• Publication: Stories from the Arabian NightsPublication Record # 380424
• Author: Laurence Housman
• Date: 1907-10-00
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Pages: xvi+133
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes: 1st ed.; 1st annual gift book from Dulac and Hodder & Stoughton (Housman also wrote the 7th, also retold from the Arabian Nights) --Wikipedia and Encyclopedia of Fantasy With 50 full-colored plates by Edmund Dulac. Limited edition of 350 copies signed by Dulac in his first major book commission. Data from WorldCat OCLC 3110855, OCLC 556577129, OCLC 318279993, OCLC 752800305 (page counts 132 and 133, no mention of limited edition) Some data from Christie's Auction House 1st edition, October 1907 2nd edition, November 1907 Source is a WorldCat record of the latter, OCLC 228670798. Probably these are 1st and 2nd printings of the first edition in latterday terms. As of 2017-09-28, one page at Amazon reports this title as 2nd edition, as 1907, and (which is ridiculous) as German; and provides front cover image that fits the English-language title.
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 3110855 556577129 752800305 318279993

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  Stories from the Arabian Nights • (1907) • interior artwork by Edmund Dulac
• v • Preface (Stories from the Arabian Nights) • (1907) • essay by Laurence Housman
• 1 • The Fisherman and the Genie • (1907) • short story by Laurence Housman
• 17 • The Story of the King of the Ebony Isles • (1907) • short story by Laurence Housman
• 31 • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves • (1907) • short story by Laurence Housman
• 66 • The Story of the Magic Horse • (1907) • short story by Laurence Housman
• 100 • The Story of the Wicked Half-Brothers • (1907) • short story by Laurence Housman
• 111 • The Story of the Princess of Deryabar • (1907) • short story by Laurence Housman