Smithers ed leonard c (27 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Good condition book without dust jacket. 3/4 leather boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents, marbled endpapers, rough-cut page ends.

Condizione: Good. Good condition book without dust jacket. 3/4 leather boards are clean with little wear, front hinge split but just holding. Book has clean and bright contents, marbled endpapers, rough-cut page ends.

Hard Cover. Condizione: vg-. Condizione sovraccoperta: --. Imitations of the "Arabian Nights" Oriental Tales No. XV; Limited Delhi Edition. No. 174/1000 copies; viii + 297pp; laid paper; contents unmarked; top edge gilt, other edges uncut; 8.75" tall; slight darkening / shelf wear to edges of green cover; paper title label on spine. Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. viii, 252 p. Original boards scuffed and rubbed, wear to edges, mild cant to spine; contents clean. One of 680 copies. 630 grams.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First of this edition, i.e. Library Edition. Volume XI only. Black binding all around, looks like silk moiree. Good to very good, considering age: corners and edges bumped, top of spine with slight damage. A few small dog ears. Front inside cover and ffep look like an ex libris has been removed. Apart from one small library stamp, no markings or inscriptions. Paper toned. Please see photos, and ask for more photos if needed.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First of this edition, i.e. Library Edition. Volume XII only. Black binding all around, looks like silk moiree. Good to very good, considering age: corners and edges bumped, top of spine with slight damage. Front and rear inside covers look like an ex libris has been removed. Apart from one small library stamp no markings or inscriptions. Paper toned. Please see photos, and ask for more photos if needed.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition limited to 650 copies, hardcover in brown cloth with gilt stamped titling to the spine and decoration to the front, the binding is shaken with a couple cracks in the text and at the front hinge, and sits at a lean, but remains firm overall. The book also has losses to the end caps with thinning and smaller losses to the cloth at the cover edges and corners, a peel to the cloth at the head of the spine, rubbing with smudges and light soiling to the cloth, sunning to the spine, foxing starting to some pages, and two antiquarian sellers' sticker to the front pastedown. Overall, this is a solid, Good only copy.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 479 pages (complete). In general fair condition taking its age into account. The cloth, decorated cover has a shabby dignity and elegance. The corners, edges and seams are worn. There is evidence of handling throughout. The spine is strong and serious. The covers are scuffed. Inside, the front and end pages are tanned. There is foxing throughout. The pages are clearly read, comfortable to hold, assured and companionable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First of this edition, i.e. Library Edition. Volume IX only. Original binding with sumptuous gold decoration on front cover, spine and back. Good to very good, considering age: corners and edges bumped, bottom of spine with slight damage. Covers rubbed. Front ffep looks like an ex libris has been removed. Inside cover with ex libris of W. M. Macdonald. Apart from two small library stamps, no markings or inscriptions. Paper toned. Please see photos, and ask for more photos if needed.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First of this edition, i.e. Library Edition. Volume X only. Original binding with sumptuous gold decoration on front cover, spine and back. Good to very good, considering age: corners and edges bumped, top of spine with slight damage. Covers rubbed. Front ffep looks like an ex libris has been removed. Inside cover with ex libris of W. M. Macdonald. Apart from one small library stamp, no markings or inscriptions. Paper toned. Please see photos, and ask for more photos if needed.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Limited Edition. 1893, Limited Edition - 680 copies. Octavo. viii, 308pp. Original cloth, gilt titles and decoration. Binding generally square and firm. Minor rubbing/surface wear. Spotting to text-block. Some foxing to prelims, otherwise generally clean within. A 'Very Good' copy.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Limited Edition. 1894, Limited Edition - 680 copies. Octavo. viii, 252pp plus adverts. Original cloth, gilt titles and decoration. Binding generally square and firm. Minor rubbing/surface wear. Spotting to text-block. Some foxing to prelims, otherwise generally clean within. A 'Very Good' copy.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Illustrated Edition. Illustrated Library edition, bound in the publisher's highly decorative gilt black cloth. Complete with volume XIII, containing Albert Letchford's plates. Edited by Leonard C. Smithers following Captain R. F. Burton's death; Smithers subscribed to Burton's original translation. Smithers' edition removes entire passages and 'bowdlerises' Burton's original translation. Externally generally smart; there is bumping to the spine ends occasionally resulting in small splits and discolouration to the cloth; the extremities are similarly bumped, resulting in occasional fraying and loss. There is chipping affecting the titles at the tail of the spine of volume V; occasional spots and marks throughout. The Illustrations volume is a little more worn, with loss at the spine ends, the binding rather shaken, and a split of 1cm nearly halfway down the spine. The bindings are tender throughout, particularly at the hinges. All volumes with minor spotting and occasional foxing throughout, including to plates. A lovely late Victorian library set edition, complete with the illustrated volume.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Ex-library with typical library markings/labels. Many pages uncut. Covers are good, with bright gold decoration and Arabic script. Volumes 4-7 only. Binding is tight. (International and Priority shipments not accepted for this heavy or oversized item.) Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.…

