Title: The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night
Title Record # 1340461
Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
Date: 1885-00-00
Type: COLLECTION
Series: أَلْف لَيْلَة وَلَيْلَة / Arabian Nights
Language: English
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Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
Date: 1885-00-00
Type: COLLECTION
Series: أَلْف لَيْلَة وَلَيْلَة / Arabian Nights
Language: English
Note: Several editions exist, usually without publication dates. Most editions were published as limited editions of 1000 copies. Editions of 17 volumes generally contain 10 volumes of the original "1001 Nights" + 7 volumes of "Supplemental Nights". Known named editions, with some bibliographic data (mostly taken from Penzer, "Annotated Bibliography of Sir Richard Francis Burton") are:
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- Benares Edition (First ed., 1885–88);
- Library Edition (Nichols Ltd., 1897);
- Burton Society of Denver (1900-1901. Penzer, p. 125, says it's the first reprint edition);
- Luristan Edition (c. 1900);
- Samara Edition (c. 1900);
- Adens Edition (c. 1900);
- Shammar Edition (c. 1900);
- Connoisseur Edition (c. 1900, 17 volumes, limited to 100 copies);
- Mecca Edition (1905, 17 volumes, Illustrated, gray cloth cover, paper spine labels. Limited ed. of 1000 copies);
- Bassorah Edition ("early 1900's");
- Burton Ethnological Society (1920);
- Baroda Edition (950 copies, date uncertain);
- Medina Edition;
- Baghdad Edition;
- "Burton Club" edition (c. 1930);
- Limited Edition (Limited Edition Book Club, 1934, and 1954).
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night | 1885-00-00 | Sir Richard Francis Burton | Kamashastra Society | 210/-?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). |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: With Notes Anthropological and Explanatory | 1888-00-00 | Sir Richard Francis Burton | Kamashastra Society | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night | 1897-00-00 | Sir Richard Francis Burton | H. S. Nichols | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Book of the Thousand Nights and A Night | 1905-00-00 | Sir Richard Francis Burton | Burton Club | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night | 1934-00-00 | Sir Richard Francis Burton | Limited Editions Club |
xvii+ 3975 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Arabian Nights Entertainments | 1954-00-00 | Sir Richard Francis Burton | Limited Editions Club | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night | 1962-00-00 | Sir Richard Francis Burton | Heritage Press |
xvi+ 3975 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Book of the Thousand Nights and A Night | date unknown | Sir Richard Francis Burton | Burton Club | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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