEW MINOR MARKS TO COVERS MOSTLY ON REAR BOARDS, CORNERS BUMPED, SEVERAL BOOKS WITH LIGHT FOXING OR BROWNING MOSTLY TO ENDPAPERS, HALF TITLES & FIRST & LAST COUPLE OF TEXT PAGES, VERY OCCASIONAL MINOR CHIP TO PAGE MARGIN. OVERALL IN LOVELY CONDITION WITH NO CRACKING TO INNER HINGES, ALL GILT TO COVERS BRIGHT & EVEN & MOSTLY CLEAN INTERNALLY. HEAVY SET. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

London: H.S. Nichols Ltd., 1897. Kamashastra Edition - Library Edition . Hardcover. Very Good -/No Jackets. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Letchford, Albert. 12vol.set; HBs ¾bound red leather&spiral design w/red leather&gilt-gilt trim; rubbed w/edges&corners worn; spines sunned w/wear&tear on hinges; PONinscripts; ink spill, spine,vols.iv&xii; some sml.tears&tanned edges,otherwise clean,tight pgs. From "The Story of King Shahrvar and His Brother" (first of Vol.I) to "History of Prince Habib and What Befell Him with the Lady Durrat Al-Ghawwas" (last of Vol.XII). illus.

H. S. Nichols Ltd.; Kamashastra. Used - Acceptable. Twelve volume complete set [12 Volumes]; Volumes I-XII. Translated from the Arabic by Captain Sir R. F. Burton. Reprinted from the original edition and edited by Leonard C. Smithers. Illustrated with a series of seventy-one original illustrations reproduced from the original pictures in oils specially painted by Albert Letchford. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [Arabian Nights]. Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers only. The Kamashastra Library Edition. Quarto. All volumes uniformly half-bound in richly textured red leather. Raised bands with gilt lettering and decoration on spines. Green cloth covered boards. Some rubbing and wear to boards and spines with mild fading to spines. Some moisture damage, mainly affecting fore-edges of boards, with mild impact upon internal content. Top edges gilt with other edges uncut. Contains b/w illustrated plates throughout all volumes with annotated tissue-guards. Pages are… Read More

, xv [4] xviii-xxxii 1-416 pages, illustrated frontispiece plus 10 plates to Volume 1, Vol.2 - 12 between 399 and 495 pages plus between 2 - 7 plates, all volumes have an illustrated frontispiece and all plates have titled tissue protection, untrimmed pages, printed by the Kamashastra Society for private subscribers - translated from The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, with introductory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem Men and a terminal essay upon the history of The Nights, heavy books may incur extra shipping