8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black; pictorial cloth elaborately blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, backstrip lightly pulled at head and tail else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 680 COPIES.

Pp. (viii), 252, adv. (20). Publisher's cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Occasionally some very light spotting but overall a very fine copy. An English edition of "Les avantures merveilleuses du Mandarin Fum-Hoam" by Thomas Guellete (Paris 1723). Limited edition of 680 copies. Comprises fairy tales from various countries in the east, most likely inspired by the Arabian nights.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. A limited edition collection of entertaining tales inspired by the popular 'Arabian Nights', edited by Leonard Smithers. A limited edition, being one of only six hundred and eighty copies.In the publisher's original gilt cloth.This collection of tales was edited by Leonard C. Smithers, and was first published in 1715 under the title 'Mille et un Quarts D'Heure, Contest Tartares', written by Thomas Simon Gueulette. The tales are described as being lively, entertaining and ingenious imitations of 'The Arabian Nights'. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spine, a slight lean, bumping to the extremities, marks to the boards, and slight chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages with the odd spot to the front. Very Good. None (illustratore). book.…

Leather Bound. A set of twelve quarto volumes (26 x 18 cms), each uniformly-bound in 3/4 wine-red leather over woven green cloth, with marbled endpapers and the top edges gilt. All volumes remain tightly-bound, with minor evidence of rubbing to the extremities. Each volume carries a rather nice bookplate of J. H. Burton, depicting a schooner in full sail bordered by mermaids. The bookplate is initialled "HN" (Harold Nelson, famed British bookplate designer, artist, and engraver). Internally, all volumes are in excellent condition and appear to have been seldom read or even opened. The words "Kamashastra Edition" appear at the bottom of the spine of each volume. The magnificent "Library Edition" of The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night translated from the Arabic by Captain Sir R. F. Burton and reprinted from the original 1885 privately-circulated Kamashastra Society edition. It is edited by Leonard C. Smithers and illustrated by a series of seventy-one inserted original illustrations reproduced from the original pictures in oils specially painted by Albert Letchford.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. The illustrated library edition of the first complete translation of the Arabian Nights, the historic folk-tales that have shaped world literature The celebrated illustrated library edition of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, otherwise known as The Arabian Nights, the classic Medieval tales of Arabian origin, translated by the eminent British explorer Richard Francis Bruton, reprinted from the original edition edited by Leonard C. Smithers. Published in 1897, with Smithers's first edition being from 1894. A complete set of twelve volumes. In the publisher's original uniform gilt decorated black cloth, with all seventy-one plates of re-producted oil paintings by British aritist Albert Letchford, including a frontispiece to each volume. Collated complete. The first and only complete translation of the Arabian Nights, Burton brought the many epic folk-tales and fables from the Golden-Age of Islam to the West. Despite its sexual imagery being too obscene for many Victorian critics, the translation has had a remarkable impact on world literature since. This edition is particularly popular for Letchford's illustrations bringing the stories to life. - Volume I: Includes King Shahryar and His Brother, The Portress, and The Hunchback's Tale amongst others. Contains plates 1-11.- Volume II: Includes King Omar Bin Al-Nu'uman and His Sons, The Hermits and The Fox and the Crow amongst others. Contains plates 12-17.