Stories from The Arabian Nights

Housman, Laurence; [Arabian Nights]; [Edmund Dulac]

Published by Hodder and Stoughton Publishers (1907), London, 1907

About this Item

4to. [2], v-xvi, 1-133, [3] pp. Half later red morocco over the original orange cloth boards with gilt lettering and a gilt decoration on the front board, spine in six compartments with gilt rules and lettering; all edges grey. Rebound without the half-title page. Title page printed in orange and black with an orange drawing. Illustrated with 50 mounted color plates (on grey paper) with printed tissue guards, plates done by the incomparable Edmund Dulac. All plates except for the frontispiece gathered at the end of the volume. Hughey 16a. Hughey refers to this book as Dulac's most important, and references a review that states "those fifty colour illustrations . will soon be the talk of the literary and artistic world". According to Hughey, The New York Times called this work "indescribably quaint and bewitching". A sharp copy of an Anglicanized version of the Arabian Nights, with the words on the page brought to life by Dulac's artistry. A touch foxed at the edges of the pageblock, six leaves with their bottom margin trimmed but no loss to the text or pagination. Seller Inventory # 000013292

Bibliographic Details

Title: Stories from The Arabian Nights

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton Publishers (1907), London

Publication Date: 1907

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: First UK trade edition.