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![Image for The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, in Twelve Volumes (Library Edition) [A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with Introduction, Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men, and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights]](/assets/images/product/2282238.jpg)
By: Burton, R.F. [Richard Francis]; Smithers, Leonard C.
Price: $1,500.00
Publisher: H.S. Nichols & Co.: 1894
Seller ID: 2282238
Condition: Near Fine
First Smithers edition, also called the Library Edition (Penzer p. 117-123). Minor cosmetic wear, ink name on front endpaper of each volume, front hinge of first volume just beginning to weaken. 1894 Hard Cover. Complete in twelve volumes, a reissue of the 1885 Benares edition (which was printed by the Kamashastra Society for private subscribers only), edited by Leonard C. Smithers. 8vo. According to the preface, In Lady Burton's edition, which was a reprint of the first ten volumes only of the original issue, it was thought advisable to omit no fewer than 215 pages; in this edition, which com... View more info
![Image for The Arabian Nights Entertainments and the Notes Upon Them [Containing Sixty-Five Stories Told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to Divert Shahryar the Sultan from the Execution of a Vow He Had Made to Avenge the Disloyalty of His First Sultaness; and Containing a Better Account of the Customs, Manners and Religion of the Eastern Nations Than is to Be Met with in Any Edition Hitherto Published; Because the Text is One which Richard Burton Himself Desired to Own: The Definitive and All-Inclusive Burton Translation with the Addition of the Notes Upon the Text Prepared by Those Scholars Who Had Previously Translated the Text into English from the Arabic, Notably Henry Torrens & Edward Lane & John Payne]](/assets/images/product/2271630.jpg)
By: Burton, Richard; Torrens, Henry; Lane, Edward; Payne, John
Price: $45.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1954
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2271630
Condition: Near Fine
Minimal cosmetic wear. 1954 Full-Leather. xi, [3], 674, plus unpaginated notes section. Navy blue full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Comprises several versions of translation and includes illustrations by Arthur Szyk. View more info
![Image for The Arabian Nights Entertainments and the Notes Upon Them [Containing Sixty-Five Stories Told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to Divert Shahryar the Sultan from the Execution of a Vow He Had Made to Avenge the Disloyalty of His First Sultaness; and Containing a Better Account of the Customs, Manners and Religion of the Eastern Nations Than is to Be Met with in Any Edition Hitherto Published; Because the Text is One which Richard Burton Himself Desired to Own: The Definitive and All-Inclusive Burton Translation with the Addition of the Notes Upon the Text Prepared by Those Scholars Who Had Previously Translated the Text into English from the Arabic, Notably Henry Torrens & Edward Lane & John Payne] (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)](/assets/images/product/2280927.jpg)
By: Burton, Richard; Torrens, Henry; Lane, Edward; Payne, John
Price: $45.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1981
Seller ID: 2280927
Condition: Near Fine
A couple very faint scuffs to gilt edges, otherwise an exceptional copy. 1981 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xi, [3], 674, plus unpaginated notes section. Navy blue full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Comprises several versions of translation and includes illustrations by Arthur Szyk. View more info
By: Burton, Sir Richard F.; Zipes, Jack
Price: $4.00
Publisher: Signet Classic: 1991
Seller ID: 2296217
ISBN: 0451525426
Condition: Near Fine
Spine lightly creased. 1991 Mass Market Paperback. x, 595 pp. Adapted from Richard F. Burton's unexpurgated translation. Bawdy and exotic, Arabian Nights, features the wily, seductive Scheherazade, who saves her own life by telling tales of magical transformations, genies and wishes, flying carpets and fantastical journeys, terror and passion to entertain and appease the brutal King Shahryar. First introduced into the West in 1704, the stories of The Thousand and One Nights are most familiar to American readers in sanitized children's versions. This modern edition, based on Richard F. Burton's... View more info
By: Erman, Adolf; Simpson, William K.