- Volume III: Includes Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman, The Mock Caliph, and the Ebony Horse amongst others. Contains plates 18-26.- Volume IV: Includes The Queen of the Serpents, The Story of Janshah, and The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad amongst others. Contains plates 27-32.- Volume V: Includes The City of Brass, Judar and His Brethren, and The Adventures of Mercury Ali of Cairo amongst others. Contains plates 26-40.- Volume VI: Includes Hasan of Bassorah, Kalifah the Fisherman of Baghdad, and Julnar the Sea-Born amongst others. Contains plates 41-46.- Volume VII: Includes Miriam the Girdle-Girl, The Ruined Man of Baghdad and Abu Kir the Dyer amongst others. Contains plates 47-53.- Volume VIII: Includes Ma'aruf The Cobbler and His Wife Fatimah, as well as essays on the Nights, including author and date amongst others. Contains plates 54-57.- Volume IX: Includes The Sleeper and the Waker, the Ten Wazirs, and The Ugly Man and His Beautiful Wife amongst others. Contains plates 58-61.- Volume X: Includes Alaeddin, History of Sidi Nu'uman, and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves amongst others. Contains plates 62-65.- Volume XI: Includes Kazi and His Slipper, History of the First Larrikin and The Merchant's Daughter and the Prince of Al-Irak amongst others. Contains plates 66-68.- Volume XII: Includes History of Prince Habib, Haykar the Sage, and The Warlock and the Young Cook of Baghdad. Contains plates 69-71. In the publisher's original uniform gilt decorated black cloth. Externally, smart, with minimal marks to boards. Bumping to the heads and tails of the spines, heavier to head of IV and to V, and to the extremities. Small dents to spines of IV, near head of rear joint, V and VIII, below spine label. A couple of faint marks to spine heads, and minor rubbing marks to joints to I, II, IX, and XI. Minimal marks to end papers. Publisher's insert tipped in to front end paper hinges of II-III, VI-VIII and XI-XII. Internally, firmyl bound. Several leaves unopened to IX. Pages are bright and mostly clean, with a couple of faint spots to immediate first and final leaves. Very Good. Albert Letchford (illustratore). book.…

Condizione: Very Good. The Illustrated Library Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Fine binding. Marbled endpapers. Teg - remaining edges uncut. 260mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). [5000pp.]. 71 original tissue-guarded original illustrations by Albert Letchford. This edition comprises the original sixteen books ie. the entire work. It was published privately by the Kama Shastra Society as much of the material was deemed inappropriate at the time due to its sexual nature. N.B.: Heavy set - please ask for shipping quote stating country of destination. Red morrocco hardback half-leather cover on green cloth.…

Half Morocco and Cloth. Condizione: Good+. First Thus. Twelve volumes in the original box - Volume One - xxxii, 416pp; Volume Two - viii, 431pp, [1]; Volume Three - x, 444pp; Volume Four - x, 420pp; Volume Five - viii, 400pp; Volume Six - [10], 408pp; Volume Seven - viii, 406pp; Volume Eight - xii, 424pp; Volume Nine - xiii, [1], 444pp; Volume Ten - xix, [1], 479pp, [1]; Volume Eleven - ix, [1], 495pp, [1] and Volume Twelve - xxiv, 399pp, [1]. Publishers half morocco and cloth, raised bands, spine in six panels, title lettered directly to second panel, translator and volume to fourth, arabic script to first and sixth panels with knot work tool to third and fifth, t.e.g., marbled endpapers in original box. Spines very slightly faded, some spines very slightly discoloured, some light foxing to edges of text block. Internally some light foxing to endpapers and occasionally to text, but generally clean. Housed in the publishers original drop front box, or 'casket' (somewhat faded with minor repairs and with a replacement key). See Penzer, pages 120-124 Size: 8vo. Letchford, Albert (illustratore). …

