• Publication: Tales of the Persian GeniiPublication Record # 620872
• Author: Frances Jenkins Olcott
• Date: 1919-00-00
• Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co.
• Price:
  6/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: x+225
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes:

  • 1st UK ed.
  • Price 6/- net from advertisement The Athenaeum 1919-10-24 p1101 (October supplement) "Harrap's 'Books Beautiful': New Illustrated Books for 1919"
  • HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) provides full view of 3 copies (see Title Reference); that from Cornell U shows -- front cover pale green with black lettering and illustration (unlike 1st ed., below) -- title leaf alone differs from 1st: title page shows original design over footer "London: ..."; t.p. verso identifies printer, Edinburgh -- Foreword, p[v]-vii -- Contents, [ix]-x -- Illustrations, [xi], lists 4 (frontispiece and 3 color plates not included in the pagination) -- text spans p[1]-225 The contents are four series of stories set in a brief 5-part frame story (see Title Reference).
  • As of 2017-06-05: • HDL also provides full view of the 1st ed., one copy with apparently original cover that is merely decorated, not illustrated. • Amazon US (below) provides one image of apparent dust jacket, apparently square, as Houghton Mifflin 1917 (1st ed.). Its illustration and lettering design match those of this 1919 UK ed. (book cover viewed at HDL), with a different layout and apparent shape.
  • This edition includes one additional leaf, p[227-28] publisher promotion of "The Romance Series" and "The Famous Myth Series"; the former includes The Arabian Nights selected by Olcott.
• External IDs:
  • ASIN: B0040VCRRO AU BR CA CN DE ES FR IN IT JP MX NL TR UAE UK US (US/UK earn commissions)
  • LCCN: 70-238189
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 86467

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  Tales of the Persian Genii • (1917) • interior artwork by Willy Pogany
• v • Foreword (Tales of the Persian Genii) • (1917) • essay by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 1 • The Fountain of the Genii • (1917) • short story by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 5 • The History of Abudah and the Search for the Talisman of Oromanes • (1917) • novelette by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 54 • Continuation of the Fountain of the Genii [1] • (1917) • short story by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 56 • The History of the Sultan Misnar and the Four Enchanters • (1917) • novelette by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 107 • Continuation of the Fountain of the Genii [2] • (1917) • short story by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 109 • The History of Farrukruz the Favourite of Fortune • (1917) • novelette by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 141 • Continuation of the Fountain of the Genii [3] • (1917) • short story by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 142 • The History of King Azad and the Two Royal Sheykhs • (1917) • novella by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 223 • Conclusion of the Fountain of the Genii • (1917) • short story by Frances Jenkins Olcott