The Arabian Nights

Orton Lowe (ed,)

Published by The John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia, Chicago, 1920

Philadelphia, Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1920. Good +. First Thus. Not be confused with the 1924 edition. Stated copyright 1920 underneath the list of only 8 Titles (not 14 as in the 1924 issue) in the Winston Clear Type Popular Classic Series. Title page reads: "Edited by Orton Lowe" as opposed to the 1924 - "With Introduction by Orton Lowe. This edition has 4 colored plates by Adelaide H. Bolton. 1924 edition has 6. Book has solid hinges with no loose pages. It has moderate wear/rubbing to boards/paste-on, bumped corners and wear to spine ends. Winston is printed on spine. Textblock has tiny bookstore label on front paste-down and previous owners name on front endpaper. There are light smudges to many age-toned pages. No writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. 60 block illustrations. Shahriar is a sultan who has discovered his wife has committed adultery. Embittered and shocked, he decides that all women are evil and therefore, every day, he will marry a girl and have her executed by his vizier the next morning. But the vizier?s clever daughter, Scheherazade, has a plan that may save the kingdom?s women: she volunteers herself as the sultan?s next bride. On their wedding night, Scheherazade tells an entertaining story and as soon as she finishes, she begins a new story. It is late into the night, but the new story is not finished. Wanting to hear the conclusion, the sultan postpones his wife's execution until the next day. The following night, Scheherazade finishes the previous story but again starts a new one, forcing the sultan to postpone her death for another night. This pattern continues for one thousand and one nights. The sultan eventually changes his opinions and marries Scheherazade. The tales are sophisticated and charming ? fantastic stories full of magic, wonder, and morals. Seller Inventory # 7268

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Arabian Nights
Publisher: The John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia, Chicago
Publication Date: 1920
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Adelaide H. Bolton
Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition, Thus