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. The 'Library Edition' of The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night. This edition was edited by the friend of the translator Richard Burton, Leonard C Smithers. This is the first of Nichols and Smithers' fine library edition. Published by H S Nichols and Co. This edition was published soon after Lady Burton's family edition and shortly before the illustrated library edition. This edition is of importance as it reinstates the text originally omitted by Lady Burton's edition. As stated in the preface, Smithers intention in the restoration was so that this work can finally 'take its proper place on the library shelf alongside Cervantes and Shakespeare.' In beautiful cloth bindings with pictorial gilt stamping to boards. Richard Burton's translation of 'One Thousand and One Nights or Arabian Nights' is his best known work.The text is a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales originally compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. In uniform cloth bindings with pictorial gilt stamping to the front boards and spines. Externally, generally smart with heavy bumping to the head and tail of spines. some damage to the spine of volume VIII, a small hole. Evidence of damp staining to the bottom of front board to volume VIII. Damp staining to the bottom of front board to volume IX resulting in tidemarks to the bottom of first first 391 pages and some cockling. Damp staining is worse to bottom of both boards to volume X as it has resulted in the loss to some of the gilt stamping to the front and has caused a small amount of mould internally. Spine and rear board to volume XI has tidemarks and some damp staining as has volume XII, to the front board as well. Hinges to volume I are slightly strained but firm. Some remnants of adhered paper to the rear board of volume IV. Prior owner's signature to the front pastedown of all volumes, R C Love. A few ink spots to endpapers and pastedowns to volume IV. Small loss to cloth on front board of volume VI at the extremities. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Tidemarks to pastedowns of volume XI due to damp staining. Tidemarks to first few pages of volume VIII resulting in some cocking to first 290 pages. Small tidemark to the page edges to 339 - 378 of volume IV, not affecting text. Tidemarks and cockling throughout volume X at the bottom, not affecting text. Damp staining to volume XI has resulted in front endpaper adhering to front pastedown and therefore some tears and loss due to an attempted removal. Cockling throughout the bottom of pages to volume XI due to damp staining. The odd spot throughout. Very Good. Various (illustratore). book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: VG+. No Jacket. Printed for Subscribers Only, limited edition, # 796/1000. NOT exlib. VG+ cond. hardcover, no dj. Green cloth over bds w/ black & red lettering on paper title block on spine. Fore- & bottom edges deckle-cut, t.e.g. 297pp. Square, straight, tight & clean, overall VG+ cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions. …

London, printed for subscribers only. 1901. This is the CABOOL EDITION Limited to Five Hundred Copies [ this is No. 434 ]. Hardcover. Gilt spine and corners are in leather; covers marbled boards. Top edges gilt. 25 x 15 cm. VII, 297 pages. The spine is damaged; binding frontcover weak. [Antiquarisch Bijzonder / Special [Bijzonder] ].…

Leather Bound. Condizione: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1894. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: : - 293, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 293 293.…

Leather Bound. Condizione: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1893. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: : - 325, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 325 325.…

London 1894, Nichols. Black pictorial cloth, very good, usual head, tail and corner wear, else solid, 252p., gold stamped cover decorations and spine lettering, title in red & black, 14.5 x 22.5 cm. FIRST LIMITED EDITION OF 680 COPIES English translation of "Chinese Tales" originally published in French by Thomas Guellette [1683-1766]. * Contents: History of Malik Al-Salim, King of Georgia; history of Sulan Tongluck; history of Mandarin Fum-Hoam; history of Hindu Mountebank and his dog; story of Massumah; adventures of Inman Abzindarud; history of the beautiful Al-Rayulf; history of Jizdad; story of Huschank and Guilbazi; history of Dugmi, Queen of Persia; and many many others. * Obviously many of these tales are from the Malaysian and Middle eastern areas. *.…