The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night; A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments Made and Annotated by Richard F. Burton
New York: The Heritage Press [1962], 1962. Later edition. Hardcover. 3 vol (six volumes in three). 8vo. [8], i-xvi, [2], 1-1334; [12], 1337-2650, [2]; [12], 2651-3975, [7] pp. Quarter cream cloth over orange and brown patterned paper boards, spine lettered in gold; orange topstains. Each volume housed in a black paper slipcase. Decorated with in-text black and white illustrations by Valenti Angelo. With the Sandglass issue laid in. Cassada 74. The second Heritage Press edition, the first being published in 1934 by Heritage for the Limited Editions Club. A sharp set of a significant translation by Sir Richard Francis Burton. Very Good or better. Item #000016640
A push to the top edge of the textblock of each volume, from reading. Slipcases lightly worn.
Price: $250.00