Boston: James Loring, 1834. Second edition. Small 8vo. 202 pp. Original cloth, rebacked preserving almost all of the original spine with its paper label. Upper half of front free endpaper cut, some foxing and staining to the front and rear, else a decent copy. A novel for children, first published... More
London: Published for the Folk-Lore Society by Sidgwick & Jackson, 1914. 8vo, x, 364 pp, some light spots, unopened in the original cloth, spine ends bumped, two small marks to upper cover, otherwise a very good copy. Publications of the Folk-Lore Society volume 73. More
London: J.M. Dent, 1901. Two volumes, 12mo. 7 plates. Original gilt titled green cloth, spines a little dull, ends bumped, t.e.g. More
(London): The Enitharmon Press, 1976. Limited edition, no. 58 of 250 copies, 4to, (44) pp. Illustrations throughout. Cloth, d.w., spine and edges faded otherwise very good. More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, (1968). Three volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces. Cloth, spine titles a little dull, otherwise very good. "In this edition all Burns' surviving Poems and Songs are for the first time published together, with the Airs for the Songs in their 18th century form..." (from the wrapper). "Oxford... More
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1845. Small 8vo, xxiv, 366, (2) pp. Portrait frontispiece, some light foxing, marbled endpapers and sides. Contemporary red quarter morocco, some light rubbing. Todd & Bowden 90c. More
London: Blackie & Son, 1888. Five volumes, 8vo. Two portrait frontispieces and 54 plates, plus a double page facsimile plate of hand-writing, a later owner's brief inscription to the fly leaf verso in volume I. Original gilt and black decorated red cloth, a.e.g., spines sunned, ends a little bumped otherwise... More
![[Arabian Nights]. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. Translated from the Arabic by... Reprinted from the Original Edition and Edited by Leonard C. Smithers. Captain Sir R. F. BURTON.](/pictures/thumb/23291.jpg?v=1446579265)
London: H.S. Nichols, 1894. Library edition, 12 volumes, large 8vo. Half title and the final leaf of text in each volume browned, bookplates designed by Max Beerbohm of Granville Barker, actor, producer and playwright, later inscriptions to the fly leaf and the foot of each bookplate. Original black cloth, t.e.g...... More
![A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainment, 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. [with] Supplemental Nights. Richard F. BURTON.](/pictures/thumb/22817.jpg?v=1446579260)
Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers only, [c.1920]. Luristan edition, no. 303 of 1,000 sets, seventeen volumes, large 8vo. Frontispiece and several plates in each volume. Original grey cloth, t.e.g., spines with paper labels, browned and faded, spines ends a little bumped otherwise a good set. More
Edinburgh: R. Grant & Son; London: Simpkin Marshall & Co., 1888. Sole edition. 47, (1) pp. Publisher's paper backed boards, the upper cover illustrated in the style of the reverse side of a framed painting. Frontispiece illustrated by Edith Somerville. A little light soiling to the lower cover, very good... More
London: Printed for Whittaker, Treacher and Co., 1829. Sole edition, 8vo, (iii)-xxxvi, 196, (12 advertisement) pp, bound without the half title. One illustration and 7 pages of facsimile manuscript, some occasional light foxing. Uncut in modern half calf, marbled sides, a very good copy. Wise II p93. More
Newark: Printed and sold by S. and J. Ridge, 1807. First edition, first issue. 8vo. (iii)-xiv, 187, (1) pp, bound without the half title. Handsomely bound in brown crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to two panels and decorated to the others, gilt inner... More
London: The Fanfrolico Press, 1929. Limited edition, no. 344 of 550 copies, large 8vo, (xvi, 64) pp. 4 plates printed in purple plus further black and white illustrations, free endpapers browned. Original quarter vellum, t.e.g., top of covers with light sunning, purple silk sides with a gilt illustration to the... More
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1904. India paper edition, 8vo, x, 924 pp. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Bickers and Son in contemporary full vellum, t.e.g., some mild soiling, very good. More
Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1828. 8vo, xl, 718 pp. Portrait frontispiece and a 2 page folding facsimile letter, printed in double column throughout, some light foxing, marbled endpapers and sides, armorial bookplate. Contemporary half calf, rebacked retaining most of the original backstrip, boards rubbed. More
London: Alexander Moring, the De La More Press, 1903. Small 8vo. xxxiv, (2), 497, (1) pp. Simply and elegantly bound by Bumpus in brown full polished calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to one panel, gilt tooling to edges, all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait. Very good. More
[Geneva]: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1577. 8vo, (xvi), 72, 134 pp. Printer's woodcut device to the title page, some light foxing, title browned with some small ink marks. Contemporary dappled calf with a central decorative blind stamped panel, a little worn, outer edge of lower cover darkened, recently rebacked with a.... More
(London: The Camberwell Press, 1984). One of 750 copies, large 8vo, (22) pp, with 6 full page illustrations - one for each book advertised, including a sketch by Helen Roeder and a wood engraving by John Lawrence, order form loosely inserted, paper wrappers, wood engraving on upper wrapper, a fine copy. More
London: David Nutt, 1891. First edition. 8vo. xl, 292 pp. Publisher's beige buckram, lettered to spine and upper board. Frontispiece portrait of Ian Campbell of Islay plus one plate. Spine a little darkened and worn, a very good copy. No. IV of the Waifs and Strays of the Celtic Tradition, Argyllshire Series. More
New York: Rinehart & Company, (1946). First edition, 8vo, x, 245, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w. with loss to the spine and top edge. More
London: Edward Moxon, 1838. 8vo, (xii), 306 pp. Frontispiece of a bust of the Author plus steel-engraved vignettes in the text, these mostly after Turner, some light foxing, later inscription to fly leaf verso, marbled endpapers. Contemporary full morocco, a.e.g., gilt spine and double rules, some light rubbing and a.... More
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1937. First English edition. 8vo. 348, (4) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, yellow lettered to the spine and upper board. Some very light rubbing, a few marks to the cloth and an ink stain to the fore edge, not affecting the contents. More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1949. First edition thus, 8vo, lxxx, 297, (1) pp. Frontispiece, brief inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w. price clipped with some browning and mild loss to spine ends. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1980. First British edition. 8vo. 186 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Small scratch to the front free endpaper, trivial creasing to the spine ends of the jacket, an excellent copy. The author's first book, first published in... More
London: Printed at the Chiswick Press for Private Distribution, 1869. Limited edition, one of 150 copies, this copy not numbered, 4to, (x), 105, (1) pp. Frontispiece, inscribed from Cosens on a front blank. Original gilt titled cloth, some light marks, mild damp staining to the lower cover. More