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Harper Torchbooks: 1966
Seller ID: 2288071
Condition: Very Good
Spine lightly toned, two light red marks on page base. 1966 Trade Paperback. lxxii, 318, 10 pp. CONTENTS: Periodical Abbreviations; Introduction to the Torchbook Edition: The Study of Egyptian Literature, 1925-1965; Selective Bibliography, 1925-1965; Translator's Preface; Author's Preface; Outline of Egyptian History; By Way of Introduction: The Development of the Literature - The Learned Scribes - Singers and Story-Tellers - The Forms of the Poetry - Writing and Books - Our Understanding of Egyptian Texts; From the Oldest Poetry: From the Pyramid Texts - To the Crowns - Morning Hymns - Narrat... View more info
By: Gibran, Kahlil
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf: 1996
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2294627
Condition: Near Fine
1971 15th printing. Includes publisher's slipcase. Ink name on front endpaper. 1996 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 84 pp. Tall 8vo. White cloth spine, black cloth boards, gilt titles and decorations, paper spine and panel labels on slipcase. Includes sepia-toned plates by author. Gibran's famous inspirational collection of verse, which gained acceptance in the counter-culture movement, and made Gibran one of the best-selling poets of all time. View more info
By: Gibran, Kahlil; Ghareeb, Andrew; Young, Barbara
Price: $5.00
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf: 1981
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 2020924
Condition: Very Good
28th printing. Includes original jacket. Jacket price clipped.Very Good. 1981 Hard Cover. 77 pp. A collection of prose poems by the author of The Prophet. View more info
By: Gibran, Kahlil; Nahmad, H.M.
Price: $5.00
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf: 1980
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 2020929
Condition: Very Good
20th printing. Includes original jacket. Jacket price clipped.Very Good. 1980 Hard Cover. 139 pp. Four fictional parables by the author of The Prophet. View more info
By: Hosseini, Khaled
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Riverhead Books: 2008
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 2282512
ISBN: 159448385X
Condition: Good
Lightly rubbed, one page creased. 2008 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul-they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Ho... View more info
By: Hosseini, Khaled
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Riverhead Books: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2293130
ISBN: 1594489505
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Corners lightly pushed. 2007 Hard Cover. 372 pp. Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love. After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with four million copies of The Kite Runner shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary wr... View more info
By: Hosseini, Khaled
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Riverhead Books: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2294208
ISBN: 1594489505
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Faint sticker remnant to jacket. 2007 Hard Cover. 372 pp. Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love. After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with four million copies of The Kite Runner shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important li... View more info
By: Hosseini, Khaled
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Riverhead Books: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2294209
ISBN: 1594489505
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Faint edge wear to jacket. 2007 Hard Cover. 372 pp. Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love. After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with four million copies of The Kite Runner shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary... View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1961
Seller ID: 2200494
Condition: Good
Pages toned, ink stamp to title page.Large sections missing from top and bottom edges of jacket spine, ink notation to jacket front, jacket edges rubbed. 1961 Hard Cover. xxxvi, 575 pp. ...this work covers the field of Classical Sanskrit Literature, as opposed to the Vedic Literature, the epics and the Puranas. The book is divided into three parts: Part I is general, and covers the Language; Part II, Belles-Lettres and Poetics; and Part III, Scientific Literature.Keywords: HISTORY SANSKRIT LITERATURE LANGUAGE REFERENCE LITERARY CRITICISM View more info
By: Khayyam, Omar; Fitzgerald, Edward
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. / McLagan & Cumming, Edinburgh:
Seller ID: 2164485
Condition: Very Good
Ink mark on front board, minor loss from spine head, ink owner stamp on endpapers. Unpaginated. Limp suede, gilt titles & decorations. Color plates by Willy Pogany tipped in. An attractive edition of Khayyam's classic work, with decorative script and borders. View more info
By: Khayyam, Omar; Fitzgerald, Edward
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Company:
Seller ID: 2283729
Condition: Very Good
