Forster Rev Edward (7 results)

hardcover. Condition: poor. Leavitt & Allen, NY 1861, 4-3/4"x5-3/4" cloth, 142pp. woodcuts. cracked hinges, loose signatures, faint waterstain to margins, fingermarked, reader only. $.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings.- Circa 1860 (No Date)- Geo. A. Leavitt, New York- HARDCOVER, GOOD; light wear. CLASSIC FOLK TALES, MIDDLE EASTERN FOLK TALES. Selected STORIES such as: 'The Merchant and the Genie,' The Fisherman and the Genie,' The Vizier Who Was Punished,' and more. 142 pp. VINTAGE, ORIGINAL, CLASSIC.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Embellished with Six hundred engravings. In the original maroon, slightly edge worn cloth-covered boards.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. With an explanatory and historical introduction, by G.M. Bussey: carefully revised and corrected with some additions, amendments, and illustrative notes from the work of E.W. Lane. Bound in tan cloth with red and black decorations. Book is the slightest bit cocked, one sig is partially detached, pages are nice and white, overall very good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Date. 142 pages, front end page missing staining, shelf wear especially on spine ends and fading, S12 2. Frontispiece and Sketches, Numerous Engravings (illustrator).

Leather. Condition: Good. An illustrated edition of the classic collection of Middle Eastern Folktales, with engravings by Royal Academy painter Robert Smirke. An illustrated edition of the The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, the classic collection of folktales originating from the Medieval Middle East, translated by Rev. Edward Forster, with revisions by George Moir Bussey. Published in 1840, with Forster's first edition published in 1802. In half calf. Contains a frontispiece, and twenty-two other engraved plates by Royal Academy painter Robert Smirke. The Merchant and Genie plate appears missing. Believed to have originated in the Medieval period and later brought to Europe in 1704, the Arabian Nights remain among the most popular folktale collections recorded, including the Sinbad, Aladdin and Ali Baba among many others. Smirke's engravings compliment the romantic nature of the stories. In half calf. Externally, the odd fading patch and graze to marble boards, with cracking to the front joint. Rubbing the edges, lighter to rear joint, and minor wear to spine label. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. End papers are generally bright and clean with the odd faint spot. Internally, firmly bound. Second plate appears missing. Pages are mostly bright and clean, with slight spotting to first and last leaves, and to plate extremities. Good. R. Smirke (illustrator). book.…

Full Brown Morocco. Condition: Excellent. A lovely early 19th Century set beautifully bound in contemporary full brown morocco with gold tooling, ribbed spines elaborately decorated in gold, a.e.g. With engravings from pictures by Robert Smirke. Light wear and scuffing mostly along edges. Former owner's bookplate and gift inscripton on ffep dated 1848. A beautiful set of this classic work. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Robert Smirke (illustrator).…