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1913 The Arabian Nights
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
First thus. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eleven colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of Middle Eastern folktales originally compiled during the Islamic Golden Age. This collection includes: The History of The Fisherman, The Story of The Enchanted Horse, The Story of Aladdin, The History of Ali Baba, The Story of Sinbad the Sailor, and more. These stories were collected over centuries by many different authors. Illustrated by Charles Folkard, a prolific British illustrator and comic artist, known for his imaginative work in children's books.
Condition
In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Rear hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with scattered spotting. Age toning to the endpapers.
Very Good
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