Spine and top edge faded, rear endpaper removed. We have more books available by this author!. 171, [5] pp. Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with 12 mounted color plates (some of which are rather risque), numerous smaller mounted half-tone illustrations, and decorations by Willy Pogany. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the title that Edward Fitzgerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in the Persian language and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám (1048–1123), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. A Persian ru... View more info
By: Khayyam, Omar; Fitzgerald, Edward
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.: 1937
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2294308
Condition: Very Good
A bit musty, ink name on front flyleaf, blind stamp on front endpaper corner. 1937 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxxviii, [39]-197, [3] pp. 8vo. Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with color plates by Edmund Dulac. Includes the first and fifth editions of the translation, as well as biographical prefaces giving background on both Edward Fitzgerald and Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the title that Edward Fitzgerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in the Persian language and of which there are about a thous... View more info
By: Khayyam, Omar; Fitzgerald, Edward; Untermeyer, Louis
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Random House: 1947
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2294591
Condition: Very Good
Reissue. Lacks slipcase. 1947 Hard Cover. xxii, 149 pp. 8vo. Beautiful color illustrations by Mahmoud Sayah, decorative margins. Edited with an introduction by Louis Untermeyer. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in the Persian language and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám (1048–1123), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. A Persian ruba'i is a two line stanza with two parts (or hemistechs) per line, hence the word Rubaiyat, (derived from the Arabic root word ... View more info
Price: $350.00
Publisher: Charles Knight and Co.: 1839
Seller ID: 2281494
Condition: Good
Front board of first volume loose, splits beginning at spine heads along joints of other two volumes. An attractive set that could be beautiful with some minor restoration. 1839 Half-Leather. Complete in three volumes. xxxii, [2], 618, [4]; xii, 643, [3]; xii, 763, [3] pp. 4to. Original red morocco spine and corners, marbled boards and endpapers, red edges. Illustrations with wood engravings from original designs by William Harvey throughout. One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: Kitab 'alf layla wa-layla; Persian: Hezar-o yek šab) is a collection of folk tales and other stories. It is often k... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Heritage Press: 1949
Seller ID: 2196705
Condition: Very Good
Includes slipcase. Sandglass number 11m laid in. Light edge wear to slipcase. 1949 Hard Cover. These tales of Sindbad of among the most beloved of all the Arabian Nights' stories. View more info
By: Pamuk, Orhan; Freely, Maureen (Translator)
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Vintage International / Random House, Inc.: 2005
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2286821
ISBN: 0375706860
Condition: Good
Reissue. Crease to spine. 2005 Trade Paperback. xii, 463 pp. Dread, yearning, identity, intrigue, the lethal chemistry between secular doubt and Islamic fanaticism – these are the elements that Orhan Pamuk anneals in this masterful, disquieting novel. An exiled poet named Ka returns to Turkey and travels to the forlorn city of Kars. His ostensible purpose is to report on a wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden to wear their head-scarves. But Ka is also drawn by his memories of the radiant Ipek, now recently divorced. Amid blanketing snowfall and universal suspicion, Ka finds himse... View more info
By: Rushdie, Salman
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Viking: 1989
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 2206163
Condition: Very Good
Reprint. Faintly rubbed. 1989 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. One of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie’s best-known and most galvanizing book. Set in a modern world filled with both mayhem and miracles, the story begins with a bang: the terrorist bombing of a London-bound jet in midflight. Two Indian actors of opposing sensibilities fall to earth, transformed into living symbols of what is angelic and evil. This is just the initial act in a magnificent odyssey that seamlessly merges the actual with the i... View more info
By: [Khayyam, Omar]; Mirza-mem'n (Zimmerman, John Stevens)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Henry Olendorf Shepard, Chicago: 1901
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 1803576
Condition: Good
Second edition. No jacket. Front hinge loosening, ink name on front endpaper, spine faded. 1901 Hard Cover. 131 stanzas, unpaginated. A collection of verse, most of which has been paraphrased from McCarthy's prose translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Published pseudonymously under the name 'Mirza-Mem'n' - the author's real name was John Stevens Zimmerman. Engravings and decorative borders throughout. Purple cloth, gilt titles. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in the Persian language and of w... View more info
